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New Star GP preview - A V12 roar-infused F1 racer riding the racing line between arcade and sim New Star Games is seeking to deliver something with retro vibes, but the depth of a modern game. Image credit:VG247/New Star Games “We tried to make something that we were going to enjoy,” New Star Games Design Director John Dennis says of New Star GP - the F1-style racing game from the studio behind the likes of Retro Bowl and New Star Manager that’s finally set to emerge from Early Access via a full release on March 7 ....

Nintendo Switch blasts past 1.2 billion games sold as Switch 2 rumours loom large The console itself has sold a whopping 139 million units too! Big numbers to be proud of. Image credit:VG247/Nintendo According to stats posted on the official Japanese Nintendo website , the Nintendo Switch has blown past 1.2 billion software game units, as well as 139 million consoles sold. This staggering milestone has been passed at a time when rumours of the Switch 2 are substantial and convincing ....

No Man’s Sky: Interceptor adds new ships, corrupted worlds, and VR support - and it’s out today! Yet another reason to take to the stars with a new No Man’s Sky update! No Man’s Sky: Interceptor is the latest update coming to the vast space exploration game. Not only does it bring corrupted planets, new ships, and more content to the game, it also launches today ! Starting with the update’s namesake, Interceptor ships are coming to No Man’s Sky which you can collect and add to your arsenal of space faring vessels....

Oblivion Remastered Unfriendly Competition Quest guide The merchant Thoronir is up to something, but Jensine and the other shopkeepers don’t know what - it’s time to investigate in the Unfriendly Competition quest. Image credit:Bethesda/VG247 In Oblivion Remastered , speak to Jensine inside her “Good as New” Merchandise in the Market District of the Imperial City. She’s the chairperson of the Society of Concerned Merchants, who’re - as you might expect - concerned by a new merchant, Thoronir , who’s set up shop in the city....

One of the most satisfying rogue-lite shooters you’re probably not playing just received its biggest update yet Witchfire continues to grow in Early Access, and this latest patch delivers a significant amount of new content. Image credit:The Astronauts Witchfire , the stellar shooter from The Astronauts, with rogue-lite and extraction elements, has received its biggest update yet. The Witch Mountain adds the eponymous region to the map, which had until this point been unreachable....

Palworld, the game known for being Pokemon with guns, is doing the very original joke of pretending to make a dating sim for April Fool’s Day I’m definitely laughing at this wholly unique joke. Image credit:Pocketpair As if Palworld could be any less original, Pocketpair has released a trailer for a dating sim based on the Pokemon with guns game. Palworld is, to be blunt, one of the most unoriginal games ever made....

Payday 3 open Technical Beta to test servers ahead of release and it kicks off this weekend Your chance to try it out ahead of time. Image credit:Starbreeze Deep Silver and Starbreeze have announced an open Technical Beta for Payday 3 , set to kick off this weekend. Players can play around in the co-op heist shooter September 8-11 as part of a stress test for the servers. This will help the developers prepare the game for its upcoming release on September 21....

Phil Spencer said Elder Scrolls 6 is five years out, but Microsoft says otherwise So which is it? It’s becoming increasingly unclear how early The Elder Scrolls 6 is going to release, as Microsoft itself has suggested it could be out as soon as 2026. Back in 2018, when The Elder Scrolls 6 was first announced, none of us could imagine that five years later we haven’t seen a single second of gameplay....

Pokemon Go to feature Pokemon from Scarlet and Violet starting September 5 Sprigatito, Fuecoco, Lechonk, Quaxly, and more make their debuts. Image credit:The Pokemon Company/Niantic Labs It’s about time Pokemon Go players got some Scarlet and Violet love. Ninantic Labs has announced that Pokemon from the Paldea region will debut in Pokemon Go starting September 5. Pokemon from the Paldea Region make their Pokemon Go debuts in September.Watch on YouTube...

Power Wash Simulator 2 is real, and it’s coming out some time this year Get ready for a wash, yer dirty bastard. Image credit:Futurlab Power Wash Simulator 2 is real, it’s real! It’s real, and it’s coming out some time later this year, though eager beavers can wishlist it right now. The game will be releasing on PS5, Xbox Series X/S, PC (Steam and Epic Games Store and Windows. The trailer is short but sweet, showing a variety of big, dirty things, such as a giant swan, a lakeside shack, a motel swimming pool, and more....

Princess Peach: Showtime Mighty Mission: Alien Invasion Sparkle Gems Aliens have now graced Sparkle Theater, and Mighty Peach is the only one who can stop them. Image credit:VG247/Nintendo If you’ve ever wanted to see Princess Peach throwing cars around the place and beating up aliens, you can witness - and take part in - just that in Princess Peach: Showtime ’s Mighty Mission Alien Invasion stage-play. Armed with superhuman strength, Mighty Peach is tasked with saving Theets from some UFOs....

PS5 classic Ghost of Tsushima is launching May 16 on Steam The Steam page popped up out of nowhere, giving PC players a slick new game to look forward to. Surprise! The Modern PlayStation classic Ghosts of Tsushima has just gotten itself a Steam store page. You can pre-order the director’s cut of the game on PC right now ahead of its listed May 16 release. This listing has popped up seemingly out of nowhere, but has the beloved action game listed for £49....

PS5 game streaming now available for select users to test It’s rolling out to select Plus Premium members. Back in June, it was announced Sony was testing cloud streaming on PS5, and now, some console owners have reported receiving an invite to the preview. According to various PS5 invitees across the internet, including ResetEra , public testing has started for PlayStation Plus Premium members, which is the tier cloud streaming will be made available for....

Raise Animals codes for February 2026 For free rubies and extra in-game cash, here are all of the currently working Raise Animals codes straight from the game’s developers! Image credit:Raise Animals Studio/VG247 For a helpful boost to your reserves of in-game cash and rubies, look no further than the Raise Animals codes dished out by the game’s developer, Raise Animals Studio. Raise Animals is one of the latest popular experiences in the “grow offline” genre made famous by the now-legendary Grow a Garden....

Rampant codes Get ready for battle. Image credit:Roblox, Alpha Engine Rampant is a Roblox game that fans of MOBA games could be interested in. The experience, which was formerly called Rampant Blade Battlegrounds, drops players into a huge map where you could find a Roblox player to do battle with lurking around any corner. It’s a fast-paced experience, but at the start you could find yourself getting beaten down over and over again by more powerful players....

Resident Evil 4 gets a new trailer and there’s a demo in your future More Luis in your life. New details regarding the upcoming release of Resident Evil 4 have been shared by Capcom alongside a third trailer for the upcoming remake. The latest look features Leon S. Kennedy exploring multiple new environments, an exchange with Jack Krauser, and more. Alongside these gameplay reveals, the trailer also announced an upcoming demo for Resident Evil 4 and confirmed The Mercenaries mode returns as free DLC after launch....

Shocking no one, devs are indeed working on Switch 2 games Yes, that new console that’s likely due out sometime relatively soon is going to have some things to play on it. Image credit:VG247/Nintendo Good news, people who want the Nintendo Switch 2 to actually have some new games you’ll be able to play on it relatively close to its arrival, with 8% of the developers quizzed as part of 2024’s GDC State of the Game Industry survey having said that they’re currently working on games aimed at the console....

So far, Goku and Vegeta alone make up 24 slots of Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero’s roster Gokus and Vegetas as far as the eye can see! Bandai Namco has revealed some of Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero’s base roster, and a whole lot of it is just Goku and Vegeta. Last year, after fans have been clamouring for a new entry for years, it was announced that the Budokai Tenkaichi series of fighting games were finally coming back ....

Sons of the Forest update adds action cam, the ability to find bunker locations and more Other improvements made along with some bug fixes. Endnight Games has released a substantial update for Sons of the Forest that adds some new features, fixes multiple bugs, and makes plenty of improvements. One of the new features in the patch is a new system for finding bunker locations. There are now no longer on your GPS tracker at the start....

Sony thinks Starfield being Xbox exclusive justifies why it’s worried about Call of Duty Microsoft initially said it had no incentive to make Bethesda games console exclusives. Sony is pointing to Starfield as evidence that Microsoft might not be entirely trustworthy when it comes to keeping Call of Duty multiplatform. How much of an impact Call of Duty not being on PlayStation consoles will actually have is completely up in the air, but Sony is dead set on the idea that it will be catastrophic....