Video Game News 5/8/2026

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#Switch2
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Reaction: Nintendo Hits The Rewind Button On Star Fox, Again, And I'm Here For It, Again

Star Fox on Nintendo Switch 2 will be $50 for digital and $60 for physical

Star Fox Is Back, So What's Nintendo's Excuse For Other Abandoned Franchises?

Star Fox's controversial redesign already has fans divided

Nintendo's Star Fox reveal backs up Zelda Ocarina of Time remake rumors

The Star Fox crew flies onto Switch 2 this June

Star Fox 64 Remake Officially Coming to Switch 2 in June

Star Fox for Nintendo Switch 2 Is Up for Preorder

Star Fox Remake – Nintendo Switch 2 (2026 Main Theme)

#LimitResellerActivityStea
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Valve announce a reservation system for the new Steam Controller

Still hoping to snag a Steam Controller after it sold out? You'll have to literally join a queue to get one

Steam Controller Reservations Begin on May 8th, as Valve Looks to “Limit Reseller Activity”

Steam Controller Reservations Open Tomorrow, Giving You Another Chance To Get Your Hands On Valve's Controller

Valve tackles "incredibly frustrating" sold-out Steam Controller shortage with new reservation system

Miss Out On The Steam Controller? More Are Coming May 8

Steam Controller Will Be Restocked Soon And Valve Has A Plan To Stop Resellers From Buying Everything Up

#LeonMustDieForever
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Resident Evil Requiem gets a free ‘fast-paced’ bonus mode, Leon Must Die Forever, and it’s available now

Resident Evil Requiem update live, adds Leon Must Die Forever mini-game

Resident Evil Requiem’s “Leon Must Die Forever” Mode is Live, Adds a Timed Combat Gauntlet

Resident Evil Requiem Adds Free Leon Must Die Forever Minigame

Resident Evil Requiem gets Leon Must Die Forever challenge mode in free update

Resident Evil Requiem Update Adds New Minigame Mode 'Leon Must Die Forever'

Resident Evil Requiem Introduces Leon Must Die Forever Mode

#LegoBatman
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LEGO Batman's PS5 Launch Trailer Is Stuffed with References, Right Down to the Music

Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight includes some incredibly deep - and very funny - cuts from the series' history

New LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight launch trailer

LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight Launch Trailer Features Seal's Iconic Batman Forever Song, Kiss from a Rose

New Lego Batman Trailer Uses The Perfect Song To Get Me Freakin’ Pumped For Launch

LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight Launch Trailer Released

#Switch2
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Nintendo confirms Switch 2 price rises, consoles now $500 in the US

Nintendo announces Switch 2 price increase, going into effect worldwide

Nintendo announces Switch 2 price increase, consoles will soon be $500 in the US

Nintendo Announces Sweeping Price Hikes For Switch 2

Nintendo Announces The Switch 2 Is Getting A Hefty Price Hike Later This Year

#TheWorldOfDarkness
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The World of Darkness grows bigger with a first look at Hunter: The Reckoning - Deathwish and a Werewolf: The Apocalypse - Rageborn reveal

Werewolf: The Apocalypse – Rageborn announced for Nintendo Switch 2

Werewolf: The Apocalypse – Rageborn Announced by Session: Skate Sim Studio, Out in 2027

Session: Skate Sim Dev Reveals Shapeshifting Werewolf PS5 Game

#Atari
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Who owns the Wizardry RPGs? We do, say both Drecom and Atari as an unusual IP acquisition splits custody of the genre-forming series

Atari Doesn’t Own Wizardry Game IP, Drecom Clarifies

Atari Acquires The Rights To The 'Wizardry' RPG Series

Atari acquires the rights to five Wizardry titles

#BakingInAssumptions
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Crimson Desert Lacks Roadmap Because Pearl Abyss Isn’t “Baking in Assumptions” About Players’ Wants

Crimson Desert Dev Explains Why Not Being AAA is a Major Advantage

How to tame the Hyacinth Macaw in Crimson Desert

Crimson Desert Dev Explains How It's Able to Update the Game So Fast, and Why There's No Content Roadmap

#ARebootOn
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Steins;Gate Re:Boot Remake Arrives in August

STEINS;GATE RE:BOOT Will Force Us to Curse That Goddamn Semi-Colon All Over Again on PS5, PS4

Steins;Gate Is Getting Another Remake On Switch 1 & 2 This August

Steins;Gate Is Getting a ‘ReBoot’ on 6 Platforms Including Nintendo Switch 2 This August

#Exile
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Path of Exile 2's complete endgame redesign is great for everyone, especially newcomers

Grinding Gear Games Reveals Largest Path Of Exile II Update So Far, Return Of The Ancients

Path of Exile 2 gets Return of the Ancients on May 29

Path of Exile 2's 'Return of the Ancients' update improves the endgame

#CivilizationVii
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Civilization VII looks to revamp a lacklustre launch with Test of Time update, but is it coming to mobile?

Civilization VII "Test of Time" update lands May 19, finally letting you play entirely as one civ

Civilization 7's huge 'Test of Time' update arrives this month, and it's full of deep changes to the divisive 4X game

#TheLegendOfZelda
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Nintendo’s Takashi Tezuka, director of classic Mario and Zelda games, is retiring

Longtime Mario developer Takashi Tezuka retiring as executive officer from Nintendo

Nintendo Legend Takashi Tezuka Is Retiring From His Role In June

#Games
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Eve Online studio CCP Games is rebranding following its split from Crimson Desert’s Pearl Abyss

CCP Games rebrands as Fenris Creations following sale from Pearl Abyss

Hilmar Rebrands CCP as Fenris Creations, Says Everything is Great, Demands You Call Him “FC” Now

#KingdomComeDeliverance
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Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 is getting its own €155 perfume

Random: Now You Can Smell Like a Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 NPC with This $200 Fragrance

Warhorse's new creative director tells us why the secret sauce for Kingdom Come Deliverance is making things difficult for players: 'The usual answer is OK let's get rid of the friction—We don't work like that'

#Dracula
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Give yourself vampirism with a mortar and pestle in Dracula: The Disciple, an alchemist's castle puzzler from Styx devs Cyanide

Dracula: The Disciple Announced by Cyanide Studio – First-Person Puzzler Coming in 2027

Dracula: The Disciple May Be the PS5's First Puzzlevania

#XboxPresentsASpecialLookA
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STRANGER THAN HEAVEN Revealed in Xbox Showcase

Stranger Than Heaven Launches ‘This Winter’

Stranger Than Heaven Drops Tons Of New Details, Out This Winter

#NextgenPlatformInvestment
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PS5 Shipments Total 93.7 Million Worldwide, Sony Increasing “Next-Gen Platform” Investments

Sony Ships 93.7 Million PS5 Consoles, But Recent Sales Down by Almost 50%

Sony has sold over 93 million PS5 consoles since launch in 2020

#Mixtape
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Mixtape Review — Stacey & Van & Cass’ Finite Playlist

Mixtape Review

Mixtape: The Kotaku Review

#RockstarGamesGtaOnline
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GTA Online Nightclub Owners Are Cashing In Big in This Week’s Update

With GTA 6 Due Out in November, Rockstar Teases 'Exciting New Update' for GTA Online This Summer

Double Nightclub Bonuses This Week in GTA Online

#Xenomorphs
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Aliens Fireteam Elite 2 Goes Bigger in 4-Player Co-Op PS5 Sequel

Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 is coming this summer, now with more marines and a 'massive variety of new xenomorphs' to slice 'em up

Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 Announced for PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S

#Marathon
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Sony took a $765 million impairment loss in FY25 on the $3.6 billion Bungie acquisition

Sony Writes Off Another $565 Million Impairment Loss Against Bungie

Sony Records New $560 Million Loss On Bungie Acquisition As Marathon Struggles And Destiny 2 Nosedives

#ItsNextAndFinalContentPat
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Path of Exile 2 Will Get Full 1.0 Release After ExileCon, After Its Next And Final Content Patch

Path of Exile 2 aims for a full 1.0 release this year, but not all of the promised character classes will make it

Path of Exile 2 release date coming soon as early access gets final patch

#Switch2
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Star Fox's original artist reckons Fox McCloud's design is better in The Super Mario Galaxy Movie than it is in the Switch 2 game

Star Fox’s original artist prefers movie Fox McCloud design to the new one

Star Fox Creator Prefers Character's Movie Design, Following Mixed Response to Nintendo Switch 2 Game Reveal

#ProjectEthos
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Project Ethos, The New 2K Shooter, Undergoes Changes As Dev Lays Off Staff

2K lays off staff working on free-to-play shooter Project Ethos, while hinting at "new direction and focus"

Developer Behind 2K's Project Ethos Suffers Layoffs, but Take-Two Is Sticking With the Game

#Vault
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GameStop CEO's plan to take over eBay has become a clown show

GameStop-eBay saga gets weirder: CEO says he was suspended from eBay for selling stuff on eBay 'to pay for eBay'

GameStop CEO Accused Of Auctioning Off History From The Game Informer Vault As Part Of His eBay Acquisition Stunt