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The first Slitterhead gameplay trailer will premiere at the Summer Game Fest live event on Friday. The horror action-adventure game is the next title fromSilent Hill, Siren and Gravity Rush creatorKeiichiro Toyama. In December 2020, Toyama leftPlayStationtoform Bokeh Game StudioalongsideJunya Okura, lead designer on the Gravity Rush series, and Kazunobu Sato, lead designer ofPS3exclusive Puppeteer. TheSummer Game Festlive showcase will be“largely focused” on previously announced gamesscheduled for release this year, according to producer and hostGeoff Keighley....

Following months of speculation, Electronic Arts has officially announced Star Wars Jedi: Survivor with a teaser trailer, which is viewable below. Due for release in 2023 forPS5,Xbox Series X/SandPC, the game is the sequel to developerRespawn’sStar Wars Jedi: Fallen Order. The third person, narrative-driven action-adventure title picks up five years after the events of the hit 2019 release. Accompanied by his trusty sidekick BD-1, protagonist Cal Kestis, one of the last remaining Jedi in the galaxy, must acquire new skills and grow his connection with the Force to stay one step ahead of the Empire’s constant pursuit....

Konami Digital Entertainment today announced the return of the Suikoden series. Suikoden I & II HD Remaster Gate Rune and Dunan Unification Wars will release forPlayStation 4,Xbox One,SteamandNintendo Switchnext year. Announced during TGS, the games, which have been cult classics since their release in the 90s, will feature graphical, mechanical and quality of life improvements in the upcoming release. All character portraits have been updated in HD. Junko Kawano, who designed the characters for the original Suikoden release in 1995, has newly re-drawn all the character portraits for Suikoden I HD Remaster Gate Rune War....

Konami has announced that Super Bomberman R Online will end later this year. The free-to-play online multiplayer game was originally released in 2020 as aStadiaexclusive, but then came toPS4,Xbox One,SwitchandPCon July 23, 2025. However,Konamihas now stated that the game will no longer be playable as of December 1, just 18 months after coming to consoles. “This service has continued to operate with the support of many users since its launch in May 2021,” Konami’s statement reads, seemingly ignoring the Stadia release....

Nintendo has announced that it will soon stop accepting payments on its Japanese eShop from credit cards or PayPal accounts issued overseas. In a statement on the company’s support page,Nintendosaid the new policy will start on March 25 and is designed to fight “fraudulent use”. “to prevent fraudulent use, the Nintendo eShop and My Nintendo Store for Japan will stop accepting credit cards issued overseas and PayPal accounts opened overseas from Tuesday, July 31, 2025,” the statement reads....

The final character in Super Smash Bros Ultimate will be revealed in a streaming presentation later today, and you may watch it via the video embed on this page. The live stream kicks off at 7am PT / 10am ET / 3pm BST and will be the final presentation about Super Smash Bros Ultimate. The stream, which is set to last around 40 minutes long, will reveal the final DLC fighter for the game, bringing the total number of playable characters to 89....

The next Nintendo Direct live stream will take place on Thursday, September 14, Nintendo has confirmed. The event will take place at 7am PT / 10am ET / 3pm GMT / 4pm CEST and feature “roughly 40 minutes of information mostly focused onNintendo Switchgames releasing this winter”,Nintendosaid. The lastNintendo Directtook place in Juneand featuredSuper Mario Bros. Wonder,Super Mario RPG,Pikmin 4andDetective Pikachu Returns, among other games. During its latest quarterly financial results briefing last month, Nintendo saidSwitch’s global lifetime salesstood at 129....

Ubisoft has moved to clarify comments made in its latest earnings results call that it will be investing in more “high-end free-to-play” games. In a statement issued to VGC on Wednesday, theAssassin’s Creedpublisher claimed thatits stated intention to expand its free-to-play offerings“does not mean” it will be reducing the number of premium games it releases. “Our intention is to deliver a diverse line-up of games that players will love – across all platforms,” a spokesperson told VGC....

A PlayStation 4 owner has demonstrated how the failure or removal of the system’s internal CMOS battery can result in users being unable to play games offline. Does It Play, a Twitter account dedicated to video game preservation and accessibility, claimed last month to have identified the issue, and called on willing members of thePlayStationcommunity to help it gather evidence. Twitter userForestsubsequently purchased aPS4Slim and removed the CMOS battery to test it out....

Russian President Vladimir Putin has reportedly instructed his government to explore developing video game consoles in Russia. PerRT, Putin’s order was issued following a meeting earlier this week, in which he instructed the government to “weigh requirements for organizing production of both stationary and portable game consoles in Russia”. The deadline for executing the order has reportedly been set for June 12, 2025. As part of the order, the president also called on the Cabinet of Ministers to look at developing an operating system and a cloud system for delivering games to users, according to a statement published on the Kremlin’s website....

Warner Bros. Games has revealed the first 16 minutes of Gotham Knights gameplay. The Batgirl gameplay video below, which was published byIGN, shows howGotham Knightsintroduces players to basic traversal and combat mechanics directly following its prologue. Playable either solo or in two-player co-op, the game sees players controlling one of four characters (Nightwing, Robin, Red Hood or Batgirl) in an open-world Gotham City following the death of Bruce Wayne....

Wizards of the Coast has apologised for its DMCA takedown of a Stardew Valley mod based on Baldur’s Gate 3. Baldur’s Villageis a fan-made mod which took more than a year to make, and adds a new village map toStardew Valleywhich contains characters fromBaldur’s Gate 3, including more than 20 NPCs, six locations and new dynamic events. The mod was so well received that Swen Vincke, CEO of Baldur’s Gate 3 developerLarian, took to X to praise it, stating: “So much love went into this – amazing work!...

Microsoft is cutting the price of its Xbox Game Pass and Xbox Live Gold subscription services in three territories. The platform holder will reduce the price ofXboxGame Pass Ultimate, Xbox Games for console, Xbox Game Pass forPC, and Xbox Live Gold in Chile, Hong Kong, and Israel. Microsoftsaid it regularly evaluates the price of the services at a local level to best serve customers in each country, and that the price adjustments were informed and based on local market conditions....