Wanzers at the ready.
At last, Front Mission 3: Remake has a release date on Nintendo Switch. Forever Entertainment is bringing the beloved tactical RPG to the console on 26th June 2025.
Front Mission 3: Remake was originally announced way back in 2022 during a Nintendo Direct, and we haven’t seen much of it over the years. It did, however, make an appearance at the 2024 Tokyo Game Show, so we suspected we’d be seeing it fairly soon.
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GameChat, GameCube and more…
Nintendo has been freshening up all sorts of things in recent months and its Switch Online trailer has now been updated with Switch 2 footage.
This includes a look at Mario Kart World, existing Switch releases including Animal Crossing: New Horizons which just got updated, a rundown on the new feature GameChat, and a look at the library of ‘Nintendo classics’. This includes the new GameCube collection, exclusive to Switch 2.
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It’s official – Days of Play is back for 2025! We are kicking off the 2025 celebration on May 28, with community activities, new content coming to PlayStation Plus, and great offers on PS5 consoles, games, and accessories.
Days of Play is all about celebrating our players and the moments of play that make being part of the PlayStation community so special. With an exciting year ahead filled with new game releases, experiences, and milestones, it’s a great time to check out the latest PlayStation activities and promotions we have planned for this year’s celebration.
Days of Play begins May 28 at 12:01AM through June 11 at 11:59PM local time in each region – below is an overview of 2025 activities. Be sure to visit the Days of Play 2025 website for details as we will be sharing regular updates starting on May 28.
PlayStation Plus – Monthly Games for June, bonus titles, and more
We’re excited to reveal the latest PlayStation Plus content that will be available during the Days of Play celebration – this includes upcoming Monthly Games, bonus Game Catalog titles, Classics Catalog additions, Game Trials, and more.
Monthly Games for June
To start, here are the Monthly Games* for June, which will be available for all PlayStation Plus members beginning May 30:
Bonus titles for Game Catalog and Classic Catalog, plus new Game Trials
Create even more moments of play with bonus titles coming to the PlayStation Plus Game Catalog and Classics Catalog, as well as new Game Trials.* These titles are in addition to our regular Game Catalog content drops for June – stay tuned for our regular monthly Game Catalog announcement for next month’s lineup.
Game Catalog
(Available in Game Catalog on the specified dates for PlayStation Plus Extra and Deluxe members)
Classics Catalog
(Available on June 5 for PlayStation Plus Deluxe members)
Game Trials
(Available on May 28 for PlayStation Plus Deluxe members)
From June 3 through June 11, participate in special PlayStation Tournaments for NBA 2K25**, which is included in our PlayStation Plus Monthly Games lineup for June. Players can compete in multiple competitions each day for a chance to win prizes including NBA 2K Virtual Currency and Days of Play-themed PlayStation Network avatars.
*PlayStation Plus Monthly Games lineup, availability of Classics, Game Trials and Game Catalog varies over time, region/country, and plan. PlayStation Plus is subject to a recurring subscription fee taken automatically until cancellation. Terms apply: play.st/psplus-usageterms.
**Internet and active PS Plus membership required. PS Plus is subject to recurring subscription fee taken automatically until cancellation. Terms apply: play.st/psplus-usageterms. Must be at least 16+ and a resident of an eligible country. Void where prohibited. See full rules on PS5 or PS4 console
Days of Play 2025 Deals
We’re also celebrating Days of Play with exciting promotions across consoles, games, and from participating retailers (prices may vary), and on PlayStation Store. For more information on your local deals, be sure to check out the Days of Play 2025 website.
Deals directly from participating retailers
From May 28 to June 11 in Singapore/Malaysia/Thailand/Indonesia/Philippines/Vietnam, save on hardware and accessories including PS5 consoles, DualSense controllers, and more. You can find these offers at participating local retailers. Please note that offers and promotion dates may vary by region and retailer.
Deals on PS5 console offerings include:
There will also be offers for PS5 accessories and games, including:
PlayStation Plus memberships
This Days of Play, save on a new or upgraded PlayStation Plus membership – players who join PlayStation Plus during this year’s celebration can save up to 33% (up to 30% for Thailand) on select 12-month memberships.* For players who are currently a PlayStation Plus Essential or Extra member, save 33% (30% for Thailand) on the remainder of your membership when upgrading to PlayStation Plus Deluxe.**
*Discounts vary by region/tier and are subject to certain eligibility restrictions. Game library varies over time, region/country, and plan. PS Plus is subject to a recurring subscription fee taken automatically (at the then current PS Store price) until cancellation. Terms apply: play.st/psplus-usageterms.
**At the end of your current subscription, you’ll be charged recurring subscription fees (at the then-current PS Store price) for PlayStation Plus Premium/Deluxe at your current billing frequency, unless cancelled.
PlayStation Store
Celebrate Days of Play with hundreds of digital games and add-ons on offer at PlayStation Store. You can find a list of PlayStation Store offers here.
We’re excited to celebrate Days of Play 2025 with you and hope you enjoy the activities, new content, and promotions we have in store! Be sure to check the Days of Play 2025 website for regular updates from May 28 through June 11.
Switch Online Splatoon icons also available.
Splatoon is now a well-established Nintendo IP and this month marks its 10th anniversary. To celebrate this very special occasion, Nintendo has added the original Wii U soundtrack to its Nintendo Music mobile application.
This latest soundtrack contains 47 tracks with a runtime of 1 hour and 28 minutes. You can listen to bangers from the Squid Sisters, other bands, and much more. Here’s every song included in this latest update for the Nintendo Music app:
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“I’d love to say all Switch 2 releases from us in the future will go the full ROM route”.
Marvelous USA has been hitting the headlines for all of the right reasons in the run-up to the Switch 2’s launch next week, on 5th June 2025. The publisher is one of the few third-parties bringing a full physical release to the new console on launch day in Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma, with Story of Seasons: Grand Bazaar and Daemon X Machina: Titanic Scion also following suit later this year (the latter only in the West).
And, in an interview with RPG Site’s Mikhail Madnani, Marvelous USA / XSEED Games CEO and co-founder Ken Berry has shared why the publisher decided to go all-in on physical on the Switch 2, at least for the time being — because it’s “this is the right decision for us and our relationship with our fanbase.”
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Indie publisher tinyBuild had their second annual tinyBuild Connect showcase today. IGN streamed the Connect live, and the showcase was packed with reveals of new games and release date announcements. Best of all, you can try almost all of the new games shown today via a playtest or demo — either now, or very soon. If you weren’t able to watch it live or just want a rundown of everything that was shown, we’ve got you covered. Here’s everything we saw during the show:
The showcase opened with a brand-new look at Ferocious, where dinosaurs, mercs, and mechs clash in a lush but lethal survival FPS. The trailer teased the ability to tame apex predators and flip the food chain in your favor. The Steam playtest is live now, so it’s time to find out if you can survive the island’s deadly welcome.
New footage rolled out featuring hulking, customizable “Trampler” walkers stomping across sun-scorched dunes, frantic PvP action, and a confirmation that the extraction shooter will be coming to consoles later this year. A fresh playtest is also on the horizon, so get your squad together and see if you’ve got what it takes to rule the sands.
The world-premiere trailer introduced Trainfort, a co-op survival crafting game where roving dwarf nomads build and drive a steam-powered fortress across a procedurally generated wasteland. The developers are promising that a tactile first-person hand-control system will make every action from chopping trees to assembling your mobile base feel grounded and physical. The playtest for Trainfort also went live right after the show.
Hozy invites players to restore a forgotten neighborhood, one cozy room at a time. Revealed for the first time during the showcase, the debut trailer showed players scrubbing grime, slapping on fresh coats of pastel paint, and dialing in lighting to turn derelict rooms into homey sanctuaries. Hozy also dropped a public Steam playtest right after the show, so you can already get a taste for its fixer-upper gameplay.
Physics-based construction meets post-apocalyptic survival in this vertical city builder where every ramshackle tower can topple like Jenga. The team confirmed an open beta for Steam Next Fest on June 9, giving players a chance to stack homes sky-high — or watch them spectacularly crumble. All Will Fall has a demo available on Steam right now.
CarbotAnimations’ tongue-in-cheek trailer revealed a July release window for this unique strategy title, where peasants only work under your royal gaze. Each run tasks you with juggling production, training armies, and adapting to unpredictable events. The playable demo is still available on Steam for those eager to test their royal authority.
A sweeping world overview trailer showcased sun-bleached fortresses, misty marshlands, and brutal third-person combat that rewards stance-switching finesse. Playtest sign-ups went live alongside the trailer, inviting would-be island wanderers to chart their own, marker-free adventures.
A new trailer proved that everything can go wrong at any moment with this anything-goes sandbox, capping the segment with a confirmation that it hits Steam Early Access in 2025. From hijacking tractors to accident-prone heists, chaos is king in Streets of Rogue 2, and you can check out its demo on Steam right now.
A new, action-packed devlog unveiled the upcoming “Permafrost” update, promising new frosted realms to carve through and fresh gear to master in this hack-and-slash created by a solo developer. Judging by the slicing, dashing footage, the chill won’t slow the carnage one bit. You can grab Voin with a limited-time discount during tinyBuild’s publisher sale on Steam.
The cult-classic competitive platformer is turbo-charging into the new era. The latest trailer confirmed a massive 64-player tournament mode and showed more cutthroat racing gameplay across some new maps. A Steam playtest will launch this summer, and sign-ups are open now. SpeedRunners 2: King of Speed will launch on PC in 2025, with the console release to follow in 2026.
The new trailer dove onto the screen, confirming that Duckside lands on consoles this August and showing off full-flight PvP mayhem, complete with crafting, base building, hat-wearing ducks, and of course, quack-tical base raids. The game is on sale with a limited-time discount on Steam.
Become a true Corporate Mining manager in this strategy roguelite builder game. Whether you prioritize profits or workers’ safety is up to you! The devs locked in a 1.0 launch for July 17 and surprised Switch owners with a port arriving later this year, but you can hop into the Early Access right now, as Drill Core is currently on sale on Steam.
Hello Neighbor franchise creator Nikita Kolesnikov popped up in a devlog to give a first look at the eerie living sandbox town of Raven Brooks, where every NPC has its own agenda. Prototype 2 shadow-dropped during the show, so the curious (or the brave) can sneak in and test the new systems right now.
Medieval England never looked so doomed: a frenetic new trailer for the shooter/RTS hybrid finally showed off four-player co-op, with assault rifles mowing through armored knights before revealing an October 8 Early Access launch on Steam and Epic Games Store. Time-travel paradoxes be damned — Kingmakers is ready to bring an attack chopper to a sword fight.
Earlier this week, one of my industry peers James Bentley (they’re over at that other site about PC games, GamerPCs I think it’s called) put out a video essay titled “I Can Guarantee You This Game is Going to be Underrated“. Trusting in James as a critic of varied and interesting taste, I clicked through and found that yeah, they’re right, it probably will be. However, I also get to write about indie PC games for a living, so I’d like to do my part in telling you about this strange, point-and-click/ visual novel called Decade.
I think there might be a chance, just ever so slightly, that the development of Cities Skylines 2 has been a bit difficult. The game launched back in October of 2023 and has suffered from performance issues, rushed DLC, and a delay to its first expansion Bridges and Ports. This expansion was meant to come soon after the Beach Properties DLC, but that obviously didn’t happen, catching a delay to sometime in the second quarter of 2025 specifically to continue improving upon the base game. Except the expansion has been delayed once again.
The early bird can’t catch the worm.
It was only a matter of time after US retailers reportedly started receiving Switch 2 units, but now some are sharing screenshots of the console in their home. However, there’s a catch — the console is unable to play any games right now.
YouTube account a2dubai has shared a short unboxing video of the console (spotted by Wario64 on Bluesky), showing the console and Joy-Con-2 in the box. But in a reply to a comment on the Short, a2dubai says that Nintendo has “locked the Switch 2” saying it needs an update to function.
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Five Nights At Freddy’s has cemented its place in the horror gaming hall-of-fame. From its beginnings as a breakout hit to its explosion into a massive multimedia franchise, it’s safe to say that the Animatronics of Freddy’s have invaded the homes and minds of millions of gamers around the world.
Today, Dead by Daylight has brought Five Nights At Freddy’s into The Fog in a major way, with a new Chapter featuring Springtrap as a playable Killer. Not only can players deliver brutal jump scares with an incredible Power and 3 character-specific Perks, but they can do so in an immersive and detailed recreation of Freddy Fazbear’s Pizzeria.
The atmosphere of Five Nights At Freddy’s is an integral part of its horror, and it was imperative that the Level Design team captured that in their recreation of Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza Place.
While players will certainly be keen to enter the notorious building, there’s still plenty to accomplish outside, with Generators to repair and Hooks to serve The Entity. In fact, having access to internal and exterior areas was an intentional design choice for gameplay balance purposes, allowing the team to create larger, more dynamic loops.
Upon entering Freddy Fazbear’s, players will immediately be swept into a nostalgia-tinted nightmare. Don’t let the festive balloons lull you into a false sense of security. Remember how quickly the laughter turned to screams, and know that history has a way of repeating itself.
“It’s such a fun idea to have juxtaposing ideas in horror,” explains Associate Art Director Chase Toole. “We have a children’s pizzeria juxtaposed with all the gruesome imagery and backstory associated with the FNAF license. It’s something that really taps into a familiar sort of fear.”
Delving deeper into Fazbear’s will bring you into the Dining Hall, where closer inspection will reveal blood spattered across the stage, barely covered by a shredded curtain.
“When you first look at the Map, it almost seems like a fun place for the whole family – until you start to notice the terrible things everywhere,” continues Toole. “We always love using environmental storytelling to really fuel the imagination.”
Amidst the birthday decor, you’ll notice that The Entity’s influence has already begun to seep into the Map. For those unfamiliar with Dead by Daylight’s lore, each Map is conjured by The Entity, drawn from the memories of Its victims. That’s why you’ll often see disturbing pustules and various deformations, manifested because of Its eldritch influence.
It’s a symbolic representation of two worlds colliding, and the team always looks for exciting way make The Entity’s presence felt in any crossover Map or Realm.
“We’re always looking to fold in lore from Five Nights At Freddy’s into our own,” continues Toole. “It really helps cement the fantasy that this is a new way to experience being stalked in a settling that players may be used to spending time in.”
“We’re always looking to fold in lore from Five Nights At Freddy’s into our own,” continues Toole. “It really helps cement the fantasy that this is a new way to experience being stalked in a settling that players may be used to spending time in.”
Of course, it wouldn’t be a Fazbear party without Freddy, Chica, and Bonnie – even if they are lurking in the shadows, keeping to themselves. Don’t be shy, and consider saying a quick hello. They’d certainly love the company.
“Recreating the animatronics was super fun, and required a lot of fun research,” says Toole. “The team spent time trying to find broken or malfunctioning animatronics as references, so we could create realistic animations. Having that tangible feeling really drives home the horror.”
Onward to the kitchen, which players of the first game may enjoy seeing recreated – given that the kitchen camera has remained for the entirety of the series. While the days of serving fresh pies are long gone, there’s still plenty of slicing happening beneath the dilapidated rooftop. Whatever you hear, it’s best to stay away from the stove.
“We took reference from the first game and attempted to reconstruct what a pizzeria would realistically be built like. That’s why we have things like air ducts, mechanical rooms, and of course, the kitchen you see in-game. They reference FNAF, but they also work toward the immersion and believability of the space itself.”
While you’re busy looking at every intricate detail, keep an eye out for some of the Easter Eggs hidden throughout the building. Rest assured there’s plenty of nods to the beloved series, and we hope fans enjoy discovering them all.
So concludes our tour of Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza Place, opening its doors to Killers and Survivors alike at an all-new location – The Fog. If you’re lucky, you might even meet Springtrap!
Dead by Daylight: Five Nights At Freddy’s is available today on Xbox.
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