Video Game News 5/18/2026

#Batman
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Arkham dev Rocksteady is credited as co-developer on new Lego Batman

LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight Gets Rolling Midnight Console Launch

LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight Credits Include Rocksteady, WB Games Montreal Developers

Review: LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight (PS5) - Brick Gaming at Its Joyful Best

Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight is the best Lego game yet

LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight review: Embrace your inner bat

Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight feels like an Arkham game because Rocksteady co-developed it

Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight review

Rocksteady worked as co-developer on new LEGO Batman

Lego Batman: Legacy Of The Dark Knight Is The Best Lego Game In Years

Lego Batman team got help from the people behind Arkham games

Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight review

LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight Early Access and Full Release Times Confirmed

Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight Review

Credits Show Batman: Arkham Studio Helped Out On Lego Batman

#MarvelCosmicInvasion
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Marvel Cosmic Invasion DLC adds Cyclops and The Thing, more DLC to follow

Marvel Cosmic Invasion Is Adding One of My Fave Heroes Today, And a New Mode in 2026

MARVEL Cosmic Invasion Expands With Cyclops & The Thing DLC

Marvel Cosmic Invasion DLC Impressions: Cyclops and The Thing Steal the Show

Marvel Cosmic Invasion DLC Adds Two New Fighters Today

X-Men's Cyclops & Fantastic Four's The Thing come to Marvel Cosmic Invasion in surprise DLC

MARVEL Cosmic Invasion DLC Adds Cyclops and The Thing to Roster

Cyclops is finally cool thanks to X-Men '97, Cosmic Invasion, and Marvel Rivals

Marvel Cosmic Invasion Adds Cyclops And The Thing Today, New Game Mode Coming

#PlaystationPlus
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PlayStation Plus Essential Price Increase Starts on May 20th for New Subscribers

Sudden PS Plus Price Increase Frustrates PS5 Players

PS Plus Price Increase Announced by Sony for New Members

PlayStation Plus gets price hike for new subscribers this week

Sony Announces PlayStation Plus Price Increase

Sony announces price increase for new PlayStation Plus subscribers "due to ongoing market conditions"

Multiplayer Just Got More Expensive On PlayStation Thanks To PS Plus Price Hike

PlayStation Plus price increase rolling out for some players

Sony Announces PlayStation Plus Price Increases 'Due to Ongoing Market Conditions'

#ForDeadSpies
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Zero Parades: For Dead Spies is both bootleg Disco Elysium and a spirited interrogation of fake culture in all its guises

Round Up: Disco Elysium's Controversial 'Sequel' Met with Rave Reviews

ZERO PARADES: For Dead Spies Review — Tinker Tailor Existential Spy

Zero Parades For Dead Spies review - ZA/UM's spy drama stands strong, but doesn't escape Disco Elysium's shadow

Zero Parades: For Dead Spies review

Zero Parades: For Dead Spies Review - Cascading Choices

Zero Parades: For Dead Spies has the potential to be better than Disco Elysium

Zero Parades: For Dead Spies review

#PrettyAwesomeHuh
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'Pretty Awesome, Huh?': Even the Father of Final Fantasy Can't Avoid AI Drama

Dissidia Duellum Final Fantasy Update Arrives This Week

"That's Amazing!" - Final Fantasy Creator Approves Of FF6 Video Created By AI

Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi praises AI-generated FF6 remake teaser, is promptly told "please stop" by SaGa's Akitoshi Kawazu

Final Fantasy Creator Calls Viral AI-Generated Final Fantasy 6 Remake Video ‘Amazing’

#NexPlayground
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Nex Playground is finally available for pre-order in the UK & Ireland, with launch slated for summer

Time to re-Kinect? Sell-out family console Nex Playground is about to release in the UK and Ireland

The Nex Playground is launching in the UK and Ireland

Nex Playground available for pre-order in UK and Ireland at £269

#ShowOffNintendo
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Nintendo confirmed for Gamescom 2026

It's Official, Nintendo Is Heading To Gamescom This Year

Nintendo announces return to Gamescom 2026 in August

Nintendo Will Attend Gamescom 2026, Sparking Speculation For What They'll Show Off

#Borderlands
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Take-Two CEO says the original Borderlands' art style overhaul cost a year of dev time and $50 million: 'Had we not done that, Borderlands wouldn't have been a hit'

Take-Two CEO says "Borderlands wouldn't have been a hit" without $50 million art style change gamble

Take-Two CEO says the original Borderlands' art style overhaul cost a year of dev time and $50 million: 'Had we not done that, Borderlands wouldn't have been a hit'

Take-Two Boss Says Borderlands' Last-Minute Art Style Change Cost $50 Million, but Without It the Game Would Have Flopped

#ForzaHorizon
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Proton is getting some "horrible" workarounds for Forza Horizon 6 on Linux

Forza Horizon 6: Best Starter Cars

Forza Horizon 6: All Barn Finds

'This game is extremely broken': The dev of VKD3D-Proton, software for running Direct3D 12 games on Linux, isn't enjoying Forza Horizon 6 very much

Forza Horizon 6 Global Release Times and Preload Details Confirmed

#Ghost
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Ghost of Yotei: Legends has received its last major update according to Sucker Punch

Ghost of Yotei Fans Upset as Multiplayer Content Support Ends

Ghost of Yotei Legends Received Its Final Major Update in April, Dev Confirms

#TomodachiLife
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UK software sales chart for the week ending May 16, 2026 – Tomodachi Life at #1, Indiana Jones gets Nintendo Switch 2 bump

UK Charts: Indiana Jones Commences His Great Circular Crusade On Switch 2

UK charts: Indiana Jones enters at No.2 on Nintendo Switch 2

#AssassinsCreedBlackFlag
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'They're Not Just Filler': Edward Actor Hypes Assassin's Creed: Black Flag's New Story Scenes

Black Flag's Edward Kenway Reacts to Pirate Jokes

Before landing the lead role in Assassin's Creed: Black Flag, star Matt Ryan actually thought he was auditioning for a pirate TV show

#TheAdventuresOfElliotTheM
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The Adventures of Elliot Feels like an HD-2D Evolution With a Zelda Twist | Preview

Hands On: The Classic Zelda Formula Is In Safe Hands With 'The Adventures Of Elliot'

Adventures Of Elliot Shows How Flexible HD-2D Can Be

#WhereWindsMeet
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Where Winds Meet celebrates its half-anniversary, announcing the new Imperial Palace expansion

Where Winds Meet Announces Second Major Expansion – Imperial Palace

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

Monopoly Go Free Rolls – May 2026 Links

#StarWarsKotor
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Cancelled Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic remake's voiced protagonist and naked robo-person bums bared in this reportedly leaked cinematic

Cinematic from cancelled Star Wars KOTOR remake leaks online

#Terraria70Million
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Re-Logic celebrate 15 years of Terraria - 70 million sales, cross-play soon and more updates to come

Terraria Marks 15 Years and 70 Million Players With a Promise to Continue Updates Beyond 1.4.6 and Crossplay Patch

#Linux
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Linux head says "AI tools are great" but they're making the security list "almost entirely unmanageable"

'The continued flood of AI reports has basically made the security list almost entirely unmanageable': Linus Torvalds laments how people are wasting the Linux team's time with LLMs

#RedDeadRedemption
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Port specialist Virtuos says it wants to bring GTA 5 and Red Dead Redemption 2 to Switch

Virtuos eager to port Grand Theft Auto 5 and Red Dead Redemption 2 to the Nintendo Switch 2

#Projekt
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CD Projekt RED’s Project Sirius Recruits Destiny 2: The Final Shape Narrative Lead

CD Projekt Red has enlisted Destiny 2: The Final Shape's narrative lead for The Witcher multiplayer spin-off Project Sirius

#SonsOfTheForest
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Subnautica 2 Developers Say Players Who Want to Kill Things Should “Go Play Sons of the Forest”

'We are not a killing game,' says Subnautica 2 dev: 'Go play Sons of the Forest or something if you want to kill'

#TheFutureGamesShow
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Exodus Deep Dive Confirmed for June 6th, Following the Future Games Show Summer Showcase

Exodus is going all-out with its bizarre interstellar physics, and you can learn more during the Future Games Show Summer Showcase and the PC Gaming Show

#WorldCup2026
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Football Manager 2026 Finally Reveals How International Management Will Work

International Management Coming to Football Manager 26 May 26

#DriveIsBeingDelisted
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LEGO 2K Drive Is Being Delisted, But 2K Will Keep It Playable Offline

As the Stop Killing Games initiative advances, blocky racing game Lego 2K Drive is being delisted tomorrow

#StoreDropsFunFree
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PS Store Drops Fun Free PS5, PS4 Game With Trophies

Feature: 25+ PS5, PS4 Games to Buy in PS Store's Next Level Savings Sale (North America/Europe)