Okay, the nerves have really kicked in now.

Coming to Game Pass: news.xbox.com/en-us/2025/0...

Ultimate:
-Monster Train 2 (5/21)
-Tales of Kenzera: Zau (5/22)
-To a T (5/28)
-Spray Paint Simulator (5/29)

Standard:
-Creatures of Ava (5/22)
-Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II (5/22)
-S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 (5/22)
-The Division 2 (5/27)

30k steps, >10 miles, >4000 ft of elevation and 6 Wainwright's done today. Tired after that so I'll be having an early night.

I need to sleep, but I cannot sleep. I close my eyes and all I see is this gymnastic brilliance.

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Giant Bomb is now 100% independent I guess this is basically Giant Bomb's Independence Day

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Turns out Thomas Mahler was lying and trying manipulate people into positively reviewing his game? Huh

I really don't think they will, MS owns the Ori IP and I doubt they'll work with MS again.

I honestly don't think No Rest for the Wicked was review bombed, despite Thomas Mahler's claims. As someone who ranks Ori as one of my favourite game franchises ever, I was VERY excited for their next game but it really didn't land with me at all.

Amazing.

a man wearing a striped shirt and tie is laying down with his eyes closed ALT: a man wearing a striped shirt and tie is laying down with his eyes closed

That Sunderland match was not pleasant to watch at all. Amazing result but it's only HT, bring on Tuesday.

Switching between PC and Xbox when playing South of Midnight REALLY highlights the fact I need to upgrade to an OLED monitor, the game performs much better on my PC but looks so much more vibrant on my HDR TV (that isn't OLED).

Screenshot REALLY doesn't do how this game looks justice.

South of Midnight is certainly a looker!

Really excited to play Doom: The Dark Ages!

The next #Battlefield will launch by March 2026 🎮

Full reveal drops this summer

Picked up Spiritfairer today, was looking for a game like Moonglow Bay and saw a few people/articles/posts recommending Spiritfairer. It's on Game Pass but wanted it for the Steam Deck so picked it up on Steam! I've got a few great games for the Deck to take on holiday now!

A new Ecco the Dolphin is coming, as well as remasters of the first two games | VGC Ecco and Tides of Time are being remastered by the original creators…

A new Ecco the Dolphin game is coming from its original development team, as well as remasters of the first two games on Mega Drive / Genesis.

www.videogameschronicle.com/news/a-new-e...

Gears of War E-Day has to be coming to PlayStation now, right? I wonder if it'll be Day 1 or whether they'll do another Indiana Jones. There's no point bringing Reloaded to PlayStation if you aren't bringing E-Day too.

So that's Gears and Forza now on PlayStation 5, it's time to put Halo MCC and Infinite on PS5, let's get PlayStation users invested in Halo ahead of the release of the next game.

BREAKING: Gears of War: Reloaded announced.

The original Gears of War returns, faithfully remastered and natively optimized for more platforms than ever before as Gears of War: Reloaded.

Coming August 26, 2025.

news.xbox.com/en-us/2025/0...

Why is Xbox Part Chat on PC so bad?! 😭

EA owned studio Codemasters confirms Layoffs and will be shifting focus away from rally titles

www.videogameschronicle.com/news/codemas...

Chrono Trigger Remake Seemingly Confirmed By Yuji Horii According to Yuji Horii himself during an interview, Chrono Trigger seems to be the next classic game to get the remake treatment.

NEW: Chrono Trigger Remake Seemingly Confirmed By Yuji Horii

insider-gaming.com/chrono-trigg...

I'm shocked.

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