Video Game News 5/1/2025

#Xbox
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Fans React To Xbox Price Hikes And $80 Games

Microsoft Announces Massive Xbox Console Price Hike, Xbox Games To Cost $80

Bad news, would-be Xbox Series X/S buyers: Microsoft just bumped up its console prices, with select peripherals and first party games also affected

Nex Playground, An Xbox Kinect-Style Console, Is On Sale For Amazon Gaming Week

Xbox Stream Your Own Game Library Adds 11 More Titles, Predator And Paw Patrol Included

Microsoft Games Are Doing Super Well On PlayStation Store, Publisher Tops Preorder Charts

Microsoft just raised prices for Xbox consoles and games

Microsoft confirms Xbox console prices will rise worldwide, some new games will cost $80

Xbox Now Selling PS5 Games for $80, Joins Switch 2 in Price Increase

Xbox Is Raising Prices And Upset Fans Blame Nintendo

Xbox Console and Controller Prices Up After Trump Tariffs

Xbox Series X will now cost $600 as Microsoft increases console and game prices

Xbox's Phil Spencer Admits Game Pass Isn't The Right Business Model

Xbox Hardware and Software Prices Going Up Due to "Market Conditions"

Xbox is increasing hardware prices and bumping first-party titles to $80

PSA: PS5 Pro Is Now Cheaper Than Xbox Series X 2TB Console

Xbox Games to Become More Expensive Than PS5 Games for Now

Microsoft Boasts About PS Store Popularity of Xbox Games

Microsoft Was Both Xbox and PlayStation’s Top Q3 FY2025 Publisher by Pre-Orders and Pre-Installs

Killer Clowns in Space – Horror Shooter Circus Interstellar is Available Now on Xbox

Oh Great, Now Microsoft Is Raising The Price Of The Xbox, Its Games And Accessories

Xbox Is Raising The Price Of Consoles, Accessories, And Games Worldwide

Microsoft Games Inching Up To $80 This Year

#Microsoft
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Why Digital Game Prices Are Going Up, Too

Microsoft was the top publisher on the PlayStation Store by pre-orders in Q1 2025

Microsoft was top publisher on Xbox and PS stores during Q3

Microsoft’s 50th Anniversary Bash Brings Free Minecraft Goodies

Microsoft Raises Prices On Xbox Consoles, Games, And Peripherals

#Apple
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Judge Says Apple Exec Lied In Big Fortnite Case And Just Blew The App Store Wide Open

Fortnite might default dance its way back onto iOS in the US soon, but it'd take Epic and Apple suddenly deciding to call off a raging Lionel Hutz war

Fortnite will return to the US iOS App Store next week, Epic Games says

US court slams Apple for 'obvious cover-up' in major Epic victory that could see Fortnite return to iOS soon

Fortnite offers "peace proposal" to Apple after court decision tears into iPhone maker, accuses execs of lying under oath

Hello Kitty Island Adventure Gudetama Month of Meh Returns

Apple forced to ditch 30% fee on outside links

Tim Cook says Apple (AAPL) is already sourcing iPhones for U.S. sale from India and Vietnam

Apple (AAPL) adds $100 billion to its share buyback program and ups dividend payout again

Apple can no longer collect fees on purchases made outside the App Store in the US, court rules

‘This is an injunction, not a negotiation’: Apple’s antics secure a fresh court victory for Epic Games

Fortnite Is Finally Returning To U.S. iOS Store

EGS Drops Revenue Share For First Million

Apple Risks Criminal Contempt Charges In Epic Games Lawsuit

#Nintendo
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25 Best Roguelike Games To Play And Replay In 2025

Nintendo Alarmo - Where To Buy The Interactive Alarm Clock

Nintendo alters Switch eShop charts ranking to deprioritise shovelware

New Lego Animal Crossing and Super Mario Sets Leak

Nintendo eShop cards get new designs ahead of Switch 2 launch [update: more designs revealed]

Nintendo Download – May 1, 2025 (North America) – High On Life, more

Switch 2 will be the biggest console launch in history - analyst

Nintendo getting a flagship store in Taiwan April 30th, 2025 (UPDATE)

Talking Point: Will You Be Buying Any Game-Key Card Switch 2 Games?

Nightdive Studios' CEO Says That Game-Key Cards On Switch 2 Is "Disheartening"

Nintendo eShop Cards Are Apparently Getting A Refresh For Switch 2

Switch Online Teases Four Mystery Game Trial Surprises (Japan)

Nintendo eShop charts now focus on revenue made across 72 hours instead of units sold

Nintendo stock currently at all-time high

US: Nintendo Download for 1st May, 2025

Mario Kart 7 added to Nintendo Music

New LEGO Mario and Animal Crossing sets leaked

#May1
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Deals For Today: TMNT The Last Ronin II Re-Evolution Preorder Discount

Survive the Killer codes May 2025

Heroes Battlegrounds codes May 2025

Greenville codes May 2025

Anime Adventures codes May 2025

Throne and Liberty coupons and all active codes

Today's Coin Master free spins & coins links - updated daily (May 2025)

Nintendo Download – May 1, 2025 (Europe)

Monthly Video Game Releases: May 1st to 30th

Arcade Archives 'Super Xevious' Releases Today On Nintendo Switch

May 1, 2025: Amazon Sale, Xbox Price Hike, PC Gaming Success

#Fortnite
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Nearly 5 Years After Fortnite Was Blocked From iPhones in the U.S., Epic Boss Tim Sweeney Says It’s About to Come Back

Evil Dead: The Game is now, ironically, a literal dead game as its developer removes it from sale

The best free PC games

Fortnite Galactic Battle Drops Tomorrow – Here’s What You Need to Know

#HollowKnightSilksong
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You will finally get a chance to play Hollow Knight Silksong in 2025, but it might require spending a G’Day in a place you may not expect

Hollow Knight: Silksong Will Be Playable in September 2025… at an Australian Museum

Hollow Knight Silksong will be playable in September, with one big limitation

Hollow Knight: Silksong Is Playable in September, But Only in Australia

There’s No Hollow Knight: Silksong Release Date, but It’ll Be Playable in Fall

Hollow Knight: Silksong will get a playable version in Australia this September

#September
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The untimely demise and belated resurrection of the notorious Captain Blood

Silksong may release before September, given that it'll be publicly playable by then

Silksong is playable in a museum this September, but that probably doesn't help narrow down its release date

Space Marine 2's Horde Mode Could Be Coming Soon, as Dev Teases Update 8

Poll: Are You Sold on Borderlands 4?

The Crew 2 Offline Mode is a “Hybrid Way to Play the Game” – Ubisoft

#Switch2
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Someone already beat Breath of the Wild on Switch 2

Random: Hideki Kamiya Joins Masahiro Sakurai In Securing A Switch 2

Guide: Upcoming Nintendo Switch 2 Games And Accessories For May And June 2025

Switch 2 Joy-Con 'HD Rumble' Won't Be As Loud As It Was On Switch

#XboxSeriesX
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Xbox price increased at major European retailer, prompting fears of wider rises

Xbox Series X/S Hardware and Accessories Receive Price Increases Worldwide

#May
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11 new games we can’t wait to play in May

May the Cloud Be With You: GeForce NOW Unveils 21 New Games This Month

Prime Gaming members get 22 more games in May

Sea of Stars' clockwork DLC will release later this month

Shovel Knight Dig Finally Excavates a PS5 Port This Month

PlayStation Plus May Games Revealed: Ark, Balatro, and Warhammer

Nintendo Download: 1st May (North America)

Too Saucy For Xbox, 'Steam-Heart’s Saturn Tribute' Lands On Switch This May

#Ubisoft
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Assassin's Creed Shadows' Afflictions, Demystified

Ubisoft Says Prince Of Persia Is "Just Warming Up" As Lost Crown Surpasses 2 Million Players

Ubisoft hints more Prince of Persia on the way as The Lost Crown passes 2m players

Ubisoft Launches Blockchain Verification Network Using LayerZero for Cross-Chain Gaming Assets

Assassin’s Creed Shadows Roadmap Reveals New Quests and Updates

Assassin’s Creed Shadows Receives Year 1 Post-Launch Roadmap

#EvilDeadGame
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Evil Dead: The Game Pulled From Storefronts 3 Years After Release, but Servers Will Remain Online

Evil Dead: The Game disappears from sale after three years

Evil Dead PS5, PS4 Game Is No Longer for Sale on PS Store

Evil Dead: The Game is being delisted from digital storefronts

#Codemasters
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Codemasters ‘Pausing’ Development Plans on Future Rally Games

EA aren't making any more rally games, but there are alternatives

Codemasters 'Pausing Development' on Rally Games, EA Sports WRC Support Concludes

EA "Pausing Development on Future Rally Titles"

Major Racing Series Officially on Hiatus, Future Uncertain

Codemasters is “Pausing Development Plans on Future Rally Titles”

#Polygon
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Polygon Sold To Valnet And Hit With Mass Layoffs

How Blizzard went about bringing its ‘Berserk x Diablo’ collaboration to life

Should Andor have killed [redacted]? Let’s discuss

Gaming website Polygon sheds staff, editor-in-chief departs following sale to Game Rant owner Valnet

Polygon sold to Valnet, editorial staff hit with layoffs

8BitDo Suspends Shipping From China To US In Wake Of Ongoing Tariff Saga

#Steam
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Ratopia is a city builder take on Terraria with, well, rats, and it just launched into 1.0 today

Infinity Nikki devs really want you to know how sorry they are about the state of the game, still keeping the increased banner costs

Apex Legends Season 25 introduces Sparrow, who will definitely kill you

Punishing ARPG No Rest for the Wicked bounces back with brutal Breach update

The best indie games on PC 2025

Colony sim Ratopia is basically Rimworld with rats, and it just hit 1.0

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Sells 500,000 Copies on Launch Day

Cyber Knights: Flashpoint hits Overwhelmingly Positive on Steam with a big new update live

Evil Dead: The Game gets delisted only 3 years after release

Embers Adrift is Now on Steam, Stormhaven Details the Soft Launch and What's Next

#PS5
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Video Game Release Dates: The Biggest Games of May 2025 and Beyond

Guide: Upcoming PS5 Games for May and June 2025

It's Ridge Racer! Riiidge Racer! And It's Coming to PS5, PS4 Next Month

PlayStation Controller Keychains Play Startup Sounds

DOOM: The Dark Ages Trailer Reveals the Lovecraftian Cosmic Realm

Ghost of Yotei Rides Out On October 2

Beloved PS1 Game Headed to PS5, PS4 With New Features

Get Free PS Plus Premium for 2 Weeks in New Promotion

Sony Reminds PS5 Players to Keep Voice Chat Respectful

Returnal PS5 Pro Patch Drops With Insane 2.5X Resolution Boost