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Microsoft begins an ad-supported cloud streaming test for Xbox Insiders, offering free access to owned games with pre-roll ads.
Nintendo has asked a court to dismiss a class action lawsuit demanding refunds for customers who paid higher hardware prices during the 2025 tariff period, arguing they got exactly what they paid for.
Bandai Namco details the quality‑of‑life upgrades, graphics toggle, and difficulty options in the Switch‑bound Tales of Eternia Remastered.
Hamster's Arcade Archives has revived Syvalion, Taito's 1988 dragon shooter from Bubble Bobble creator Fukio Mitsuji, its first re-release in about 20 years.
Cathedral: Crow's Curse, a standalone prequel to Decemberborn's NES-inspired Metroidvania, showed a new trailer at the Convergence Showcase, with a demo on Steam now.
Culdcept BEGINS, the first new entry in the cult 1997 card-and-board-game series in a decade, is out now on Switch and Switch 2 via Clear River Games.
Star Ocean: The Second Story R, the acclaimed 2.5D remake of tri-Ace's 1998 PS1 RPG, gets a surprise native Switch 2 version, out now for $49.99.
Geppy-X, a 1999 Japan-only PS1 shmup built like a 70s super-robot anime, gets a fully localized global remaster today, its cutscenes restored from the original Betacam masters.
Konami and M2's 40th-anniversary Ganbare Goemon Daishuugo! bundles 13 Famicom-to-Game Boy games. It's Japan-only, with no English and no Western release.
QUByte's Plungeez is a 16-bit Metroidvania with no combat, just a plunger and a sewer full of puzzles. It launches on Switch, PC, PlayStation, and Xbox on August 13.