Amazon has announced a new perk for Amazon Prime members, and it's a big one. All US Prime subscribers will be eligible to see the new Spider-Man movie, Brand New Day, two days before the film releases everywhere.

Tickets will be available to buy through this page on Amazon's website. This promotion is happening as part of Amazon's partnership with ticket-seller Fandango.

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The fine print says the promotion is available in "select" theaters, and only while supplies last. You can follow the link above to get notified when the tickets become available.

Brand New Day releases in theaters on July 31, but people who score this deal can see it starting July 29. Brand New Day brings back Tom Holland as Spider-Man, but the twist is that everyone forgot that Peter Parker/Spider-Man even exists following the events of Spider-Man: No Way Home.

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Prime subscriptions go for $15/month or $140/year, while there is also a "Young adult" membership fir $7.50/month or $69/year for people aged 18-24.

In other Amazon news, the retailer's big Prime Day sale runs June 23-26.

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Later this month, Toy Story 5 will tell a new tale starring Woody, Buzz Lightyear, Jessie, and the rest of Pixar's living toys as the franchise celebrates its 30th anniversary. Today, Atari and Digital Eclipse have revealed they will also be celebrating the milestone by going back in time with Toy Story: Retro Roundup and Toy Story 3 Complete Edition, both of which are due to launch in October. 

Toy Story 3 Complete Edition is a modern remaster of the video game version of Toy Story 3, which first released in 2010. The restored version will include both the story mode and Toy Box Mode, which dropped players into an open world filled with activities that could be tackled in any order. 

Meanwhile, Toy Story Retro Roundup will bundle multiple games from Toy Story's past in a single collection, with some games represented on multiple consoles. Games included in the collection are the original Toy Story game, Toy Story 2: Buzz Lightyear To The Rescue, Buzz Lightyear of Star Command, and Toy Story Racer.

While the Retro Roundup will mostly feature Toy Story games, at least one other game from Pixar's history has been included in the collection: A Bug's Life. The 1998 3D platformer from Traveller's Tales has also been confirmed for the compilation.

Both Toy Story 3 Complete Edition and the Retro Roundup will be available for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch 2, Nintendo Switch and PC on October 15. Digital and physical options will be available, with the physical edition bundling both games into one package. 

Bethesda's popular multiplayer game Fallout 76 is coming to PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S, the developer has announced.

Bethesda will bring the game to the latest consoles first with a public testing period this month. Anyone who owns Fallout 76 can download the test versions on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S.

"Once testing is completed, we plan on releasing the update later this summer," Bethesda said, though it did not give any projected timelines.

Fallout 76 on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S will have a number of updates and improvements, including the following:

• Targeted 60fps across Xbox Series X|S, PS5 and PS5 Pro.
• Improved draw distances.
• Improved shadows.
• 4K resolution (on compatible displays) on Xbox Series X, Xbox One X, PS5 Pro.
• VRR (on compatible displays) on Xbox Series S, Xbox Series X, PS5, PS5 Pro.
• PS5 and PS4 Pro will support 1440p while previous generation platforms will continue to support 1080p.

Beyond ongoing support for Fallout 76, Bethesda is working on Fallout 5, though it's not expected to release anytime soon. The Fallout TV show remains ongoing as well, with its third season now in production and expected to release in 2027.

After the PS5 generation got off to a strong start in late 2020, sales of first-party games have declined dramatically every year since then, new data has shown. This follows a period where the PS4 generation saw a regular influx of new first-party releases on that platform, but Sony's own numbers paint a worrying picture.

According to Stephen Totilo at Game File and Sony's own data, first-party PlayStation sales peaked in the 2020 financial year--April 2020 to March 2021--with 58.4 million sales. In the following years, those sales began to decline and sank to just 28.9 million units sold in the 2024 financial year, while the 2025 financial year saw the numbers rise to 32.1 million sales for that period. So what's going on here exactly?

It's worth noting that PS4 games like The Last of Us Part 2 and Ghost of Tsushima are included in the 2020 FY figures, as they launched at the tail end of the PS4 era and are backward compatible with PS5. The PS4 also received a few more games, and at a time when COVID lockdowns saw an explosive growth in gaming, consoles like the PS5 were a hot commodity. Since then, there have been big changes at Sony, some good and some bad.

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Sony's live-service plans, spearheaded by former executive Jim Ryan, haven't exactly panned out as intended, resulting in costly cancellations, studios being shut down, and the plug being pulled on the online-shooter Concord just two weeks after launch. The plan was to launch 12 live-service games by 2025, but in 2026, it had only a handful of these. Helldivers 2 by Arrowhead is one of its biggest, but Sony is only responsible for publishing the game, and the studio is looking to self-publish its next project.

Vehicular combat game Destruction AllStars has been delisted, content updates for Destiny 2 will end this month, and the response to the upcoming Horizon: Hunters Gathering has been tepid at best. That's not to say that there haven't been great PS5 exclusives released--just look at Astro Bot and Ghost of Yotei--but long development times and soaring costs have impacted the frequency at which these games are released.

Today's State of Play livestream could be the best indicator yet of what PS5 owners can expect in the near future. It does feel like Sony is attempting to recapture its momentum with a renewed focus on single-player games. Upcoming projects like Marvel's Wolverine and Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet point to this potential U-turn. Sony is reportedly keeping its single-player games as PS5 exclusives after several years of bringing them to PC, and other live-service projects like FairGame$ appear to have taken a backseat.

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The Witcher 3's Blood and Wine expansion nearly had a different name. CD Projekt's Pawel Sasko confirmed recently that the 2016 expansion was originally called Bells of Beauclair, known internally as BoB.

The developers later opted for the more "captivating title" of Blood and Wine. In the developer's eyes, this name captured "the spirit of the narrative" quite well and it was "easier to spell out and articulate." 

Sasko was reminiscing on Blood and Wine for its 10th anniversary, as the expansion originally released on May 31, 2016. He said the development timeline was "pretty hardcore," with the team putting together "a completely new country, main story, characters, monsters, mechanics, player's vineyard, and a narrative worthy of closing Geralt's journey." 

Sasko went on to say that the "ferocity" around Blood and Wine "still floors me" some 10 years after the expansion was originally released.

"You surpassed any expectation we had about The Witcher 3's longevity. To everyone who worked on BoB: You built something that may outlive all of us. I am proud of you, I am proud of what we made," he said. "And to everyone who played it, thank you for keeping Toussaint alive."

Blood and Wine was The Witcher 3's second and presumed to be final expansion, following Hearts of Stone. However, in May 2026, CD Projekt announced a third expansion, Songs of the Past. It's set for release in 2027 and acts as a prologue of sorts to The Witcher 4.

After The Witcher 3, CD Projekt Red made Cyberpunk 2077, and it was also a smashing success after overcoming initial struggles. Its own expansion, Phantom Liberty, was released in 2023.

Now, CD Projekt Red is making The Witcher 4, 5, and 6, but those games are not likely to get any expansions, according to CD Projekt Red.

Warner Bros. Games and HBO have released a new Game of Thrones game. Game of Thrones: Dragonfire is a free-to-play mobile game based on the prequel series House of the Dragon.

A strategy game set 172 years before Daenerys Targaryen was born, Dragonfire is developed by Warner Bros. Games Boston and takes inspiration from events from the TV series. You play as a Valyrian descendant who has to hatch, raise, and fly dragons in battle to dominate Westeros.

The game features familiar characters from the show--including Rhaenyra Targaryen and Alicent Hightower--as well as original characters created for the game, and like the show, players need to strategize and form alliances to come out on top.

Check out a new "Let's Play" video for the game below, featuring Lord Corlys Velaryon actor Steve Toussaint.

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Dragonfire lets players journey through "campaigns," which are described as "epic scenarios" that last around eight weeks, with different objectives and story moments in each. Each stage of a campaign only lasts for a set time, so players are driven to stay engaged. Each campaign has specific goals that players can strive for to get more powerful dragons to help in future, more challenging campaigns.

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You can read more about Dragonfire on its website. It's just the latest Game of Thrones game for mobile, following Game of Thrones: Conquest.

“We’re thrilled to bring Game of Thrones: Dragonfire to mobile players with an immersive strategy experience that is very authentic to House of the Dragon,” said JB Perrette, CEO and President, Global Streaming and Games, Warner Bros. Discovery. “Our Warner Bros. Boston team did an amazing job creating a game true to the Game of Thrones world for fans, inviting them to build their legacy, forge alliances, and define their own battle for Westeros.”

Game of Thrones is one of four major pillars that WB Games is focusing on going forward, the others behind DC, Harry Potter, and Mortal Kombat. WB Games parent company Warner Bros. Discovery has entered into a deal to be acquired by Paramount, and the acquisition is said to close this year. It remains to be seen what changes, if any, are planned for WB Games as a result of the buyout.

GameStop has announced a 1v1 Halo 3 tournament, and the top prize is one of the best-looking Xbox consoles ever designed.

The retailer is hosting a one-day tournament at its Euless, Texas location on Saturday, June 6 where people can square off against Michael “Flamesword” Chaves for a chance to win the Xbox 360 Halo 3 edition console.

The system, which was originally released in 2007 for Halo 3's launch, has a tasty color palette that's meant to match Master Chief's own color scheme. 

The fine print of the "1v1 Me Bro" tournament states that you must be 18 or older to participate, and the contest is taking place with a first-come queue. The first person to beat Flamesword will win the contest and the event will end. 

There are no other details, but presumably the contest will be played on an Xbox 360. If you want the Halo 3 Xbox 360 but don't want to play in the tournament, you can buy it from GameStop for $100.

If you're interested in attending the contest, you can visit the GameStop store at 1301 W Glade Road in Euless, Texas. The event begins at 5 PM on June 6.

In other GameStop news, the retailer is currently trying to acquire eBay, but the auction site flatly rejected the video game store's $56 billion offer.

In other Halo news, Halo: Campaign Evolved is coming this year and we could learn more about it during the Xbox Games Showcase on June 7.

After invading Fortnite last year, The Simpsons are crossing over into the world of Monopoly Go this month for an event that feels like it was pulled straight from the long-running TV series. While you'd expect such a collaboration to dress the game up in Simpsons themes and throw in a few voice clips, developer Scopely is going all in, having debuted an animated short that features tyrant billionaire Mr. Burns taking on Monopoly icon Mr. Pennybags (voiced by Will Ferrell in the short).

Scopely's plans include a narrative-driven takeover of Monopoly Go, with players taking part in a storyline that The Simpsons team has had a hand in crafting. According to The Simpsons executive producer and showrunner Matt Selman, this has resulted in a crossover that feels both "Simpsons-y" and avoids feeling like a "butt-kissy, pointless" team-up.

"They really ran with the Simpsons football so beautifully because we were just like, be subversive, be Simpson-y," Selman said to IGN. "Don't just be a butt-kissy, pointless brand collaboration. They took that note to heart and said, 'We are going to make this. Like, what's the version of this Bart would love to play? What's the version of this that has that Bart attitude of being playful and subversive and not just straight ahead?' I mean, we all love the Three Little Pigs chapter of Monopoly Go, but subversiveness is not the word that came to mind when you played it. I mean, they were definitely cute pigs. They gave you little dice and stuff when you whacked those little pigs."

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The Simpsons are far removed from their heyday of licensed video games, but following last year's popular Fortnite crossover, there's hope that Springfield's favorite family could once again feature in more games.

Top of the list for many fans is a remaster of The Simpsons: Hit & Run, and collaborations like this could show just how hungry people are for the cult-classic game. The 2003 GTA-inspired game still has legions of fans, and Selman has encouraged its fans to keep holding out hope for something to happen in the future. 

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The research firm Piper Sandler has released a new investor report covering Take-Two, the owner of Rockstar Games and the GTA franchise. The report gave Take-Two's stock a "overweight" rating (which implies growth potential), with Piper Sandler setting a new price target for the stock of $280. The company's stock closed at $226.98 on June 1. Take-Two's all-time high is about $265, so Piper's prediction would beat that.

What's driving the enthusiasm? GTA 6, of course. Piper Sandler said some of the near-term catalysts for Take-Two's stock includes a third GTA 6 trailer, preorders going live, and the game's marketing campaign kicking off. 

Piper Sandler predicted GTA 6 to reach sales of about 35 million units by April 2027, which would amount to about a 30% attach rate on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S, the firm estimated. DFC Intelligence, meanwhile, previously predicted 40 million sales for GTA 6 over its first 12 months.

After launch, GTA 6 could benefit from whatever GTA Online brings to market, along with a second wave of sales when the game comes to PC and PS6 and Project Helix, Piper Sandler said. To be sure, Rockstar has not made any announcements about bringing GTA 6 to next-gen platforms, nor has the developer said a peep about GTA 6's online mode.

These predictions make sense, given GTA Online for GTA 5 has been, and continues to be, a money-printer for Rockstar. Regarding the possibility of expanding to next-gen platforms, that would also fall in line with Rockstar's established playbook. After all, GTA 5 first launched in 2013 on PS3 and Xbox 360 before later getting new versions for PS4 and Xbox One, and then PS5 and Xbox Series X|S.

Additionally, Piper Sandler said it sees a rosy future for GTA 6 (and Take-Two's stock, in return) because "modern live-streaming platforms" like Twitch may be able to help drive even more interest in GTA 6 and convince more people to buy the game. Services like Twitch and other video streaming platforms did exist when GTA 5 was released in 2013, but they have grown substantially larger and more influential since then. 

Beyond expected success from GTA 6, Piper Sandler said Take-Two is looking like a good investment right now because the company's mobile division, Zynga, is improving its business. Additionally, Piper Sandler said Take-Two's ability to get more money out of people with its "recurring consumer spending" strategies in games like GTA and NBA 2K is a sign of strength.

"In a consolidating media landscape, Take-Two stands out as a scarce, high-value asset with significant long-term appreciation potential," Piper Sandler said.

GTA 6 launches on November 19 for PS5 and Xbox Series X|S.

Following the studio's formation in 2024, Maverick Games has revealed its debut title, an open-world, narrative-driven racing game named Clutch. The studio is spear-headed by Playground Games veterans, with experience across most of the Forza Horizon series.

Clutch is described as a cinematic open-world racer, following the rise of sibling racers competing in a prestigious racing series called R1K. The series has sanctioned events that you'll partake in, but also acts as a cover for the Midnight Collective: a series of underground racers that is meant to show the seedier side of the game's campaign.

The campaign plays out in a living world, with PvPvE elements determining the power of several crews and their alliances within the game's story. You'll be able to react to these shifts within the context of your own campaign, partaking in a mix of planned and spontaneous races that Maverick Games says can pop up at anytime. How all these elements work together is a little vague as it stands, but a debut trailer later this week at Summer Game Fest should hopefully clear that up.

As for the racing, Maverick Games says it plans to deliver a distinct style of arcade action by leveraging an in-house physics engine and its open-world sandbox design to create some chaotic races. Vehicles will be open to customization, with Maverick Games teasing that there will be ways for players to create one-of-a-kind rides that it hopes will help players build stronger connections with their favorite cars.

Amazon was initially set to publish Clutch, but dropped out of the deal earlier this year before it had been formally reveal. Maverick Games founder and creative director Mike Brown said at the time that the studio was in conversations with other partners to ensure that its debut title remained on track for release, which is currently set for spring 2027.

The spirit of E3 is very much alive, as Sony is back this week with a new State of Play livestream on June 2. Alongside several other big names in gaming, the PlayStation-focused broadcast will show off what's next for the gaming brand across its first-party studios and third-party partners. We’ve rounded up all the details you need to know for the livestream, so you can see when to tune in exactly, where to watch, and what to expect.

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As always, State of Play will be streamed live on Sony’s YouTube and Twitch channels.

• YouTube
• Twitch

State of Play start time

State of Play kicks off on June 2, at the following times:

• 2 PM PT
• 5 PM ET
• 10 PM BST
• 11 PM CEST
• 6 AM JST (June 3)

What to expect

Officially, Sony says that you can watch over an hour of updates, announcements, and gameplay reveals from studios across the world. Marvel's Wolverine will kick things off, but beyond that, Sony is keeping quiet. It's likely that Arc System Works Marvel-themed fighting game, Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls, will make an appearance since it's out on August 6, and we wouldn't be surprised to see more of Horizon: Hunters Gathering.

Other potential games from Sony's portfolio that could potentially make an appearance include Naughty Dog's Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet, and it's rumored that Haven Studios' FairGame$ has been rebranded, so a re-reveal might be on the cards. Sony Santa Monica Studio has also been quiet since God of War Ragnarok was released, so it might be time for the studio to finally reveal that spin-off rumored to be in the works.

On the third-party side, Persona 6 and a Rayman Origins remaster are also said to be in development, so a State of Play reveal wouldn't be unlikely. Then there's the GTA 6-sized elephant in the room, as Rockstar Games' open-world crime caper hasn't been seen since its second trailer dropped long, long ago. With a marketing deal in place with Sony, seeing a new look at the game ahead of its November release would end the show on a very high note.

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The safety and well being of young children who play games like Roblox, Fortnite, and Minecraft has been an increasingly prominent topic among governments around the world. Now, the United Kingdom's online safety minister Kanishka Narayan has suggested a potentially drastic solution that would prevent children from speaking with any strangers on their chosen gaming platform.

While speaking with The Times, Narayan suggested that a blanket ban of allowing children to engage with strangers in online games could be a part of a teenage social media ban that is currently under consideration. Narayan didn't call out any games in particular, but he noted that gaming platform activity "will weigh quite significantly in my mind as we think about how we stop some of the most egregious harms for young people."

The United Kingdom hasn't formally decided to go forward with any ban at this time. The Times notes that the government may be examining Australia's social media ban for children under 16, which became law last year. Australia didn't place any restrictions on games under those guidelines, but it did place a ban on Twitch.

Out of the major gaming platforms targeted towards children, Roblox has perhaps come under the heaviest from international lawmakers. Australia put the platform on notice over reports of grooming and sexual content. Florida's Attorney General accused Roblox of being a breading ground for predators, while the Attorney General of Texas sued The Roblox Corporation over child-exploitation accusations.

In response to the growing outrage, The Roblox Corporation has pledged to try harder to keep kids from interacting with strangers. The developer has also agreed to spend $12 million to create a safer environment for children online.

Mina the Hollower is very visually similar to classic Game Boy and Game Boy Color Zelda games like Link's Awakening and the Oracle duology. But mechanically it's significantly different, and Yacht Club discovered the distinction ran the risk of confusing players when it started putting the game in front of playtesters. As a result, it had to find clever ways to send a signal to players about this game's different expectations.

In an interview with GameSpot, Yacht Club's David D'Angelo said that players often expected Zelda-like progression, including specialized equipment to solve puzzles. That isn't really how Mina works, however--the world is wide open, and you can go (mostly) anywhere you want right from the start.

"The biggest thing we were worried about is that in a lot of ways it's not like a Zelda game in that you're not getting the Hookshot to cross the pit," D'Angelo explained. "One of the very common things that people ran into in our playtesting, people would get to the water area in the game and they would say, 'I can't go here. I don't have the flippers.'"

Nox's Bayou is the second major dungeon in the game, according to the recommended order. But Mina never gains the ability to swim through the water, and instead, you're meant to learn that your burrowing ability allows you to jump across the gaps of deep water. Yacht Club's solution? To get you stuck on purpose. Sink or swim, so to speak.

"The way we solved that was we made you get locked in that area so you eventually had to figure out that it was the burrowing mechanic to get you through the water," D'Angelo said.

It was especially important to get this message across to players early, he said, because the difficulty level of areas is not scaled to the player's level. If you venture into an area of the map intended for later, you'll hit an "enormous" difficulty spike. The studio didn't want people finding themselves in situations where it's simply not fun because they wandered away from the second dungeon, only to hit an even more difficult challenge.

On top of teaching players that they can navigate without Zelda-like equipment, Yacht Club made sure to build in plenty of exit ramps. So if you do wander into an area that's too tough, or just need to take a break, it's not that difficult to find your way back to safety where you can shop for equipment, look for other secrets, or level up Mina.

"But at the same time, that is, I think, part of the experience we wanted," he said. "We definitely wanted it to have the old-school game Zelda feel where it's like you do get frustrated. You do get frustrated and have to overcome it."

Frustration hasn't stopped Mina the Hollower from being the top-rated game of 2026 on Metacritic so far. But if you're stuck, be sure to check out our Guides Hub.