GTA 6 has been delayed to 2026. Every Rockstar game from the past 10 years has been delayed beyond its originally announced date, so this is no surprise. But it's surely a disappointing development for many.

The game is now set for release on May 26, 2026 for PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. It was previously set for release in Fall 2025.

"We are very sorry that this is later than you expected. The interest and excitement surrounding a new Grand Theft Auto has been truly humbling for our entire team. We want to thank you for your support and your patience as we work to finish the game," Rockstar said.

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When you think of Minecraft's game modes, you might automatically go to the game's classic Survival mode, or the peaceful Creative mode. However, there are five game modes in the vanilla version, not all of them resembling a survival game, and many more made possible by Minecraft mods. Here are all of the game modes in Minecraft, as well as the difficulty options that go alongside them, and which to choose.

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Survival

Minecraft's traditional experience is nestled within Survival. Here, you'll have to work to collect the resources you need, craft upgrades and new items, and build your structures. You'll have to face deadly mobs and enemies, and your hunger bar will decay. While Survival can be challenging for new players, it's easily the best way to become acquainted with the game as you'll be forced to learn the mechanics and recipes quickly if you want to survive.

You'll be dropped into the world at a random spawn point at dawn, giving you a full day to get your bearings and craft something resembling a safe house. From there, you can continue to gather resources and upgrade your surroundings before setting off on the hunt for iron and diamond to make more powerful armor and tools. Don't forget to find a good food source so you don't succumb to hunger.

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While you may be limited to which version of Minecraft you can play based on the device you're using, there are some important differences between Minecraft Java and Bedrock to be aware of. In Mojang's survival game, it's more common for PC users to play on Java, while console and mobile users are on Bedrock. Here's our full breakdown of the differences between Java and Bedrock so you can decide which version is right for you.

MinecraftMinecraft Java Edition

The Java edition of Minecraft supports cross-play, so you can jump in with friends on other platforms or operating systems who are also using Java. It also allows for the customization of Minecraft skins, meaning you can completely personalize your in-game look by downloading one of the many skins online. You could even try your hand at creating your own and uploading it to the game.

The most important difference is that Minecraft Java allows for the installation of mods, meaning you can access more of the best Minecraft servers and their custom packs. Minecraft mods can do anything from adding small quality-of-life updates, to completely overhauling the way chests and loot work. They even make playing dedicated questlines possible, or introducing new Minecraft mobs.

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After a fairly short spring season, Fortnite is trying something new with battle royale: a shortened, five-week season that's all about Star Wars. Unfortunately for us, there's just one little thing getting in the way of us diving into all the new stuff: Fortnite servers are down for maintenance while Epic deploys the new season update. Below, you'll find a rundown on when Fortnite servers should be back online.

Despite the short length, Season 2 has been pretty eventful, introducing the amazing new Kneecapper and Rocket Drill items, and also adding Sabrina Carpenter as the latest Festival headliner just a few weeks ago. But now Season 2 is done, and the Kneecapper is a thing of the past--but you still can't play just yet. There are many fun activities you can try while you wait, like going outside or sleeping, but that's not what we're here to talk about right now. Let's go ahead and cut to the chase.

Fortnite's Star Wars Season start time

When Fortnite goes offline to deploy a patch, it usually takes about three or four hours, but a new season launch is much more of a thing than your average update is. For a new season, Fortnite typically goes offline for four hours at minimum, and often longer. Sometimes much longer--Fortnite was offline for 18 hours ahead of the start of Chapter 5 Season 2 last year. If all goes well, you can expect Fortnite to come back online, at the earliest, around 3 AM PT/6 AM ET.

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If you're looking to pick up a few new games or upgrade your PC gaming setup, you'll want to check out Amazon's Gaming Week Sale, which runs until May 4 and features big discounts on select console games, accessories, laptops, and more. There are quite a few deals on offer, so we've rounded up our favorites into the lists below. Just remember that these deals are only available through May 4, and in some cases they could sell out ahead of time, so be sure to grab any that catch your eye while you can.

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Some of the best Amazon Game Week deals are, unsurprisingly, for physical copies of games, and there are deals on Switch, PlayStation, and Xbox titles. Many of the deals apply to games available on multiple platforms, like Sonic X Shadow Generations for $34 on PS5 and Switch (was $50), Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection for $27 on PS4 and Switch, (was $50), Dead Rising: Deluxe Remaster on PS5 and Xbox for $27 (was $50), and Dragon's Dogma 2 on PS5 and Xbox for $28 (was $36). There are also a handful of console-specific deals like Monster Hunter Stories on Switch for $28 (was $36.78) and Resident Evil 7 Biohazard: Gold Edition on PS5 for $20 (was $30). While most of the deals are for console games, you can also grab a digital code for the Steam version of Civilization VI Anthology for just $30, which is a huge discount from its standard $100 price tag. Check the list below for even more video games on sale at Amazon this week.

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Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown has surpassed 2 million players, Ubisoft said in a brief announcement. The news comes roughly 15 months after The Lost Crown's release in January 2024, and Ubisoft appears to be teasing a bright future for the series.

"Well over 2M players by now," Ubisoft said on the Prince of Persia's official X account." You’ve revived the legend. The Prince is back, and believe us--he's just warming up."

Well over 2M players by now.
You’ve revived the legend. The Prince is back, and believe us — he's just warming up. pic.twitter.com/hsWpQUgFVz

— Prince of Persia™ (@princeofpersia) April 30, 2025

What Ubisoft has in store for The Prince of Persia is anyone's guess, though. The company disbanded The Lost Crown's development team in October 2024 on account of lower-than-forecasted sales, though those who worked on the game were shuffled around to different parts of Ubisoft and not laid off. It's worth noting that 2 million players isn't the same as 2 million sales. The Lost Crown was available on Ubisoft+, Ubisoft's subscription service, and has also been part of the PS Plus Extra and Premium.

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Blizzard has revealed the roadmap for Overwatch 2 Stadium, just a few weeks after the new mode's launch. The roadmap includes information about heroes being added to the Stadium roster, new maps and modes within Stadium, and some stats from players' time with the mode already.

The newest damage hero Freja will be added to Stadium's limited roster as part of the midseason update for the current season, which Blizzard said is expected to launch on May 20. That will be followed by Season 17 in June, which will see the addition of Sigma, Junkrat, and Zenyatta to the roster. The Stadium roster started with only 17 heroes, as the new mode feature items and powers that you can use to make a build in the mode. These require additional balancing, so Blizzard is slowly adding the full Overwatch roster to the mode. That update will also include two more maps, Esperanca and Samoa, along with the ability to save custom builds and share them. Season 17 will also include cross-play, which hasn't been available in the mode since console and PC players don't share competitive lobbies.

Freja will be the next hero to join the Stadium roster.

Season 18 kicks off in August with Winston, Sojourn, and Brigitte joining the roster, along with a new game mode, Payload Race. Payload Race will come with two Payload maps, Route 66 and London, although Blizzard didn't share any details on how the mode will differ from regular payload matches. The roadmap stops at Season 19, simply stating that more maps and heroes will continue to be added to the mode, along with new items.

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Mattel has officially revealed the new Brick Shop lineup of Hot Wheels building sets designed to give fans a new way to enjoy Hot Wheels vehicles. Similar to Lego and Mega Bloks, you’ll be snapping together hundreds of pieces as you build your own version of vehicles like the Maserati MC20, Corvette Grand Sport, and Mercedes-Benz 300 SL and they’re currently available to preorder at most major retailers ahead of their release this summer.

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Nex Playground

$179 (was $200)

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Amazon Gaming Week has brought deals on a wide variety of games and accessories for Nintendo, PlayStation, Xbox, and PC users. But the sale also features discounts on other interesting gadgets, including the Nex Playground game console. Prominently featured in one of the top slots on Amazon's sale hub, the Nex Playground is a family-friendly system centered around motion controls. It's reminiscent of Microsoft's Kinect camera for Xbox 360, except its design could be described as Apple-esque. Normally $200, the Nex Playground is on sale for $179 through May 4. Alternatively, you can bundle the console with a travel case for $204.

The console has proven to be surprisingly popular since its launch in September 2024. At the time of writing, the Nex Playground holds a 4.7/5 user average based on nearly 1,400 Amazon customer reviews. Amazon says it has sold more than 5,000 units in the past month.

Nex Playground $179 (was $200)

The Nex Playground uses a sensor to track your movements, allowing you to partake in a variety of dance, sports, and fitness games. You’ll find five starter games included with your purchase:

• Whack A Mole Deluxe: Smack the pesky moles as they pop up on your screen.
• Party Fowl: Compete in a variety of minigames.
• Fruit Ninja: Slice through fruit that’s thrown onto the screen.
• Starri: A rhythm game that has you moving to the beat.
• Go Keeper: Play as a goalkeeper in this arcade-style soccer game.

Along with the console and five games, the Nex Playground comes with an HDMI cable, power cord, a removable camera cover, and a remote that's used for navigating menu systems. Up to four players can use the system simultaneously, making it a fun party activity.

The $179 deal is also available at Walmart and Target.

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Microsoft just joined Nintendo in announcing that some of its games will sell for $80, and this new rate will seemingly apply to both physical and digital games. The price hike is inspiring a lot of debate and discussion, with some wondering why the price of digital games is going up. Many might be able to understand why a disc-based product might go up in price due to tariffs and other market factors, but why would digital games get more expensive, too?

Niko Partners analyst Daniel Ahmad said it's true there is no "direct" tariff impact on digital games, but publishers may choose to raise prices anyway for a variety of reasons. To begin with, raising the price of a digital product could help offset rising costs in other departments, he said. Second, a publisher might raise the price of a digital game to bring it in line with its physical counterpart.

Other factors could be that a game's price is going up to reflect the increased cost to develop a particular game, along with a belief that people will, in general, accept the price increase. Lastly, a publisher might decide to charge more for a digital game "because they can," Ahmad said.

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World of Warcraft: The War Within's next patch is bringing with it a little something for everyone, including a new, story-focused way to level characters and even recolored variants of the MMORPG's most iconic tier sets.

Blizzard detailed what all will be new in the 11.1.7 patch in a blog post, and it includes a new story campaign that will explore rising tensions between the Horde and Alliance in the Arathi Highlands with "branching viewpoints," according to Blizzard. While new main story campaign quests are expected, the patch has more than a few surprises in store, too.

One of them is a new way to level characters that sounds like a more story-driven version of Chromie Time. By speaking to Lorewalker Cho in Stormwind, Orgrimmar, or Dornogal starting in patch 11.1.7, players can complete three repeatable quest chains containing both old and new quests from previous expansions but that share a common story thread. One quest chain, for example, dives into the history of iconic Warcraft villain Arthas, where players will be able to battle through Strathholme during the culling before jumping to the game's Wrath of the Lich King expansion and stepping into the shoes of Arthas himself. Another questline dives into the history of current main villain Xal'atath, as players experience her origins in Legion, how she regained her physical form in Battle for Azeroth, and a past confrontation between her and the Old Gods.

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A former Call of Duty producer has stated that Activision's popular franchise is purposefully designed to "make the most money possible" from its players by manipulating them. Mark Rubin, who worked on Call of Duty for years at Infinity Ward on titles like the original Modern Warfare trilogy, made this statement on social media, while acknowledging that there are "great people" at Activision today.

"A lot of games, Call of Duty included, just focus on how to make the most money possible out of the player base. They rely heavily on [fear of missing out] marketing and [engagement-optimized matchmaking]. But I feel like it used to be just more about the quality of the game which would drive players to play," he said. "And that means making the game more player centric. i.e. less engagement based tactics and higher quality experiences for the players. Better maps, modes etc."

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Back in November, Xbox launched a new initiative that allowed Game Pass Ultimate subscribers to stream select games they own, even if they aren't a part of Xbox's cloud streaming offering.. Today, Xbox has added nearly a dozen new games to the service, which raises the total number of eligible games to over 150.

Included in this latest update is Predator: Hunting Grounds, the asymmetrical multiplayer game from Illfonic, and Starship Troopers: Extermination, which allows players to partner up and take on the big bad bugs of the Starship Troopers universe.

The full list of the 11 games recently added to the Stream Your Own Game library is below. Note that all versions of the games listed are included, so if you purchased a digital deluxe version of one of the games, all of your content will be intact.

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Microsoft's strategy of releasing first-party Xbox games on PlayStation looks to be working, as Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella announced during its Q3 FY25 earnings call that the company was recently the top publisher on the PlayStation Store when it came to preorders.

The period Nadella referred to was January through March 2025, when he said Microsoft ended the quarter as the top publisher by preorders and preinstalls on both Xbox and PlayStation.

Other stats Nadella highlighted included news that PC Game Pass revenue was up 45% year-over-year, and that while Xbox hardware revenue declined 6% over the previous year, it saw gaming revenue increase 5% and Xbox content and services revenue increase by 8%. Those numbers were thanks to growth in Xbox Game Pass, Call of Duty, and Minecraft, Nadella said.

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Fans of Color Gray Studio's Golden Idol point-and-click mystery franchise will soon have a new riddle to unravel. After its first expansion, The Sins Of New Wells, cast a new perspective on certain endgame events in The Rise Of The Golden Idol, Color Gray is back with Golden Idol Investigation: The Lemurian Phoenix, which will launch May 13.

The Lemurian Phoenix will add five new scenarios to Rise Of The Golden Idol, which will make it the largest expansion to date. The story will span 40 years, and it will involve a murder that "ignites a complex conspiracy that reaches back to 1910," according to the blog post on the Rise Of The Golden Idol Steam page.

Golden Idol Investigations: The Lemurian Phoenix

Official Rise Of The Golden Idol social media pages have been leaving clues for players to solve, with the answers revealing the names of the five scenarios coming to the game via The Lemurian Phoenix. Eventually, the fanbase was able to decipher all five scenario names, and they are as follows:

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Remedy Entertainment has built its name on gripping single-player games and twisty stories, but the studio is about to embark on something entirely new with FBC: Firebreak. Following up on the supernatural gunplay of Control, Remedy is taking that style into first-person with a cooperative shooter that focuses on tight three-player teams--while further expanding the world and story of Control.

Firebreak is the first multiplayer game ever made by Remedy, as well as its first self-published title. There's more to be revealed in the weeks leading up to launch, but for now, here’s everything we know about FBC: Firebreak.

When will FBC: Firebreak be released?

FBC: Firebreak releases on June 17, 2025. Firebreak was first announced at the Xbox Partner Preview in October 2024, although Remedy had talked about it for years before, simply as a multiplayer game called "Codename Condor."

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Amazon has revealed the PC games that'll be coming to Prime Gaming in May, and this month celebrates May The 4th with some Star Wars games, brings one of Xbox'ss top shooters, and delivers an indie darling that recreates the feelings of late-'90s Internet culture.

As a reminder, all of the free games that you claim through Prime Gaming are yours to keep forever, even if your subscription expires. If you aren't a member, you can sign up for Amazon Prime for as little as one month to take advantage of the subscription and the freebies offered through it.

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With May The 4th approaching at the beginning of the month, there is plenty of Star Wars representation in the first batch of free Prime Gaming titles. Both Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds and Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga will be available on the first week of the month, and each offers a unique gateway to fun Star Wars action--Galactic Battlegrounds for the real-time-strategy fans, and Lego Star Wars for those looking for something silly and lighthearted.

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"Mechs, outer space, and giant monsters" sounds like a winning formula on the surface, but Battle Suit Aces puts a unique spin on it. Rather than offering full-scale, action-packed battles across the universe, Trinket Studios' next game instead boils things down to a sleek, card-based battle system, which focuses on resource management and strategy rather than brute force action--all while adding dozens of interesting characters with fully voiced dialogue on top of it.

After playing an hour-long demo, it's immediately clear that Trinket is on to something with this unique approach, but it's too early to tell if the experiment will stick the landing. Battle Suit Aces is trying something different, and so far, the results are worthy of your attention.

Aces high

Battle Suite Aces follows a simple premise: A group of spacefarers called the Patchworks travel the universe in a massive spaceship called the USS Zephyr, as they explore planets looking for ancient tech. In their travels, they have found and commandeered a Gundam-adjacent mech suit, and eventually they meet other characters with mech suits of their own.

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Pokemon: The Complete Pocket Guide Box Set (2 Books)

$20.80 (was $29)

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Pokemon fans can grab the most recent official Pocket Guide Box Set for only $20 at Amazon right now. The massive two-volume paperback box set was published last September and is essentially a Pokedex you can flip through with nearly 900 Pokemon.

Pokemon: The Complete Pocket Guide Box Set (2 Books) $20.80 (was $29)

With over 1,100 pages combined, these two books contain data on 898 Pokemon (out of 1,025 total). This includes descriptions, stats, abilities, movies, and evolutions for the critters.

Each Pokedex entry is accompanied by full illustrations. Volume 1 covers Pokedex entries No. 1 through 442, and Volume 2 ranges from No. 443 through 898. Unfortunately, you won't find entries for Paldea region Pokemon introduced in Scarlet and Violet, but it's otherwise comprehensive.

Viz Media designed the books to be compact to make it easy to carry them around with you, just like a Pokedex. Both books are 4.1 x 1.4 x 5.75 inches and have roughly the same page counts (560 and 552 pages).

Both volumes are also available to purchase separately, but you'll miss out on the slipcase and pay about five bucks more at the moment. Volume 1 was published last April and is $13.49 (was $15); Volume 2 arrived one month later and is slightly cheaper at $12.60 (was $15).

• Pokemon Pocket Guide: Volume 1 -- $13.49 ($15)
• Pokemon Pocket Guide: Volume 2 -- $12.60 ($15)
• Pokemon Complete Pocket Guide Box Set (Vol. 1 and 2) -- $20.80 ($29)

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Sega has officially opened up its first physical store. Similarly to the Nintendo stores around the world, the Sega store will feature exclusive merchandise, interactive displays, and places to take fun photos. However, unlike Nintendo, there is only one location right now: inside the shopping mall Bailian ZX, in the center of Shanghai, China.

While the company has hinted at a possible chain expansion, only one additional store is scheduled to open shortly. The second official Sega store will be opening in Tokyo, located inside the Shibuya Parco department complex, in the summer.

There are only five Nintendo stores, with three in Japan just by itself, so hitting the States or Europe will possibly be years away.

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