Indiana Jones and the Great Circle review: One of this year’s greatest adventures

Indiana Jones has deserved a game this good for a very long time. While Lucasfilm’s more popular sci-fi brother has had more video game adaptations than there are stars in the galaxy, Indy has had to suffer in relative gaming obscurity. A fewPCadventures and a console game or two simply haven’t been good enough for one of cinema’s most iconic heroes.Indiana Jones and the Great Circleputs that to rest with an adventure game that’s not only presentationally top-notch, but packed with entertaining scenes....

June 21, 2025 · 6 min · 1252 words · Michelle Ward

It Takes Two studio Hazelight is teasing a new co-op game

It Takes Two studio Hazelight is teasing a new co-op game, again published by Electronic Arts’ EA Originals label. On Thursday, creative directorJosef Faresteased on X: “Getting a lot of questions about the next game. Here is a tease. It is a BRAND NEW IP called S**** ******N. Can’t wait to show it soon”. This post was then quoted by the officialHazelightaccount, which posted a redacted image of a script, with various notes and post-its....

June 21, 2025 · 2 min · 277 words · William Murphy

Japanese CEO gives staff the day off to play Monster Hunster Rise

The CEO of a Japanese tech company says he will give its employees the day off this Friday so that they can play Capcom’s Monster Hunter Rise. Masaki Hiyama, who runs VR development company Mark-on,posted a tweetstating that since many Japanese workers take a day off when a new Monster Hunter game is released, he was declaring March 26 “MonHun Day” so they could all stay at home to play....

June 21, 2025 · 2 min · 383 words · Sandra Yates

John Marston actor teases ‘exciting news’ for Red Dead fans as Switch 2 rumors swirl

The actor behind John Marston has teased that Red Dead Redemption news is coming this week, as rumors of a current-gen version of Red Dead Redemption 2 swirl. Rob Wiethoff, who played Marston in both Red Dead Redemption andRed Dead Redemption 2, has said during a livestream that he has “exciting news,” and has inferred it is related to the Red Dead franchise. “I’ve got such exciting news, I can’t share it with you right now, and it’s absolutely killing me,” said Wiethoff while playing Red Dead Redemption on stream....

June 21, 2025 · 2 min · 292 words · Maria Hanna

Last of Us 2 reveal confirmed for PlayStation live stream

Developer Naughty Dog has confirmed The Last of Us Part II will feature in PlayStation’s State of Play live stream on Tuesday, September 24. The 20-minuteState of Playepisode isset to debut at 1pm PT / 4pm ET / 9pm BSTand feature new game reveals, new content fromPlayStation’s Worldwide Studios, and “a host of other updates.”You can watch it live here. However, the platform holder warned fans not to expect any updates on itsPlayStation 5plans....

June 21, 2025 · 1 min · 198 words · Laurie Cox

Microsoft suggests Call of Duty would be optimised for PlayStation if its Activision deal goes through

Microsoft has suggested that it would make full use of PlayStation consoles’ features when releasing Call of Duty games for Sony systems, should its proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard go through. In its latest response to the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA),Microsoftclaims that not only will it guarantee full feature parity onPlayStationconsoles, but that the versions onSony‘s systems may have more features than onXbox. The most notable example of this is the use of haptic feedback on thePlayStation 5‘s DualSense controller, something not offered with theXbox Series X/Scontroller....

June 21, 2025 · 3 min · 469 words · Paul Velazquez

Microsoft’s CEO says being an Xbox player means playing games on ‘all your devices’

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has reaffirmed his plan for Xbox going forward is to allow players to “enjoy Xbox on all devices.” In recent years,Microsofthas pivoted from competing directly on the console front to focusing on different strands such asXboxCloud Streaming. Recently, the company introduced a new marketing campaign titled“This is an Xbox,”in which it highlighted that Xbox’s strategy moving forward is making Xbox games available on virtually all entertainment devices via the cloud....

June 21, 2025 · 2 min · 405 words · Diana Bolton

Netflix announces creation of in-house game studio in Helsinki

Netflix has announced the creation of an internal games studio. The streaming giant has established a studio in Helsinki, Finland, it announced Monday, led by former Zynga Helsinki general manager Marko Lastikka. However, to date these titles have been created by external companies or ones that it has acquired, such as Oxenfree creator Night School Studio. “This is another step in our vision to build a world-class games studio that will bring a variety of delightful and deeply engaging original games — with no ads and no in-app purchases — to our hundreds of millions of members around the world,” Netflix’s games boss Amir Rahimi said....

June 21, 2025 · 1 min · 183 words · James Dixon

New Pragmata trailer announces it’s coming next year

Capcom has revealed a new trailer for Pragmata. The new trailer was shown off duringSony‘sState of Playpresentation on Wednesday. Pragmata‘s new trailer ends with the announcement that the game is planned for 2026. “Pragmata is an all-new science fiction adventure with its own unique twist of action and strategy,” said director Cho Yonghee. “The trailer you just saw features our two main characters, as well as a glimpse of our sci-fi inspired visuals and the cold, dark stretch of the moon where the game takes place....

June 21, 2025 · 2 min · 222 words · Levi Schmidt

Nintendo and The Pokemon Company seek an injuction and damages from Palworld developer Pocketpair

Palworld developer Pocketpair has revealed more details on Nintendo and The Pokémon Company’s lawsuit against it. The issue stems from three patents that are related to gameplay, all of which were initially filed byNintendoand ThePokemonCompany between February and July this year.Palworldwas released on January 19. “As announced on June 10, 2025,The Pokémon Companyand Nintendo Co Ltd (hereinafter referred to as the Plaintiffs) have filed a patent infringement lawsuit against us,” a statement from Pocketpair reads....

June 21, 2025 · 2 min · 223 words · Christine Ross

Nintendo sues player who kept streaming pirated Switch games, taunted ‘I can do this all day’

Nintendo is suing a player who it says repeatedly streamed pirated Switch games, while taunting the company that he couldn’t be caught. Nintendohas filed a lawsuit against Jesse Keighin, who it says streams games on various online platforms under his username Every Game Guru. According to the company, Keighin “is a recidivist pirate who has obtained and streamed Nintendo’s leaked games on multiple occasions”. The lawsuit alleges that since 2022, Keighin has streamed “at least 10 of Nintendo’s leaked games” before they were released, “more than 50 times in total”, the most recent beingMario & Luigi: Brothership....

June 21, 2025 · 2 min · 424 words · Christopher Jones

Nintendo Switch 2 pre-orders were invite-only at Amazon UK, but not for much longer

Amazon has said it will soon be opening general pre-orders for Nintendo Switch 2 in the UK. Previously, the retailer had runan invite-only system for Switch 2 pre-orders. However, it has now contacted customers who expressed interest in the console, but did not successfully receive an invite, to let them know that open pre-orders will soon begin. “Hello, you recently requested to buy theNintendo Switch 2on amazon.co.uk,” the e-mail sent to customers today reads....

June 21, 2025 · 2 min · 311 words · Keith Carlson

Nvidia RTX 5090 revealed: ‘Twice the performance of the 4090’

Nvidia has announced its new line of graphics cards at CES, including its most powerful RTX 5090. In a presentation live from Las Vegas, the newest lineup of graphics cards was shown off to the public for the first time. The new cards are the RTX 5090 which will launch on January 30 for $1999, the RTX 5080 at $999 also in January and the RTX 5070 Ti for $750, and finally the RTX 5070 for $549....

June 21, 2025 · 2 min · 376 words · Diane Gray