Gaming

The banger made a cameo in Donkey Kong Bananza, but next week you’ll be able to enjoy the original DK Rap when Donkey Kong 64 comes to the Nintendo Switch Online’s Nintendo Classics collection. However, because it’s an N64 title, you’ll need a pricier Expansion Pack subscription to play.

We already knew that the RAM crisis would affect pricing for Valve’s upcoming Steam Machine console, but several hundred dollar price hikes for the Steam Deck don’t give us much hope for affordability.

As the Wall Street Journal reports, SK Hynix and Micron both passed the milestone this week. The spike in value for the world’s three largest DRAM manufacturers follows a months-long global memory shortage, driven by demand from AI data centers, that’s causing prices to skyrocket on everything from phones to game consoles.

Over the last few months, I’ve written stories with the headlines “Waiting to buy a game console will cost you,” “Everything about buying video games is getting more confusing and expensive,” and “The future of game consoles is looking bleak.” And the costs just keep going up: the Steam Deck is now $200 more expensive. Whew!

During a brief presentation, Square Enix showed a first look at the long-in-the-works RPG, but also revealed that they had to “restart” development, so it’s going to be even longer before launch. It currently doesn’t have a release date. But hey: a new DQ Monsters is on the way.

It’s also one of the better intros to any James Bond film. The opening sequence in 007 First Light feels like it belongs in the official Bond catalog, with an original song written and composed by Lana Del Rey and David Arnold. Hell, I’d even place it as a top-10 Bond theme song. The game is out May 27th.

The company pulled the plug on multiplayer for Destruction AllStars, a game about smashing cars that launched in February 2021, due to “ongoing technical issues.” Destruction AllStars was also delisted from the PlayStation Store earlier on Tuesday.

This 3.5-hour GamersNexus video makes me wonder. We knew tariffs, RAM prices, and oil prices were scaring buyers away, but it’s something different to watch a Cooler Master guy, standing in a warehouse full of unsold PC cases, dish for 30 minutes straight — or see how Thermal Grizzly’s thermal paste sales have cratered.

MLB The Show Mobile, a mobile version of Sony’s baseball franchise, has officially been released worldwide (except in Japan) on iOS and Android. In the game, you put make a team from player cards (“including current stars and all-time greats”) and then use that deck in solo and multiplayer modes.

First announced in 2012 and with no release date so far, Star Citizen has now collected over $1 billion in crowdfunding. That’s the kind of growth model we can build an economy around.

As long as you don’t expect it to do anything more than just store a stack of UMDs you won’t be disappointed by Zara’s new $35.90 PSP crossbody bag that features a silicone recreation of Sony’s handheld on the front and a matching Playstation-themed shoulder strap.

Blockbuster games getting leaked early is becoming the norm, and the upcoming Bond prequel 007: First Light is no exception. But the developers at IO Interactive have decided to roll with it by releasing footage of the first 13 minutes of the game ahead of launch on May 27th.

Announced over a decade ago in 2012, and still floundering in Early Access with no release date in sight, Star Citizen keeps raising money, somehow. According to the funding page, it has now officially crossed the $1 billion mark.

The next version of Epic Games’ engine is still probably a year or two out, but an upgraded version of Rocket League just got teased at Paris Major. There’s no release date, but you can check out the clip below to see it in action.

We don’t yet know how much it will cost, but during a livestream yesterday with CEO Arthur Zhang, Ayaneo announced a new vertical-style handheld coming to its Konkr sub-brand. The Pocket Block’s tech specs aren’t known either, but without a thumbstick it will potentially compete with devices like the Anbernic RG35XX.

Don’t want to spread any FUD, since it sounds like there’s more than meets the eye, but there’s been one report of the Controller’s exposed charging pins latching onto a magnetic watch strap (while that watch was also charging) in a potentially dangerous way. We’ve asked Valve. Let us know if you see something similar!

Puzzmo just added Ribbit — an adorable anagram game — to its permanent rotation. I’ve been playing the game for months and it’s become part of my morning routine; it straddles a nice line between being challenging and brief, a nice way to spend a few minutes with a cup of coffee.

Originally released in a collection called Full Tilt! Pinball, Space Cadet was later bundled with several versions of Windows right up until XP. It was an excellent time-wasting alternative to Solitaire, but I’d much rather play the IRL version that Daniel McKenzie is in the process of building.

It’s been a surprisingly busy week for new releases. Here’s some stuff to check out across film, TV, and gaming:

Employees also want to pitch and start work on new games, but Bungie hasn’t greenlit anything yet, Bloomberg reports.

You can make your own right here.

Marketing for the game will spin up this summer, and the company won’t share a price as part of its earnings announcements today, Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick told Variety. Zelnick told Bloomberg that preorders should begin alongside marketing.

Sega’s official Crazy Taxi account on X just made its first post in six years: a brief video.

Helldivers 2 is getting upscaling support on PC and consoles on May 27th. In a blog post, Arrowhead Studios announced an upcoming patch will add DLSS, FSR, XeSS, and PSSR support. It will also add optimizations like VRR on PS5, and Nvidia Reflex for reduced latency on PC.

Retro Dodo reached out, and sure enough, Lenovo admits it’s behind the G02. I can understand wanting a piece of the retro handheld action, but surely Nintendo didn’t license Lenovo to distribute thousands of titles? Then again, Anbernic’s been getting away with similar year after year.

The company announced on X that preorders for its Ultimate 3E Controller for Xbox with TMR sticks, Hall effect triggers, and swappable ABXY buttons will be available for preorder starting on May 26th. But while it was announced during CES 2026 with an estimated Q2 release, the controller now isn’t shipping until August.