Well, there’s even more good news for us all, as early previews of the game have brought nothing but praise. As IGN notes, the title has shifted to Unreal Engine 5, but its iconic comic-book-style graphics are intact. The episodic format is also returning, but we’re going to have the entire story in our hands right off the bat, which should take about 8 to 12 hours to finish.

Bigby’s back, and is hunting a serial killer, while Faye, a detective, is an interesting new addition who doesn’t know that magic is real (yet). There’s a tad more freedom on the exploration front, while cutscenes and animations are reportedly more fluid and slick than they were in the first title.

All in all, things are shaping up pretty well for this one, and we can’t wait to see more of it as the days roll by. The Wolf Among Us 2 is coming to Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, PS5, PC, Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2.

Warren’s report comes shortly after Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier reported that the company is planning to undergo major layoffs in July. According to Schreier, this is Xbox CEO Asha Sharma’s attempt at mitigating the revenue losses that the division will be reporting at the end of its fiscal year on June 30th. Along with job cuts, spending across various divisions, including marketing, will also be slashed. Xbox itself hasn’t made any comment about the report at the time of publishing.

These reports about layoffs come just after Asha Sharma, along with CCO Matt Booty, published a post about the company’s plans moving forward, celebrating 100 days of the division’s new leadership. In the post, Sharma and Booty noted that the Xbox division will be reporting a 3 percent loss in its accountability margin over the previous year.

“We will end this fiscal year at about a 3 percent accountability margin, down year-over-year,” they wrote. “Excluding Activision Blizzard King, over the past five years, we have spent over $20 billion on ongoing investments in our content, platform, and hardware subsidy, but our annual revenue has declined nearly half a billion during that time. Going forward, this cannot continue.”

Looking to the future, Sharma and Booty also spoke about hardware plans going forward. They brought up the fact that component prices have shot up quite drastically over the last few months, with Sharma noting that storage prices were twice as high by the time she became CEO as they were in Fall 2025. She also wrote about how, by the time the company gets ready for the 2027 holiday season, the prices will have been multiplied by 5. This means that for Project Helix, Xbox will need to figure out a new business model.

“We are in a hardware component crisis,” wrote Sharma. “When I joined as CEO in February, the price we paid for console storage components was over 2x as high as we paid last fall. These costs have since doubled again. And as we plan for the 2027 holiday season, we expect another significant increase, taking us over 5x the prices we paid only two years earlier. Memory costs have followed a broadly similar trajectory. While the entire industry is facing a components crisis, we believe we have been impacted more greatly than many of our peers due to the choices we made over the last half decade. We are currently unable to make as many consoles as players want to buy, and we need a new business model and partnerships for hardware as we remain committed to Helix.”

For Xbox Series X/S users who make heavy use of the console’s social features, the update will now make it easier to find mutual friends. Viewing another player’s profile now reveals how many mutual friends you share with them.

The My Games & Apps screen customization options being tested now present users with poster-style artwork when looking at games. Along with this, personalization settings have also been made easier to navigate. This was achieved by splitting My Games & Apps into separate sections, along with adding new shortcuts throughout the menus. These UI tweaks are joined by another one throughout the console that gives users the ability to add games to their wishlist directly from the Game Card.

Xbox Series X/S and Xbox One users who make frequent use of the consoles’ Sleep modes might now find that they now have access to the Shutdown (energy-saving) option. The feature was originally introduced in Xbox Insider builds all the way back in 2023, and revolves around bringing in significant reductions to the console’s power consumption. Microsoft claims that, using the feature, Xbox One and Series X/S players can reduce their power consumption by up to 20 times. The company has also noted that this is achieved without any impacts to gameplay, performance, or other things that the console might need to do while asleep, like firmware or game updates.

Going forward, the company has said that Xbox Insider members who want to provide more feedback can do so through the company’s new Player Voice system, which was introduced just last month. The system is essentially a forum where Xbox users can provide feedback on things that they think should be improved, and new features that should be brought into the Xbox ecosystem.

Along with simply posting feedback and new ideas, users can also vote for their features of choice. When a user submits feedback, Xbox’s teams review and organize it so that it can be considered internally alongside other work that the team might be doing. While the team might take longer to address some feedback, the company has promised to be more transparent about the future of Xbox. “When there are meaningful updates, we’ll share them,” it said when it first announced Player Voice.

The Xbox Player Voice portal is meant to work alongside other feedback-oriented frameworks that Microsoft has already set up – Xbox Insider Hub, Support Forums, and Social Channels. Each of these is meant for separate things. Xbox Insider Hub, for example, is designed around the idea of users helping Microsoft out with testing new software features and reporting bugs. Social channels, on the other hand, have been designed for ongoing conversations.

This edition consolidates all of the game’s DLC, which means that you’re going to get to play as Nero, Dante, and V in the base game while also getting to be the storm that is approaching as Vergil, who makes incredible (and stylish) use of the Yamato and Force Edge. There are additional outfits and battle tracks to use as you tear through enemies, too, and this one’s definitely going to be a hoot to play as it brings a smooth 60 FPS to both its handheld and TV modes.

We loved this one back in the day, and a lot of you feel the same way, as it enjoyed some impressive sales numbers. There’s a trailer accompanying the announcement, and all we can say about this one is “Jackpot”.

Iron Gate creative director Robin Eyre said in a press release, “When we set out on this journey back in 2021, we could hardly imagine the amount of players that would dive in, and the size of the community that would form around the game. Approaching 1.0 feels equal parts exciting and anxious as we’ve worked hard to make Deep North a worthy conclusion to the Valheim journey!”

Of course, that isn’t just the name of the update – Deep North is also the last biome that players will traverse. It’s fittingly beset by blizzards and snow-covered terrain, but surprisingly, they’re not the first to try and brave its environment.

Aside from the weather, you’ll need to deal with Gammeltrolls, older, stronger versions of the usual Trolls. There are also the underground passageways where the Elakingar lie in wait for anyone unfortunate enough to venture in.

More details will likely be provided closer to launch – Iron Gate does like its secrets after all – but Valheim 1.0 is confirmed to feature cross-play with PS5 and Nintendo Switch 2. It’s currently available on PC, Xbox Series X/S and Xbox One. Check out our review here for our impressions.

Fans of Little Nightmares 3 will find plenty to enjoy in The Backstage, since it carries forward the franchise’s penchant for maintaining a creepy atmosphere throughout its runtime. Its story seemingly revolves around an entirely new character that will have to make clever use of various light sources to survive the horrors that are trying to hunt them down.

Among the major threats showcased in the trailer for The Backstage is a level where the player has to sneak through a giant-sized kitchen while a large woman is ominously cooking in the background. At one point, she spots the player, however, who then has to quickly escape after stunning the woman with a bright flash of light.

Owing to the entirely wordless nature of Little Nightmares 3, it is difficult to tell whether The Backstage will feature any story links to the base game or if it will be an entirely new story altogether.

Little Nightmares 3: The Backstage is coming to PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch, and the Nintendo Switch 2 on 12th June. The DLC is also included in Little Nightmares 3: Secrets of the Spiral expansion pass. The DLC will be the first “Additional Chapter” that was promised as part of the pass, with a second “Additional Chapter” slated for release between October and December 2026.

Alongside new locations in the form of floating islands, which are perfect for traversing with your flying mounts. Not that it’s a serene journey, though, as a new Serpent Pal seemingly awaits in the clouds, ready to take you down. If the actual battle in the clouds is anything like this trailer, then players are certainly in for something special.

Beyond this, a few new Pals are recognizable, including one that doubles up as a weapon. After vanquishing the Serpent, they look out at the World Tree, which is where the finale (and what seems to be the final boss) awaits. What players can exactly expect remains to be seen, but while it marks the end of the current story, Palworld will continue with more updates.

In the meantime, Pocketpair remains extremely quiet on what Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PS5, and PC players can look forward to in 1.0. It has teased that this is the survival crafting/creature collecting title’s biggest update ever, and you can bet that will extend into other areas like new buildings, facilities, armor sets, and mechanics.

Bigby’s back, and he’s looking into a series of killings that suggest a deadly beast that he must hunt even as it hunts him. He’s joined by a new detective, and they need to work fast if they’re going to unravel the latest mystery. There’s a bit of workplace drama thrown in for them to navigate, and a nasty-looking tin man (seen in the last trailer) to take on, too. You know, the usual Telltale stuff.

For those of you who might have missed the original title, Telltale is bringing a remastered version of that one to current-gen consoles. The reveals confirm rumors that the studio was planning to lift the curtain on its latest title, whilst giving new players a chance to replay the first one and see what the fuss was all about. That’s out in the Holiday season, and could be the perfect way to enjoy your downtime.

We’re definitely on board for a refresher before we dive into The Wolf Among Us 2 in 2027 for PS5, PC, and Xbox Series X|S.

It hasn’t all been great, but we can safely say that this is a title that we’re all going to miss. The trailer seems to understand that, and there’s a hint of the sadness that sudden goodbyes often bring, underlining all the cool stuff coming on June 9th. Earth is on the mend, and the Guardians must look towards the future. There are still things to do, and new triumphs and rewards to uncover in the Pantheon, where you’re going to be taking on returning Raid Bosses with cool new Distortion abilities that look quite nasty to be on the receiving end of.

Sparrow Racing League is making its return, and you’re going to be racing against your fellow Guardians on some very cool-looking speeders. The future beckons, but whether that includes Destiny 3 is still uncertain. It might have made learning about the game’s last days a tad easier, and perhaps even helped lessen the shock of what might have been the best-kept secret at Bungie. Nevertheless, it’s nearly time to tip our collective hats to a looter shooter that has had a good run, all things considered.

The Switch 2 edition brings new content in the form of armor sets, weapons and even options for customizing Torrent, the Spectral Steed. This will be available to other platforms with the Tarnished Pack DLC, which is also out on the same day. It’s not free, but Genki on Twitter notes that it’s only 550 Yen in Japan, which is about $3.44 in the United States.

It’s possible that FromSoftware and Bandai Namco price it for about $5 or the equivalent worldwide. Not the worst, overall – just don’t compare it to, say, The Forsaken Hollows for Elden Ring Nightreign, which costs $15 and adds a new map, Day Three bosses and playable Nightfarers alongside much more.

Regardless, those picking up Elden Ring Tarnished Edition on the Nintendo Switch 2 are in for a treat, since it includes the base game and Shadow of the Erdtree expansion, both critically acclaimed. While the digital version’s price is unknown, you can pre-order the physical version from Amazon for $79.99 (though it’s a Game-Key card release).