Better betas, but better.

A Nintendo legend is about to call it a day, as veteran game designer and director Takashi Tezuka will leave the company later this year. Nintendo noted in its investor briefing today that the 65-year-old Tezuka will depart on June 26, closing the book on over four decades of work at the gaming giant.Tezuka first began his career at Nintendo in 1984, joining as a part-time employee while he was still studying at university. Starting with Punch-Out, Tezuka would then go on to frequently work alongside another Nintendo legend, Shigeru Miyamoto, teaming up with him on several projects. It wasn't

One of the new creative directors at Kingdom Come studio Warhorse, Prokop Jirsa, has commented on the hot-button issue of using artificial intelligence in game development. His comments come at a time when Warhorse was accused a firing a translator to help save costs.Jirsa told PC Gamer that he understands why people hate when art is generated with AI, and that's because he hates it, too. While using AI to generate art that would be released to the public is not something Jirsa is interested in, he said the technology can be "really helpful" during development in other ways. That includes AI-a

We learned quite a lot in Nintendo's latest financial report; whether it's the fact that Switch 2 sold nearly 20m units in its first year on sale, or the revelation that - in order to hit its projections - Nintendo needs to increase the price of its hardware, we're in fairly unprecedented territory for the company. But one thing remains as reliable as ever, however, and that is that Pokémon is a bankable asset for Nintendo. Read more

Wait, is that a rare owl?? Sick.

How much will AI workers really cost in the end?

Nintendo has shared the financial results for the fiscal year ending in March 2026, and while the company expects the Switch 2 to sell fewer units during its second year of life, not all things look bad for Nintendo. The company announced that its social life simulator, Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream, is doing gangbusters numbers, selling nearly 4 million units in just two weeks.In a series of slides posted to the company's official website, Nintendo shared the sales figures for Living the Dream. For a game that released on April 16, Nintendo confirmed that the "global cumulative sell-throug

As you progress through Outbound you'll find four landmarks to visit with mini puzzles attached to them. The third one is the windmill, but to reach it you'll face difficulty as it's up a steep slope. In order for your vehicle to go up slopes, you'll need to upgrade your motor. This requires researching the motor upgrade and then crafting it, but it's not immediately obvious how to do this.After searching for a while you might be losing hope, but there's a simple solution. You'll need to drive to as many signal towers as possible and use download coupons at each of them until the option to dow

As you progress through Outbound's main story quest in your cozy camper, you'll encounter several landmarks. The third of these is a windmill, and its occupant, Lilly, has left a note pinned to a fence near the front door advising that she's out of town at the festival. She says you can have a poke around and use the terminal on the windmill's lower floor, but the door to the terminal is powered by the windmill, which just so happens to be broken. To fix it, you'll need to follow a few steps.First, make sure you've got 20 scrap metal on you--this is heavy so you'll want to leave the rest of yo

While all eyes are on the Switch 2 console following the release of Nintendo's financial results briefing today, its predecessor has continued to cement itself as Nintendo's best-selling console of all time with 155.92 million consoles sold as of March 31, 2026. That puts the Switch within spitting distance of Sony's PlayStation 2--currently the best-selling console of all time, with 160 million units sold as of March 31, 2024.To put all of this into perspective, 19.86 million Switch 2 consoles have been sold as of March 31, and the Switch has long surpassed the 154 million lifetime sales of t

Nintendo foresees Switch 2 hardware sales declining during the system's second year of availability--an unusual development for successful games systems. This comes as the hybrid console has already sold almost 20 million units in 10 months, but with a price hike waiting in the wings.The company behind Mario explained why fiscal 2027's (April 1-March 31, 2027) forecast sees a reduction in Switch 2 sales, with the current estimate at 16.5 million units sold. Nintendo offered the following reasons for the reduction: "In light of the strong sales performance in the first year following launch and

Sony bought Bungie for $3.6 billion in 2022.

Deep and delightful action role-playing game Path of Exile 2 will effectively be Steam Deck verified by the end of this month, developer Grinding Gear Games has told me. Read more

As part of Sony's latest earnings briefing, the company revealed that PlayStation 5 sales are down massively year-over-year, while management discussed what it believes will be a rosy future for the company thanks to AI-driven efficiencies.In terms of PS5 sales, Sony reported that it had sold 46% fewer PS5 units during its fiscal Q4 than it did during the same quarter last year. More specifically, Sony sold 1.5 million PS5 units worldwide during the quarter, down from 2.8 million during the same period the year prior. The PS5 has now sold 93.7 million units worldwide.Downward trends are expect

Survival of the fittest—or at least the most over-levelled.

Sony has reported that Bungie's extraction shooter Marathon, and the poor performance of Destiny 2, has incurred a roughly $765m impairment loss last financial year. Read more

For the last couple of years, the Epic Games Store has given away free games every week through its PC storefront. With the company having launched its own mobile store, it has also started a second free games program on iOS and Android devices, kicking things off with a curated library of titles and weekly freebies. The app also features mobile versions of Fortnite, Fall Guys, and Rocket League Sideswipe.To access these games you will need to create a free Epic account and install the free Epic Games Store mobile app and log in with your account, but once you do, you can start claiming your f

Andy Serkis is known to many for his film portrayals, from 13 Going on 30's fashion magazine editor-in-chief to Lord of the Ring's Gollum. More recently, though, the actor and filmmaker also starred in a little game you may have heard of; Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. Read more

Video games have featured famous faces for decades now, but they've often suffered from a stigma of providing subpar entertainment when compared to movies and TV. Things are changing lately, thanks to games like The Last of Us, and last year's smash-hit Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 making a strong case for how actors can still deliver emotional performances through this digital medium. One of the Expedition 33's stars, Andy Serkis, has spoken about how there has been a shift in attitudes from actors, with a new generation of thespians wanting to appear in video games."I don't see any difference

Grab the Primogems for the Luna 7 special program.

And it seems like it won't slow down for a while.

Mere months after launch, Resident Evil Requiem has shadow-dropped a new mode that focuses purely on the best part of the game: Leon S. Kennedy's talent for taking care of bioweapons that have run amok. Titled "Leon Must Die Forever," the minigame adds a roguelike element to Leon's survival-action gameplay while taking players through familiar levels and boss fights from the Requiem campaign.It was originally thought that Requiem would get a form of the popular Mercenaries mode that has been present in several Resident Evil games over the years, but this minigame sees the franchise explore new

"I don't see any difference between that and acting in films or on stage or TV."

Switch 2 - Nintendo's fastest selling console to date - has now sold a total of 19.86m units. These sales figures were shared as part of the company's latest financial results, which ended in March. Read more

"Did anyone in the '90s expect Win32 to still be a first-class API surface in the year 2026? And I think I can safely answer, no."

In its latest financial results, Sony revealed that it has yet to determine pricing or a launch date for the PlayStation 6. While the console hasn't been officially unveiled yet, Sony did mention that it is increasing investment in its "next-generation platform" while also working out how to deal with the global component shortage crisis driven by various global factors currently.Responding to questions, Sony president and CEO Hiroki Totoki explained that the rising costs for vital components like RAM would have an impact on its PS6 plans. "We have not yet decided on at what timing we will lau

Sony and Bandai Namco have announced a "collaborative initiative" focused on AI and the latest technologies can aid game development. Read more

And launch is only a week out.

A $50 increase in the US. Further increases rolling out in Japan, Europe, and Canada.

Sony has revealed that it has not yet decided on a launch time for the PlayStation 6 console, nor how much it will cost at retail, due to the impact of rising memory costs and other economic factors. The next-generation console has not yet even been officially revealed, but already we can see global events affect PlayStation's decision-making process regarding the release of the machine. Read more