We are in the midst of a Metroidvania renaissance. Metroid: Dread, Ori, Hollow Knight, Dead Cells, and more have kept fans of the genre fully satiated in recent years. 2024 has already seen the launch of one of the genre’s best in Price of Persia: The Lost Crown. The DNA of all of these games and more can be found inTales of Kenzera: ZAU. This is the debut project fromSurgent Studios, helmed by actorAbubakar Salim....
Disclaimer: This is a launch review of a large service game that is likely to receive significant post-launch content. The game experience will possibly evolve as the game’s developer adds and changes its systems over the following months. This review is accurate as of the launch window. There’s something strangely honest about the opening scenes of Marvel’s Avengers. You begin playing as a young KamalaKhan(later to become Ms Marvel), who’s been selected as a finalist in an Avengers fan fiction competition and invited to an illustrious event celebrating the world’s mightiest heroes....
Rockstar Games employees didn’t believe that Grand Theft Auto 6 was going to come out in 2025, prior to its delay to 2026, it’s claimed. After months of speculation,Rockstarconfirmed onFriday that the game would now launch in May 2026. Following the announcement, Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier, who had previously reported that the 2025 release window was looking unlikely, took to social media to claim that those within Rockstar didn’t expect the game to be released this year....
This story was updated on Jun 14, 2025, after Kyodo News corrected inaccuracies, such as attributing Savvy Games’ interest specifically to Nintendo, instead of “Japanese gaming companies”. Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund is considering a move to increase its stake in Japanese game developers. That’s according to a new interview, in which the firm discussed Savvy Games – an investment group founded by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund – and its plans for growth....
Microsoft has changed how it treats acquired game studios, giving them more freedom to retain their identity and create unique content than has previously been the case, according to Double Fine founder Tim Schafer. The platform holder announced at E3 that the San Francisco-based studio behind Brutal Legend, Broken Age and Psychonauts hadjoined the Xbox family. “I think they’ve had a commitment to a new way of acquiring companies which is, kind of an unplugged studio approach, where they’re not merged into the larger corporate entity,” he said....
The Sonic the Hedgehog 3 movie’s post-credits scene has seemingly leaked. Mobilephone footage from what appears to be a pre-release screening is currently circulating on social media platforms. If genuine, it reveals some of the new characters who could feature in a potential fourth Sonic movie. At the time of publishing, you may watch the scene in question via the YouTube video embedded below. Paramount’s first two Sonic films both ended with cliffhangers revealing new characters set to star in their sequels, starting with Tails in Sonic 1 and Shadow at the end of Sonic 2....
Sony has reportedly announced that TV series are in development for three more of PlayStation’s biggest franchises. During a business briefing on Thursday, Sony Pictures Entertainment confirmed that the company is currently working on TV adaptations ofGod of War, Horizon andGran Turismo, according to Japan-based analyst and investment adviser David Gibson. Amazonhas secured the streaming rights to the God of War series, whileNetflixhas picked up Horizon. UPDATE:It’s been claimed that the Gran Turismo project is actually a movie adaptation rather than a TV one, and thatSony is eying District 9 director Neill Blomkamp to helm the film....
Sony Interactive Entertainment has announced details of its PlayStation Black Friday sale. The platform holder will be offering a range of digital software discounts via thePlayStation Store, as well as savings on physical products available throughPlayStation DirectandPlayStation Gear. ThePlayStationStore Black Friday promotion includes discounts on almost 400PS5andPS4games, which we’ve listed in full below, plus deals on PlayStation Plus and PlayStation Now memberships. It’s running from Friday November 19 at 12am (local time) until Monday November 29 at 23....
Spider-Man 2 voice actor Tony Todd has reportedly said that 90% of the dialogue he recorded for Venom wasn’t included in the final game. Todd reportedly made the claim over the weekend at a Fan Expo San Francisco panel attended byEvan Filarca, a content creator who runs the fan website Spidey Squad. Among the content left on the cutting room floor were scenes in which Miles had the Symbiote suit, Todd revealed....
Super Mario Bros. Wonder has leaked online, nearly a week ahead of its official release date. On Friday, images and videos appearing to show previously unseen sections of the game began to be widely shared across social media sites and private Discord channels. It’sclaimedthat the title is being shared illegally on ROM sites, but VGC has been unable to verify if this is accurate. At the time of publishing, at least three individuals were evenstreaming the gameon Twitch, showing levels beyond what’s been seen in press previews andNintendo’s official assets....
Star War Outlaws players will be able to finish the game in about 30 hours, according to creative director Julian Gerighty. In an interview with VGC followingthe game’s big revealat Monday’sUbisoftForward showcase, Gerighty discussed how long the game will take to complete, as well as the decision to cut a significant feature from Massive’s original vision for the title. “Very, very early on, we decided this is going to be a 25, 30 hours golden path adventure, 50 hours, 60 hours for completionists, and that is, for a guy with a family and a job, it’s still a fair amount of time....
Warner Bros. looks to have registered web domains for a Suicide Squad game and a Batman title called Gotham Knights. As spotted byResetera, thetwodomainswere registered this month by MarkMonitor Inc, the same domain broker used for other WB Interactive websites including wbgames.com. The web domainSuicideSquadKillTheJusticeLeague.comwas also registered this week. WB Games Montreal recently told fans to “stay tuned” to its social channels, after more than seven months of teasing a Batman game reveal....
Nintendo has said that investment in Switch’s successor contributed to a record annual research and development (R&D) spend at the company. As noted by Niko Partners senior research analyst Daniel Ahmad,Nintendospent approximately $880 million on R&D—more than in any prior year—during the 12 months ended Jul 16, 2025. The company commented on the R&D spend in an investor Q&A following thepublication of its latest financial results on Thursday, according to Japan-based analyst and investment adviser David Gibson, who summarised some of the highlights on Twitter....
