Re-Logic, the developer of popular action-adventure sandbox game Terraria, has u-turned on its decision to cancel a Stadia port of the game. Earlier this month the independent developerclaimed that it would no longer support any of Google’s platforms, after the developer’sGoogleaccount was disabled, allegedly without explanation. Founder Andrew Spinks claimed that after 3 weeks of attempting to resolve the issue he would cancel Terraria for Stadia because “I can take this no other way than you deciding to burn this bridge....

A new trailer for Payday 3 was so well hidden that the developers have had to show it off themselves. The new stealth trailer was hidden on the game’s official website. In order to find it, you had to click on the original gameplay trailer, and then turn the volume down while you watched it. However, according toPC Gamerafter five days of this video being on the website,Starbreezedecided to release the trailer on its social media platforms....

Through no fault of their own, certain art styles can rub us up the wrong way. From noughties gamers infamously decrying Wind Waker’s cel-shaded beauty to fan outrage at the chibi stylings ofPokemonBrilliant Diamond, certain aesthetics can be an instant deal breaker. My arty kryptonite? The smiling, kids’ TV-esque robots ofSteamWorld. Starting life on 3DS with 2013’s SteamWorld Dig, developer Image and Form’s creation has since spawned multiple spin offs, each more critically acclaimed than the last....

It might be hard to believe, but we somehow managed to go 12 years without a brand new Super Monkey Ball game. Although Sega has kept the franchise alive with HD Remasters and remakes, Super Monkey Ball: Banana Rumble is the first entirely new entry in the series since Banana Splits on PS Vita. ThisSwitchexclusive boasts 200 new stages and a Battle mode for up to 16 players, but while it is undoubtedly a Super Monkey Ball game at its core, there are a number of issues that will leave series fans disappointed....

Information on the RAM and storage specs of the Nintendo Switch’s successor may have been found by internet sleuths. Members of theFamiboards forumhave been tracking customs and shipping data for some time now, in an attempt to find information on shipments being sent betweenNintendo,Nvidiaand other parts manufacturers. According to some members, shipping information from March, which has only recently been made publicly available, has now turned up references to a number of new shipments with new codenames, which they believe refer to components for the next Nintendo console....

Another popular Switch emulator has been taken down following pressure from Nintendo. As reported on X by OatmealDome, the emulator Ryujinx – an open-source emulator promising “excellent accuracy and performance, a user-friendly interface, and consistent builds” – has been shut down by its lead developer. A message posted on the emulator’s Discord server by developer riperiperi explained that lead developer gdkchan was approached byNintendo, and took the emulator down shortly after this, removing all download links and the GitHub repositories hosting the emulator....

Four more titles have been added to the Sega Mega Drive / Genesis library on Nintendo Switch Online. The newest additions to the service, which are shown in the trailer below, areStreet FighterII’: Special Champion Edition, Pulseman, Kid Chameleon and Flicky. Street Fighter II’: Special Champion Edition was the first Street Fighter game released on aSegaconsole, and came around a year after Street Fighter II was released on the SNES....

The studio behind the critically acclaimed The Banner Saga is working on an Xbox exclusive, it has been claimed. Jez Corden of Windows Central statedduring a podcastearlier this month that he was aware of anXboxexclusive with the codename Belfry, but that he wasn’t sure what it was about, other than a reference to bell towers. This information was expanded on by journalist Jeff Grubb, who claimed during a Giant Bomb video show (paywall) that the game is in development at Stoic Studio, the team behind The Banner Saga trilogy....

Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth beat some tough competition to pick upThe Game Award for Best Score and Music this year. But outside of this year’s exceptional TGA shortlist, what other game soundtracks deserve your attention? To find out, we battered the inboxes of composers from all over the world and asked them to choose the best video game music from 2024. The rules are simple: composers could only have one top pick, and their choice had to be from a game OR official game soundtrack released in 2024....

The Lord of the Rings: Gollum’s release date has been revealed. The upcoming stealth game based on the Lord of the Rings franchise will release onPC,PlayStation 5,PlayStation 4,Xbox Series X,XboxSeries S and PC on June 05, 2025. ANintendo Switchversion is planned for later this year, although a specific time frame wasn’t revealed. Billed as a story-driven action-adventure game, Gollum was first announced in March 2019, when Daedalic said it would “remain true to the vision laid out in J....

The ransomware group responsible for a Capcom data breach in 2020 has been “taken down” in an international police operation, with its key member arrested. According toEuropol, the criminal group Ragnar Locker, which was responsible for a ransomware strain of the same name, “made a name for itself by attacking critical infrastructure across the world, having most recently claimed the attacks against the Portuguese national carrier and a hospital in Israel”....

Microsoft will announce its Starfield Xbox Wireless Controller and Headset during its upcoming Xbox Games Showcase, and will then immediately make it available for purchase. That’s according to dataminerbillbil-kun, who has a near-flawless track record of product leaks. TheXboxGames Showcase takes place on Sunday, June 11, and will begin at 10am PT / 1pm ET / 6pm BST / 7pm CET. It will immediately be followed by aStarfieldDirect presentation focusing solely onBethesda‘s game....

A new skin was briefly added to the Epic Games Store version of Batman: Arkham Knight. The new skin let players use the suit from The Batman, the 2022 movie starring Robert Pattinson as Batman. As spotted by Twitter user@Andrew4586, the new skin had quietly been added to the game, apparently without any sort of announcement yet. The suit was simply called The Batman – 2022 and comes with the description “I am the shadows....