The first Story-Rich showcase was packed with narrative-driven games
Fellow Traveller, the publisher behind games like Titanium Court and 1000xResist, just wrapped up its Story-Rich Showcase, which featured a bunch of narrative-driven indie games. With more than 20 games on display, there was a lot to follow, but we've pulled together some of the most notable announcements below. You can also catch the full show on Fellow Traveller's YouTube channel.
Ambrosia Sky is getting its second and final episode
Ambrosia Sky, a sci-fi game about death where you have to clean up alien fungi, will be getting its second act as a free update on August 6th. The game was originally planned to have three acts, but developer …
GOG apologizes for emailing people Nazi symbols
GOG sent a newsletter about the game The End of the Sun on June 5th that included symbols associated with the Nazi SS. The Steam competitor issued a statement attributing the inclusion to a "series of mistakes," including miscommunication with the German QA team, inconsistent font rendering, and being understaffed during a bank holiday, among other things.
The game is a fantasy title set in a universe based on Slavic mythology and culture. So GOG included Slavic runes in its email promoting the title, including the Sowilō symbol, which means "sun." According to one of GOG's multiple explanations, some platforms, including mobile phones, ren …
The cutest games from the Wholesome Direct 2026 showcase
Every year at Summer Game Fest, nestled in between the splashy blockbuster showcases, the Wholesome Direct provides a nice change of pace. It's similarly packed with games - this year's edition had more than 50 - but the vibe is more chill and, well, wholesome. As in years past, I've pulled out some of the more intriguing reveals and announcements, though you can watch the whole thing for yourself right here. And if you're interested in checking out some of the games - a few are available now, and a bunch have demos - there's a dedicated Steam page.
Hidden Folks 2
Way back in 2017, Hidden Folks helped usher in a new genre of seek-and-find …
Summer Game Fest 2026: All the news from gaming’s busiest week
Get ready for some gaming news. It’s officially June, which means splashy new events from PlayStation, Xbox, gaming hype man Geoff Keighley, and more.
PlayStation kicked things off with a big event that was mostly about premium single-player games like the new God of War Laufey — a statement from PlayStation that it’s getting back to what it’s good at. At Summer Game Fest Live on Friday, the biggest news was Final Fantasy VII Revelation, but we also got announcements of a Resident Evil: Code Veronica remake and a January 15th release date for RGG Studio’s Stranger Than Heaven.
Xbox’s show is still to come on Sunday at 1PM ET. But so far, one of the biggest storylines of the show has been everyone avoiding Grand Theft Auto VI’s November 19th release date, which is warping the release calendar.
We’ll be tracking the biggest news of the June gaming events season right here.
- Signing off!
- No Devolver Direct right now.
- Exodus sure looks like Mass Effect.
- The dino is back.
- Chronoscript: The Endless End has a terrible name for such a cool-looking game.
- Vampire Survivors is getting an “accidental” expansion.
- A pirate’s life for me.
- Ever wanted to play as a sentient guitar in a horror game?
- Cairn’s first free DLC launches on August 13th.
- Van Gogh to the MMO.
- That’s a big ship.
- VR zombie game Arizona Sunshine is getting a flatscreen remake.
- The Future Games Show Summer Showcase is about to begin.
- A deep dive on the new Virtua Fighter.
- The first Story-Rich showcase was packed with narrative-driven games
- Don’t worry: Queen’s Blood is back for Final Fantasy VII Revelation.
- Fellow Traveller’s Story-Rich Showcase is starting now.
- The cutest games from the Wholesome Direct 2026 showcase
- Yooka-Laylee is back as a karting game.
- Wait, Tupac was in a Summer Game Fest Live trailer? In 2026?
- The original Hitman trilogy is getting remastered.
- Monster Hunter Wilds is coming to the Switch 2.
- A cozy interruption.
- Get your knives out for this one.
- Screenbound, a game that can be both a 2D and 3D platformer simultaneously, launches in September.
- I know Threads of Time isn’t newly announced, but it looks so cool.
- More than a decade later, the team behind N++ is back with a multiplayer sequel
- Fortnite’s next season tests the extraction waters.
- A bloody good announcement.
- Grand Theft Auto VI is warping the video game release calendar
- Final Fantasy VII’s remake trilogy will conclude with Revelation
- Tifa can kick Ryu’s ass, and now you can prove it.
- The Wolf Among Us 2 isn’t dead yet.
- For those following along at home…
- Palworld 1.0 launches in July.
- Attack on Titan in its entirety.
- Another look at Clutch.
- Gotta go a little fast.
- A wild expansion has appeared.
- There’s a surprise drop among us.
- 007 First Light is getting a new story mission later this year.
- A new hope.
- Assassin’s cat.
- Virtua Fighter Crossroads is the next Virtua Fighter game.
- It’s the Sebulba game!
- Titled Goose Game.
- Control Resonant is a sequel — and also a starting point
- Who doesn’t love a good cube?
- PlatinumGames is making another TMNT game.
- Stranger Than Heaven is coming out in January — and features Tupac?
- Fumito Ueda’s next game is Gen Atlas.
- Uh oh, the xenomorph is back.
- Cuphead returns.
- Capcom is remaking Resident Evil: Code Veronica.
- No Highguard-esque ending today.
- TGI(SG)F.
- Minecraft Dungeons II could launch this September.
- Paramount is making a unified games studio.
- It’s going to be a hot Tarnished summer.
- Crystal Dynamics used “AI-assisted tools” while developing the Tomb Raider reboot.
- PlayStation is getting back to what it’s good at
- God of War Laufey is coming to the PS5
- Remedy’s Control sequel launches in September
- Until Dawn gets a little sun.
- Marathon season 2 kicks off.
- A different take on Silent Hill.
- Onimusha: Way of the Sword launches in September — and a demo is launching today.
- Arrakis on console.
- Dino crisis.
- The Tomb Raider reboot is getting a small delay.
- Yokai-slaying fun.
- Dave the Diver is getting a prequel game.
- Rayman reimagined, revealed.
- A little more Marvel.
- Here’s seven bloody minutes of Wolverine on the PS5
- Strange Scaffold’s next game launches in July, and it looks out of control.
- PlayStation’s next big State of Play kicks off soon.
- Looking clutch.
- Your guide to June’s biggest gaming events
- Xbox and PlayStation have a lot to prove
- There won’t be Project Helix news at the Xbox Games Showcase.
- Microsoft delays Fable (again) to avoid GTA VI
- Lots of games to think about.
4K Blu-rays are three for $33 ahead of Father’s Day
If you know a dad with a predilection for physical media, he might really dig what you buy for him with this deal at Gruv. Ahead of Father’s Day on June 21st, the online seller (operated by Universal Pictures, in case you didn’t know) is letting you check out with three movies from a large batch for $33 — no code required. Of course, you don’t need to be a dad, or be buying for one, to get in on these deals. To my knowledge, there is no dad verification system at work here.
There aren’t many new releases looped into the sale. Rather, it’s focused on classics — modern as well as those from decades prior — that might round out dad’s collection without breaking the bank. Prices for movies at Gruv range from $13.99 or so to $20, so the total savings vary depending on what you buy. In the event that you only buy one 4K Blu-ray today and it’s your first purchase at Gruv, use the code FIRSTGRUV15 at checkout to save 15 percent off the cost.
Here’s a handful of picks from the group that are eligible for the discount.
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The mayor of Shelbyville, Indiana, says only people who live in ‘shitty houses’ oppose data center
A proposed $2 billion data center has become a political flashpoint in the small city of Shelbyville, Indiana. And the controversy has only grown more intense after the mayor, Scott Furgeson, was caught on camera saying of the "No Data Center" signs going up that, "I've seen a lot of these all over town, but I only see them in shitty houses," before adding, "most of them are rentals."
The woman speaking to him in the clip quickly pushes back, saying that they're "working class," and someone chimes in to add something that a mayor shouldn't have to be told about their constituents: "it doesn't matter whether they're rentals, they're still hu …
Benn Jordan longs for the days of tech that didn’t spy on you
Benn Jordan may have initially gained notoriety for his music as Flashbulb and later, reviewing synths and effects pedals on YouTube under Benn and Gear. But about five years ago, Benn decided to take his YouTube channel in a different direction. He didn't stop covering music gear overnight, but as time progressed, his channel became more focused on science and technology investigations. He even turned the entire enterprise into a nonprofit.
While there will still be the occasional video focused on music or audio - say, poisoning AI music systems or storing data in bird song - lately Benn has been largely focused on the surveillance state. …
82-0 is the best basketball game, to hell with NBA 2K
82-0 marries the stat nerd fun of fantasy basketball with instant gratification and a bit of dumb luck. The goal is to draft a team of players that could (theoretically) have a perfect 82-0 season.
Obviously, if you just had free rein to pick whoever you wanted from throughout history, there would be little challenge. The twist is that the site randomly selects a team and an era, and then you pick a single player. So, for example, if you pulled the Knicks and 2020s, you might pick Jalen Brunson as your point guard, then you'd get a new team and era to select your center from.
You can reshuffle the team once, and the era once, if you don' …
Meta made its own AI-generated clickbait news feed
Facebook has long been filled with feeds of clickbait articles. Now, Meta is making its own clickbait articles with AI.
The standalone Meta AI app now has a "For You" section that populates a list of clickbait-style stories for you to read. But the topics, images, and text are all AI-generated - and as questionable as you'd expect from AI-created works.
The Meta AI app first launched in April 2025 with its focus on a public "Discover" feed that showed AI-generated images and conversations from other users (who frequently seemed unaware that they were being made public). That's all disappeared. The app now has a standard chatbot interface, …
Kabuto Park captures the fleeting joy of summer vacation
There are a lot of games that remind me of summer - hot days in the backseat with a copy of Dragon Warrior III, cooling off in the basement while grinding Gran Turismo races - but there aren't a lot of games that are actually about summer. That's part of what makes Kabuto Park so charming. It's a game that manages to not only capture the fleeting moments of a childhood summer, but also cram a Pokémon-style adventure into a game that lasts only a few hours.
Kabuto Park actually launched last year on PC, but it's available now on both Xbox and the Switch, the latter being probably the ideal platform for it. It takes place over the course of a …