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The games industry has had a rough few years, but Sony’s Christian Svensson does not believe the future is as bleak as some headlines suggest. Svensson, who serves as VP and Head of 2nd/3rd Party Content Ventures and Strategic Initiatives at Sony Interactive Entertainment, pushed back against recent “doom talk” around the industry. Speaking on The Game Business podcast, he said the next few

The TrimUI Smart Pro S is one of those budget handhelds that makes sense as soon as you understand its limits. It is not trying to compete with a Steam Deck, ROG Ally, or higher end retro handhelds. Instead, it is built for older games, portability, and value. For under $100, that is exactly where it works best. The Smart Pro S is an

NVIDIA has released a new GeForce driver ahead of several major PC game launches, including Forza Horizon 6, Directive 8020, and Subnautica 2. The new driver adds support for DLSS 4.5 Super Resolution and DLSS Multi Frame Generation in supported games. That makes it especially important for players using RTX 50 series graphics cards, since Multi Frame Generation can deliver much higher frame rates

A serious PlayStation Network account security issue may still not be fixed, months after it was first reported. Back in December 2025, reports claimed that PSN accounts could be taken over even when two factor authentication and passkeys were enabled. The problem was not with those security tools directly. The issue was reportedly with PlayStation support’s account recovery process. According to the report, attackers

BioShock creator Ken Levine believes games do not need cutting edge graphics technology to stand out. In a new IGN Icons interview, Levine said chasing ultra realistic visuals can make games more expensive and can also make them age faster. His argument is that strong art direction often lasts longer than technical realism. Levine pointed to BioShock as an example. The game was not

Dragon’s Dogma 2 may not be the end of the series after all. Capcom has listed Dragon’s Dogma among the brands it plans to nurture for long term growth, according to its latest financial report. That matters because fans have been unsure about the franchise’s future since Dragon’s Dogma 2 received relatively quiet post launch support and director Hideaki Itsuno left Capcom. Dragon’s Dogma

Microsoft’s next Xbox hardware, known as Project Helix, may arrive without a built in disc drive. According to a new report, the system could move much closer to a modern gaming PC style design, where digital libraries are the default. That would be a major shift for Xbox, but not a surprising one. Physical game sales continue to shrink, and Microsoft’s ecosystem already leans

New Assassin’s Creed Hexe details have reportedly leaked, and the biggest claim is one that longtime fans will notice immediately: Ezio Auditore may return. According to details shared by leakers Rogue and j0nathan, the game’s protagonist appears to be named Anika, while “Elsa” may be a placeholder name used during development. The character is reportedly connected to the Auditore family through Claudia Auditore, Ezio’s

Persona 4 Revival may be aiming for a February 2027 release, according to a new rumor from reliable SEGA and Atlus leaker lolilolailo. The leaker hinted at the window on ResetEra, suggesting that Persona 4 Revival could follow the same release month as Persona 3 Reload. That game launched in February 2024 and became a major success for Atlus. The timing would make sense.

Directive 8020 takes Supermassive Games into deep space, but it does not fully escape the studio’s familiar formula. The game drops the Dark Pictures branding, yet it still feels closely tied to the same choice driven horror structure that powered Man of Medan, House of Ashes, The Devil in Me, and other Supermassive projects. This time, the setting is different. Instead of haunted towns,

Battlefield 6 Season 3 is now live, and its new map is already giving the game a much needed player boost. EA and Battlefield Studios launched the season with its first phase, Warlords: Supremacy. The update adds three new weapons, new attachments, a Ranked Battle Royale queue for Battlefield REDSEC, and the new Railway to Golmud map. Railway to Golmud is the biggest map

Rockstar Games is facing fresh pressure from Scottish MPs over the firing of 34 employees, as an investigation into alleged union busting continues. The dispute began last year, shortly before GTA 6 was officially delayed to November 2026. Rockstar was accused of firing 34 workers, including 31 in the UK and three at Rockstar Toronto in Canada. The Independent Workers of Great Britain union

Dead Space fans may need to let go of hope for Dead Space 4. The series still has a loyal audience, and the 2023 remake from Motive Studio briefly made it feel like EA could bring the franchise back in a bigger way. But according to original Dead Space writer and producer Chuck Beaver, the business case still does not work. In an interview

Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic was one of the biggest reveals at The Game Awards 2025, and now we know more about the money behind it. The single player RPG is being developed by Arcanaut Studios, the new team led by former BioWare veteran Casey Hudson. Hudson is best known for his work on Mass Effect, which makes his return to a

SEGA is changing direction after a difficult financial year. The company reported a $31.6 million net loss for fiscal year 2026 and has now canceled its long running “Super Game” project. At the same time, SEGA is moving away from a heavy focus on free to play live service games and shifting more attention back to its major franchises. That may sound bad at

Crimson Desert has become a major success for Pearl Abyss, and the most important part may be where the sales are coming from. The open world action RPG launched on March 19, 2026, and sold 5 million copies in its first 26 days. That is already impressive for a new IP, but Pearl Abyss says more than 80 percent of sales came from North

Tekken creator Katsuhiro Harada is already back in game development after leaving Bandai Namco at the end of 2025. Harada and SNK have announced VS Studio, a new game development studio established on May 1. SNK is supporting the studio’s launch and plans to make it a consolidated subsidiary. The announcement says VS Studio and SNK will work together on game software development to

Nintendo is giving Switch 2 buyers one more better value bundle before the console gets more expensive. Starting in June 2026, Nintendo will sell a new Switch 2 “Choose Your Game Bundle” for $499.99. The bundle includes a Switch 2 console and a download code for one of three first party games: Mario Kart World, Donkey Kong Bananza, or Pokémon Pokopia. That price matters

Lenovo’s new ThinkPad X13 Gen 7 is one of the first laptops to show what AMD’s next generation Ryzen AI 400 chip can do. The laptop is built for mobile productivity, not gaming or heavy creative work. Its biggest selling point is portability. It weighs just 2.05 pounds, making it much lighter than a typical business laptop. For anyone who carries a laptop all

Microsoft has released its May Patch Tuesday updates, fixing 120 security vulnerabilities across Windows, Office, and several cloud services. None of the flaws are currently known to be exploited in the wild, but the update is still important. Microsoft rates 30 of the vulnerabilities as critical, while the rest are listed as high risk. That is a larger than usual Patch Tuesday total. One