Video Game News 5/21/2026

Video Game News 5/21/2026

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#PlaystationPlus
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Sony Just Raised Prices Across All PlayStation Plus Tiers

PS Plus Price Increases Also Hit Extra, Premium Tiers - Here Are All the New Prices

PlayStation Plus Price Hike Effects All Tiers, Not Just Essential

It's not just PS Plus Essential getting a price hike: Premium and Extra tiers are now more expensive too

PlayStation Plus just got more expensive for all tiers

Sony Forgot To Tell You The Other PlayStation + Tiers Are Going Up In Price

Sony Just Raised PS Plus Prices In A Way Seemingly Designed To Make Everyone Mad

#SpellcastersChronicles
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Spellcasters Chronicles Took 8 Years to Make, Quantic Dream Could Layoff Up to 95 Employees – Rumor

After Months in Early Access, Quantic Dream is Shutting Down Spellcasters Chronicles, Laying Off Staff

Quantic Dream's multiplayer game Spellcasters Chronicles is being shut down and the studio reorganised, but Star Wars Eclipse is unaffected

Quantic Dream cancels first multiplayer title Spellcasters Chronicles

Quantic Dream cutting jobs after scrapping Spellcasters Chronicles

Quantic Dream Layoffs Hitting Up to 95 Jobs Following Game Closure

Quantic Dream Shutting Down Title Spellcasters Chronicles

Union Blasts Quantic Dream Leadership Over Live-Service Failure And The Potential For Up To 95 Layoffs: ‘Incompetence Led Us Here’

#FarCry
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Ubisoft working on new Assassin’s Creed, Far Cry, Ghost Recon, and ‘first playable’ gen-AI experience

New Assassin’s Creed, Far Cry and Ghost Recon games will release by early 2029 say Ubisoft, who're also dumping cash into a "first playable generative AI experience"

Ubisoft confirms new Assassin's Creed, Far Cry, and Ghost Recon games are coming before April 2029

Ubisoft Promises New Assassin's Creed, Far Cry, and Ghost Recon Games All by March 2029

Ubisoft Promises New Assassin’s Creed, Far Cry, And Ghost Recon Coming Eventually, But Says This Year Will Be A ‘Low Point’

#IndoorAstronaut
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Bubsy 4D review for Nintendo Switch 2 and Switch

Unrailed 2 shares Nintendo Switch 2 and Switch release date, new trailer

Path of Mystery 2: The Mermaid Legend Murder Case announced for Nintendo Switch 2, and Switch

Review: Bubsy 4D (PS5) - The Best of a Bad Bunch

Bubsy 4D Review — What Could Possibly Go Right?

Bubsy 4D Review – Born-Again Bubsy

Review: Bubsy 4D (Switch 2) - A Maligned Mascot Finally Gets A Good Game

Review: Blue Prince (Nintendo Switch 2)

Review: ChainStaff (Nintendo Switch)

I’m Surprised At How Bad Bubsy 4D Feels To Play

#Batman
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Award-winning Scottish comedian Limmy reacts to his tribute in Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight: ‘That’s made my day’

Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight Review – Brick By Brick

How To Unlock All Characters in Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight

8 Of Our Favorite Lego Batman: Legacy Of The Dark Knight Easter Eggs

#OwlcatGames
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The Expanse: Osiris Reborn is Recasting Its Male Lead Following Closed Beta Feedback

PS5 Sci-Fi RPG The Expanse: Osiris Reborn Recasts Its Main Character Following Brutal Fan Feedback

The Expanse: Osiris Reborn devs are replacing the voice actors and reworking combat after beta feedback

The Expanse: Osiris Reborn Is Recasting its Protagonist After Negative Fan Feedback

#ArcRaiders
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ARC Raiders Can Now Distinguish Between Self Defense and Starting Fights for Matchmaking

Embark finally pulls back the curtain on Arc Raiders' matchmaking systems

Where to find Spotter Relays - ARC Raiders

Embark busts 9 myths about Arc Raiders' aggression-based matchmaking, and says defending yourself is no longer a hostile action

#FirstLight
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License to Stream: ‘007 First Light’ Coming to GeForce NOW With an Ultimate Bundle

007 First Light Unlock Times: Global Launch, Early Access, And Release Time Explained

007 First Light's James Bond (probably) won't be a sexist, misogynist dinosaur: 'Some things fall by the wayside,' IO Interactive says

Here's What Time You Can Play 007 First Light

#TheLongDark
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Former Mass Effect, Dragon Age, and The Long Dark devs form Studio Reset

Dragon Age: Inquisition's lead narrative designer is making an adventure game world "where the ordinary starts to feel like it is hiding something"

"Don't build a studio that requires a massive hit to survive" – Veteran BioWare devs form Studio Reset

#TheVikingAge
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Roguelike FPS offshoot Deep Rock Galactic: Rogue Core launches into early access with its own dangers, its own dwarves, and at last, its own identity

Deep Rock Galactic: Rogue Core is a good roguelite shooter, but a little less special than the game that spawned it

Top-Down Roguelike Survival Game Is Death Stranding Meets Deep Rock Galactic: Survivors And It Rules

#ParadoxDrive
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Pokémon TCG Pocket unveils its newest themed booster pack Paradox Drive

Pokemon TCG Pocket Booster Pack Paradox Drive launches this month plus events ahead

Pokémon TCG Pocket's next update adds Scarlet and Violet's best monsters

#Atlus
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Persona 5: The Phantom X heads back to Persona 3 Reload with a returning fan-favourite

Persona 5: The Phantom X Persona 3 Reload Makoto Global Changes Detailed

Persona5: The Phantom X Version 4.1 Live

#RollingSoon
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Nintendo and LEGO announce LEGO Donkey Kong set

Nintendo Teases LEGO Donkey Kong, "Rolling Soon"

Nintendo teams up with LEGO for LEGO Donkey Kong

#Subnautica
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Subnautica 2 Has Sold Over 4 Million Copies in Five Days of Early Access

New data shows only 21% of Early Access games perform better after full release

Paralives is the very definition of early access, but it's already a promising Sims rival

#TomodachiLifeLivingTheDre
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Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream Tops US Sales Charts for April 2026

Tomodachi Life: Living The Dream Projected As The Best-Selling Game In April (US)

Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream topped US game sales in April, Circana says

#PtsdTriggered
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Forza Horizon 6 Contains a Funny Nod to Pokémon

A Forza Horizon 6 Sound Effect Might Just Trigger Some Awful Memories For You

Forza Horizon 6 Players Are Using Exploits to Farm Easy Credits and Unlock Every Car

#TheFrozenDivide
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Throne And Liberty Announces 'The Frozen Divide' Expansion For Late June, With New Region, Class, System Changes And More

Throne And Liberty Announces The Frozen Divide: Nix Update

Throne and Liberty’s Frozen Divide: Nix expansion arrives June 25

#CompanyConsidersUsingGove
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Pokémon Company Considers Using Government ID To Tackle TCG Scalping

The Pokémon Company Considers Government ID Check to Combat Trading Card Scalping in Japan

The Pokémon Company In Japan Fights Scalpers By Demanding Government ID Checks To Buy Cards

#Hoyoverse
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Rumour: Genshin Impact's 'HoYoverse' Account System Supposedly Adds Switch Support

Genshin Impact gets Nintendo Switch account Login Manager prompting Switch 2 speculation

After Six Years Of Waiting, Genshin Impact Fans Might Finally Be Getting Its Promised Switch Port

#Xbox
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Xbox adds Matthew Ball as chief strategy officer and names Scott Van Vliet CTO

Xbox announces hire of veteran analyst Matthew Ball as chief strategy officer, and AI and Amazon veteran as CTO

Xbox adds Matthew Ball and Scott Van Vliet to leadership team

#ArkSurvivalAscended
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ARK Survival Ascended talks up its Fantastic Tames DLC and plans to shut down low pop servers in June

ARK Survival Ascended Launches Fantastic Tames Season 1

ARK: Survival Ascended Launches New Fantastic Tames Creature DLC and Offers Free Reworked Araneo Spider

#VirtuaFighter
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Virtua Fighter 6 gameplay trailer appears to leak on bilibili

New Virtua Fighter PS5 Footage Leaks, And It's Blowing My Mind

#YodeleeGolf
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Yodelee Golf is a unique funny-sounding chaotic casual co-op golf game

Yodelee Golf Looks Like the Weirdest Golf Game We’ve Seen in Years

#DarksidersWarmasteredEdit
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Darksiders Warmastered Edition gets Vulkan rendering, improved Steam Input support and more

Nearly a decade after its last update, Darksiders Warmastered Edition gets a photo mode and motion controls in a surprise new patch

#May
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Daily free Monopoly Go dice links (May 2026)

Monopoly Go Free Rolls – May 2026 Links