🎉 Animal Crossing: New Horizons just got a surprise patch, 3.0.2, released for the series' 25th anniversary.
Everyone finds a FREE gift waiting in their in‑home mailbox: the Leaf Statue, a glowing leaf decor that comes with a thank‑you note and a retro Nintendo 64‑style stamp. The update also nods to the original Animal Forest (14 April 2001 on N64, later on GameCube) and includes usual bug fixes, small but very fan‑friendly.
⚔️ Developers officially announced two new Genshin characters: Loen and Prun.
Loen is a five-star Cryo fighter and deputy captain of the ranged unit in the Order of Favonius. He rarely pulls a bow, he charges in with a spear, either holding the line or becoming the squad's sharpest tip. Prun is a young Anemo "witch-hunter", brilliant and carrying a battered book of witch lore and tactics; she's heading to Mondstadt to pursue "Dodo-king" Alice. 🪄
Hotfix over refunds, Bethesda says a patch for Starfield on PS5 is coming this week 🔧
The PS5 launch has been rough: frequent crashes made players consider refunds. Bethesda confirmed issues, identified several crash causes and is building fixes, a hotfix is in the works, but there's no exact ETA or deep tech breakdown yet. They thanked players for reports and stressed stability is the priority. URGENT
⚡️Hades II from Supergiant Games has finally landed on consoles, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X and on Xbox Game Pass since April 14.
The sequel stays very welcoming to newcomers: you don't need to have played the first game, the core roguelike runs, progression and build variety are intact, while fresh stuff was added: new weapons, enemies, characters and story branches. Feels like a standalone hit that cements its place among recent roguelike bangers. DIVE IN 🚀
🧠 REPLACED by Sad Cat Studios is a philosophical retro‑future pixel platformer, and my launch experience was a saga: black screens, monitor sleeping, cloud settings overriding fixes. Reinstall + reboots finally got it running in a tiny window until I reset to defaults.
Short version: you are R.E.A.C.H. trapped in Dr. Warren Marsh's body, reborn as Rich. The game nails atmosphere, camera work and animation; traversal is deep, combat slow and deliberate, pacing is meditative. Issues: no manual saves, camera-led falls and a few slow chapters. WILD
Weekly Steam chart: Crimson Desert and Slay the Spire 2 sit at the top for a fifth week, while Forza Horizon 6, Road to Vostok and Soulmask climbed into the top‑10. WILD surprise, Guilty Gear: Strive reappeared thanks to a 50% sale and a new character 🔥
Peak concurrent (Apr 7-14): Graveyard Keeper, 46,305; Windrose, 44,563; Road to Vostok, 8,282. Revenue charts also spotlight Counter‑Strike 2, PUBG, Warframe and the Resident Evil 4 remake.
⚡️ Medieval Dynasty is getting a big update, Full Stock, launching June 11. The 2026 roadmap promises to make villages noticeably ALIVE and much more detailed.
From June 11 villagers get expanded daily animations (washing clothes, chopping wood, doing chores), the decor system gets new containers, resource piles and upgraded flower pots with visual progression, and, importantly, storages will visually fill with resources and food as you accumulate them, so you can actually see your settlement grow.
THQ Nordic will roll out the Gothic Classic trilogy on PlayStation and Xbox in three waves, 28 July, 29 September and 24 November, each RPG priced at $29.99 🎮
The original first game was included as a preorder bonus for Gothic 1 Remake; the first two titles are already ported to Nintendo Switch, and the collection reaches iOS in 2026. Grab your wallet and some nostalgia.
Why did Rockstar drop Red Dead Online? A leaked database has the answer 💸
Files reveal weekly revenue: GTA Online at $9.6M vs $507K for Red Dead Online, ALMOST 20×, so dev priorities shifted. GTA+ hit 1.3M users early 2026; PS5 is the top-earning platform, PC the weakest. Leaked anti-cheat and support logs could mean more hackers.
Over an hour of 007: First Light gameplay from IO Interactive has leaked online, fans, brace for SPOILERS 👀
The breach came via a vulnerability in the Indonesian ratings board. The dump also lists Assassin's Creed: Black Flag, a new 2D Castlevania subtitled Belmont's Curse and RPG-action Echoes of Aincrad. Ubisoft and Konami have no footage yet, but narrative scenes from Bandai Namco are already circulating, more details are likely to surface, and the game is due on May 27.
