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The Nintendo Switch Online Expansion Pack will be carrying forward to the Switch 2 console, and those picking up Nintendo's next-gen console will get brand new benefits - starting with a wave of GameCube classics. 

Nintendo has confirmed the first six first-party Switch games to get upgrades for the Nintendo Switch 2. This includes new upgrades for both The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and its sequel.

During today's Nintendo Direct, the gaming giant confirmed its launch plans for the Switch 2. The new console is launching in June, proving the accuracy of a retail leak from earlier this week. 

Rebellion, the UK-based studio famed for the Sniper Elite series, has announced that its latest release, Atomfall, has become the developer's “most successful launch” in its 32-year history. Atomfall, a post-apocalyptic survival game inspired by the real-world Windscale nuclear disaster of the 1950s, launched on March 27th. It quickly amassed …

With the Kickstarter for its sequel nearing its end, the team at Frogwares announced that they’re remastering The Sinking City – coming as a free upgrade.

Following the likes of System Shock and Turok, Nightdive Studios wants to begin remastering PS3 and Xbox 360 games, claiming "We stand ready."

Alongside the launch of Season 3, Black Ops 6 is letting console players disable crossplay with the PC platform due to ongoing cheating issues.

Each month, all those with a Humble subscription are privy to a select number of titles for ‘free’ as part of the company’s Humble Choice service. For the month of April, subscribers can obtain a strong and varied choice of titles, including the remasters for Tomb Raider I-III; Dredge and one of last year’s hottest indie games: 1000xRESIST.

Blizzard has done little with the StarCraft IP since rounding out the StarCraft 2 trilogy. However, South Korean studios are desperate to get their hands on it to produce a new game themselves.  According to Asia Today (via IGN), a number of Korean studios have pitched ideas for StarCraft games …

Asus and Xbox recently teased their upcoming Xbox-branded handheld device. Coinciding with that, dataminers have discovered new code in the recent Insider build of Windows 11, hinting at the long-awaited implementation of a gaming UI.  Xeno Panther first shared the discovery, but Windows Central verified the claims. The new strings …

Nintendo had already announced plans for a Switch 2-focused Direct stream this week but now we have more details. It would appear we are in for a much larger event compared to the initial console reveal.  Nintendo Direct: Nintendo Switch 2 goes live tomorrow, the 2nd of April, at 2PM …

We check out MSI's RTX 5070 Ti Vanguard SOC, featuring a beautiful shroud design

Since acquiring the Tomb Raider and Deus Ex IPs, along with the Crystal Dynamics and Eidos-Montreal studios, Embracer Group has done very little with any of it. Amazon has stepped in to publish the next Tomb Raider game and reports indicate that a new Deus Ex game was put on ice. Now this week, both Crystal Dynamics and Eidos-Montreal have been hit by layoffs. 

In recent weeks, we've heard rumblings about an upcoming Xbox handheld, in partnership with another big gaming brand. As rumours predicted, that brand appears to be Asus, with an Xbox branded version of the popular ROG Ally handheld. 

HP is making a strategic move to broaden its Omen gaming brand. This expansion will extend beyond pre-built desktops and laptops, including individual PC components for custom PCs and upgrades. As noted by PCWorld, the newly listed components on HP's website include a 120mm RGB fan (25 mm thick), a …

Jagex, the studio behind the iconic RuneScape franchise, has announced its upcoming project named RuneScape: Dragonwilds. This new open-world survival game, built on the Unreal Engine 5, will be playable in single-player mode and online co-op with up to three other players...

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While Nintendo has not yet announced a release date for the Switch 2 console, a new leak indicates that we'll be getting that news very soon, as pre-orders are due to go live in April. 

Respawn Entertainment has been quietly working on a Star Wars strategy game for a few years now in collaboration with Bit Reactor, a studio founded by former XCOM developers. Now, a number of screenshots have leaked online, giving us an early look at the game. 

Acer is ending off the month with one more big launch. Today, Acer announced two new QD-OLED gaming monitors, offering 4K at 240Hz, and the other offering 1440p at 240Hz.

ake-Two CEO, Strauss Zelnick, shed some light on the marketing plan for GTA 6 this week, indicating a much shorter gap from Trailer 2 to release.

Monster Hunter Wilds may have had some mixed reviews on PC at launch due to performance problems but that hasn't stopped the masses from jumping into the game at launch. We already knew that the game amassed a few million players during its launch weekend, but now a month on …

The 25th Anniversary of Final Fantasy 9 is coming up and Square Enix is already gearing up to celebrate the occasion with a new website displaying some planned special edition items. Fans have naturally dug a bit deeper into the new webpage, discovering hints at the upcoming Final Fantasy 9 …

Microsoft has unveiled a public Windows roadmap, providing greater transparency into upcoming features and updates. Windows users, particularly IT professionals, have been asking Microsoft for more information about upcoming features. This initiative responds to that request, offering insights into the development process and detailing the current status and projected release …

Prince of Persia The Lost Crown is getting a surprise port to mobile next month, coming to Android + iOS on the 14th of April.

Following its 1.0 release last year, Satisfactory is set to get another massive update with version 1.1 – adding controller support and so much more.

PowerColor add to their peripheral lineup with the release of the AM10 mouse

Ahead of its release some time this year, Sucker Punch Productions have shared a number of new details surrounding the upcoming Ghost of Yotei.

For a little over a year now, Xbox has been bringing an increasing number of its previously-exclusive titles to Nintendo Switch and PlayStation. With even more titles said to be on the way, notable leakers have now offered updates on the likes of Starfield, Halo and more coming to PS5.

While Naughty Dog are currently focused on Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet, it seems as though the studio has a second project also in development.