Steam’s tri-yearly Next Fest, a week-long “celebration” featuring hundreds of new demos from triple-A and indie publishers alike, isn’t quite hitting the same as it used to for the community, due to the ever-growing influx of “slop” and “games that use generative AI and flip assets.” While this has been…

Pokemon FireRed and LeafGreen have jumped to the top of Nintendo’s UK eShop sales chart shortly after their pre-orders went live. As things currently stand, the re-releases of the classic Pokemon RPGs will be some of the best-selling Switch titles of late winter, despite the fact that their price tags…

Kinetic Games has announced that the long-awaited 6 Tanglewood Drive remake for Phasmophobia will finally be released on March 3, 2026. This means that Phasmophobia players don’t have long to wait until one of the game’s first-ever maps gets a big overhaul, although the developer is looking to keep many…

Insomniac Games has just confirmed that Marvel’s Wolverine will be launching on September 15, 2026. Much like Insomniac’s Spider-Man series, Marvel’s Wolverine will be a PlayStation 5 exclusive when it launches later this year. Marvel’s Wolverine was first announced alongside Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 during the September 2021 PlayStation Showcase. But…

The Lord of the Rings franchise has a new board game, Foes of Middle-earth, on the way from D20 Culture, and the title’s funding target on Kickstarter was reached in only 10 minutes. Foes of Middle-earth is also tearing through the project’s stretch goals while giving fans a chance to…

I need Marathon vs. Arc Raiders to be the Battlefield vs. Call of Duty of 2026. But which is which? There’s no standalone Zombies Call of Duty game, Activision claims. And another notable March release gets delayed to April. It’s the latest edition of Morning Checkpoint, Kotaku‘s daily roundup of…