Sony has announced its PlayStation Plus Essential line-up for January 2026, including the underrated Need For Speed Unbound and Disney’s Epic Mickey Remake.

As they have done for a few years now, the final weeks of 2025 saw Epic Games give away a different title for free every single day as part of its end-of-year promotions. While the hectic multiplayer first-person slasher Chivalry II is available to claim right now, Epic has revealed that they are concluding this year’s edition of the program with two free games.

Following recent leaks, dataminers have discovered further evidence suggesting that Capcom is working on a Nintendo Switch 2 version of Monster Hunter Wilds.

Despite a slow start, insiders have claimed that Nintendo Switch 2's dev kits shortage situation has now “largely been resolved.”

Following its PC launch a couple months ago, Riot Games have prematurely confirmed the console release date for their new fighting game 2XKO.

With the year coming to an end, Valve has revealed its highest-grossing games of 2025, including the indie hit Schedule 1.

The ongoing rise in RAM prices appears to have led console manufacturers to delay their next-gen plans, according to insiders.

With the technical performance of Monster Hunter Wilds finally stabilising, it seems Capcom are gearing up to release the game on the Nintendo Switch 2.

Following the release of its big 2.0 update, LEVEL5 have revealed that Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time has officially sold over 1.5 million copies.

Arc System Works have now detailed some of the many changes and additions coming with update 2.0 for Guilty Gear Strive next year.

As with many of its other titles, Nintendo is seemingly set to release a Switch 2 Edition of the 2013 Wii U (and 2020 Switch 1) puzzler Pikmin 3 / Deluxe.

Following its successful revival, Konami is hoping to release a brand new Silent Hill game every single year moving into 2026 and beyond.

Almost a decade on from the launch of Automata, it appears as though a new NieR entry is still nowhere in sight according to the series producer.

Publisher Spike Chunsoft has confirmed that the popular visual novel series Danganronpa officially surpassed 10 million copies sold as of December 2025.

With the year ending, we’ve started to get a breakdown of its top titles – with Battlefield 6 said to be the best-selling game of 2025 in the US.

The popularity of handhelds have waxed and waned over the years/generations as console maker priorities have shifted and audience trends changed. That said the launch of the Nintendo Switch ushered us into a new handheld renaissance of sorts. With rumours claiming that Sony is looking to once again re-enter the market, it is time we looked back to the portable PlayStation’s past successes, failures, and lessons (hopefully) learned for what (and what not) to do.

In 2025 alone, Star Citizen raised over $150 million (its biggest year ever) - bringing the total amount close to the $1 Billion mark.

Following its launch back in September, Bloober Team have confirmed that Cronos: The New Dawn will be getting a new easier difficulty option in early 2026.

Initially launching at 30fps, the Switch 2 version of Persona 3 Reload has been updated with a new 60fps performance mode – albeit only in docked mode.

The lead VA for the Perfect Dark reboot has spoken on its cancellation, revealing it “had delivered several milestones that the client was really happy with.”

Valve is officially no longer producing any more LCD Steam Decks, stating “Once sold out, it will no longer be available.”

Despite launching almost 4 years ago, Polyphony Digital's Gran Turismo 7 is continuing to see over 2 million monthly players.

Riot Games are working on the biggest update yet for League of Legends, said to be overhauling much of the game’s visuals and UI.

The One Piece Pirate Warriors series has hit a major milestone – officially selling over 10 million copies across its 4 entries.

Despite Microsoft being a multi-trillion dollar company, Xbox is reportedly not having a year-in-review for 2025 due to a reallocation of marketing budgets:

The first paid DLC for PowerWash Simulator 2 will see players drop into the world of Cartoon Network's Adventure Time in Spring of 2026.

The Epic Games Store is kicking off its two-weeks of free games with the isometric horde-survivor roguelike Jotunnslayer: Hordes of Hel.

Following its 1.0 release back in August, the team at Evil Empire have confirmed that The Rogue Prince of Persia will be getting “free updates” in 2026.

Following mass lay-offs earlier this year, Turn 10 Studios have confirmed that Forza Motorsport will no longer receive any new content.

The choice-based superhero adventure title Dispatch is set to land on Switch 2 next month as leaked by the Nintendo eShop itself.