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One More Level, the studio behind Ghostrunner, revealed that its upcoming Soulslike title Valor Mortis will cost $40/€40 when it launches on October 13. The game offers a roughly 20-hour story set in a supernatural reimagining of Napoleon's war in Eastern Europe, and the studio says it spent a year deciding on this price point.
Early reviews of Control Resonant, a spin-off from Remedy Entertainment's Control franchise, are highlighting its striking game world and departure from the original title's formula. Critics have responded positively to the studio's willingness to experiment rather than simply repeat past success.
FunnyPlaying has released the FPGB Mini, a compact FPGA-based handheld that plays original Game Boy and Game Boy Color cartridges as well as ROMs from a microSD card. Priced at $69.99 for its first limited batch of 20 units, it undercuts the $239.99 Analogue Pocket significantly, though it lacks support for GBA or Game Gear cartridges.
CNET released the solutions for the September 18 edition of NYT's Strands puzzle, themed around agreements. The nonspangram words were PACT, TREATY, CONTRACT, COVENANT and AGREEMENT, with the spangram revealed as LETSMAKEADEAL.
In the latest 9to5Mac Happy Hour episode, hosts Chance Miller and Benjamin Mayo share hands-on impressions after a week testing the iPhone 18 Pro and new Apple Watch models, alongside first reactions to Apple's newly released operating systems, including macOS Golden Gate. The episode also touches on rumors that Apple may be developing its own game controllers for iPhone.
Amid renewed debate over whether AI development should slow down for safety reasons—sparked by an Anthropic researcher's resignation and criticism of both Anthropic and OpenAI—commentary argues investors shouldn't react to individual statements from either side. Instead, the analysis suggests using game theory, the framework popularized by John Nash and dramatized in 'A Beautiful Mind,' to predict that AI spending will likely continue unabated due to competitive pressures, particularly U.S.-China rivalry.
Xbox's new disc-to-digital feature, which converts physical game discs into digital copies by inserting them into a console, stems from a plan Microsoft made ahead of the Xbox One's 2013 launch to embed unique identifiers on discs. Sources say Microsoft was already exploring broader digital ownership concepts back in 2011, including gifting, recycling and swapping physical games for digital versions, though most of these ideas were shelved after backlash over the Xbox One's always-online requirement.
Zach Cregger's new Resident Evil film, opening September 18, has earned a 97% Fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes ahead of release, with several critics calling it the best video game movie ever made. The film reportedly leans harder into horror than past franchise entries, drawing praise for its faithfulness to the source material despite dropping familiar characters like Leon S. Kennedy and Claire Redfield.
In an interview with io9, director Na Hong-jin and actress Hoyeon discussed the ambiguous conclusion of their sci-fi film 'Hope' and addressed speculation about future installments. The pair offered insight into their creative intentions behind the ending without confirming concrete sequel plans.
Microsoft revealed its September Xbox Game Pass additions, headlined by prequel title Gears of War: E-Day and Minecraft Dungeons 2, arriving alongside titles like RuneScape: Dragonwilds and Kernel Hearts. The rollout comes as Microsoft faces scrutiny over the service's costs, having already announced it will cap cloud gaming hours by tier starting in November instead of offering unlimited access.
Employees of Build A Rocket Boy have posted on LinkedIn that their jobs are ending, and Kotaku reports the studio is shutting down entirely. The closure follows the disastrous June 2025 launch of MindsEye, which prompted PlayStation refunds, multiple layoff rounds, and founder Leslie Benzies' claims of internal and external sabotage.
Zach Cregger's new Resident Evil film reimagines Capcom's franchise around Bryan, an invented medical courier played by Austin Abrams, who gets pulled into a zombie outbreak while making a delivery run near Raccoon City. Unlike Paul W.S. Anderson's earlier film series, this version pares the story down and blends comedy with genuine scares rather than expanding an elaborate mythology.