Sanrio Announces Dedicated Gaming Brand With 10 Games In The Works The company behind Hello Kitty has started its own gaming division, with 10 games already in development and the first coming this year.

Sanrio is launching a gaming brand, and there are 10 games already in development. The first, Sanrio Party Land, releases this fall!

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Starfield Was The Best-Selling Game Of The Week In The U.S. After its PS5 launch, Starfield became the best-selling game of the week in dollar sales in the United States, according to new Circana data.

Starfield is now a two-time best-seller, thanks to its PS5 release

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PlayStation Announces Mandatory Age Verification For Messaging And Voice Chat Rolling out globally, PlayStation will soon be introducing age verification measures that will be mandatory for use of communication features like messages or voice chats.

Age verification will be mandatory on PlayStation to communicate with other players, and the enforcement will apply globally

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Ubisoft Announce Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced Reveal, Coming Thursday The remake of Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag has finally been confirmed by Ubisoft, with a full reveal coming later this week.

Everyone act surprised!

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Take-Two CEO Fires Back At Elon Musk Over AI GTA 6 Claims Take-Two CEO has responded to Elon Musk’s earlier claims that AI could soon allow users to “generate your own GTA 6 in a few minutes.”

Strauss Zelnick has said Elon Musk's suggestion that AI could ever allow users to generate a game like Grand Theft Auto VI is "laughable"

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Xbox CEO Wants To “Chat” With Ex-PlayStation Exec After Game Pass Criticism Asha Sharma, the new CEO of Xbox, has responded to recent criticism of Xbox Game Pass from former PlayStation executive Shawn Layden by offering a chat.

The CEO of Xbox has invited a former PlayStation exec for a chat following his public criticisms of Game Pass

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Elden Ring Movie Sets March 2028 Release Date - And Adds New Stars The upcoming film adaptation of Elden Ring just set its theatrical release date, along with adding a bunch of new stars to the call sheet.

A24's Elden Ring movie just got a theatrical release date as production begins, with a bunch of actors added to the call sheet

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Pragmata has already sold over a million copies within two days, a big accomplishment for a new and original IP

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Shuhei Yoshida Says Jim Ryan Fired Him From PlayStation Studios Because He Didn’t “Listen to Him” Shuhei Yoshida has shared that he was “fired” from PlayStation Studios in 2019 because he “didn’t listen to” then-CEO Jim Ryan.

Shuhei Yoshida shared that Jim Ryan fired him from his role leading PlayStation internal development because he "said no" to "some ridiculous things"

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New Look At Zelda Movie’s Link And The Master Sword Revealed In Deleted Post A now deleted Instagram post from The Legend of Zelda’s Director of Photography gives us a new look at Link in his full heroic outfit, including the Master Sword.

The Director of Photography on the upcoming Zelda movie just gave us a new look at what appears to be concept art of Link - with the Master Sword, Hylian Shield, iconic cap and cape!

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Nearly Half Of Game Developers Consider Leaving The Industry Due To Layoffs, Survey Finds Around 44% of game developers are thinking about leaving the industry, primarily due to layoffs and ongoing instability within the gaming space.

Almost half of the game developers responding to a recent survey said they were considering leaving the industry, thanks to layoffs, instability and project shut downs.

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Rumored First-Party Xbox Game Pass Tier May Include Cloud Gaming Limits Microsoft is reportedly testing a new first-party-focused Xbox Game Pass tier that may restrict Xbox Cloud Gaming with monthly playtime limits.

Xbox might make Game Pass cheaper by offering new tiers at lower prices with more limits

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Ghost Of Yotei Actress Would “Jump” At Any Chance To Return As Atsu Erika Ishii, the voice actor for Atsu, has said she would “jump” at any opportunity to return to the role in Ghost of Yotei.

Erika Ishii said they'd love to return to the role of Atsu again

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Fortnite Adds Generative AI NPC Conversations To Creative Maps Fortnite developers are now able to test NPCs in their Creative maps with AI-generated voices that can interact in real time with players.

Fortnite's latest Experimental feature for in-game developers allows the creation of NPCs with generative AI voices and interactions

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Microsoft Rewards To Get Major Changes With New Tiers In May Microsoft Rewards is about to change in a big way, and the update may not feel the same for everyone.

Microsoft Rewards is being revamped, and it might be harder to earn gaming rewards for casual users

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Samson Developers Reveal Roadmap And Confirm Console Release Window Developer Liquid Swords has officially confirmed that its action-adventure brawler Samson is set to release on consoles in Fall 2026.

Samson is coming to consoles later this fall, but no exact date has been specified

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Silent Hill f Director Says Women Developers Helped Shape Hinako’s Fears The Silent Hill f director has shared that he relied heavily on the perspectives of women developers on the team to authentically portray Hinako’s fears.

Hinako’s fears was shaped by women of all ages on the development team of Silent Hill f

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Here's the full list of the 2026 BAFTA Games Awards winners!

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Mega Crit Unveils Slay The Spire 2 Roadmap, Event Stats A month after an incredibly successful release, Mega Crit unveils their plans for the future of Slay the Spire II.

A month after an incredibly successful release, Mega Crit unveils their plans for the future of Slay the Spire II.
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The Best Friendslop Games to Play Right Now With Your Pals There is no shortage of co-op games available to play with your friends, games now most often referred to as “Friendslop.”

Grab a microphone and a group of friends and play the best this unfortunately named genre has to offer right now!
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Forza Horizon 6 Passes 500K Steam Pre-Sales Ahead Of Release, Estimates Say Forza Horizon 6 has reportedly passed 511,000 pre-sales on Steam, reaching this milestone roughly one month before its official launch on May 19.

Estimates from Alinea Analytics suggest Forza Horizon 6 has already sold 500,000 copies on Steam, and we're still a month out from launch

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New Final Fantasy Board Game Mixes Jenga And Final Fantasy VII Square Enix just revealed Final Fantasy VII: Ascend the Shinra Tower, a board game that fuses Jenga block-balancing with Cloud’s fight against Shinra.

Square Enix just announced a Jenga-style Final Fantasy VII board game

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Ground Zero In Progress Review - From Ground Zero To Hero Set in an apocalyptic South Korea, Ground Zero has grand ambitions, having players work their way across a huge, sprawling city rather than confined to a claustrophobic mansion or secret underground…

Ground Zero is one of the most difficult retro survival horror games out there. Check out our In Progress Review.

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Princess Rosalina Voice Actress Reveals Character’s Original Name In a new video shared to social media, former voice actress for Princess Rosalina (Mercedes Rose) shared the original name for the iconic Mario Galaxy character.

Mercedes Rose, the former voice actress for Princess Rosalina, just shared the original name for the iconic princess...

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PlayStation Plus April 2026 Game Catalog: Horizon, The Crew Motorfest And More The April lineup for new additions to the PlayStation Plus Game Catalog have just been announced, with some major franchise representation from Horizon, The Crew and more.

From Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered to The Crew Motorsport and The Casting of Frank Stone, there's a lot coming next week to the PlayStation Plus Game Catalog

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Tomodachi Life: Nintendo’s Official Guide To Create Hugh Morris Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream is rolling out globally right now, and Nintendo have released an official tutorial to create the instantly iconic Hugh Morris.

Looking to make your own Hugh Morris in Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream? Nintendo have released an entire tutorial for making the instantly iconic Mii yourself!

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Overwatch Switch 2 Runs At 30 FPS Despite 60 FPS Promise, But A Patch Is Coming Blizzard released the Switch 2 update of Overwatch yesterday and seemingly left in the 30 FPS cap they promised to lift - but a patch is on the way to resolve the issue.

Overwatch on Switch 2 is stuck at 30 FPS, despite Blizzard promising a 60 FPS upgrade. Thankfully though, a patch is on the way

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Nirav does not recommend city-builder, DarkSwitch, by Cyber Temple.

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Tim recommends narrative puzzle game, The House of Hikmah, by @lunacystudios.bsky.social.

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The Original Gothic Trilogy Is Coming To PlayStation & Xbox Series S/X A classic trilogy of European RPGs will be available on console for the first time!

A classic trilogy of European RPGs will be available on console for the first time!
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