October’s PlayStation Plus Monthly Games are official, and Sony is covering a lot of ground with this trio. Starting Tuesday, October 6, subscribers can claim F1 25, Hunt: Showdown 1896, and Earth Defense Force: World Brothers 2, with all three staying available until Monday, November 2. F1 25 headlines the month. The official game of … Read more
Microsoft is giving Game Pass subscribers one more reason to stream in September while quietly running down the clock on unlimited cloud play. In the final wave of September updates to the “Stream Your Own Game” library, Xbox added cloud gaming support for 47 titles — meaning subscribers with a digital copy of any of … Read more
Google flipped the switch today on a new commission deal for Android games — and it comes with a calendar condition.Starting September 30, 2026, game developers enrolled in the revamped Google Play Games Level Up program pay just 15% on annual revenue above $1 million, down from the standard 20% rate. The catch: the discount … Read more
The Arwing is getting company on the couch. Nintendo and Velan Studios rolled out version 1.2.0 of Star Fox on Nintendo Switch 2 today, and the headline feature is exactly what Battle Mode was missing: up to four players can now dogfight on a single console in split-screen. Each player needs their own controller, and … Read more
Geralt of Rivia is getting a fresh coat of paint. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Remastered launched today, September 29, as a free update for everyone who already owns the game on PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch 2. CD Projekt calls it the first release of its kind for the game: … Read more
The checkered flag is out for Mario Kart Tour. Tonight at 11 p.m. Pacific, Nintendo pulls the plug on its mobile Mario Kart spinoff, ending a seven-year run that started with one of the biggest launches in smartphone history. Once the servers go dark, the app will stop working entirely — there is no offline … Read more
Naughty Dog used the closing moments of this year’s The Last of Us Day celebrations to drop a surprise fans have been waiting on for years: the studio is actively working on two brand-new projects set in the world of The Last of Us. Studio head Neil Druckmann shared the news in a blog post … Read more
Ubisoft’s generative AI efforts have a new name, and it comes straight out of a boss fight. According to trademark filings surfaced by Game File’s Stephen Totilo, the Assassin’s Creed publisher is internally calling its collection of AI initiatives “Motherbrain” — a nod to the rogue supercomputer that menaces Samus Aran across Nintendo’s Metroid series. … Read more
If you’ve ever tried to top up your NetEase account from Latin America and hit a wall because you didn’t have a credit card, good news: that wall just got a lot shorter. NetEase Games Club — the official top-up store for titles like Marvel Rivals, Naraka: Bladepoint, Identity V, Once Human, and Knives Out … Read more
Sony has patented a PlayStation controller that could let you buy games by simply tapping your credit card or phone against it — no more typing payment details with a gamepad. The patent application, titled “Video Game Controller-Driven Information Transfer,” was filed in March 2025 and published by the US Patent and Trademark Office on … Read more