Video Game News 5/8/2026

#LeonMustDieForever
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"Leon must die forever" screams Resident Evil Requiem's new endgame battle rush mode, out now for free

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

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

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

Resident Evil Requiem Unleashes Free LEON MUST DIE FOREVER Minigame

Leon Must Die Forever Is Resident Evil Requiem's New Mini Game, Out Now on PS5

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's new game mode is here, free to download, and it looks like bloody chaos

Resident Evil Requiem Just Dropped A Free Roguelite Mode Built Around Leon’s Ass-Kicking Skills

Resident Evil Requiem free DLC Leon Must Die Forever is out now

Resident Evil Requiem Introduces Leon Must Die Forever Mode

New Leon Mode Released for Resident Evil Requiem, Rather Than The Mercenaries Offering That Fans Were Expecting

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

Nintendo Switch 2 Global Price Increase Announced, Will Cost $500 From September 1st

Nintendo announces Switch 2 price increase, going into effect worldwide

Nintendo Announces A Price Increase For The Switch 2, Costing $679 In Canada Beginning This September

Nintendo Announces Sweeping Price Hikes For Switch 2

Guide: Best-Selling Nintendo Switch Games - Every First-Party Title To Pass One Million Sales

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

Nintendo announces Nintendo Switch 2 price increase

Nintendo reveals best-selling Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2 games

The Nintendo Switch 2 Is Officially Getting A Price Hike In September

Nintendo announces Switch 2 price increase coming in September

Nintendo Sabotages Ocarina of Time Remake With Switch 2 Price Increase

Review: Spica Adventure (Nintendo Switch)

#Marathon
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Sony Reports $765 Million Impairment Losses From Bungie in Latest Earnings Report

Bungie Was a $765 Million Thorn in Sony's Side in 2025

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

Sony Files Second $565 Million Impairment Against Bungie

Marathon and Destiny developer Bungie underperformed last year, causing a $765 million impairment loss for PlayStation

Sony Writes Off Another $565 Million Impairment Loss Against Bungie

Sony records a $766 million impairment loss against Bungie for the 2025 financial year, a 1-2 punch of Destiny 2 and Marathon failing to meet its expectations

Sony Reports $765 Million Impairment Loss Due to Underperformance of Marathon Developer Bungie

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

#Exile
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Path of Exile 2’s May 29 Return of the Ancients update emphasizes endgame enhancements and endings

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

Path of Exile 2's massive Return of the Ancients expansion will be its last major update before it leaves early access later this year: 'I want to get this game finished, I really, really do'

Path of Exile 2 Reveals Return of the Ancients, the Final Major Update Before 1.0 Launch Later in 2026

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

Valve announce a reservation system for the new Steam Controller

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

Valve opens Steam Controller reservations, but it's "limited to one" per person, so you better act fast

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

#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

Nintendo veteran designer Takashi Tezuka set to retire as Executive Officer

Legendary Nintendo Designer Takashi Tezuka Set to Retire

Legendary Nintendo Designer Takashi Tezuka Retires After 42 Years Of Working On Mario, Zelda, And More

#LegoBatman
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Upcoming Batman PS5 Game Looks Fantastic, Out in 2 Weeks

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

New LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight launch trailer

LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight Launch Trailer Released

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

#Switch2
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Random: "Personally, I Prefer The Movie Version" - Star Fox Designer Weighs In On New Look

Talking Point: Star Fox Old Vs. New Designs Compared - Which Do You Prefer?

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

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

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

Star Fox Artist Weighs In On Switch 2 Makeover: ‘I Prefer The Movie Version’

Star Fox Needs Aura And It’s Missing From The New Game

#Playstation6
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ANALYSIS: PS5 sales drift behind PS4, while Sony says it’s undecided on PS6 release date and price

PS6 Launching Timing and Prices “Not Yet Decided,” Says Sony CEO

PS6 Release Date and Price Not Decided Yet, Says Sony

Sony hasn't decided on PS6 release date or price yet, and may even "change business models" in response to the memory crisis

PS6 Release Date And Price Are Still Up In The Air, Sony Says

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

How to get the Sotdae of Bond and tame birds in Crimson Desert

How to tame the Hyacinth Macaw in Crimson Desert

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

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

#Switch2
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Nintendo is raising Switch 2 prices in the US, Canada, Europe, and Japan

Nintendo is raising Switch 2 prices around the world

Nintendo hikes Switch 2 prices, revises console costs in Japan, US, Canada, and Europe

Nintendo is raising the price of the Switch 2 later this year

Nintendo Apologizes For Raising The Price Of The Switch 2 Less Than A Year After It Launched

#SummerAliensFireteamElite
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Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 revealed to arrive this "Summer"

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

#HeavenlySword
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Clair Obscur and Lord of the Rings actor Andy Serkis says Hollywood snobbery towards video games is changing

Expedition 33 Star Says Video Games Are Finally Winning Over Acting Snobs

Andy Serkis says 'there has always been that snobbery' when it comes to videogame acting, but the times are changing thanks to games like Expedition 33

Andy Serkis Praises Expedition 33, Says Hollywood's 'Snobbery' Towards Video Game is Changing

#Neverness
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Neverness to Everness devs respond to AI criticisms and pledge to review assets

NTE: Neverness to Everness Developers Admit AI Used in Game

Neverness to Everness Developer Responds to Generative AI Controversy Saying Small Parts of The Game Used The Tech is Being Reworked

#AngryBirds
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Angry Birds inaugurated in the National Museum of Play's Hall of Fame

Dragon Quest Has Been Inducted Into The World Video Game Hall of Fame

Dragon Quest And Three Other Titles Inducted Into Video Game Hall Of Fame

#ProjectEthos
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2K lay off staff at Project Ethos while touting "a renewed direction and vision" for their by-the-numbers hero shooter

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

#ItsNextAndFinalContentPat
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Path of Exile 2's 1.0 release might slip beyond 2026, but at least we're getting a crafting system that summons skeletons to beat you up when you use it

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

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

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

"I'm not going to fight the Chinese Communist Party" – Why Eve Online firm CCP Games rebranded to Fenris Creations

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

#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 a ‘ReBoot’ on 6 Platforms Including Nintendo Switch 2 This August

#Stranger
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Stranger Than Heaven Launches ‘This Winter’

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

Yakuza Dev's Stranger Than Heaven Drops English Dub Option Due to Bilingual Characters

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

Double Nightclub Bonuses This Week in GTA Online

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

#Playstation5
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Sony Ships 93.7 Million PS5 Consoles, But Recent Sales Down by Almost 50%

PS5 Sales Drop Nearly 50% Compared To This Time Last Year, But Has Still Shipped 93.7m Units

PS5 Sales Drop Almost 50%, As Sony Discusses AI Ambitions, Including New Hair Tech

#ChronoOdyssey
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Chrono Odyssey showcases its matrix progression system, NPC helpers, and monster lewks

Chrono Odyssey Reveals Big Changes to Highly Anticipated MMORPG

Chrono Odyssey Reveals Matrix Progression System, Supporters, and Monster Equipment

#ThroneAndLiberty
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Throne and Liberty teases the arrival of The Frozen Divide update soon™

Throne and Liberty Teases 'The Frozen Divide', Possible Next Expansion

Throne and Liberty teases The Frozen Divide, but details are still thin

#Switch2
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Nintendo financial results – May 2026 – Switch 2 at 19.86 million units, Switch at 155.92 million, more

Nintendo Switch 2 console has sold 19.86 million units since launch

Nintendo Switch has now sold 155.92 million units

Nintendo has now sold 19.86 million Nintendo Switch 2 units worldwide