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IO Interactive reveals content roadmap for 007: First Light
007: First Light's first year of content updates has been announced.
Xbox Game Pass still has the spark on PC, but it's not because of Microsoft
As new Xbox CEO Asha Sharma attempts to find the brand’s place in modern gaming, PC Game Pass still works as an avenue for experimentation.
Call of Duty's new DMZ extraction mode is a 'full-featured game within Modern Warfare 4'
Complete with quests, story missions, and a home base you build up over time.
I thought text-only Grand Theft Auto roleplay sounded too intimidating—but GTA World is showing me why players are slowing things down
Text-only GTA RP is a different beast, but with patience it's oh so rewarding
Feature: Switch 2, Year One - How Closely Did Nintendo Follow Its Own Playbook?
Super Mario Spreadsheet Revisited. Exactly two years ago, I made a bold prediction of every first-party Switch 2 release over the first five years of its lifespan. My forecast wasn’t based on leaked insider information or baseless speculation. Instead, I crunched the numbers (check out the full breakdown here ) to find trends and repeated behaviours over Nintendo’s generations' worth of game-making. Read the full article on nintendolife.com
Indie devs behind viral fishing game say "AI slop" clones helped promote the real thing
Imitation is the greatest form of flattery
Pokémon Reveal All 27 Starter First Partner Illustration Card List
With Pokémon's 30th Celebration in full swing, and the slow reveal of many new cards in their recently revealed "30th Celebration" set , we have been pleasantly surprised by Pokémon Japan's announcement of all of the highly sought-after First Partner Illustration
Bungie saves Marathon Deluxe Edition mix-up by giving affected players the base game for free
A $14 Marathon Deluxe Edition upgrade caused confusion for free trial players, so Bungie compensates those who bought it with the full game.
Star Citizen's latest alpha patch adds 385 asteroid defence missions, but players are reporting problems with broken hangar doors and exploding pilots
Alpha 4.8.1 gives players the chance to earn 'unique blueprints for the first time', if they can actually complete the missions.
Zack Fair has an even bigger role in Final Fantasy 7 Revelation, series director Naoki Hamaguchi says
Could he get a happy ending?
Monster Hunter Wilds is coming to Nintendo Switch 2, and we're all hoping this goes better than the PC port
Fingers crossed
A remaster of 2002 game Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee is reportedly coming this year
It's being developed by its original studio Pipeworks and published by Atari, an insider claims
2026's weirdest tech leak involves scuba diving, a Caribbean island, and Gearbox head honcho Randy Pitchford, and no, it's not what you expect
Water reveal.
Scalable Video Switch Transcoder Modules
Today at 4PM (5PM NYC time), Arthrimus will be selling “transcoder modules” for the Scalable Video Switch. These sit on the output side of the switch, just before the output connector and convert either RGB to YPbPr, or YPbPr to RGB; Each transcoder can only be used in one “direction”. There may also be leftover […] The post Scalable Video Switch Transcoder Modules first appeared on RetroRGB .
Virtua Fighter Crossroads writers include David Hayter of Solid Snake fame and Persona staff
David Hayter is a writer on Virtua Fighter Crossroads alongside Ghost of Tsushima, Persona, and Like A Dragon staff.
'Reinventing the PC' is the concept Nvidia wanted to get across this Computex, but I'm not sure the AI room is being read
Your agentic AI PC is coming.
Review: Stray Ends Up Being a Solid Switch 2 Game
Stray on Switch 2 is a step up from the original Switch version of the game, though it still isn’t the ideal way to step into the cat’s paws. The post Review: Stray Ends Up Being a Solid Switch 2 Game appeared first on Siliconera .
Final Fantasy 7 Revelation director says he won't pump the brakes on mini-games, including the original's Tifa slap fight, "no matter how much feedback we receive"
We're so back
007: First Light sells 2.7 million copies in a week
007: First Light hits a new sales milestone after additional content is announced during Summer Game Fest.
007 First Light "Year One" Roadmap Revealed, Reconfirms Switch 2 Release Window
And IOI shares another sales update. 007 First Light is already available on other platforms and IO Interactive has this week provided an update about the game's sales and also shared its "first year content" plans. Firstly, this roadmap reconfirms James Bond's new mission is still on target for a " Summer 2026 " release on Switch 2, although there is a warning that assignments featured here "may be reassigned or delayed". Here are the details from the PR: Read the full article on nintendolife.com
The Summer Game Fest showcase proves that PC is still the place to be
The Summer Game Fest 2026 show was a huge success for PC gaming, with FF7 Revelation on day one and plenty of games you can try now.
Among Us TV show creator says his love of sci-fi is what attracted him to the new video game adaptation, as it reminded him of The Thing and Alien
Exclusive: Creator of new Among Us TV show Owen Dennis says his love of murder mysteries and sci-fi classics is what drew him to adapt the video game
Hitman: Absolution Switch 2 Upgrade Pack Confirmed For This Summer
Contracts mode is also arriving "very soon". After announcing Hitman: Absolution would be coming to the Switch 2, Feral Interactive has now narrowed down the release date of this native upgrade pack to " summer " 2026 . The development team has also mentioned how the previously announced Contracts mode for the Switch version will apparently be coming via a free update "very soon". Once again, you'll be able to set challenges against friends and compete for high scores. Read the full article on nintendolife.com
Bloodlines 2's final DLC introduces swordfighting, dual pistol wielding, and other stuff that should probably have been in the base game
The Flower and The Flame tells the story of glamorous Toreador Ysabella.