Vampire Survivors studio Poncle is getting into game publishing, and its first such game is Berserk or Die. Nao Shibata, a solo developer from Japan who makes games under the name Nao Games, revealed the project--an action game with a unique control scheme--is out now.
As revealed during the PC Gaming Show, Berserk or Die uses a keyboard and mouse as a controller--but not in the traditional sense. Players will smack the left and right sides of their keyboard in order to move and attack in...
Activision announced Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 during the Xbox Games Showcase, and the reveal trailer could also be hinting at Warzone's next big map for battle royale.
Near the end of the Black Ops 7 reveal trailer, there is a scene of four soldiers dropping down onto a map, which looks very much like a squad diving into a Warzone match together. The map in question also looks similar to the rumored Avalon map found in Black Ops 6's spectator mode, with both featuring a cluster of islands...
Microsoft brought out some big guns at its annual Xbox Games Showcase on Sunday, revealing a new Xbox-branded handheld, an important update on Hollow Knight: Silksong, Double Fine’s new game Keeper, the long-rumored Persona 4 remake, and Call of Duty: Black Ops 7. There were also plenty of lower-key surprises, including the reveals of some […]
Double Fine Productions’ Keeper was revealed Sunday at the Xbox Games Showcase and will launch Oct. 17 for Xbox Series X and Windows PC. It’ll also be available day one on Xbox Game Pass. In Keeper, you’ll play as a weathered lighthouse aged by time. It sprouts legs, and you and a bird companion will […]
Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 and 4 is going to need a lot of pizza, because Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle, Michelangelo, is headed to the skate park. A new trailer, presented by Tony Hawk himself, was shown at the Xbox Games Showcase on Sunday, providing another peak at the revamped tricks, characters, and locales. In […]
Xbox and Activision revealed Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 in a dramatic cinematic trailer during the Summer 2025 Xbox Games Showcase. Having two Black Ops games release consecutively is a first for the franchise, and Activision’s Treyarch and Raven studios teamed up to make it happen following 2024’s Black Ops 6. The Black Ops […]
Since 2021, the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences has partnered with iam8bit and Fortyseven Communications to produce Game Maker’s Sketchbook, an annual competition celebrating the brightest artistic minds in the games industry. This year’s Game Maker’s Sketchbook winners have just been announced, including some pretty incredible works from games like Marvel Rivals, The Midnight Walk, […]
It’s hard to describe a game by a team that’s setting out to do something different, but I’m going to do my best after playing a bit of the impressive Ambrosia Sky out of the 2025 Summer Game Fest. The upcoming sci-fi game from Soft Rains, a new studio made up for veteran devs who […]
Mudang: Two Hearts, developed and published by EVR Studio, is coming to Xbox Series X|S and PC in 2026, as announced at the Xbox Games Showcase. Based on a webtoon titled Moodang, Mudang is set in a unified Korea sometime in the near future.
EVR Studio refers to Mudang: Two Hearts as "an immersive blend of tactical stealth, visceral combat, and cinematic storytelling set on a politically volatile Korean peninsula," on its official website.
The narrative follows the unification of North and...
As part of the Xbox Games Showcase, Microsoft and Activision announced that a demo for Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4 is launching today, June 8. The Foundry Demo, as it's called, is launching today for people who have preordered the game or do so now.
The demo is launching today on PlayStation, Xbox, and PC, but the fine print did not mention Switch or Switch 2. In addition to announcing the demo, Activision released a new trailer for Pro Skater 3 + 4, which shows new gameplay footage--check...
Don't Nod announced its next game, Aphelion, at the Xbox Games Showcase.
As seen in the announcement trailer, Aphelion sees you play as Ariane, an astronaut lost on the newly discovered ninth planet in our solar system (sorry Pluto) named Persephone. She's searching for Thomas, a fellow astronaut who got separated from her at the start of the game. The duo are surveying the plant to see whether it's habitable after humans mucked up Earth.
In terms of gameplay, not much is shown in...
Announced at the Xbox Games Showcase 2025, At Fate's End is the latest game from Spiritfarer developer Thunder Lotus Games. This is the studio's second game in development, with 33 Immortals releasing in early access earlier this year.
The action-adventure game stars Shan, who wields the legendary God Sword Aesus in a war waged against her own family. These skirmishes will require more than skill with a blade, however, with At Fate's Ending putting dialogue and familial insights at the heart...
A pair of Final Fantasy games are coming to Xbox, and one of them is coming extremely soon. As announced during the Xbox Games Showcase, Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade is coming this winter. And the most recent numbered series entry, Final Fantasy XVI, is coming to Xbox today.
A brief trailer showed off both games back to back. An associated blog entry noted that every mainline, single-player Final Fantasy game is coming to Xbox platforms, so that will surely include Final Fantasy VII...
Invincible is all about superheroes absolutely pummeling each other in ludicrous blood-soaked battles, and in 2026, you'll be able to join the fray in Invincible VS, a fighting game based on the comic series and its animated adaptation.
Skybound Games announced the title in the Xbox Games Showcase during Summer Game Fest 2025. You can check out the trailer below.
Invincible comes from writer Robert Kirkman, best known for The Walking Dead comic series, and like that story about survivors of a...
Keeper, the newest game from acclaimed adventure-game developers Double Fine and veteran designer Lee Petty, was revealed at the Xbox Games Showcase. As the name implies, the game involves a moving lighthouse--though whether you're playing and the lighthouse or a being managing it (a "keeper") isn't quite clear. A green bird appears frequently alongside the lighthouse, seeming to aid and guide the lighthouse as it travels through a variety of colorful environments including gemstone-adorned...
Season 17 of Rare's online pirate title Sea of Thieves was announced at the Xbox Games Showcase, and it'll add a mischievous new faction to the game's sandbox called The Smuggler's League. The upcoming season, titled Smugglers' Tide, begins in August and includes new Voyages and some of the most powerful explosives in the game.
Judging from the trailer, The Smuggler's League is all about, well, smuggling loot, salvaging treasure and other goodies from sunken ships or stealing them from other...
As part of the Xbox Games Showcase, Activision announced Call of Duty: Black Ops 7. Didn't we just get a new Black Ops game in 2024? We did, and this will be the first time in franchise history that Activision is releasing Black Ops titles in consecutive years.
Black Ops 7 is being developed by Treyarch and Raven Software--the same lead co-developers as Black Ops 6--and takes place in the year 2035. That's more than 40 years after the events of Black Ops 6 and 10 years after the events of...
Persona 4 Revival was officially unveiled during the Xbox Games Showcase at Summer Game Fest 2025 today, following several recent leaks. Like last year's Persona 3 Reloaded, this new version of Persona 4 is a brand-new edition of the classic 2008 RPG by Atlus.
The announcement teaser is light on information, aside from confirming that it takes place in the quiet countryside town of Inaba away from the bustling metropolis of the other entries, with a few shots of its high school classrooms and...
As the end of Microsoft's Xbox Games Showcase, Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer teased the company's plans for 2026, which marks the 25th anniversary of Xbox.
Spencer said Gears of War: E-Day, the new Fable, and the next Forza game will launch in 2026. He also teased the "return of a classic that's been with us since the beginning."
Many are taking that to be a reference to the Halo franchise. Microsoft is working on multiple new Halo games, one of which could be a remaster of 2001's Halo:...
For the better part of two decades, the Gears of War franchise has been exclusive to Xbox consoles and PC. This summer, that's going to change with Gears of War: Reloaded, the second remaster of the original game from 2006. A new trailer for Reloaded dropped during the Xbox Games Showcase, and it gives PlayStation 5 gamers a chance to see what they've been missing.
The game takes place on a colony world named Sera where humans are quickly becoming an endangered species thanks to the...