GameSpot • November 3, 2025

Recent Game Remakes Were More Successful Than Remasters, With One Big Exception

Video game remakes and remasters have attracted impressive player numbers and generated substantial consumer spending, research shows, although full-on remakes may have a slight edge.

GameSpot • October 30, 2025

Animal Crossing: New Horizons Update Will Let You Play Retro Games With One Silly Catch

The upcoming free update for Animal Crossing: New Horizons contains a slew of new features, including one not seen in the series since the first game. Through obtainable retro console items, you can play classic Nintendo games in your villager's home--though only if you have a Nintendo Switch Online subscription.

GameSpot • October 30, 2025

Pokemon Legends: Z-A Will Make Those Pesky Mega Evolution Stones Easier To Win

Pokemon Legends: Z-A is making the grind easier for some key Mega Evolution stones, while also getting some fixes in a patch coming in November. Fans were irked to learn that the Mega Stones for the Kalos starters (Greninja, Delphox, and Chesnaught) were locked behind ranked matches of the game's Z-A Battle Club multiplayer mode. While that will still remain the case, the requirements to earn these items will be less demanding come the game's next competitive season.

GameSpot • October 28, 2025

PlayStation Owners Will Be Able To Playtest Upcoming Halo Games, It Seems

An update on the Halo Insider website indicates that PlayStation players can join test sessions for future Halo games. It's hardly a surprise, coming after the bombshell news that the Halo: Campaign Evolved remake--and subsequent entries in the series--will be on PlayStation.

GameSpot • October 23, 2025

Leaked Metroid Prime 4: Beyond Ad Shows A Curious New Boss Fight

Nintendo has finally shown a bit more of Metroid Prime 4: Beyond, though apparently by accident. Two 15-second commercials for the Switch 2 were found, both unlisted on the Nintendo of America YouTube channel, and one includes a brief glimpse of a boss fight that we haven't seen before.

GameSpot • October 22, 2025

Pikmin 4 To Add Camera Mode And Super Cute New Pikmin In Free Update

While Pikmin fans might not be getting a new game anytime soon, an upcoming update should give them some reasons to jump back into Pikmin 4.

GameSpot • October 22, 2025

Starfield Designer Says Game Fell Short Of Fallout And Elder Scrolls, Calls Space "Inherently Boring"

A former Bethesda designer has some theories on why Starfield didn't take off the same way the company's other marquee RPG franchises did.

GameSpot • October 21, 2025

The Next Xbox Will Be "High-End" With A "Curated Experience," Xbox President Says

Despite what you might hear online, Microsoft is indeed working on a next-generation Xbox. While it's far too early for the Xbox team to share anything concrete about this upcoming machine, Xbox President Sarah Bond teased some vague details about what to expect.

GameSpot • October 16, 2025

Hideo Kojima Tried To Give People Free Tissues But They're Ashamed Of Their Words And Deeds

Game developer Hideo Kojima is famous for his unconventional approach to, well, everything he does--but even one of his sillier marketing moves for PS5 title Death Stranding 2: On the Beach didn't immediately hit as intended.

GameSpot • October 16, 2025

Quantic Dream Announces Its First Multiplayer Game

The next title from French game developer Quantic Dream isn't what you'd expect. The studio, best known for single-player narrative adventures including Heavy Rain and Beyond: Two Souls, is putting out a multiplayer game called Spellcasters Chronicles, which will debut in a closed beta on Steam before the year ends.

GameSpot • October 16, 2025

Pokemon Legends Z-A Makes A Big Change To Nurse Joy

Whenever your Pokemon buddies are in need of healing, you can always depend on that friendly Pokemon Center nurse. These NPCs always had identical character models in mainline Pokemon RPGs, but Pokemon Legends: Z-A turns these attendants into visually distinct characters.

GameSpot • October 15, 2025

Battlefield 6 Will Patch Out "Ladder Launching" And Ruin Your Fun

The war-torn sandboxes of any Battlefield multiplayer mode are primed for absurd and physics-defying moments, but an exploit in the newly released Battlefield 6 that lets you bounce off of ladders is in the crosshairs of the game's developers.

GameSpot • October 14, 2025

Assassin's Creed Boss Leaves Ubisoft After Two Decades

The creative lead steering the Assassin's Creed franchise for Ubisoft has departed the company. The exit comes not long after the French publisher unveiled its Tencent-backed spin-off division Vantage Studios, which will take charge of development for Assassin's Creed, Far Cry, and Rainbow Six titles.

GameSpot • October 14, 2025

Helldivers 2's Latest Update Had Too Many Issues, Developer Admits

The last big content drop for Helldivers 2 added new toys to play with and sandboxes to wreak havoc in, but with persistent player grievances about poor performance, studio Arrowhead is delaying future content updates to tackle these issues.

GameSpot • October 10, 2025

Battlefield 6 Player Made This Popular Call Of Duty Map Before Game Even Launched

Once Battlefield 6 players start digging into user-created Portal content, they'll find that someone already made a familiar map from Battlefield's biggest competitor.

GameSpot • October 9, 2025

You Can Level Up Faster In Battlefield 6 On PS5

If fast progression is what you're looking for in Battlefield 6, then the PlayStation 5 version might be the one to get when the shooter launches tomorrow.

GameSpot • October 8, 2025

Baby Steps Punishes You In The Funniest Way If You Skip Too Many Cutscenes

Literal walking simulator Baby Steps is already a punishing affair, but the game has one last trick up its sleeve that might make certain players fume with rage.

GameSpot • October 8, 2025

Switch 2 Is Continuing Its Record-Setting Sales Pace In The US

Nintendo Switch 2 ended its debut summer with record-breaking sales numbers, according to data from research firm Circana. Sharing the firm's monthly sales report for August on Bluesky, Circana executive director Mat Piscatella stated that 2.4 million Switch 2 units were sold in the US during its first three months on the market, surpassing the record set by the PlayStation 4, which had sold 2.2 million units in its first three months. That makes Switch 2 the fastest-selling home console in the US through this timeframe.

GameSpot • October 7, 2025

Treyarch Explains Why Call Of Duty: Black Ops 7 Doesn't Have Wall-Running

While Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is adding wall-jumping to players' repertoire of advanced movement options, developer Treyarch isn't taking a page from its 2015 futuristic title Black Ops 3 by incorporating wall-running or Thrust Jumps for one simple reason: It's too early for that.

GameSpot • October 7, 2025

Nintendo Just Put Out A Weird Animated Short Film With No Explanation

Nintendo has fleetingly dropped some bombshell announcements on its Nintendo Today app, but the most recent drop is a real head-scratcher.