GameSpot • September 16, 2025

Xbox App Now Launches Games From Steam And Other Game Stores

Microsoft is hoping to turn the Xbox app into the one-stop destination for players to launch games on PC and Windows handheld devices, pushing an update that integrates titles from other major gaming storefronts into the app's library.

GameSpot • September 16, 2025

Game Pass Core, Which Rarely Adds More Games, Is Adding Three More Soon

The lowest rung of the Game Pass ladder is receiving a small but significant expansion, with Xbox adding three games to the Game Pass Core catalog.

GameSpot • September 12, 2025

All The New Switch Games And Demos Released Today After The September 2025 Nintendo Direct

Another Nintendo Direct is in the books, and the roughly hour-long presentation unloaded information about the 40th anniversary of Super Mario Bros. After the Mario-related spectacle, the Direct switched gears and revealed a few demos and even full games that are already available to download on the eShop starting today.

GameSpot • September 12, 2025

Pokemon Legends: Z-A Is Getting Paid DLC And Two Shocking New Mega Evolutions

More than a month before the release of Pokemon Legends: Z-A, Nintendo announced that paid DLC is already on the way to the upcoming monster-catching title during the September 2025 Nintendo Direct.

GameSpot • September 12, 2025

Yoshi And The Mysterious Book Looks Like A Proper Yoshi's Story Successor

As part of Mario's 40th anniversary celebrations, Nintendo announced a new Yoshi game for Nintendo Switch 2 at the September 2025 Nintendo Direct. Yoshi and the Mysterious Book takes the eponymous dinosaur into a storybook for a new adventure. The colorful platformer is scheduled for a Spring 2026 launch.

ComicBook.com • September 12, 2025

Mario Kart World DLC Being A No-Show At The Nintendo Direct Is Worrying

Friday’s hour-long Nintendo Direct brought us a modest amount of news for the 40th anniversary of Super Mario Bros., including re-releases and updates of older games, but the hit Switch 2 launch game Mario Kart World was missing in action. Despite Donkey Kong Banaza reveling in a DLC update, and the yet-to-be-released Pokémon Legends: Z-A unfathomably getting a DLC announcement before its launch, the Switch 2’s biggest game appears to be left in the dust.

GameSpot • September 9, 2025

Celebrate The Start Of NFL Season With Backyard Football '99, Out Now

Pablo Sanchez fans, rejoice. After reviving the Backyard Sports name and releasing three games in the quirky and cartoony series, publisher Playground Productions has launched Backyard Football '99 on Steam and mobile platforms. As with the original release, the football game stars a colorful cast of child athletes, along with younger versions of actual NFL legends.

GameSpot • September 4, 2025

The Hollow Knight: Silksong Soundtrack Is Already Available To Listen And Purchase

Players can finally get their hands on the long-awaited Hollow Knight: Silksong, and with its launch also comes the release of the game's soundtrack.

GameSpot • September 3, 2025

Hollow Knight: Silksong Supports A PC Feature Missing From The Original

If you're at the intersection of ultra-wide monitor users and fans of Hollow Knight, then you're in luck. On the eve of the long-awaited (hard emphasis on "long") release of Hollow Knight: Silksong, the game's marketing lead confirmed that the metroidvania will support 21:9 displays, giving players another option on how to view its gorgeous 2D art.

GameSpot • September 2, 2025

Battlefield Battle Royale Mode Gameplay Shown In Apparently Leaked Footage

Gameplay footage of what appears to be Battlefield's new battle royale has surfaced online in an apparent leak, highlighting some features that could distinguish it from the competition.

ComicBook.com • August 29, 2025

It Took Nintendo 18 Years and 13 Games to Give Fans a "Great" Mario Party

Mario Party might be a favorite in the living room between friends and family, but game critics have never quite felt the same way. The spin-off series, originally developed by Hudson Soft and now by Nintendo Cube, has been ongoing since the original Mario Party for Nintendo 64 in 1999, but there was a significantly long period in which the series received average-at-best ratings. In recent years, though, that consensus has finally started to change.

GameSpot • August 25, 2025

Switch 2 Game-Key Cards Aren't Eligible For Japan's Preservation Library

One of the world's largest libraries will not consider Nintendo Switch 2 Game-Key Cards for preservation. Japan's National Diet Library, which contains over 9,600 video games in its archives, said that it won't recognize titles in the Game-Key Card format because the games' data are not located within the physical media itself.

GameSpot • August 20, 2025

Starfield Is Coming To Nintendo Switch 2, Leaker Claims

With Xbox bringing more games to other platforms, word has just emerged of Bethesda's first game heading to Switch 2.

GameSpot • August 19, 2025

Ghost Of Yotei Is Getting Free Multiplayer DLC Next Year

The fall release of Ghost of Yotei is quickly approaching, and Gamescom Opening Night Live included a new trailer, offering another glimpse of cinematics and gameplay from the new open-world samurai game from Sucker Punch Productions. While the footage itself didn't provide any new information, the end of the trailer confirmed that a huge feature from the game's predecessor, Ghost of Tsushima, will return.

GameSpot • August 19, 2025

Fallout Season 2 Trailer Suggests It'll Be The New Vegas Remaster Everyone's Been Asking For

The first season of the Fallout series on Prime Video received praise for telling an original story in the world of the games, but Season 2 will get a little closer to the lore that players are familiar with.

ComicBook.com • August 13, 2025

Tekken X Street Fighter Crossover Game Announced 15 Years Ago Gets Official Comment From Developer

One of the most infamous unreleased video games is the elusive Tekken X Street Fighter, which would have been a crossover between the two franchises in the style of Tekken. About 15 years later, Tekken series producer Katsuhiro Harada offered a few words about whether players will ever see a glimpse of the fighting game.

GameSpot • August 12, 2025

Xbox Is Making It Easier To Track Your Owned Games

An update to the Xbox Dashboard should make big gaming libraries a lot easier to navigate through a simple addition, though only certain Xbox Insiders will be able to try out the new feature first. Per the Xbox Support site, a new Xbox Update Preview came out Monday for Xbox Insiders in the invite-only Alpha Skip-Ahead ring, and it adds a notable quality-of-life feature.

ComicBook.com • August 8, 2025

Why Battlefield 6 Isn't Bad Company 3, According to DICE

For years, Battlefield fans have been hoping for a game hearkening back to the glory days of Battlefield: Bad Company and its sequel, Bad Company 2. While Battlefield 6 isn’t a third Bad Company installment, there’s a good reason why Battlefield Studios, which includes franchise mainstay developer DICE, titled the new game as such.

GameSpot • August 7, 2025

How Did Helldivers 2 End Up On Xbox? It Was All Sony's Decision, Dev Says

In an era where cross-platform releases between Microsoft and Sony are more common, Helldivers 2 is one of the rare PlayStation-published properties heading to Xbox Series X|S. But while another PlayStation exclusive in MLB The Show made the jump between platforms due to an external party (in that case, MLB itself), the big move to launch Helldivers 2 on Xbox was entirely on Sony, according to a key figure behind the game.

ComicBook.com • August 6, 2025

Nintendo Switch's Price Increase is a First in Gaming History

Console owners of a certain age will remember that back in the day, platforms generally received price cuts later in their product lifespans. But that trend appears to be one in the past, with the big three console manufacturers instead raising the recommended retail prices of their platforms.