Suda51 and James Gunn say they have nothing to do with the Lollipop Chainsaw remake

Suda51 and James Gunn have both stated that they have nothing to do with the newly-announced Lollipop Chainsaw remake. On Tuesday, the original game’s executive producer Yoshimi Yasuda announced that his new companyDragami Gameswould be making a remake of the 2012 cult favourite. However, despite being the two most high-profile names attached to the original title, neither creative directorSuda51nor co-writer James Gunn will have any involvement in the new project....

June 18, 2025 · 3 min · 483 words · Mr. Kyle Torres

Take-Two has suggested Xbox Game Pass may now have 30 million subscribers

On Wednesday, Zelnick andXboxbossPhil SpencerjoinedThe Wrapfor a live discussion about the rise and future of the games industry. Spencer then didn’t deny that was the case, only saying that “the last public number we announced was 18 million”. It was unclear from the exchange if Zelnick had inadvertently revealed aMicrosoftsecret, was being playful about the success of the service (he’s something ofa subscription sceptic), or was simply pulling a number out of his pocket that could be wide of the mark....

June 18, 2025 · 2 min · 260 words · Brandi Jimenez

TimeSplitters boss says cancellation was ‘a big letdown’, and he’s likely done with the series

The co-founder of Free Radical Design has spoken about his disappointment at the cancellation of the TimeSpliters reboot, and has suggested he’s likely finished with the franchise. Free Radical was closed in December, just two years after it was re-established, as part of huge company-wide cuts atEmbracerand its owned publishers. The team was working on a new game in the TimeSplitters series, the last of which was 2005’s TimeSplitters: Future Perfect....

June 18, 2025 · 3 min · 428 words · Terrence Levy

Trek to Yomi will be released for Nintendo Switch next week

Trek to Yomi will be released for Nintendo Switch on January 30. Developed by Flying Wild Hog and published byDevolver Digital, the side-scrolling action-adventure game was previously released forPC,XboxandPlayStationconsoles in May 2022. The game is now available to pre-order for $22.79 / £17.99 onNintendo eShopand aSwitchannouncement trailer is viewable below. “As a vow to his dying Master, the young swordsman Hiroki is sworn to protect his town and the people he loves against all threats,” according to an official description of the game....

June 18, 2025 · 1 min · 159 words · Christine Thompson

Uncharted content may be coming to Fortnite, a leak suggests

Uncharted content may be coming to Fortnite, according to a leaked challenge description that references the franchise. According to Twitter user @Egyptian_Leaker a challenge has been found in the game files that reads “Collect Treasure using anUnchartedTreasure Map”. The challenge is set to go live one day before the upcoming Uncharted film starring Tom Holland and Mark Walberg is released in theatres. It’s currently unclear if cosmetic items related to the franchise will make an appearance in the shop, though Tom Holland’s likeness was included inFortniteas recently as December, as part of a collaboration celebratingSpider-Man: No Way Home....

June 18, 2025 · 2 min · 242 words · Kathleen Edwards

Watch Nintendo’s latest Pikmin 3 Switch footage

Nintendo has published a new Pikmin 3 Deluxe video showing Nintendo Switch gameplay. The video, which is narrated in Japanese, details the different types of Pikmin players will be able to command in the strategy adventure. Originally released forWii Uin 2013, Pikmin 3 has players controlling one of three space captains, who in turn command a horde of up to 100 plant-like creatures and use their abilities to explore, combat enemies and solve puzzles....

June 18, 2025 · 1 min · 135 words · Amanda Hanson

Watch the Warcraft 30th Anniversary Direct stream live here

Blizzard Entertainment is holding a Warcraft 30th Anniversary Direct stream on Wednesday and you’ll be able to watch it live here. Viewable on Twitch, YouTube and TikTok, including via the video embedded at the top of this page, the presentation kicks off at 10am PT / 1pm ET / 6pm GMT. Blizzardis billing it as an “online celebration acrossWorld of Warcraft, Hearthstone, and Warcraft Rumble”. “It’s a big year for the Warcraft universe and whether you’re a Hearthstone fan, you’ve joined the chaos in Warcraft Rumble, ventured into the world of Azeroth for the first time in Warcraft: Orcs and Humans, or you’re a World of Warcraft player, there’s something for everyone in our Warcraft 30th Anniversary Direct stream,” the studio said when the event was announced....

June 18, 2025 · 2 min · 215 words · Stephanie Scott

Wild Arms and Shadow Hearts creators’ Kickstarter adds Final Fantasy, SaGa composers

The “world’s first double Kickstarter” campaign, currently being run by the developers of cult PlayStation RPGs Wild Arms and Shadow Hearts, has added two legendary RPG composers to the project. The unique campaign, which has met its target, is raising money for the development of two separate games – Armed Fantasia and Penny Blood. Each is a spiritual successor to thePlayStationgames in question. In a new update, it has been revealed that Final Fantasy composer Nobuo Uematsu and SaGa series composer Kenji Ito are now both involved in the development of one of the two games, Penny Blood....

June 18, 2025 · 2 min · 414 words · Kevin Ward

Wordle 854 – hints and answer for Saturday June 14, 2025

How do you solve today’s Wordle puzzle? We’ve got theWordle hints and answerfor today’s puzzle – that’s puzzle number 854, on Saturday July 26, 2025. If you just need some hints to help you on your way, or need to know if there are any pitfalls to look out for in today’s puzzle, we can help you out. Or, if you’ve reached your last guess and you’re still completely stumped, at the bottom of this article we’ll give you today’s answer....

June 18, 2025 · 2 min · 355 words · Jonathan Salazar

Xbox Game Pass Standard gets a train sim and a critically acclaimed Square Enix RPG today

Two more games have been added to Xbox Game Pass Standard today. Square Enix‘s RPGOctopath Traveler2 and Dovetail Games’ Train Sim World 5 have been added to the Standard tier ofXbox‘s subscription service. Both games were already available on the Xbox Game Pass Ultimate andPCGame Pass tiers, but today marks their addition to Game Pass Standard. Octopath Traveler 2 was released in February 2023 forSwitch,PS4,PS5, and PC, before coming to Xbox in 2024....

June 18, 2025 · 2 min · 314 words · Briana Conley

Xbox ‘is definitely making’ a new 1 vs 100, it’s claimed

A new 1 vs 100 game is “definitely” in development at Microsoft, it’s been claimed. That’s according to journalist Jeff Grubb, who claimed on hisGiant Bombshow that the game is currently in active development at Altspace VR, which is part ofMicrosoft’s Mixed Reality division. The original 1 vs 100 was an online show that ran weekly onXbox 360in 2009, with one player placed as “The One” against a group of 100 others that made up “The Mob”, with the rest making up “The Crowd”....

June 18, 2025 · 3 min · 502 words · Bradley Lawrence

Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is the highest-rated game ever on OpenCritic

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is currently the highest-rated game of all-time on review aggregation site OpenCritic. Press reviews for the long-awaited sequel went live on Thursday, ahead of the game’s release this Friday, and verdicts were overwhelmingly positive, with the majority of outlets awarding it perfect scores. Shortly after the embargo lifted, review aggregation site OpenCritic confirmed that the game is currentlythe highest-rated game ofall time on its platform, with an aggregate score of 97....

June 18, 2025 · 2 min · 380 words · Shawn Clark

343 thanks fans for patience as Halo Infinite finally adds long-awaited features

343 Industries has thanked Halo Infinite fans for their patience during a year in which the studio struggled to deliver several highly anticipated features for the game. In a blog post, 343 community writer Alex Wakefordsaidthe company hopes today’s launch of the game’s major Winter Update will mark the start of a brighter period forHalo Infiniteand the studio alike. Among other features (see the fullpatch notes), today’s update finally introduces campaign co-op, the Forge open beta, and Mission Replay, all of which werepreviously delayed on several occasions....

June 17, 2025 · 2 min · 306 words · Colton Snyder