The popular mobile game Wordle is becoming a primetime TV show, with participants basically playing the game together in person with the hope of taking home a cash prize. The show will air on NBC, with popular Today Show broadcaster Savannah Guthrie serving as the host.The Wordle TV show will film in Manchester, England and is set to premiere on NBC in prime time beginning in 2027, The New York Times--which owns Wordle--announced today. The New York Times will co-produce the half-hour show, which is said to feature the game's well-known typeface and color scheme. As rumored, NBC host Jimmy Fal

Well one of these strategies has gotta work.

The sequel to Stellar Blade will not be published by PlayStation, developer Shift Up has confirmed — something that may point to a multiplatform launch for the forthcoming game.

Microsoft is once again shaking up its Xbox Game Pass service, with drastic changes announced in April 2026 that included a price decrease and the confirmation that new Call of Duty games will no longer launch into the service. Then in May 2026, Microsoft and Discord revealed a new Starter Edition of Xbox Game Pass. If you're looking to join the service or upgrade your current membership, here's everything you need to know about what each Game Pass tier gets you.Table of Contents [hide]What is Xbox Game Pass?What is Xbox Game Pass?Introduced several years ago, Game Pass is a subscription servi

Michael Pennington — better known to Star Wars fans as Return of the Jedi's Moff Tiaan Jerjerrod — has died aged 82.

Presumably that's for different specced models.

Confirming earlier rumors and reports, Microsoft and Discord announced a new partnership today that includes a new version of Xbox Game Pass called the Starter Edition.Available to Discord Nitro members, the Starter Edition of Game Pass includes a library of 50+ console and PC games, and Discord Nitro is staying the same price, which is $10/month or $100/year. The Game Pass Starter Edition also includes 10 hours of cloud gaming access per month.Some of the games included with the Game Pass Starter Edition include Fallout 4, Stardew Valley, DayZ, Deep Rock Galactic, Grounded, and Overcooked 2.C

We still don't know much about Gears of War: E-Day, but that's set to change next month, when the cover-based third-person shooter prequel gets its own time to shine directly after the next Xbox Games Showcase 2026. However, we might have learned about the potential release window earlier than intended. Read more

You'll have to unlock multiplayer before a friend can join the ride.

As a Mortal Kombat 1 hater, I was pleasantly surprised by its sequel.

Forza Horizon 6 could be in jeopardy after a terrible mistake by Playground Games led to leaks on multiple piracy websites.

Mississippi Grind is on Tubi and Netflix this weekend and demands a watch after being overlooked in 2015.

Gears of War creator Cliff Bleszinski has laid out a vision for a new game that he says is essentially "John Wick meets Carrie by way of Lovecraft Country."Posting online, the retired game developer said he still wants to make this game, which he is calling "Hollow Point." The game would take place in a "rustic New England town" during the fall, and that's familiar ground for Bleszinski as he was born and raised in the area.Hollow Point would be a two-player game. Player 1 would be an ex-Marine "with all the guns/boom stuff," while Player 2 would be a young woman with psychic/telekinesis power

Just days before it was scheduled to release, Forza Horizon 6 on PC has leaked. Reports have begun circulating online of the entire game being uploaded online as an unencrypted Steam preload, with various piracy websites moving quickly to make the entire 155GB file available to download via torrents.How did this happen? It's speculated that the Forza Horizon 6 preload is the culprit here, as in the buildup to the game's release so that players can start touring Japan as soon as possible, Steam may have accidentally pushed a decryption update for the game files too early. Microsoft isn't sittin

The wheel has come full circle.

Mortal Kombat 2 was finally released in cinemas last week, and following the solid early buzz, it really looks like audiences are enjoying it. Even its 65% Tomatometer feels like a win considering the uphill battle big-screen video game adaptations traditionally face. Box office-wise, though, there is both good and bad news. Read more

Rapid trigger or traditional optical clicks: Keychron says why not both?

Stop by Any Fin Goes, I hear it's a great aquarium with very well-drawn fish.

Less than one month since its debut, quirky black-and-white vintage Disney-styled shooter Mouse P.I. for Hire has been a big success, selling nearly three quarters of a million copies and recouping the money it spent on the game. Read more

Files for Forza Horizon 6 - the highly anticipated racing release by Playground Games and Microsoft - have been accidentally released, in full, on Steam ahead of its proper release on the 19th May. Read more

Mouse: P.I. For Hire, the stylish first-person shooter dressed up as a 1930s cartoon, has topped 730,000 sales since its launch in April.

Forget horses, the latest Crimson Desert update lets you mount and ride a variety of special and unusual beasties. You can now hop on the backs of mountain goats (one my personal all-time favourite animals), wolves, bears, boars, tigers, lions, raptors, camels, kuku birds and iguanas, which in Crimson Desert are enormous so don't worry, you won't squash them. Read more

Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight could be one of this month's most interesting big releases - or at least that's what we thought after previewing it - but Warner Bros. Games is facing some pre-launch difficulties. Read more

Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight became playable for some after yet another preload error, causing fans to brace themselves for spoilers.

IGN interviews Mortal Kombat II star Max Huang on Kung Lao's future.

Forza Horizon 6 suffered a significant leak after the entire game was reportedly made available via an unencrypted Steam preload.

Star Fox's original creator says the characters' design in the newly-announced game is "exactly what [he] had in mind" when he was making the Nintendo 64 version. Read more

Crimson Desert developer Pearl Abyss has released this week’s update as promised, and it adds what it said it would add. But it also adds a whole lot more, including a surprise claw machine mini-game that gives unique rewards.

Nintendo's share price dropped almost 8% on Monday as investors respond to the company's overly pessimistic outlook for the Switch 2's second year of sales. The slump took Nintendo's share price to its lowest point in almost two years, after the company admitted it was feeling the squeeze from memory shortages and other market pressures.On sales numbers alone the Switch 2 looks like a runaway success, but Nintendo isn't confident that the console can maintain its momentum, especially with a price hike on the way. In its earnings release, Nintendo said that hardware shortages and the strong fir

Chris Livingston's fault specifically.