Video Game News 5/21/2026

#SpellcastersChronicles
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Quantic Dream shutting down Spellcasters Chronicles this summer

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

Another live service game is dead just a few months after launch

Quantic Dream Shutting Down Title Spellcasters Chronicles

Detroit: Become Human Dev Quantic Dream Kills Live Service Game 3 Months After Early Access Launch, Insists Star Wars Eclipse ‘Continues as Planned’

Quantic Dream Is Abandoning Its MOBA Just Three Months After Launch As Another Ill-Fated Live-Service Game Gets Added To The Pyre

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

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

Ubisoft Shares Release Windows For Assassin's Creed Hexe, New Far Cry And Ghost Recon Games

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’

#PlaystationPlus
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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

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

Nintendo Download – May 21, 2026 (North America) – Bubsy 4D, Tales of Arise, Yoshi and the Mysterious Book, more

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

Nintendo Download – May 21, 2026 (Europe)

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

Bubsy 4D Review — What Could Possibly Go Right?

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

Bubsy 4D Review – Born-Again Bubsy

Bubsy 4D Interview: Fabraz Founder Talks Mobility & Bubsy’s Rep

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

US: Nintendo Download for 21st May, 2026

Review: Blue Prince (Nintendo Switch 2)

Review: ChainStaff (Nintendo Switch)

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

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

Where to find Spotter Relays - ARC Raiders

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

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

#MatthewBall
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Xbox Adds Two New Heavy Hitters to Its Leadership Team

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

#TalesOfArise
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Review: Tales of Arise: Beyond the Dawn Edition Is a Pristine Port

Review: Tales Of Arise - Beyond The Dawn Edition (Switch 2) - Solid Game, Solid Port, Goes On A Bit

Tales of Arise – Beyond the Dawn Edition coming to Switch 2 this week

Tales of Arise: Beyond the Dawn Edition Now Available on Nintendo Switch 2!

#DeadSpiesHowToGetAGun
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Squabble over Disco Elysium's legacy continues as Hopetown studio recruit another ex-ZA/UM dev while dropping a new trailer on Zero Parades' release day

ZERO PARADES: For Dead Spies Review – Familiar But New

Review: Zero Parades Understands the Assignment

Zero Parades: For Dead Spies review: a must-play Disco Elysium follow-up

How To Get A Gun In Zero Parades: For Dead Spies

How To Complete The Unassigned Assignment In Zero Parades: For Dead Spies

Where To Find The Prybar, Chain-Cutters, And Lockpick In Zero Parades: For Dead Spies

#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

Lego Batman: Legacy Of The Dark Knight Features A Limmy Show Deep Cut Most People Probably Won’t Understand

#PtsdTriggered
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Forza Horizon 6 Contains a Funny Nod to Pokémon

If Forza Horizon 6 Isn’t Your Thing, These Racing Games Might Be

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

The best cars in Forza Horizon 6 for each race type

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

#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

#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

#MysteriousBook
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Yoshi and the Mysterious Book launch trailer – new Nintendo Switch 2 platformer arrives

Yoshi And The Mysterious Book – Everything You Should Know

This Week in Switch 2 - Pictonico! reaction, weird Nintendo + Yoshi and the Mysterious Book review

#2026SeasonPack
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F1 25: 2026 Season Pack Arrives June 3 - Audi, Cadillac, MADRING Circuit and More

F1 25 Shows Off Its 2026 Season Pack With An Exciting New Trailer

Rewrite The Grid – F1 25 Reveals Huge 2026 Season Pack Expansion

#TheBestBondGameEver
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007 First Light Wants To Surpass GoldenEye And Become “The Best Bond Game Ever”

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

Here's What Time You Can Play 007 First Light

#ClassicBulletgrazingShoot
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Psyvariar 3 Revives The Classic Bullet-Grazing Shooter Series

A Deep Dive Review : Psyvariar 3 – A Long Lost IP Returns

Psyvariar 3 Review

#OwlcatGames
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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

#TheFrozenDivide
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Throne And Liberty Announces The Frozen Divide: Nix Update

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

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

#WarhorseAnnouncesOpen
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Warhorse Announces Open-World Middle-earth RPG and New Kingdom Come Title

It's Official, Warhorse Studios Is Working On A New "Open World Middle-earth RPG"

Kingdom Come Deliverance 3 Announcement Overshadowed by Lord of the Rings RPG

#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

#TomodachiLifeLivingTheDre
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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

Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream tops April US sales | US Monthly Charts

#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

#It
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It's not you, would-be Subnautica 2 fish murderers, it's our creature encounters not feeling "fair, readable, and engaging" enough, say Unknown Worlds

Subnautica 2 Improvements On The Way, But No, You Can't Fight The Fish

#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