PSA: Death Stranding 2 tells you exactly what gear every character unlocks

Take the hints, or choose to be surprised by cool stuff.

‘Treasure Tail Zoshigaya’ quest walkthrough in Persona 5 The Phantom X

As part of the “Treasure Tail: Zoshigaya” quest in Persona 5: The Phantom X, you’ll need to help the Orange Tabby Cat find their Orange Tabby Treasures around Zoshigaya. After the first time you interact with the Finding each Orange Tabby Treasure can be fairly difficult as

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Halo's Future Will Be Revealed...In October, Says Xbox

Rumors have been swirling for a while now that Xbox’s flagship series, Halo , might be making the leap to PlayStation in the near future. There have also been rumors about a remake of the OG game. Now, Halo Studios, formerly 343 Industries, has stepped forward to explain that

Kotaku • 1h

A Short Hike dev 'sort of' cancels Paper Mario-inspired game, but decides to let everyone play a demo of it anyway: 'I figured maybe sharing the demo is better than nothing'

Untitled Paper RPG is on hold, but you can play a bit of it right now.

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This Pride Month, Overwatch 2 Made Good On A Years-Old Promise

I’ve been playing Overwatch since 2019. I finally jumped into Blizzard’s hero shooter after the release of Bastet , a short story following the medic sniper Ana and old man vigilante Jack “Soldier: 76” Morrison, which confirmed the broody ex-Overwatch leader was once in a

Kotaku • 1h

Eric Barone clarifies he's just 'open to entertaining the idea' of saving Hytale, but he's not pursuing it himself because he's completely focused on Haunted Chocolatier

Barone said earlier this year that he's now fully committed to Haunted Chocolatier, and I'm starting to think that maybe he was serious.

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Game of the Year 2025 predictions: The front-runners and challengers to come

The 11th Game Awards, scheduled for Dec. 11, are suddenly wide open. Grand Theft Auto 6, which was previously expected to dominate the Awards this year, has been delayed into 2026. That will make for a much less predictable Game of the Year competition at the leading awards

Polygon • 1h

Monster Hunter Wilds Has Three Armor Variants With Subtle, But Important Differences

Just like previous entries, armor in Monster Hunter Wilds is crucial for both style and strategy . While they might look the same, choosing between an Alpha or Beta version of an armor is important. The choice is even more difficult now that the first Gamma set has been added.

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Palworld just got a huge Terraria-themed update, which as it turns out is a lot less ridiculous than Silent Bob in Warzone

New friendship mechanics and a fishing minigame accompany familiar foes from Terraria.

PCGamer • 2h

A Canceled, But Nearly Finished Animaniacs Game Has Been Found

An unfinished build of a previously missing Animaniacs game, Hollywood Hypnotics, has been found and saved by the video game preservation group Hidden Palace . Finally, the world can see and even play this lost piece of gaming history. Read more...

Kotaku • 2h

Path of Exile co-creator Chris Wilson has started a new game studio: 'I wanted to be creative in a way that didn't involve being a CEO of a 200 person company'

Wilson said he's ready to get back into game dev after a year of sorting his Magic cards.

PCGamer • 2h

Studio Behind The Alters Responds To Generative AI Allegations: 'This Was Never Intended To Be Part Of The Final Release'

The Alters is a narrative-driven sci-fi survival management sim about a research facility populated by clones. It released in June to positive reviews, with critics praising it for wedding interesting character interactions to the usual management sim churn. Now it’s getting

Kotaku • 2h

Hypixel Studios founder says he'll 'reach out' to Riot about taking over Hytale: 'I am even down to put $25 million by myself to finish Hytale, that’s how much I believe in it'

Riot cancelled Hytale last week, five years after acquiring the studio making it.

PCGamer • 3h

These Are The Most Essential Recipes For Breath Of The Wild

There are so many recipes in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild that it’s difficult to lock down the objectively best options for every scenario, especially when there are so many variations to consider. But we’ve compiled some undeniably useful recipes that everyone

Kotaku • 3h

These Hidden Button Shortcuts Make Monster Hunter Wilds A Lot More Convenient

The core gameplay loop of Monster Hunter Wilds might be simple, but you can’t say the same about the many layers of mechanics . Everything feels slower when you’re fumbling around menus. The good news is that there are quite a few button shortcuts to help you save time during a

Kotaku • 3h

Original Switch Getting Mysterious 'Price Change' In Canada 8 Years After Launch As Gaming Gets More Expensive

The Switch launched in 2017 for $300. It’s now 2025 and it’s still $300. Will it finally get a price cut like every other Nintendo console has had at some point in its lifecycle or will the Mario maker take the unprecedented step of actually making it more expensive, even after

Kotaku • 3h

The Alters developer apologizes for not disclosing use of generative AI

In a statement, 11-bit said it used AI-generated assets as works in progress, and had mistakenly left one in the shipped game. It also admitted to using AI-powered translation tools.

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What time does Diablo 4 season 9 release in your time zone?

Season 9 of Diablo 4, Sins of the Horadrim, will have you face off against old foes and experience an escalating end game with its release on Tuesday, July 1. With every new season of Diablo 4 comes new seasonal mechanics and content. In Sins of the Horadrim, you’ll be able to

Polygon • 4h

Nintendo And Amazon Deny Being In An Ongoing Switch 2 Feud

Anyone who’s recently tried to buy stuff from Nintendo through Amazon will have noticed that something weird is going on. Lots of new games you’d expect to find on the online retailer aren’t available there, and the ones that are often arrive with region codes indicating they

Kotaku • 4h

EA Reviving College Basketball Series After College Football Broke Records

Fans of digital college basketball, get excited. Electronic Arts has officially announced that it is bringing back its college basketball franchise, though it might be a while before you get to play it. Read more...

Kotaku • 4h

Squid Game Series Finale Sets Up Its David Fincher Era

Much of life is cyclical—sunrises and sunsets, the changing of the seasons, and apparently, perverse competitions run by secret organizations. June 27 marked the end of the Squid Game era at Netflix but also the beginning of a new one, thanks to the final scene of the series

Kotaku • 5h

EA teases return of college basketball

Electronic Arts is doubling down on collegiate sports, teasing the return of EA Sports’ college basketball series after more than 15 years on ice. On Monday, the official EA Sports social media account posted “Bring the Madness. Let’s run it back.” but also offered little in

Polygon • 5h

You Have Until Wednesday To Take Down The Latest Nightreign Everdark Sovereign, Fulghor

Nightreign players arguably consider Fulghor, Champion of Nightglow to be one of the hardest Day-Three Bosses in the game. With the introduction of Everdark Sovereigns (ES), which are beefed up versions of current bosses, Fulghor is back once again to terrorize you. Read more...

Kotaku • 5h

Counterwatch isn't in the cards for Overwatch 2's Stadium mode: 'No hero swapping has been one of the core foundational pillars'

You'll stay on Genji and you'll like it.

PCGamer • 5h

Even Tony Hawk is nostalgic for Tony Hawk, hears your THUG remake wishes

Tony Hawk’s been skating professionally for more than 40 years, and he doesn’t mind his fans being nostalgic for earlier parts of his career. If those fans want more remasters and remakes of past Tony Hawk games, including Tony Hawk’s Underground, he’s more than happy to give

Polygon • 5h

Psych-rock band The Velvet Sundown racks up well over 400,000 Spotify listens within a month, but very quickly turns out to be AI-generated

Never give the robot the Aux cord.

PCGamer • 5h

Assassin's Creed Black Flag Voice Actor Teases Previously Reported Remake

The voice actor behind the main character in Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag seems to be teasing something. Many people assume it’s the previously reported remake of the beloved pirate-themed Assassin’s Creed sequel released back in 2013. Read more...

Kotaku • 6h

There's still no sign of Star Citizen 1.0, but it did just get a revamped referral program so the die-hards can tempt in even more saps

Psst hey kids! Wanna fly some spaceships?

PCGamer • 6h

Sennheiser Momentum True Wireless 4 review

Fabulous earbuds, but there's a caveat or two to be aware of.

PCGamer • 6h

Atomic Heart 2 goes big with space whales, flying cities, and the return of the Ballerina Twins

Crispy critters, Atomic Heart is officially a franchise. Formally announced at Summer Game Fest 2025 (alongside the tie-in MMO The Cube), Atomic Heart 2 portrays a new and improved Facility 3826 — a Soviet-Silicon Valley surrounded by flying cities and inhabited by scientists

Polygon • 6h

Rematch devs talk balls—specifically, how to balance the ball's feel with function: 'It's the basic brick of the game, it's like an atomic component'

Any tweaks need to be done in a "considerate and deliberate way".

PCGamer • 6h

Overwatch 2’s Newest Addition Can’t Seem To Please Anyone

Overwatch 2 has been on a hot streak as of late, with excellent additions like the Perks system that lets you upgrade a hero throughout a match, and the Stadium mode that lets you create off-the-wall builds for each hero over the course of a seven-round game. The shooter just

Kotaku • 6h

What time does Honkai Star Rail 3.4 release?

Honkai: Star Rail’s patch 3.4 is coming soon, and this one has a lot of highly anticipated new stuff. This patch has the Fate/Stay Night collaboration, as well as buffs for old characters, so it’s going to be a pretty good one! Below, we explain when Honkai: Star Rail

Polygon • 6h

Jamming Windows 95 onto a PS2, goes about as well as you might expect, but the Sisyphean struggle is still compelling viewing

Fortune favours the brave, as the saying goes. The saying doesn't cover PS2s, unfortunately.

PCGamer • 6h

The people who brought you the $165 Disco Elysium trash bag now bring you an $800 The Alters tracksuit

For the next time you get stranded off-world.

PCGamer • 7h

Ryan Gosling Goes On A Spectacular Sci-Fi Journey In First Trailer For Project Hail Mary

The first trailer for Project Hail Mary has appeared, with Ryan Gosling playing the lead in an adaptation of Andy Weir’s novel of the same name. It’s a story about a man trying to save the sun, but as the trailer also sets up, it’s a far more intimate tale about one man’s

Kotaku • 7h

'Oblivion Remastered with guns' becomes reality as modder jury-rigs a literal Glock into the game and shoots up an Oblivion Tower with it

This Bosmer got that thang on him.

PCGamer • 7h

Buggy Warhammer 40K: Space Marine Remaster Gets Upgrade Discount And Refunds As Fans Trash It

Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine Master Crafted Edition was one of the biggest surprises coming out of the Warhammer showcase in May . Following the success of last year’s Space Marine 2, the original Xbox 360-era nostalgia trap shooter would be playable on modern hardware with

Kotaku • 7h

'The censorship is a step too far': Ready or Not is getting review bombed after developers sanitise the game to adhere to stricter console standards

"Most people here wouldn't notice if we didn't say anything."

PCGamer • 8h

Ryan Gosling plays a very reluctant astronaut in Project Hail Mary trailer

Project Hail Mary, an adaptation of the science fiction novel of the same name from The Martian writer Andy Weir, is set to be released on March 20, 2026, but Amazon MGM Studios has already shared a full trailer for the film. Rather than mostly focusing on Matt Damon growing

Polygon • 8h

An Intel Nova Lake leak suggests the next generation of Core Ultra chips will have 60% more multi-threaded performance, but the numbers just don't add up

And for gaming, it won't make a jot of difference. Low-latency cache is what we need.

PCGamer • 8h

How the X-Men ’97 team preserved — and tweaked — the classic Marvel designs for max nostalgia

It’s been more than a year since Marvel Animation revived X-Men: The Animated Series in all of its splashy operatic 2D glory. X-Men ’97 was a triumph, not just in the Marvel canon but in an entire year of TV. As the producers and artists behind the series explain in the new

Polygon • 8h

How to forge Clerk Vambraces in Monster Hunter Wilds

You'll need this piece of gear for Gemma's New Fashion, Old Feelings quest.

PCGamer • 8h

Our Favorite Cosplay From Dream Con 2025

Entertainment convention Dream Con was founded by YouTube collective RDCWorld back in 2017. Originally in Waco, Texas, before it outgrew the available venues, the annual event now takes place in Houston, where it “unites enthusiasts globally to celebrate gaming, anime, sports,

Kotaku • 8h