Bungie is set to finally reveal what playing Marathon, an extraction-shooter revival of Bungie's sci-fi FPS series, will be like. A gameplay reveal showcase is slated for April 12 at 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET.Marathon's social media accounts sparked to life in the past week, pointing to an ARG (alternate reality game) that led to online sleuthing for puzzle solutions and secrets, in the process unveiling new artwork for the game and presumably helping to unlock Bungie's official announcement of the gameplay showcase.Nothing compares to a warm dead body. 🐈Join us on Saturday, April 12 @ 10AM PT for the Marathon Gameplay Reveal Showcase.#MarathonReveal📺🟣 https://t.co/j72GOyFm9y pic.twitter.com/kcFuZnARLA — Marathon (@MarathonTheGame) April 6, 2025 Bungie's next game was announced two years ago with a stylish trailer but few details other than it would be an extraction shooter set in the same universe of Bungie's old, pre-Halo IP that ended with Marathon Infinity in 1996. Marathon is Bungie's first new game since the release of Destiny 2 in 2017, though Destiny has received regular updates and expansions since then.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Nintendo confirmed to GameSpot that it is actively in discussion with developers whose Nintendo Switch games have compatibility issues on Nintendo Switch 2.Shortly after last week's Nintendo Switch 2 Direct, a webpage emerged outlining all of the Switch games with compatibility issues on the Switch 2. Although the majority of the original Switch's library is compatible with the new piece of Nintendo hardware, some titles have in-game compatibility issues while others have problems just starting up in the first place. These problems aren't just popping up for obscure indies either.Games like Another Crab's Treasure, Doom Eternal, and Fortnite are having problems with start-up, while titles such as Harvestella, Overcooked: All You Can Eat, and Stumble Guys have in-game compatibility issues. In an interview with Nintendo's Technology Development Division General Manager Tetsuya Sasaki, GameSpot asked if Nintendo was in discussions with and offering insights to the developers behind these Switch games with Switch 2 compatibility issues.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

The next big title update has been announced for Assassin's Creed Shadows, and this will see numerous quality-of-life upgrades added to the game, improvements to the PS5 Pro version, and several bugs are addressed. Title update 1.0.2 will be available to download on all supported platforms on April 8, starting at 7 AM PT / 10 AM ET.Ubisoft says that it has focused on various game improvements, like an auto-follow option for players when they're on horseback. While this function was present in several of the previous Assassin's Creed games, it was absent when Shadows launched in March. To use it, players can activate the pathfinder feature to enable auto-follow to a marked destination. Horse speeds in cities have also been increased, but you'll still want to watch out for pedestrians so that you don't anger the local authorities. Other highlights of the patch include the option to tag and sell/dismantle multiple items in shops or at the hideout forge, the ability to reset Mastery nodes in the skill trees, and a new shortcut for direct access to the investigation board. If you're playing the game in Performance mode, the Hideout will no longer be capped to 30fps when you visit it.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

The Plucky Squire: Devolver Deluxe Edition $46.54 (was $55) for PlayStation 5 See at Amazon The Plucky Squire: Devolver Deluxe Edition $50 (was $55) for Nintendo Switch See at Amazon The Plucky Squire Standard Edition $33 for PS5 or Switch (was $35) See at Amazon The collector's edition of one of the most charming and joyful games of 2024 is on sale for the first time at Amazon. Officially called The Plucky Squire: Devolver Deluxe Edition, this physical edition for PS5 and Nintendo Switch is packaged in an oversized box that contains the game, an art book, and the original soundtrack. The Devolver Deluxe Edition of the whimsical storybook action-adventure released on February 21 for $55. If you're interested in picking it up, you can get the PS5 version for $46.54 or the Switch edition for $50.The Plucky Squire originally released on digital storefronts last September for $30. There's also a standard physical edition without the extras for $33 (was $35).Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

One of the more mysterious elements of the Nintendo Switch 2 Direct was the Upgrade Packs, the one-time-purchase codes that let owners of certain Nintendo Switch games to access each game's upgraded Switch 2 Edition versions. The biggest mystery surrounding the Upgrade Packs was the cost, and Nintendo of America VP of product and player experience Bill Trinen has confirmed in an interview that the codes will cost $10 each--at least for the two Zelda games.Speaking with IGN, Trinen responded to a question regarding the Upgrade Packs by confirming that anyone who has purchased The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild or Tears of the Kingdom can make a one-time purchase of an Upgrade Pack for $10. The $80 MSRP that emerged after the event, Trinen says, is only for those who have not previously purchased the game. "For somebody who has bought Tears of the Kingdom or Breath of the Wild, the upgrade packs for those are $9.99," Trinen said. "And if you happen to be a Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack member, both of the Zelda upgrade packs are inclusive within that membership. So there's no additional charge for those."Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Daemon X Machina: Titanic Scion Standard Edition $70 Preorder at Amazon Daemon X Machina: Titanic Scion Limited Edition $100 Preorder at Amazon Daemon X Machina: Titanic Scion is available to preorder now ahead of its September 5 launch. The sequel to the 2019 Switch exclusive, which was later ported to PC, will be available on Nintendo Switch 2, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC on release day. Though Switch 2 console preorders in the US have been delayed, you can already preorder the Nintendo Switch 2 version of Daemon X Machina: Titanic Scion. That makes it the first Switch 2 game available to preorder from a US retailer.A brand-new copy of Daemon X Machina typically fetches higher prices today than it did at launch ($60)--you can get a preowned copy from GameStop for $40--so preordering early may be a wise move, especially if you're interested in the collectible edition with extra goodies. Daemon X Machina's Limited Edition costs $100 and comes with a handful of extras despite only being priced $30 higher than the standard edition.Let's take a closer look at Daemon X Machina: Titanic Scion preorders for both physical editions.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Artificial intelligence remains one of the biggest talking points in video games and many other industries, and now Nintendo of America's president has weighed in to share his thoughts.Doug Bowser told CNBC that he sees opportunities for AI technologies to enhance productivity in some areas, but when it comes to actual game development, humans will always lead the way."If developers choose to use AI--and it is a discussion right now at Nintendo--it's not the only method of developing games," he said. "We still believe that what makes our games special is our developers. Their artistic capabilities. Their insight into how people play. So there is always, always going to be a human touch and a human engagement in how we develop and build our games."Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

For decades, Nintendo has introduced a string of iconic characters that have transcended their video game spaces and become pop culture icons. From television to movies to their own theme parks, Mario and friends have become a merchandising machine--something the company has understood for some time now, and what Nintendo of America president Doug Bowser wants to continue."Going all the way back to our origins in 1889, we were all about entertainment. We started out as a manufacturer for playing cards...through our history, we've had various interactions of gameplay. Whether that's toys, bowling alleys, a whole host of things," he said on MSNBC. "Now? Absolutely. Video games are at the core of our entertainment experiences, but we've also learned that these characters and these worlds have the ability to step beyond the video game environment." He was asked if Nintendo was "coming after Disney" with this kind of approach. Bowser didn't see it that way, but wanted to state the company's important mission statement.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Nintendo has said that Switch 2's eShop won't have any theme music, just like the first Switch didn't, as a result of not wanting to disrupt the user experience.In an interview with Polygon, Switch 2 producer Kouichi Kawamoto said, "Unlike back then, the eShop now has lots of videos that are showcasing the games." Before the Switch, systems like Wii and Wii U had music themes playing as users browsed their respective eShops. "We didn’t want to intrude on that, so we don’t have music there."Kawamoto added that he wanted to make sure that browsing the Switch 2 eShop was a smooth experience, that the list doesn't stall, and that pages load fast. Due to those factors, the eShop won't have any theme music.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Dandadan Season 1 on Blu-ray $24.49 (was $35) | Releases June 10 Preorder at Amazon Preorder at Walmart Dandadan Season 1 Collector's Edition on Blu-ray $65 | Releases June 10 Preorder at Amazon Preorder at Walmart Dandadan was one of 2024's breakout anime hits, and while we'll have to wait a while for Season 2, you can at least rewatch the first batch of episodes with a new Blu-ray release dropping on June 10. Dandadan Season 1 is up for preorder for $24.49 (was $35) at Amazon and Walmart. There's also a Collector's Edition Blu-ray that includes a bunch of extra goodies for $65. Unlike the standard edition, the Collector's Edition isn't discounted at this time, but with Amazon's and Walmart's preorder price guarantees, your order total will automatically be adjusted to the lowest price offered until release. Dandadan Season 1 on Blu-ray $24.49 (was $35) | Releases June 10 The standard edition includes all 12 episodes from the first season, as well as a handful of extra content like an interview with the production crew, a scene breakdown from one of the directors, and an interview with composer Kensuke Ushio. This two-disc Blu-ray set comes in a nice slipcase featuring key art from the series. Preorder at Amazon Preorder at Walmart Dandadan Season 1 Collector's Edition on Blu-ray $65 | Releases June 10 For the collector's edition, you're getting all of the on-disc content from the standard version and some physical extras., including a 32-page art book, art cards, and a sticker. This version also features unique box art. Preorder at Amazon Preorder at Walmart Dandadan Blu-ray Collector's EditionDandadan is one of the most unique anime debuts of 2024. The series adapts the popular manga of the same name, which follows Japanese high school students Momo and Okarun. Both investigate paranormal phenomena, though they don't see eye to eye. Momo believes in ghosts but doesn't think aliens are real, while Okarun believes in aliens but not ghosts. Naturally, they soon discover that ghosts and aliens are both very real and very dangerous. Fortunately, both gain supernatural abilities to use against the paranormal forces threatening their world. The anime is produced by Science Saru--the same studio behind the recent Scott Pilgrim Takes Off animated series--and the animation does justice to mangaka Yukinobu Tatsu's original art.While the upcoming Blu-ray release will be a great way to revisit the story so far, the original manga series is also available for those who want to experience the source material, or who don't feel like waiting until the next seasons to see what happens next. So far, 12 volumes have been translated into English and are on sale now at Amazon, while Volumes 13, 14, and 15 are all planned to release later in 2025 and are available for preorder.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Pierce Brown's dystopian sci-fi series Red Rising has become one of the most popular ongoing book series in its genre over the past decade. Six novels in the Red Rising series have been published by Random House so far, with a seventh and final novel in the saga, Red God, expected to hit store shelves next year. New readers have plenty of time to catch up on Red Rising before Book 7, and Amazon has a great Red Rising Box Set deal to get you started. Red Rising 3-Book Box Set -- $30.55 ($55)Red Rising: Official Board Game -- $11 ($24) Red Rising 3-Book Box Set (Paperback) $30.55 (was $55) | All-time lowest price Red Rising's first trilogy of novels--Red Rising, Golden Sun, and Morning Star--are collected in a 3-Book Paperback Box Set for $30.55 (was $54) at Amazon. This is marked as a limited-time deal, but it's unclear when the offer expires. Nevertheless, it's the lowest price ever for the box set, which was published in 2023.The three books plus a physical edition excerpt of Book 4 clock in at 1,552 pages. The first two books in the series are around 450 pages each, but Morning Star is considerably thicker at 576 pages.Red Rising is set hundreds of years in the future after humans have colonized the solar system and established a new caste-based society. The books follow Darrow, a Mars-born human of the lowly "Red" caste who discovers a secret about the planet that sparks him to free his fellow Reds. Get deal at Amazon Books 4-6 form the Iron Gold Trilogy and continue the trend of higher page counts. While they aren't available together in a box set, you can save big on paperback and hardcover editions to read when you finish the box set. Iron Gold (624 pages) is on sale for only $11 (was $20) in paperback. Dark Age (800 pages), the fifth and longest book in the series, is actually cheaper in hardcover than paperback right now; you can get a copy for only $12.82 (was $32). The most recent book in the series, Light Bringer (704 pages), is available for $16 (was $20) in paperback. Amazon is sold out of the hardcover edition, but you can opt for the hardcover of Light Bringer for $16.79 (was $30) at Walmart.We've listed each book in the Red Rising series in paperback and hardcover below:Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Blue Prince from Dogubomb and Raw Fury has emerged as the highest-rated game of 2025 thus far on GameSpot sister site Metacritic.In Blue Prince, players explore a manor with shifting rooms. In practice, players must navigate this manor, solving the puzzles within each room before deciding which one to go into next. It has a roguelike structure, so the rooms within the manor reset each day and can slowly be upgraded over time depending on the player's actions. You might not have heard of Blue Prince before because it's an indie first-person puzzle game. That said, critics love its experimental structure and are heaping it with praise. "Blue Prince is one of the most memorable video game experiences I have ever had," GameSpot's Steve Watts wrote in a glowing review. "It is at once accessible and impenetrable, frustrating and euphoric. Like each of my dozens of permutations of the Mount Holly manor house itself, it is truly one of a kind."Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Leave it to Nintendo to attempt to keep game file sizes from growing too large in an age of titles taking up over 100GB of storage space on consoles. A few first-party Switch 2 games apparently won't even top 10GB, with Mario Kart World the only listed title so far racing past the 20GB mark.The digital Nintendo Store for the US hasn't listed Switch 2 games yet but apparently the Japanese storefront has (via IGN). The site reportedly lists four Switch 2 titles so far, along with the space taken by the Nintendo GameCube app for Switch Online + Expansion Pack premium members.Mario Kart World - 23.4GBDonkey Kong Bananza - 10GBSuper Mario Party Jamboree - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Jamboree TV - 7.7GBKirby and the Forgotten Land - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Star-Crossed World - 5.7GBNintendo GameCube app - 3.5GB Switch 2 will feature 256GB of internal storage space, with the ability to increase the size with microSD Express cards. That means Mario Kart World--if bought digitally--will take up just under 10% of the built-in storage for the hybrid system. Meanwhile, Cyberpunk 2077 will fit on a 64GB physical Switch 2 game card, so presumably will take up similar space digitally. Nintendo has also revealed Game-Key Cards that work similarly to physical cards but don't have the game stored locally on them. Instead, they work as a way to download a title but still must be inserted into Switch 2 to play.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

From Software has two known games in development currently--with one set to be released very soon--and both of them are built around a core multiplayer experience. Elden Ring: Nightreign offers a co-op souls-like adventure, while Switch 2 exclusive The Duskbloods is heavily focused on PvPvE gameplay. This has raised some concern amongst From Software fans that the studio will develop more multiplayer games in the future, but From Software boss and Duskbloods director Hidetaka Miyazaki says that the developer isn't shifting exclusively to online multiplayer games. "As previously mentioned, this is an online multiplayer title at its core, but this doesn’t mean that we as a company have decided to shift to a more multiplayer-focused direction with titles going forward," Miyazaki said in a Nintendo interview. "The Nintendo Switch 2 version of Elden Ring was also announced, and we still intend to actively develop single-player-focused games such as this that embrace our more traditional style."Miyazaki also spoke more about the setting, characters, and themes of The Duskbloods, explaining how players will control a group of characters known as the Bloodsworn. Starring a group of superhuman warriors that are similar to vampires, Miyazaki said that the game takes place during the end of human society and revolves around the Bloodsworn chasing after something known as First Blood. The Duskbloods--which was originally pitched for the Switch--will launch for Switch 2 in 2026.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

With Season 2 of HBO's The Last of Us premiering next week, fans have speculated how much of the second game's story will be covered. We know the timeline won't be completely linear to the game, and with the sequel's actual gameplay length, there's only so much room in a single season. It's been theorized that there might be room for at least one more season of the show, but what if there were more game material to adapt?Talking to Variety, showrunner Craig Mazin explained that they'll need more than this upcoming season to tell the whole story that Neil Druckmann told in the games. However, the thought of spin-off potential has crossed his mind, even if he's not the one running the show."As far as additional source material, as a fan of The Last of Us, if Neil has more games, I would love it,” Mazin said. "For me as a writer and showrunner, this is my Last of Us. So this will be the last of my Last of Us, covering the events of the first and second game."Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com