Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick confirmed at the iicon conference that GTA 6 will not feature real-world brand partnerships, citing the game's satirical fictional world as the reason. GTA 6 launches November 19, 2026 on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S.
Super Mario Galaxy 2 received Ver. 1.4.0 on April 29, adding a new storybook chapter and general fixes for both Nintendo Switch 2 and Nintendo Switch. Nintendo says the new story unlocks once the Final Chapter is available and the player clears any galaxy to earn a Power Star.
Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon shipped its fourth free DLC, Challenge Mode, on April 30 alongside patch 1.22. The mode forces a fresh Act 1 run, hands out 70 debuffs over the campaign, and adds a scoreboard and NG+3 badge while the patch fixes combat, quests, UI, and Xbox DLC-save issues.
Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era entered Early Access on April 30 with six factions, the first campaign act, ranked multiplayer, and a pre-release map editor. Unfrozen is pairing launch with a 25% Early Access discount for two weeks after the game crossed 1.5 million wishlists on Steam.
The Outer Worlds will remove its base edition from most store pages on May 27, and players who already own the original game before that date will get Spacer's Choice Edition free on Xbox Series X|S, PS5, Steam, Epic, and GOG. Obsidian also pushed a smaller April 30 patch now and says a larger end-of-May update will add grenades to the original game alongside performance, lighting, quest, and gameplay fixes.
Valve will start selling the new Steam Controller on May 4, 2026 at 10:00 a.m. PT for $99 in the US. The pad adds dual trackpads, TMR magnetic thumbsticks, four rear grip buttons, Grip Sense gyro aiming, and a magnetic wireless charging puck.
Denuvo parent Irdeto says updated security versions are in development after hypervisor-based bypasses spread across single-player PC releases. Reports also say NBA 2K25, NBA 2K26, and Marvel's Midnight Suns now trigger a fresh online DRM check every 14 days.
Ustwo says its recent games have cost £7 million to £10 million over three to four years, and future growth will come through contractors rather than a larger full-time staff. The Monument Valley studio currently has just under 30 employees, down from around 40 at the peak of Monument Valley 3 production.
Xbox CEO Asha Sharma says memory costs will affect Project Helix pricing and availability, and Microsoft is not ready to share a launch timeline. Development kits are still scheduled to begin shipping in 2027, but the company is now openly tying next-gen hardware plans to the AI-driven chip crunch.
Rocket League rolled out Easy Anti-Cheat on April 28, and BakkesMod's creator says the mod no longer works on builds released that day or later. The tool served more than 750,000 daily users and 1.5 million weekly users, making the anti-cheat switch a direct cutoff for one of the game's biggest PC utilities.
Windows Central reports that Microsoft’s internal Windows K2 effort is using SteamOS as a gaming benchmark. The goal is to make Windows 11 competitive on identical hardware within the next year or two, starting with changes due in coming months.
A co-statement dated April 29 says Palit now handles GALAX operations and customer support. Existing owners are being directed to Palit’s RMA channels while the previous GALAX structure has been shut down.