The visuals have definitely been bumped up, with more details and character models that look frighteningly close to the real thing. That works well with new animations that make movements look natural and realistic.

Your character’s stats are more meaningful and translate into actual pros and cons in the ring. Once hands have been thrown, you have a lot of flexibility to bring your personal fighting style to the ring with choices like Evasive, Balanced, and more affecting your movement. Don’t worry, though – there are plenty of opportunities to get as creative as you can while bringing down your opponent.

You’re going to want to take advantage of the new mechanics to get to your Flow State, and control the flow (pun intended) from there. Of course, that’s easier said than done, but it’s looking like quite a rewarding journey when this one launches on July 19th on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. Unfortunately, there’s still no word on the rumored PC version’s release date.

The new gameplay showcase is below, and it’s probably one you don’t want to miss if you’re looking forward to the game.

He did note, however, that he didn’t feel like it was “unfair at all” for the series to essentially end after the release of Dead Space 3. He put this down to his career as a producer, which has given him insight into how things like sales numbers tend to work.

“It wasn’t like it didn’t get a run out of it,” he said. “I mean, it’s disappointing that we can’t make a beloved franchise to its logical end, but I guess I’m too much of a producer, [I’ve] been producing for too long. I understand the numbers, and I understand what’s happening, and why even Motive wasn’t really greenlit for anything after the remake.”

He went on to point out that, despite all of the success of horror games in general, there is still a ceiling on how many copies a certain game in the genre will sell. During the development of the Dead Space franchise, Beaver has noted that former EA vice president Frank Gibeau wanted 5 million units sold to justify more games.

“Horror games have a bit of a ceiling, you know, and I think the number back in [former EA VP] Frank Gibeau’s day was 5 million units to keep going on Dead Space,” Beaver said. “I think the number is like 15 million units now, given the cost of things.”

With the industry in its current state, Beaver believes that EA will want a game to sell around 7 million copies to consider it viable. The number doesn’t come from anywhere, however, since it is in direct comparison with Capcom’s recent Resident Evil outings. The company had recently confirmed that it had sold 7 million copies of Resident Evil Requiem, for instance.

“Any of the Resident Evils are selling around seven million [units], that’s a pretty good number,” Beaver explained. “Like you can make that hunt for some amount of stuff. But, you know, companies now are looking for the next Fortnite. They need something that is a perennial moneymaker… something like a single-player package game with no live-service offering that’s like it’s just a dinosaur fossil of a business model.”

Aside from the 2023 remake of the original Dead Space, the last mainline entry in the franchise was 2013’s Dead Space 3 on PS3, Xbox 360, and PC. A report from December 2025 has indicated that the Dead Space series is essentially “on ice”. While there are apparently developers at EA that would hope for the IP to be sold and picked up by another company, EA itself seems to have “zero plans” for it, at least for now.

The listing also indicates the Entertainment Software Rating Board’s rating (T for Teen). Both of these seemingly suggest that a release date announcement is near. When is anyone’s guess, but with Zero Company out this year, and the Summer Game Fest showcase coming up in early June, it could be announced there.

In development for Xbox Series X/S, PS5, and PC, the turn-based tactical strategy has made no bones about its XCOM inspirations. As a former Republic officer known as Hawks, players must assemble a team to tackle an “emerging threat.” They’ll visit different planets during the Clone Wars to undertake missions, and not everyone in your squad will always get along with each other.

To that end, Star Wars Zero Company features all the tenets of an XCOM-like experience, from procedurally generated enemy placement to permadeath. Stay tuned for more updates on a potential release date announcement as June draws closer.

While EA Sports hasn’t gone into full detail about the new features, it has outlined the new modes with “immersive storytelling that makes every fight feel personal.” These are Hall of Legends and The Legacy, the former seemingly consisting of famous matches across UFC history, while the latter appears to focus on creating your own fighter. From there, you can go from third-rate areas without a proper ring to the main stage, ideally while improving various aspects of your fighting style.

Of course, you have the usual bells and whistles from EA, including Markerless Capture and Sapien Technology to ensure even more true-to-life fighters. Real-Time Contact harnesses Frostbite for ragdoll physics and damage reactions, and Flow State seemingly allows for a higher level of performance if you’re really performing well.

And while all of that should ensure a compelling experience for fans of previous titles, UFC aficionados will be happy to hear that Ken Shamrock and Randy Couture are playable for the first time. The bad news? You need to buy the Fighter Pass, currently available only in the $99.99 Ultimate Edition, to unlock them. At least it features six other fighters, and this version offers seven days of early access. Head here for more details.

It seems that Star Wars continues to hold sway among gamers, ranking 7th in its earnings overall, with Battlefront being the best-selling title in the entire Star Wars franchise. Of course, there have been other heavy hitters adding to its allure over the years, and we’ve Star Wars: Galactic Racer already up for pre-orders ahead of its upcoming release.

While we found the original release of Battlefront quite good, if a tad flawed, it has since risen to fame among fans and players alike. But if you’re a Star Wars fan, you’re likely to have enjoyed Star Wars: Battlefront 2, which had a much worse start but became absolutely beloved among fans.

As for the franchise’s future, we’d have loved some news about Star Wars: Eclipse, but it looks like the long wait for more information continues, with no end in sight, and a lot of external factors that have its fate hanging in the balance. We’re not holding our breath for that one, but it’s nice to know that Battlefront is getting its due more than a decade after its release.

Oh, it's May the 4th.Star Wars: Battlefront (2015) is the best-selling Star Wars video game in US tracked history, and Star Wars as a property ranks 7th overall in lifetime franchise full game dollar sales (excludes digital add-on content).Source: Circana Retail Tracking Service

— Mat Piscatella (@matpiscatella.bsky.social) 2026-05-04T14:55:17.692Z

The former was recently embroiled in controversy after director/producer Xia Siyuan was allegedly fired and the core development team dissolved. Digital Bros, the parent company of 505 Games, would then acquire the IP for €4 million, which could explain its inclusion on PlayStation Plus. Regardless, it’s a solid Souls-like action RPG that’s worth a look.

As for Nine Sols, it’s one of the better 2D Metroidvania titles. Launched last year for consoles, it offers a gorgeous art style and music coupled with hard-hitting parry-focused gameplay. You can check out our review for more details, but suffice it to say that it’s well worth your time.

All three titles will be available for subscribers from May 5th to June 1st. You can check out last month’s offerings – which include Lords of the Fallen – here. Of course, this is all in addition to a pretty healthy spread of new titles for Extra and Premium subscribers, including Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered and The Crew Motorfest. Head here for more details.

Instead, the publisher revealed the Standard and Ultimate Editions, including their respective cover stars – Alex Pereira for the former, Max Holloway for the latter. The base game costs $69.99 with three fighter skins in the Iconic Moments Bundle provided as a bonus for pre-ordering.

The Ultimate Edition costs $99.99 and includes the same benefits while also throwing in a Fighter Pass that adds two new fighters at launch, and six more at later dates. There’s also an Expansion Pass, which includes “two fully-loaded expansions” launching this Winter and in Summer 2027, which will add, among other things, a new mode.

If that wasn’t enough, you also get the VIP Pass with five skins, three VIP emojis, progress boosts and six VIP cosmetics alongside two fighter skins and 500 UFC points in the Rivalry Bundle. Of course, pre-ordering will also provide seven days of early access.

Gameplay details are sparse, but Electronic Arts promised “evolved striking and motion systems” alongside new modes for “immersive storytelling that makes every fight feel personal.” Stay tuned for more details on EA Sports UFC 6 en route to its release.

But that’s not the whole story. It apparently began with Insider Gaming’s Mike Straw reporting an apparently incorrect reveal month and somewhat accurate release window. He claimed it would launch for consoles and, surprisingly, PC with cross-play support.

On that last part, billbil-kun claims that a PC version is in the works, but whether it will launch alongside the other versions is currently unknown. EA Sports UFC 6’s Standard Edition will allegedly retail for $69.99/€79.99, and there are apparently physical releases. However, details on the Deluxe and Ultimate Edition – alongside their early access periods – remain unknown.

The last entry in the series, EA Sports UFC 5, launched in October 2023 for Xbox Series X/S and PS5. Alongside an overhaul in the damage system and more seamless grappling, Coach Davis would return for the career mode. Check out our review for more details and stay tuned for a potential announcement later this week.

“So, I can’t talk about the specifics of what I’m writing (I’ve signed NDAs, etc) — but for whatever it’s worth, that article by the Ankler caught me off guard just as much as you,” Casey wrote. “I don’t know where that ‘non-gaming audiences’ quote came from or who said it, but at no point has that been said to me.”

The original report, according to The Ankler, alleged that the Mass Effect adaptation was “on the verge” of being greenlit. However, head of global TV at Amazon MGM Studios, Peter Friedlander, has seemingly asked the story to be rewritten in order to make it “more appealing to non-gamers.” However, no details about these alleged rewrite requests have been revealed.

Amazon has adapted a couple of video game adaptations into TV shows over the last few years. However, while the adaptation of Fallout has been widely praised thanks to its strong characters and worldbuilding, the live-action adaptation of Like a Dragon: Yakuza was critically panned thanks to several changes having been made to its story and various characters.

Mass Effect would otherwise make for a decent TV show thanks to the franchise’s emphasis on longer story arcs that still manage to fit in more episodic storylines in the middle that eventually build up to unravelling a larger story. The first three games in the series revolved around the adventures of Commander Shepard and their adventures throughout the galaxy aboard the space craft SR1 (and later SR2) Normandy.

Developed by BioWare, the original trilogy has been considered by many to be some of their favorite games, thanks in large part to how the story of the impending attack by the Reapers is slowly uncovered by Shepard and their crew exploring the galaxy’s history. While the finale in Mass Effect 3 drew quite a bit of criticism owing to its anti-climactic nature, the characters remained well-praised, with some, like the Turian Garrus Vakarian, the Asari Liara T’Soni, Krogans like Wrex and Grunt, the Salarian Mordin Solus, and the Quarian Tali’Zorah being fan-favorites.

Following the trilogy, BioWare would go on to release Mass Effect: Andromeda, which would focus on the story of an entirely new cast of characters, taking place in the Andromeda galaxy. The protagonist—Scott or Sara Ryder—teams up with fellow members of the Pathfinder team to figure out whether the planet they’ve landed on is a safe haven for the various species that had crewed up to escape the Milky Way galaxy due to the impending Reaper invasion. The story and characters were panned by many, though some did note at the time that the gameplay presented interesting new opportunities.

In the meantime, BioWare has confirmed that it is working on a brand new entry in the franchise—Mass Effect 5.

So, I can’t talk about the specifics of what I’m writing (I’ve signed NDAs, etc) — but for whatever it’s worth, that article by the Ankler caught me off guard just as much as you. I don’t know where that “non-gaming audiences” quote came from or who said it, but at no point has that been said to me.

— Daniel Casey (@danielcaseytypes.bsky.social) 2026-04-20T03:02:07.176Z

The new vehicle is a NATO Armored Personnel Carrier dubbed the LTV, which will help players out by keeping their squads in the front line thanks to its four seats. It also includes ammo resupply stations. The weapon is the Ripper 14″ knife, which can help players with close-quarters engagements that come down to hand-to-hand combat.

Along with this, the update also brings a new limited-time mode, dubbed Operation Augur. The mode revolves around two connected maps where players partake in push-and-pull gameplay as they attack and defend objectives. Starting off in Contaminated, complete with the availability of VL-7 Smoke from Nightfall, the battle then descends into Hagental Base, where an emphasis on close-quarters combat kicks in. Operation Augur was unveiled with a trailer earlier this month.

The last major update for Battlefield 6 was Nightfall, which brought in quite a bit of content across regular multiplayer modes and the battle royale-focused REDSEC. The update introduced the Hagental Base map, which is completely underground, and gives players flanking opportunities thanks to destructible walls and ceilings.

REDSEC saw a similar addition to its map, dubbed Defense Testing Complex 3 at Fort London. Described as a secret chemical testing facility under the main battleground, the point of interest includes a network of tunnels where fights can break out.

Nightfall also introduced two close-quarters weapons to Battlefield 6 and REDSEC: the CZ3A1 SMG and the vz. 61 fully automatic sidearm.

More recently, Ripple Effect design director Justin Wiebe said in an interview that the Battlefield 6 development team is paying attention to fan feedback following the release of the Nightfall update. “We’re listening, and we’re reacting, and it’s going to continue that way for a very long time…We’re getting amazing feedback from the community, and we’re constantly trying to strive to make the best game possible,” he said.

“It’s not like, ‘Hey, we crafted this massive plan, and we’re going to hold to it.’ It’s like, no. Anything can change based on what is going on with the community, what is going on with the feedback, and what we’re seeing from the game.”

Despite the general success of Battlefield 6, a report from last month has indicated that EA has gone through multiple layoffs. Dubbing the move an ongoing “realignment effort,” an EA spokesperson said that Battlefield will continue to be one of the company’s biggest priorities.

“We’ve made select changes within our Battlefield organization to better align our teams around what matters most to our community. Battlefield remains one of our biggest priorities, and we’re continuing to invest in the franchise, guided by player feedback and insights from Battlefield Labs.”

Battlefield 6 and Battlefield: REDSEC are available on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X/S.