Valve is officially bringing the Steam Controller back on May 4, and early hands-on reviews paint a clear picture: this is the most “Valve” controller ever made—overbuilt, over-featured, and obsessively designed to make PC gaming from the couch feel frictionless. The catch is the price. At $99 /…
Final Fantasy XIV Online is officially headed to Nintendo Switch 2 in August 2026, and director/producer Naoki Yoshida (Yoshi-P) says Square Enix has the MMO running at “30 frames per second in a stable state” on the new hybrid hardware. That’s the headline promise—but Yoshida is also being candid:…
A new legal fight is erupting inside MindsEye developer Build a Rocket Boy—and it’s not about patches, performance, or post-launch content. Staff represented by the IWGB Game Workers Union have initiated legal action after alleging the studio installed Teramind monitoring software on employee…
PlayStation has begun rolling out age verification for users in the UK and Ireland, a major shift driven by the UK’s Online Safety Act (OSA) and one that directly impacts how people use PSN’s social layer. Right now the checks are optional, but Sony has made it clear: by June 2026, you’ll need to…
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Amazon is making sweeping, immediate changes to Amazon Luna that fundamentally reshape what the cloud gaming service is—and, more importantly, what it isn’t anymore. Starting April 10, 2026, Luna is no longer offering individual game purchases, third-party game store access, or third-party…
Xbox is finally giving its Achievements system the kind of modernization fans have been begging for—starting with a visual refresh, smarter ways to show off 100% completions, and the ability to hide games from your public list. The update is live for select Xbox Insiders as of April 8, with…
CD Projekt Red is giving Cyberpunk 2077 a serious second wind on console with a free PS5 Pro update landing April 8. The patch brings PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution (PSSR) upscaling, a new ray-tracing pipeline enabled by BVH8, and three new graphics modes that finally let PS5 Pro owners…
Cyberpunk 2077 is about to get a serious visual glow-up on PlayStation 5 Pro, with CD Projekt Red rolling out a free update on April 8, 2026. This isn’t a token “Pro enhanced” badge—CDPR is leaning hard into PSSR upscaling, upgraded ray tracing tech, and three distinct graphics modes that finally…
Sony is raising prices across the PS5 family — including the PS5 Pro — and the PlayStation Portal in a sweeping global hike that lands April 2, 2026. The increases hit the US, UK, Europe, and Japan with triple-digit jumps on consoles and a $50 bump on Portal, and Sony is framing it as a “necessary…
Minecraft World is officially happening: Mojang Studios is teaming up with Merlin Entertainments to build a dedicated Minecraft theme park experience slated to open in 2027. It’s being developed as part of Chessington World of Adventures in Greater London, and it’s not just a branding…
