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Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa says the company will lean on a stronger Switch 2 software lineup after the console's price increase. The US price rises from $449.99 to $499.99 on September 1.
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Guerrilla Games co-founder and former Epic director Arjan Brussee is developing The Immense Engine, an AI-native European alternative to major game engines.
Grand Theft Auto
PlayStation messages are encouraging PS4 owners to move to PS5 before GTA 6 arrives on November 19, 2026. The same wave of marketing also appears to show a Mature 17+ ESRB rating.
Industry
Workers at Double Fine Productions have filed to form a union with the Communications Workers of America. The NLRB case lists 42 employees in the proposed unit at the Microsoft-owned Psychonauts studio.
Forza
The Forza Horizon 6 Car Pass has surfaced on the Xbox Store with an image showing several of its planned DLC cars. The pass adds 30 vehicles, with one new car arriving each week from launch.
Resident Evil
Resident Evil Requiem has climbed back into Steam's top 40 most-played games after Capcom released the free Leon Must Die Forever mode. The horror sequel ranked No. 38 in the latest Steam reading, up from No. 116 last week.
Alien
Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 has been announced for PS5, Xbox Series X|S and PC. The sequel expands the Xenomorph-slaying co-op shooter to four players in summer 2026.
Battlefield
Battlefield 6 Update 1.3.1.0 goes live May 12, adding Season 3 content while reworking vehicle combat, gadgets, netcode, weapons and REDSEC ranked play.
Battlefield
Battlefield 6 Season 3 begins May 12 with a three-part roadmap covering new maps, returning modes, Ranked Battle Royale and a broad update to vehicles, gadgets, weapons and netcode.
Worms
Leaked screenshots and footage point to Worms Galactic Tactics, an unannounced strategy RPG-style spin-off reportedly tied to a Team17 playtest build. Team17 has not announced the game.
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Sony has recorded ¥120.1 billion in impairment losses tied to Bungie after the studio's game portfolio missed expectations. The company did not split the write-down between Destiny 2 and Marathon.
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Discord is recovering from an outage tied to increased API errors, with the company saying some users were affected across login and message sending. The status page says systems are beginning to recover, but the service is not fully healthy yet.
