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(Not stirred). The latest UK charts are in, and just like last week, the top spot has been claimed by a newcomer — another one that's heading to Switch 2 at some point, no less. It's 007 First Light that's snuck off with the gold in its debut week, beating last week's champ, LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight, and sending it down to second. We can't wait to check both of these out on Switch 2... whenever they give us the new release dates.

That gold seems to be adding a lot of weight too.

Gaudi was practically a flop. Second time's a charm with Crescent Island?

Video games should investigate dabbling in product placement as heavily as some movies do, just in case it can help provide an alternative to live-service monetisation via microtransactions, former Dragon Age director has suggested. Yes! Yes, I say, because every single game should follow 007 First Light's lead and force you to choose between seven different colour variants of the same branded timepiece. I'm serious, this is what the industry needs. The time is now. Everyone must pick a watch!

In addition to teasing WWDC 2026 with a new tagline today, Apple has shared a wallpaper, playlist, and a "Get Ready" video ahead of the event. iPhone, iPad, and Mac versions of the wallpaper are available to download on Apple's website. The wallpaper features a dark color scheme with a glowing Apple logo, which likely hints at Siri's rumored new design coming with iOS 27. The wallpaper page has a "Glow all out" tagline, which adds to the "All systems glow" and "Coming bright up" taglines that Ap...

Open that window, break through the pane.

The new PlayStation monitor and fight stick arrive this summer, but you'll have to wait until later in the year to snag the Pulse Elevate wireless speakers.

You should always protect your legs.

Dave & Busters had the arcade exclusive on the new Cyberpunk game, and we've finally played it

Nvidia has announced the RTX Spark computer chip, which it claims will revolutionize personal computing thanks to its AI capabilities.

As one of the best real-time strategy games of all time, StarCraft 2 is far from dead, but 2020 marked the end of content development for Legacy of the Void and the base free multiplayer experience. Since then, a few more balance patches have hit, but it's been a few years since the last major shakeup. Now, Blizzard Entertainment has surprised everyone with a shocking update.

Pick (axe) me. Just when you thought Minecraft couldn't possibly exist on another platform, a rating board comes along to suggest otherwise. The ESRB website has been updated with a Minecraft listing specifically for Switch 2 — a different listing to the ones for PS5 and Switch/Xbox Series (thanks for the heads up, Nintendo Everything). It's another E10+ for fantasy violence and in-game purchases, naturally, but it also suggests that maybe (maybe) another Nintendo Switch 2 Edition could be on th...

I'm Luxtorpedoeing outta here.

Apple's annual developers conference WWDC returns for 2026 next week, and the company has teased the event with a new "All systems glow" tagline. "All systems glow" is a play on the phrase "all systems go," and it likely hints at Siri's rumored new design on iOS 27. Both a dedicated Siri app and a new "Search or Ask" feature in the iPhone's Dynamic Island will reportedly have a dark color scheme with glowing elements, as shown in leaked images last week. Apple's previous tagline for WWDC 2026 wa...

The Steam Machine, once thought to be targeting the first quarter of 2026, was pushed back earlier in the year to an indefinite date - even if maker Valve continued to insist the PC-in-console-clothing remains on track for release in 2026. The new target instead shifted to the first half of the year.

It worked for Sony with the PlayStation Portal, so why not for Acer?

Atari's buying the maker of the Crossy Road games.

Getting the cloak on the train in Mina the Hollower requires some digging around in unlikely places. Here's how to get the train cloak.

Tom Holland would be content stepping away from his role as Spider-Man if the MCU can find someone else to take over as another Spider-hero.

Malaysia's under-16 social media ban has taken effect.

Apple's first foldable iPhone, known as the "iPhone Ultra," will feature impressive vapor chamber cooling and launch in September despite production difficulties, a known leaker today reported. The iPhone 17 Pro's vapor chamber thermal plate. In a new post today on Weibo, the leaker known as "Fixed Focus Digital" said the foldable iPhone's pre-assembly manufacturing processes are facing pressure and that the initial production ramp-up is proving difficult. The leaker added that prevailing specul...

Wizards of the Coast has reportedly brought back the game's former co-lead designer to work on the proposed Baldur's Gate 2 remake.

The sequel to last year's box office smash A Minecraft Movie - now officially known as A Minecraft Movie Squared - will be released next year, on 23rd July.

Once upon a time, Minesweeper was a deceptively simple logic puzzler you'd find bundled on many Windows PCs, but "deceptive simplicity" ain't enough for today's Maximum Gamer, whose brain has been honed through years of multiple browser tab usage to operate in 10450302 dimensions at once. And so I give you Minesweeper: Next-Gen. It's broadly the same process of trying to clear a board of hidden explosives, with numbers on cleared tiles indicating the number of bombs nearby. But these boards - th...

Funky and chunky, larger than life.

Releasing at Gen Con, the TTRPG is designed for atmospheric one-shots and will feel very different from Pathfinder.

When the original PlayStation first launched over 30 years ago, gaming was mostly about you sitting in front of an old-school CRT television, controller in hand. While that’s still the case for many, there are now more options than ever to customize your gaming environment.  Fast forward to 2026, and PlayStation now offers a variety...

Last year, we provided a first look at a number of upcoming new gaming accessories coming to the PS5 console and PC. This includes our first wireless fight stick, FlexStrike, our 27” Gaming Monitor with DualSense Charging Hook, which will be available in the U.S. and Japan, and our first wireless desktop speakers, Pulse Elevate....

Change the tune. Nintendo has often been accused of keeping its fans on their toes when it comes to announcements, and it's fair to say that nobody was expecting the Kyoto veteran to reveal (alongside The Pokémon Company) a tiny Game Boy-sized music player earlier this year. Released to coincide with the 30th anniversary of the Pokémon series, Game Boy Jukebox / Game Music Collection is a tiny replica of the classic monochrome handheld that comes with 45 equally tiny cartridges, each of which, w...

I'm just bracing myself for the price tag.

It's not clear yet if you can buy it without the AR glasses.

Enter the Chronosphere has to be one of the slickest new releases I've played for a while with such a great style and very clever engaging gameplay

An ESRB rating for Minecraft on the Nintendo Switch 2 has appeared just a few days ahead of Summer Game Fest.

I'm just like you, you're just like me.

A remake of Baldur's Gate 2 is reportedly in the works at Wizards of the Coast, potentially as part of efforts to remake both of the first two entries in the classic RPG series.