Video Game News 5/1/2026

#EarlyAccessReleaseDate
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Subnautica 2's early access has chased a campervanning game about starting fires and hacking PCs into an earlier release

Subnautica 2 early access confirmed for May 14

Subnautica 2 Launches in Early Access Release Date Announced

Subnautica 2 Launches in Early Access on May 14

Enter the Chronosphere Enters Steam Early Access on May 14

Subnautica 2 early access launch date finally confirmed, and it's just weeks away

Subnautica 2 Launches in Early Access In May

Subnautica 2 Finally Gets Early Access Release Date

#Playstation5
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Highly Anticipated PS5 Star Wars Game Gets Release Date

Star Wars: Galactic Racer Launches October 6 on PS5, Xbox, and PC

Star Wars: Galactic Racer Launches In October, 2026

Days after Star Wars: Galactic Racer's release date leaked, Fuse Games makes it official with Deluxe and Collector's edition details

Star Wars: Galactic Racer Launches This October

Star Wars: Galactic Racer - Here’s What Comes in Each Edition

#TheOuterWorlds
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Obsidian are delisting the original version of The Outer Worlds in favour of the swankier (but pricier) Spacer's Choice edition, and lobbing some grenades at you too

The Outer Worlds Owners to Receive Spacer’s Choice Edition For Free as the Original Gets Delisted

The Outer Worlds Will Offer Free PS5 Remaster Upgrade Amidst Delistings and Price Drops

The Outer Worlds Is Getting Grenades, Nearly 7 Years After It Came Out

They’re Putting Grenades In The Outer Worlds Seven Years After Launch

#AGalaxyOfNewStarWarsGames
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Star Wars: Dark Forces Review — The One That Started Everything

Star Wars Invades Fortnite on PS5, PS4 with Three New Game Modes and Plenty More

Fortnite Celebrates Star Wars Day With Month-Long Roadmap, Includes "A Galaxy Of New Star Wars Games"

Fortnite's new partnered Star Wars games were not a great showcase of UEFN

Everything You Need to Know About the New Star Wars Content in Fortnite

#KingdomComeDeliverance2
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Kingdom Come devs respond to Lord of the Rings game rumour: "I cannot disclose details but I can tell it is a huge, immersive RPG"

Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 developer won't confirm whether it's working on a Lord of the Rings game, but has said whatever comes next, it will be "an RPG true to our colours"

A New The Lord Of The Rings Game From Kingdom Come Studio? Here's How The Dev Responded To The Rumor

Andy Serkis on the link between his Animal Farm and Lord of the Rings

#TheSteamController
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SteamOS 3.8.3 Beta gets ready for the Steam Machine and Steam Controller

Massive Valve shipment rumor may hint at the Steam Machine's launch window, but I have my doubts

We tested the Steam Controller

Valve on the Steam Machine delays: 'Obviously we're bummed that this is the state of things'

#Switch2
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Indiana Jones and the Great Circle reveals Nintendo Switch 2 frame rate, resolution, and DLSS usage

Indiana Jones Gameplay Reveals Nintendo Switch 2 Performance Capabilities

Round Up: The Previews Are In For Indiana Jones And The Great Circle (Switch 2)

Indiana Jones and Great Circle Switch 2 targets 1080p docked 720p handheld and 30fps

#SeparateWeaponAssassinsCr
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Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced Won’t Let You Use the Hidden Blade as a Separate Weapon

Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced Surpasses One Million Wishlists

Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced Will See Return of Whaling, Legendary Ships

10 New Things We Just Learned About The Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Remake

#PearlAbyssHasSold
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Pearl Abyss Has Sold CCP Games Back To The Studio's Leadership Team For $120M USD

Pearl Abyss sells CCP Games back to its management for $120 million

Pearl Abyss Sheds CCP as Hilmar Buys the Company Back for $120 Million

Crimson Desert Studio Pearl Abyss Sells Eve Online Dev CCP for $120m

#InvincibleVs
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Invincible VS Lands With Bone-Crunching 3v3 Combat

Side Quests: Invincible VS Review

Invincible Vs may pack a punch for fans of the show, but I wish it had more going on outside its tight versus mode

Invincible VS Review

Brutal 3v3 Fighter Invincible VS Now Available for PC and Consoles

#TotalWar
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Total War: Warhammer 40,000's map destruction is "the biggest mental shift" for the strategy series in years, but "we've kept it to areas where it it really works"

Total War: Warhammer 40,000 reveals that battle maps will feature heavy destructibility

Total War: Warhammer 40,000 will have destructible terrain elements: 'That forest, if you don't like it, you don't have to keep it'

#RogXboxAllyX
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ROG Xbox Ally is rolling out improvements to make docked play ‘more like the Xbox console experience’

ROG Xbox Ally X owners can now choose between AMD's FSR upscaler or Microsoft's NPU-powered Auto SR for better performance, though only for docked gaming

ROG Xbox Ally Drops A Handful Of Updates Bringing Improved Docking, Auto Super Resolution, and an All-in-One Library with Other PC Storefronts

#TheEpicGamesStore
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Streets of Rage 4 is free for a limited time on the Epic Games Store

Hogwarts Legacy is free on Epic Games Store again, and tinfoil Sorting Hat on, I think it's time for a sequel reveal

Epic Games Store launches on iPhone in Japan

#AnimalCrossing
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LEGO Animal Crossing announces Timmy & Tommy’s Fun Day Out set

Animal Crossing's Timmy & Tommy Are Getting Their Own LEGO Set This August

LEGO Animal Crossing Timmy & Tommy’s fun day out revealed

#Switch2
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Nintendo’s BoxBoy + BoxGirl could be getting a Switch 2 release

New 'BOXBOY! + BOXGIRL!' Rating Spotted In Taiwan

BoxBoy + BoxGirl rated in Taiwan for Nintendo Switch 2

#Playstation5
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The Immortal John Triptych Brings Renaissance Absurdity To Consoles Later This Year

Immortal John Triptych Brings Three Joe Richardson Adventures to Consoles

'The Immortal John Triptych' Looks Utterly Absurd, And We're Here For It

#AnotherHighlyWishlistedGa
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Another Highly Wishlisted Game Just Moved Its Release Date Up Because Of Subnautica 2

Subnautica 2 Release Date Revealed Following Reinstatement of CEO Ted Gill

Subnautica 2 Release Date Announcement Forces Outbound Dev to Bring Its Game Launch Forward

#BestBuyAhead
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Wannabe Team Rocket Arrested For Hiding In Store For Pokémon TCG Set

Man Arrested After Hiding Inside Closed Best Buy Ahead of Pokémon Card Restock

Grown Man Hides In A Best Buy Overnight To Buy Pokémon Cards

#ArenaOfSolareSeason9
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Black Desert PC officially begins the ninth season of its Arena of Solare PvP

Black Desert Online Opens Arena of Solare Season 9, With Major Improvements, Adds New Node War Territories

Black Desert starts Arena of Solare Season 9, with Heidel Ball PvP events set for July

#Roblox
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"Turning solitary AI dreams into a social, playable reality" is the aim of Roblox's new upscaling tech, which will make sentient blobs photorealistic

Roblox announces AI-driven upscaler, which it claims will convert Roblox titles to photorealistic graphics

#Rpg
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Vampire: The Masquerade finds new undead life in Oaths and Ashes, a visual novel RPG set in Berlin

There's a new Vampire The Masquerade game in the works, and its setting is my absolute favorite

#None
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From the co-creator of Celeste comes City of None, a metroidvania about a wooden adventurer in a dying metropolis

Celeste Creator’s Next Game Is Called City of None

#PlaystationDrmConfusion
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Sony Addresses PlayStation DRM Confusion, But Leaves Key Issue Unanswered

Sony Releases Statement About New PlayStation DRM Changes

#Windows11
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Microsoft’s Xbox Mode hits Windows 11 PCs today

The new 'Xbox mode' for Windows 11 has arrived, but don't get your hopes up for performance improvements: it's just a new UI

#ResidentEvilRequiem
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Resident Evil Requiem players mostly chose third-person gameplay with Leon, but were less decisive with Grace

Resident Evil Requiem Director Breaks Down Players' Camera Preferences