Nintendo Switch 2 Price Jumps to $499 In The US From September Due To The Impact Of Current Market Conditions

After months of speculation from former employees and suggestions from company executives , it is now official: the Nintendo Switch 2 price will increase worldwide starting this September in North America, Europe and Japan . The price of the Nintendo Online subscription is also increasing, although only for Japan and South Korea at this time.

"Given that the impact of various changes in market conditions is expected to extend over the medium to long term, price revisions are planned outside Japan ," the company wrote in a new letter posted on its .


CAPCOM Drops Free Resident Evil Requiem Bonus Mode ‘LEON MUST DIE FOREVER’ With Roguelike Twists and Exclusive Abilities

As teased last week , CAPCOM has dropped the free Resident Evil Requiem mini-game this morning; it's called LEON MUST DIE FOREVER .

This new game mode becomes available once players have completed the main story of Resident Evil Requiem, featuring the non-stop combat action that players have come to know and love from legendary agent Leon S. Kennedy . In LEON MUST DIE FOREVER, players must fight their way through areas previously visited during the campaign, defeating the final boss with stronger enemy variants, five increasingly difficult

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Path of Exile 2 Drops Its Final Pre-1.0 Patch in May With 50+ Hours of Endgame and a Rebuilt Atlas

New Zealand-based developer Grinding Gear Games announced today that Path of Exile 2: Return of the Ancients (version 0.5.0) launches May 29, 2026 , and is effectively the final major early access content update before the game's full 1.0 release, still slated for this year. It's shaping up to be an absolutely massive patch with over 50 hours of new endgame content spread across five new storylines, 15 new bosses (including 4 Pinnacle fights

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Apple’s Incoming CEO Declares The Company Is “About To Change The World” As The Camera-Equipped AirPods Pro Take Shape

Apple's incoming CEO, John Ternus, is quite confident that his company's upcoming slate of new products - which include a camera-equipped AirPods Pro, an AI pendant , and a bevy of smart glasses - will "change the world," quite literally.

We reported back in February that Apple has been working on a new camera-equipped Air Pods Pro . Do note that back in July 2025 for leveraging cameras - akin to the Face ID's dot projector - in proximity detection


Samsung Borrows NAND Trick To Crack Next-Gen DRAM, While SK hynix Bets on Vertical Stacking To Win the AI Memory War

Samsung and SK hynix are using two different approaches to manufacture next generation DRAM memory chips, suggest industry insiders. The boom in demand for computing products ushered in by AI data center buildouts has strained the memory market led to a tightness in the markets for HBM, DRAM and other chips since all of these rely on the same raw materials for production. As part of its efforts to manufacture next generation chips, the sources suggest that Samsung is interested in using the gate-all-around FET (GAAFET) fabrication technology for


Big Bad Wolf Reportedly Faces Closure Weeks After Shipping Cthulhu: The Cosmic Abyss as Nacon’s Insolvency Claims a Second Studio

Shortly after the debut of its Nacon Connect 2026 showcase where French publisher Nacon tried to put up a strong front amidst a major time of upheaval in its history, a new report points to more upheaval and, unfortunately, another studio closure. According to French outlet Nacon is preparing to shut down Cthulhu: The Cosmic Abyss and Vampire: The Masquerade - Swansong developer Big Bad Wolf as part of its attempt to survive its insolvency filing and that of Big Bad Wolf's parent company Cyanide , which itself is

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Google Staying Committed To Its Tensor Chips For The Pixel 12 Series As Details Of Next-Generation SoC Have Been Spilled

The Pixel 11 lineup is expected to launch later this year with Google’s Tensor G6, and if you thought that the company is shifting to an alternative like a flagship Snapdragon or MediaTek SoC to gain an upper hand against the competition, you assumed incorrectly. The Mountain View firm is sticking to its Tensor SoCs with the Pixel 12 family next year, with fresh details of the silicon showcased in the latest leak.

From the looks of it, Google appears to remain loyal to its Tensor SoCs for the


Nacon Connect 2026 Pushes Forward With Big Reveals and Updates as Insolvency Threatens Studios Behind the Games

Today, French publisher Nacon finally hosted its Nacon Connect 2026 showcase event after it was postponed from its original date in March 2026 . If you don't recall, it was postponed because Nacon filed for insolvency days after announcing the event, after its majority investor, Big Ben Interactive , failed to close its refinancing deal.

Since then, Nacon has done its best to portray strength within its portfolio and for the future, claiming that " this is not the end ," though that became

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Session Studio Crea-ture Trades Skateboards for Claws With Werewolf: The Apocalypse – Rageborn, a 2027 Action-Adventure

Amidst a period of upheaval for the publisher, Nacon debuted its Nacon Connect 2026 showcase today, which included reveals of previously released titles coming to new platforms, new accessories from Nacon, and the reveal of new games, including Werewolf: The Apocalypse - Rageborn .

Developed by Nacon's Montreal-based studio, Crea-ture , the studio behind the skateboarding simulator Session , this top-down action adventure set to arrive sometime in 2027 sees players swap between three forms: human, wolf

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Cyanide Studio Twists a Classic Gothic Tale in its “Puzzlevania,” Dracula: The Disciple, Arriving in 2027 if Cyanide Survives Insolvency

Revealed during the Nacon Connect 2026 showcase event, Cyanide Studios' next game following Styx: Blades of Greed , which released earlier this year. This time, Cyanide is once again bringing a classic character back into the spotlight, but this character is much more well-known than a sneaking goblin. Dracula: The Disciple is Cyanide's next game, and it delivers its own take on the gothic story, as this first-person puzzle game sees you slowly turn into the famous creature of the night

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