Video Game News 5/13/2026

#SuperGame
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Hark! Sega's mysterious and vague "Super Game" is dead, though its Jet Set Radio and Crazy Taxi reboots live on

SEGA Cancels Its Super Game Project

Sega GaaS, Online Super Game Canceled

SEGA Has Cancelled Its Super Game Project, And Is Moving Away From Live-Service

Sega Explains Why Exactly It Cancelled Its "Super Game"

SEGA says it canceled Super Game and will focus less on Games as Service

Sega's "Super Game" has been cancelled, but revivals of classics like Crazy Taxi and Golden Axe are still moving forward

Sega Cancels Super Game, But New Crazy Taxi And Jet Set Radio Are Still Coming

Sega's "Super Game" is canceled, but classic reboots live on

Sega Cancels Super Game And Shifts Focus From Live Service Games

Sega Decides To Quietly Kill Its Mysterious ‘Super Game’ After Seeing So Many Live Services Tank

#VsStudio
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Tekken boss Katsuhiro Harada has joined SNK

Former Tekken Producer Katsuhiro Harada Forms VS Studio With SNK

SNK launches VS Studio led by Katsuhiro Harada

What a Twist! Ex-Tekken Boss Harada Opens New Studio Under Fatal Fury's SNK

Former Tekken Boss Establishes New Studio Under SNK Corporation

Tekken legend Katsuhiro Harada joins SNK’s new studio

SNK announces new studio lead by Tekken veteran Katsuhiro Harada

Ex-Tekken boss starts new studio with former rivals SNK

Former Tekken Lead Katsuhiro Harada Sets Up Own Company, VS Studio

#FateOfTheOldRepublic
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Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic boss thinks AI is "creatively soulless"

"I just find AI to be creatively soulless": Casey Hudson on the controversial tech and Star Wars: Fate Of The Old Republic

Former NetEase Exec’s New Company is Funding Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic, BulletFarm

Star Wars: Fate Of The Old Republic Boss Says AI Is "Creatively Soulless"

Former NetEase exec's new investment group is funding Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic because 'everyone wins' if you 'give the best creator the opportunity to work on a dream project'

Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic Developer Teases Game's Length and Development Time

Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic Director Casey Hudson Says It Won’t Take 200 Hours To Finish Or Use ‘Creatively Soulless’ GenAI

#Rejects
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GameStop Wanted to Buy eBay for $56 Billion. eBay Said No.

'Your Proposal Is Neither Credible Nor Attractive': eBay Rejects GameStop's 'Unsolicited' Acquisition

"Your Proposal Is Neither Credible Nor Attractive" - eBay Rejects GameStop's Takeover Bid

eBay has rejected GameStop’s takeover bid and says offer not “credible”

eBay shoots down 'neither credible nor attractive' $56 billion GameStop offer from CEO who says 'I'm not going away. I'm a pain in the ass'

eBay Rejects GameStop CEO Ryan Cohen's $56 Billion Offer to Buy the Company, Calls It 'Neither Credible nor Attractive'

GameStop’s Meme Stock Takeover Attempt Of eBay Ends With A Brutal Rejection

#WorldFighters
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Captain Tsubasa 2: World Fighters shares Nintendo Switch release date, story trailer

Captain Tsubasa 2: World Fighters Launches August 28

Captain Tsubasa 2: World Fighters Launches In August

Captain Tsubasa 2: World Fighters Reveals August 2026 Kick-Off For Switch

Captain Tsubasa 2: World Fighters Launching for PC and Consoles August 28

Captain Tsubasa 2: World Fighters Launching on Consoles August 27, with Steam Release the Following Day

#CrimsonDesert
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Crimson Desert Studio Wants to Release a New Game Every 2 to 3 Years, Focusing on DokeV

Crimson Desert's Massive Success Is Down to the US, Europe, and Strong Console Sales

Crimson Desert Lifted Pearl Abyss' Q1 Revenue, Which Is Up 420% Over Last Quarter

Pearl Abyss says Crimson Desert drove a huge Q1 revenue jump after launch

Crimson Desert increases Pearl Abyss Q1 earnings more than fivefold to $220.6m

How to get the Sigil of Valor in Crimson Desert

#Cthulhu
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I've walked the waterlogged streets of The Sinking City 2, and we might finally have a Cthulhu survival horror game to rival Resident Evil and Silent Hill

The Sinking City 2 Preview – Survival Horror Takes Center Stage

The Sinking City 2 Hands-On Preview

The Sinking City 2 shifts the series to survival horror, and manages to be genuinely unsettling

The Sinking City 2 Preview: A Promising but Inconsistent Eldritch Horror Adventure

#Switch2
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Nintendo Switch 2 ‘Choose Your Game’ Bundle Announced

Nintendo Switch 2 Choose Your Game Bundle Has Pokemon Pokopia Option

Nintendo Switch 2 Choose Your Game Bundle Announced, Launching This June, Includes Digital Versions of Mario Kart World, Donkey Kong Bananza, or Pokémon Pokopia

Nintendo Announces Switch 2 'Choose Your Game' Bundle

US: Nintendo launches Switch 2 choose your game bundle this summer

#Switch2
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Video: Indiana Jones and the Great Circle running on Switch 2, docked and handheld

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle Makes Its Switch 2 Debut With A Stylish Launch Trailer

Punching Nazis As Indiana Jones Feels Great On The Switch 2

Round Up: The Reviews Are In For Switch 2's Indiana Jones And The Great Circle Port

Review: Indiana Jones And The Great Circle (Switch 2) - An Authentic Indy Adventure Arrives In Fine Form

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle's Nintendo Switch 2 port is finally here and it holds up pretty well

#AdventureContinues
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Mini MMO Palia’s Royal Highlands expansion is live today with ridable, breedable horses and a whole new zone

Palia Royal Highlands Expansion Available Now

Palia's Royal Highlands Expansion is Out Now, Adding Mounts and a Big New Region

Palia’s Adventure Continues In The Royal Highlands With Today’s Update

Palia’s Royal Highlands expansion is live now

#TrailerHighlightsSkins
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LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight, Forza Horizon 6 and Subnautica 2 get Steam Deck Verified

LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight Deluxe Edition Trailer Highlights Skins and a Playable Joker

Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight – everything you need to know, release date, editions, system specs

Subnautica 2 Gameplay Appears to Have Leaked, Just Days After Forza Horizon 6 and LEGO Batman

#HarvestMoon
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Harvest Moon: Echoes of Teradea gets Nintendo Switch and Switch 2 release date

New PS5 Game in Beloved RPG Series Gets Release Date, Pre-Order Bonus

Harvest Moon: Echoes of Teradea Release Date and Pre-order Plush Revealed

Harvest Moon: Echoes of Teradea Arrives In September

#PalworldOnline
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Palworld Online Trademark By Pocketpair Spotted Online

Could Mithrall Replace Albion Online?

'Palworld Online' has been trademarked, but there's hints of potential AI use

Palworld Online logo and trademark filed by Pocketpair in the US and South Korea

#ADifficultAndPainfulSitua
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Metroid Dread developer MercurySteam announces layoffs

"A Difficult And Painful Situation" - Metroid Dread Developer MercurySteam Suffers Layoffs

Metroid Dread developer MercurySteam is latest to announce layoffs

Metroid Dread developer MercurySteam conducts layoffs

#NearingTheFinishLine
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"It's expensive and it doesn't age": Why Ken Levine didn't aim for realistic graphics in BioShock, and won't for Judas either

Ken Levine Says Judas Is Nearing the Finish Line and Will Be Far More Reactive Than BioShock

Ken Levine On Why He Quit Making BioShock Games--"Scary And Risky And Crazy"

Bioshock creator Ken Levine Reveals Why Judas Took a Decade to Develop: 'We Kissed Many Frogs'

Ken Levine Explains Why Judas Isn't Focused on Cutting-Edge Tech

#EasterEgg
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If you drop (or throw) your new Steam Controller it will scream at you

The Steam Controller Features A Very Familar-Sounding Easter Egg

Valve snuck a Wilhelm scream Easter egg into the new Steam Controller

#Steam
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Valve's next Steam UI target is the Community Market, with more details and, yes, a wider layout

Steam trading just got a huge upgrade, thanks to Valve's new Community Market

Valve made more than 27 million unique images for Counter-Strike listings as part of its new 'major update' to Steam's Community Market

#MicrosoftIsrael
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Microsoft Israel boss leaves after investigation into whether IDF contracts broke Microsoft's code of ethics

Amidst Xbox boycotts and media pressure, Microsoft reportedly restructures Israeli office after internal investigation into ethical violations

Report: Microsoft Israel's general manager leaves amid alleged unethical use of Azure

#BossBlitz
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Black Desert Mobile gets new Boss Blitz battle mode in its latest action-packed update

Black Desert Mobile Introduces Boss Blitz Mode, New Events, and More on the Martial God Competition

Black Desert Mobile adds Boss Blitz mode as Martial God Championship finals near

#Nintendo
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Arrest made after man threatens to blow up Nintendo’s headquarters

A man has been arrested after threatening to blow up Nintendo's Kyoto Headquarters

Man Arrested After Reportedly Threatening To Blow Up Nintendo's HQ

#Playstation
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Absolum has just received cross-play support

Excellent Co-Op Brawler Absolum Now Has Full Cross-Play Support Across All Platforms

Absolum's Latest Patch Sees Full Cross-Play Support Join The Fight

#MarvelRivalsSeason
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Marvel Rivals Season 8 Begins on May 15th With Devil Dinosaur; Cyclops Set for Mid-Season

Marvel Rivals Season 8 will add Devil Dinosaur and Cyclops

Marvel Rivals Season 8 Says "To Me, My X-Men" With Cyclops Reveal

#AlanWake
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Phasmophobia Adds a Surprise Alan Wake 2 Crossover Event Starting Today

Phasmophobia by Alan Wake 2 Event Now Live With New Maps, Skins and Community Challenges

"Our two franchises complement each other perfectly" - Alan Wake 2 invades Phasmophobia in a new three-week crossover event

#TheNumbersJustAren
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'The Numbers Just Aren't There': Don't Count on a Dead Space 4, Says Former Series Producer

Dead Space 4 looks unlikely as "companies are looking for the next Fortnite," series producer says

Dead Space Producer Doubts Dead Space 4 Will Ever Be Made: 'The Numbers Just Aren't There'

#TheElderScrollsOnline
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Elder Scrolls Online teases U50’s Golden Pursuit-esque newbie onboarding path and guild mail system

New Transmutation Stations And Guild Mail Arrive in The Elder Scrolls Online Update 50

Elder Scrolls Online sets June 1 preview for Update 50 and its new overland challenge mode