Is a Switch 2 price hike coming? Many are theorizing that this will happen at some point in the future due to the so-called "RAMaggedon" and other factors, and even Nintendo's own top boss said he cannot rule out a price increase. Now, Dr. Serkan Toto of research group Kantan Games has said he believes the Switch 2 may see price hike, and it could happen by the end of the year.

"I would be very surprised if the Switch was still $450 in the US at the end of 2026," he told GamesRadar.

He added that "people get used to everything," and that includes price increases for gaming hardware. Or at least that's what companies like Sony and others who have raised prices already are betting on, he said. Sony, for its part, just announced a second price hike for the PS5, while Microsoft raised Xbox prices in 2025.

Fans of Lego and Star Wars can get their hands on Jango Fett's iconic ship at a serious discount right now. The massive Lego Star Wars: Attack of the Clones Jango Fett’s Starship set is currently on sale at Best Buy for only $56--a 20% discount from its standard $70 sticker price. The set can be shipped to you, or you can choose to pick it up at your nearest Best Buy location (where available).

The Lego Star Wars: Attack of the Clones Jango Fett’s Starship is a 707-piece kit designed for builders of all ages. The completed vehicle sports recognizable armaments featured in the Star Wars prequel films, including four blasters that can fire Lego stud pieces, and a section of dropping seismic drop charges as seen in the asteroid chase scene with Obi-Wan Kenobi from Attack of the Clones. The build also features rotating wings, a cockpit section that opens and closes with two seats for minifigures, and a service cart that doubles as a mobile platform and display stand with ammunition storage. Along with the vehicle, the kit also includes three detailed minifigures: Jango Fett with jetpack and blaster pistols, young Boba Fett (sans helmet, of course), and the very tall, very weird-looking Kaminoan Lama Su.

While this deal is only available at Best Buy, plenty of other Lego sets are discounted right now, many of which are part of Amazon's Big Spring Sale 2026 event. Several Star Wars Lego kits are part of the sale, including the 25th Anniversary Millennium Falcon for $68 (was $85), 501st Clone Troopers Battle Pack for $16 (was $20), and the 1050-piece R2-D2 kit for $80 (was $100). In fact, you can even pair the Jango Fett Ship deal above with Amazon's discount on the Attack of the Clones Obi-Wan's Jedi Star Fighter set, which is down to $26 (was $30). Or you could grab a kit based on the upgraded version of the Jedi Starfighter as seen in the Clone Wars TV show and Revenge of the Sith film for $36 (was $45). Just note that these are limited-time deals, and may disappear once Amazon's Big Spring Sale wraps up on March 31.

Crimson Desert has been out for barely two weeks now, having launched on March 19 for PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S, but the game is already toppling its own player count records. This is quite impressive, as Pearl Abyss' latest action-adventure game is a single-player RPG that has steadily grown in popularity in terms of concurrent players as it's moved away from launch, something you don't see happen often with other big-budget, triple-A single-player RPGs.

Pulling the data from the game's SteamDB page shows that it reached 239,045 players at launch, but crested 276,261 players on March 29. That means 10 days after launch, it's seeing 40,000 more simultaneous players at its peak. This suggests that there's not just continued interest in the South Korean studio's high-fantasy action-adventure game, but that the single-player RPG is alive and well.

This isn't necessarily unheard of, but it's certainly something of an anomaly in the games industry as of late. You'd typically expect a multiplayer-focused game like Arc Raiders or Fortnite or Helldivers or Marathon to see a steady increase in players as time goes on. The single-player RPG, though, tends to decline in interest the longer the game is out. This has been true for games like Avowed, Baldur's Gate 3, Black Myth: Wukong, Cyberpunk 2077, Elden Ring, GTA 5, Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, Nioh 3, Red Dead Redemption 2, Starfield, and Wuchang: Fallen Feathers--all of which saw a drop in concurrent players the longer these games sat around. There are exceptions, such as The Witcher 3 and Where Winds Meet, that saw RPGs increase this concurrent peaks post-launch.

Amazon's Big Spring Sale ends tomorrow, but there's still time to cash in on some great offers. One of the best deals is for the Lego Ideas Vincent Van Gogh The Starry Night, which is currently down to its lowest price ever during Amazon's Big Spring Sale 2026. The 2,316-piece set is just $136 (was $170) and makes for a truly unique bit of home decor once you've snapped all its bricks into place--just make sure to grab the discounted set before the Spring Sale ends on 2026. Amazon also notes that certain locations can still get this in time for Easter, in case you're seeking a fun project for the family or need a cool gift for an artsy friend.

World of Warcraft is getting its first official in-game Pride event as a part of an upcoming patch (via WoWHead). Even better, it's based on a community-organized event that's been raising money for LGBTQ+ charity The Trevor Project for over a decade.

The community-run event, The Running of the Trolls, will be getting some official support in patch 12.0.5. Traditionally taking place on the US Feathermoon server, The Running of the Trolls sees players create new, low-level troll characters and march en masse from the Echo Isles to Silvermoon City (similar to The Running of the Gnomes, which takes place each October to raise money for breast cancer charities). Based on datamined info, The Running of the Trolls has been renamed the Darkspear Dash and will take place this year from June 27-29 to celebrate Pride month. Blizzard and Warcraft Cares--the fan-led community organization that holds the event each year--have reportedly been in talks about making it an official in-game holiday for about two years.

"Just for background, [the] Darkspear Dash micro-holiday is based on the Running of the Trolls, a yearly community event [run by] WarcraftCares, started in 2016, that is held every June to benefit the Trevor Project as the sibling event to the Gnome Run!" founder Dravvie explained on Reddit. "I can't comment on everything that's still in the development stage that's been datamined, but it's been a long process since I first talked with the dev team about two years ago about possibly developing a Troll Run holiday."

Actor Charlie Day voiced Luigi in 2023's The Super Mario Bros. Movie and reprises the role for this year's The Super Mario Galaxy Movie. Now, Day has said he would be interested in returning again to the role to be in a movie adaptation of the spooky game Luigi's Mansion.

Speaking to ScreenRant, Day said he would be "thrilled" to come back for a Luigi's Mansion movie, though he was clear he has no idea if such a project is actually going to happen. In any event, Day said Luigi's Mansion is "such a fun game" that could make for a compelling movie.

"Not that you would make it like a horror movie for kids, but it could have some more sort of jump scares in it, which would be fun," he said. "It does seem like it would make a great movie, but I am not... They don't put me in charge of movie studios and for good reason. I got no idea."

Developer Pearl Abyss continues to work diligently on its open-world action-adventure game Crimson Desert, with the South Korean studio releasing a new update for consoles and PC that addresses many of the game's issues. This includes reducing the stamina cost of certain movement abilities and decreasing loading times for fast travel, making it far less time-consuming than before.

The studio took to X on March 29 to announce that patch version 1.01.00 would start rolling out on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S over the weekend. With it hitting just about every platform--except for the Epic Games and Mac App stores, as those are still in development--Pearl Abyss thoroughly detailed everything found within Crimson Desert's latest update. There are five new mounts--including boss mounts like the Icicle Edge Alpine Ibex and Rock Tusk Warthog, and legendary animals such as the Silver Fang and White Bear--to tame and ride, as well as improvements to the UX so you can do things like decide when to use keys on locked doors or cook meals at once instead of selecting ingredients individually. These are good QOL changes.

Pywell is a huge map, one that can take up to two hours to cross in its entirety on horseback. There are fast travel-points, but activating them takes forever as you watch protagonist Kliff--or the two other playable characters, Damiane and Oongka--slowly saunter through an Abyss portal for at least 15 seconds as if they're strolling for a coffee. This update reduces the loading times for fast traveling (as well as reviving, which is another welcome change); however, Pearl Abyss didn't specify exactly how much quicker fast traveling is now, but in our testing, the loading time has been cut down to about 10 seconds. Speeding this action up will let you get back into the action faster and traverse more of Pywell without putting your controller down and watching a short walking sim film.

The Walt Disney Company's new CEO, Josh D'Amaro, is a big fan of video games, and one former Disney executive believes D'Amaro would be smart to do even more in gaming going forward. This could include a buyout of a gaming company like Epic Games.

In an interview with CNBC, Kevin Mayer--a former Disney and TikTok executive who now runs Candle Media--said D'Amaro will need to take "bold steps" to help Disney make more money and grow its stock price. One part of this could be doing more in gaming, he said.

Mayer called out how D'Amaro championed the $1.5 billion investment into Epic Games for a Fortnite project, saying it was a "great move." However, Mayer said D'Amaro needs to "figure out" how to turn gaming overall at Disney into a growth driver. One way he could do that is by opening the checkbook and buying a gaming company, Mayer said.

The original God of War celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2025, but Sony waited until early in 2026 to reveal that the long-requested remake of the first trilogy is finally on its way.

God of War Trilogy Remake will tackle God of War, God of War 2, and God of War 3. Aside from the third game, they haven’t appeared on a console since the PlayStation 3 era. The very first thing that Sony revealed about this remake trilogy is that TC Carson, the first voice of Kratos, will reprise his role for the first time since God of War: Ascension in 2013. Christopher Judge replaced Carson for the 2018 God of War and its 2022 sequel, God of War: Ragnarok.

There haven’t been many details shared about the God of War Trilogy Remake, aside from Carson’s return and the news that the studio behind the mainline games in the series, Sony Santa Monica, is working on it. As new information rolls in, GameSpot is building our guide for everything we know about the God of War Trilogy Remake so far.

Microsoft has confirmed the date for its annual Xbox Games Showcase, where it'll show off several games. Kicking off on Sunday, June 7, at 10 AM PT / 1 PM PT, the Showcase will be followed by a deep dive on Gears of War: E-Day. If you're interested in watching, the livestream will be broadcast across the official Xbox YouTube and Twitch channels.

Microsoft says that the livestream will feature first gameplay looks and news on games from its first-party studios, as well as several reveals from its third-party partners. Immediately following Showcase, Gears of War: E-Day developer The Coalition will reveal new details and gameplay for its upcoming title, which is set at the start of the catastrophic start of Emergence Day in Gears of War lore. Xbox FanFest will also return during the Showcase, with this year's event looking back at 25 years of Xbox and the future of the brand.

Details on Gears of War: E-Day have been very sparse since the game was first announced during the 2024 Xbox Games Showcase. The game features Gears icons Marcus Fenix and Dom taking on the Locust for the very first time, and earlier this year, creative director Matt Searcy commented on how The Coalition is aiming to recreate the spooky vibes of the original Gears of War.

The layoffs at Epic Games recently included a developer with terminal brain cancer, and after this became public, Epic's CEO promised to "solve the insurance" for the affected family.

Mike Prinke, a former programmer at Epic, was among the 1,000+ people who lost their jobs recently as part of downsizing at the Fortnite studio. His wife, Jenni Griffin, posted on Facebook to say Prinke is fighting terminal brain cancer and that due to the layoff, "We didn't just lose income--we lost his life insurance."

"And because his condition is now considered a pre-existing condition, he can't get new coverage. So now, as I face the reality of losing my husband… I'm also facing the reality of what type of funeral/burial I can afford. How I will keep a roof over our heads. How I will protect our son and the life we built together. What will happen to our dogs," Griffin wrote.

The Tomb Raider TV series for Prime Video has suspended production after series star Sophie Turner, who plays Lara Croft, suffered a "minor injury."

A spokesperson for Amazon MGM Studios said in a statement to Entertainment Weekly that Turner "experienced a minor injury," and as a precaution, production has "briefly paused" to give Turner time to recover. Production is expected to resume "as soon as possible."

The nature of Turner's injury is unknown. Production on the Tomb Raider series began in mid-January 2026, and videos leaked from set showed Turner in action kicking ass.

Ubisoft is celebrating its 40-year anniversary today, March 28, 2025. Below, we look at how Ubisoft helped to establish the modern game industry, and where it may go from here.

In 1986, Zombi was released for the Amstrad CPC computer. The first-person adventure game heavily borrowed from George A. Romero’s Dawn of the Dead, to the point that knowledge of the film’s plot was necessary to complete the game. While it received decent reviews, Zombi’s only remarkable quality is being the debut game of a French developer called, at the time, Ubi Soft.

Four decades later, and Ubisoft has shed both the space in its name and its somewhat humble beginnings to be one of the biggest names in the entire video game industry. Ubisoft franchises are some of the best-selling in history, from Assassin’s Creed to Just Dance; the company has dealt with some of the biggest IPs around, from Star Wars to Avatar; its list of subsidiaries spans the globe, from Abu Dhabi to Toronto. Anyone who has played a video game in the past 20 years or so has likely touched an Ubisoft game.

Pokemon Go players who want an alternative to their Go Plus devices may soon have an in-game item that lets them automatically throw Poke Balls and unleash Pokestops while searching for creatures to recruit.

PokeMiners (via IGN) uncovered the existence of the new Explorer Gadget during its latest datamining efforts in Pokemon Go. Players could already access automatic Poke Balls and Pokestops with some pricey physical accessories like the Go Plus. This gadget, however, appears to be a fully in-game device without any need for extra peripherals.

Assuming the report is accurate, it seems very likely that the new device will be monetized by Pokemon Go's developer. It would make the game a lot easier for casual players--the only real question is how much would fans be willing to pay for this perk? It has yet to be officially announced, so for now we can only speculate as to whether it will be a one-time purchase or if the developer has subscription plans in mind.

In the earliest days of PC gaming, before everything got homogenized with Windows and Mac, the Commodore 64 reigned supreme. It still has a passionate homebrew community making their own original C64 games to this day--and if you're interested in checking out the classic console, its games, or the homebrew scene, you'll want to check out this awesome deal on the THEC64 Mini replica console. The device captures the look of the original C64 and is capable of playing official and homebrew games on moderns TVs. It typically costs $120, but you can buy it for $85 during Amazon's Big Spring Sale event, which runs until March 31. At that 29% discount price, it's certainly worth picking up for those curious about what the Commodore 64 developer community is like today.

THEC64 Mini - Black Edition is actually a follow-up to another THEC64 Mini console that focused on retro games. It sets itself apart not just with a matte-black finish on a 50% scale replica of the original, but also with a library of 25 pre-loaded "modern" C64 games made by developers after the console's heyday. These are all of the games you will have access to:

1. A Pig Quest
2. Caren and the Tangled Tentacles
3. Galencia
4. Good Kniight
5. Grid Pix
6. Guns N Ghosts
7. Hessian
8. Hunter's Moon Remastered
9. It's Magic 2
10. Joe Gunn: Gold Edition
11. Knight N Grail
12. Metal Warrior Ultra
13. Mille & Molly
14. Nixy and the Seeds of Doom
15. Ooze: The Escape
16. p0 Snake
17. Pains N Aches
18. Planet Golf
19. Rocky Memphis: The Legend of Atlantis
20. Runn N Gunn
21. Sam's Journey
22. Shadow Switcher
23. Spinning Image
24. Steel Ranger
25. Yeti Mountain

Those aren't exactly games that are household names to your modern gamer, but you'll have a great idea of what the Commodore 64 homebrew game developer community is like after playing them. The mini console even lets you load your homebrew programs from a USB stick or code games in BASIC on the hardware and share them online. Another major benefit of this hardware is that it supports USB game controllers and outputs at 720p resolution in US and European display modes, making it one of the simplest ways to play Commodore 64 games on modern televisions.

If you're looking for a more comfortable, ergonomic way to play your Nintendo Switch 2 in handheld mode, this Amazon Spring Sale deal on the Gammeefy JC400 Switch 2 Controller might appeal to you. While the thrid-party grip is usually priced at $47.49, it's down to $40 during Amazon's sale, which runs until March 31 (unless it sells out first).

While it's wonderful to have the option to play Nintendo Switch 2 in docked, tabletop, or handheld mode, the Joy-Con 2 controllers aren't very ergonomic. That makes third-party products like the Gammeefy JC400 useful, as they make handheld mode play significantly more comfortably. You simply have to slot your Switch 2 into the controller without its Joy-Con 2s attached, and you can start playing.

In addition to its ergonomic design, which offers a full-size grip on each side of the controller, the Gammeefy JC400 Switch 2 Controller also features Hall Effect joysticks that are less prone to stick drift. They can also be customized with unique lighting via a dedicated app called KeyLinker, and the controller has a claimed battery life of around 10 hours.

If you're looking to check out Sarah J. Maas's epic romantasy saga, A Court of Thorns and Roses, ahead of books six and seven launching in the next few months, you're in luck. The A Court of Thorns and Roses Paperback Box Set is currently available for just $50, down from its usual $95 retail price, thanks to Amazon's ongoing Spring Sale. The set includes paperback editions of the first five novels in the popular series, making it an easy way to catch up on the story thus far. It is also a part of Amazon's Buy Two Get One Free deal on select books, movies, and other items, allowing bookworms to get more bang for their buck while stocking up on summer reading. Just make sure you grab it soon; Amazon's Spring Sale only lasts until March 31, and there's a chance it could even sell out before the event is over.

The A Court Of Thorns and Roses Paperback Box Set includes:

1. A Court of Thorns and Roses
2. A Court of Mist and Fury
3. A Court of Wings and Ruin
4. A Court of Frost and Starlight
5. A Court of Silver Flames

A Court of Thorns and Roses first debuted in 2015, and follows the story of 19-year-old Feyre Archeron, a human huntress who is whisked away to the magical Fae world of Prythian after she kills a wolf who isn't just a wolf. The series has become increasingly popular over the years, especially amongst "booktok" creators on TikTok.

Near the beginning of February, Krafton gave an early-access release to PUBG: Blindspot, a spin-off from PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds. However, Blindspot won't make it to its two-month anniversary as the game is scheduled to shut down in just a few days.

ARC Team's Sequoia Yang shared an announcement that PUBG: Blindspot will cease operations on March 30. "After careful consideration, we have come to the conclusion that we are no longer able to sustainably provide the level of experience we set out to deliver through Early Access," wrote Yang.

Yang went on to thank players for their support and added that, "The ARC Team will take some time to regroup, and we hope to return with new experiences in the future."

It's been a big week for bad news in gaming, and that included Sony announcing yet another price hike for the PlayStation 5, the second increase in less than a year.

When the new PS5 pricing goes into effect on April 2, the base digital edition of the PS5 will have gone up by a whopping $200 since the system arrived in 2020. What's driving up the price and what does it mean for the industry at large? Here's a breakdown of what Sony has said and deeper context from expert sources.

Sony's official explanation for the PS5 price hike is that "pressures in the global economic landscape" came together to make it "necessary" to raise prices once more. What the company is saying here is that the so-called "RAMageddon" situation has proven to be so much of an issue that Sony is taking steps to protect its profit margins, and passing along the increased costs to consumers in the form of a price hike.

It has been reported that Microsoft might further shake up Xbox Game Pass with new tiers of the service, and now one of them may have been revealed.

X user @redphx (via Windows Central) discovered references to something called "Triton," and it is said to be the name of a new tier of Game Pass that would only include first-party games from Xbox Game Studios. This could include games like Doom Eternal, Dishonored 2, Fallout 4, Halo 5, The Elder Scrolls Online, and State of Decay 2, among others. It's unclear if the supposed new Game Pass tier would include all first-party Xbox games or only some specific selection of them.

It's also possible Triton is an experiment and isn't planned for release at all. There is not much to go on at this stage, so the possible price, release timing, or other specifics are not available. GameSpot has contacted Microsoft seeking clarification.