Gaming

Pokémon Legends: Z-A, the next title in Game Freak’s long-running Pokémon series of video games, received a new trailer at the Pokémon Presents showcase Thursday. The trailer showed off the game’s setting and revealed more gameplay but stopped short of confirming a release date. Pokémon Legends: Z-A is set for launch on the Nintendo Switch

Forza Horizon 5, the acclaimed open-world racer from Playground Games, will arrive on PS5 on April 29, the developer announced Thursday. The Microsoft first-party game, which launched as an Xbox and PC exclusive in 2021, is now up for pre-order on the PlayStation Store. Players who pre-purchase the Premium Edition of Forza Horizon 5 on

Monster Hunter Wilds launched Friday on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series S/X and the action-RPG has quickly become a massive hit on Steam. It is now one of the most played games in the platform’s history within hours of release. Monster Hunter Wilds has crossed a whopping one million concurrent players on Steam, surpassing the

The Nintendo Switch 2 leaks refuse to die down even after the hybrid gaming console’s reveal last month. The device was subject to several leaks and rumours that shed light on its design and features ahead of the announcement from Nintendo. Now, new images have surfaced online that seem to be computer-aided renders of the

The PlayStation Plus monthly games lineup for March has been revealed. BioWare’s action-RPG Dragon Age: The Veilguard, which released just four months ago, leads the slate of games joining PS Plus next month. Other monthly games include action platformer Sonic Colors: Ultimate and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection. All three games will be

Ubisoft has acknowledged that some copies of Assassin’s Creed Shadows have broken the street date ahead of launch and called the leaks “unfortunate”. The publisher has warned that the leaked gameplay clips seen on social media platforms do not represent the final game and is taking steps to prevent the spread of spoilers. The company’s

DC Studios co-CEOs James Gunn and Peter Safran have held discussions with Warner Bros. Games studios Rocksteady and NetherRealm about new video games based on the DC Universe. The two studio chiefs have talked to developers over characters and story in DC titles and how they could align with larger plans for the DCU films

Asus ROG Flow Z13 (2025) was launched in global markets on Tuesday, and the 2-in-1 convertible gaming tablet is now available to purchase in China and the UAE, a month after it was unveiled at CES 2025. It is powered by up to AMD Ryzen AI Max 395 CPUs, paired with up to 128GB of

Balatro, the award-winning poker-inspired roguelike deckbuilder, has gotten a surprise release on Xbox Game Pass. The game is out now on Microsoft’s game subscription service, available at no additional cost to Game Pass subscribers across supported platforms. Additionally, Balatro is also getting a new free DLC that brings more collaborations with other games like Fallout,

Assassin’s Creed Shadows, Ubisoft’s upcoming Japan-set action-RPG, seems to have leaked. Some players have reportedly been playing the game early and leaked gameplay footage has surfaced online. Physical copies of the game are claimed to have been sold nearly a month ahead of the game’s scheduled launch. Assassin’s Creed Shadows has had a troubled development

Microsoft plans to have catalogue of games that utilise its recently revealed artificial intelligence (AI) model that can generate 3D gameplay environments, CEO Satya Nadella has said. The Xbox parent announced Muse, an AI model that can generate game visuals and controller actions to aid in game development, last week. Over the past year, Microsoft

Marvel Rivals’ development team, including the game director, have been laid off despite the game’s successful launch. The layoffs have affected an unspecified number of employees at NetEase’s design team based in Seattle, the company said in a statement to the press Wednesday. The job cuts come just over two months after the release of

Palworld, the Pokémon-inspired survival game from Japanese studio Pocketpair, has crossed a significant milestone. The game has reached 32 million players across different platforms, the developer announced Wednesday. Palworld player count continues to rise even as Pocketpair faces a patent infringement lawsuit from Nintendo and The Pokémon Company that seeks an injunction on the game

Grand Theft Auto 5 is getting a free upgrade on PC next month that will bring a host of technical enhancements and GTA Online features previously only available on PS5 and Xbox Series S/X versions of the game. In addition to improved graphical quality and online-specific content, the upgrade also brings access to GTA+ membership

CD Projekt Red has been working on the sequel to Cyberpunk 2077, which was first announced in 2022. The Polish company set up a new studio in Boston, Massachusetts, at the time to spearhead development on the action-RPG alongside its existing Vancouver-based team. While CDPR revealed The Witcher 4 in December, the developer has remained

Sony launched the Midnight Black colourway of the DualSense Edge wireless controller in India on Thursday. The new colour option of the pro controller arrives as part of new Midnight Black Collection of PS5 accessories, which also includes the PlayStation Portal remote player, the Pulse Elite wireless headset, and the Pulse Explore wireless earbuds. In