PowerA OPS V3 Pro PC Controller

$30 (was $100)

See at Woot See at Amazon ($64)

Woot has an extremely good deal on an impressive pro-style PC and mobile controller that launched last fall. As part of the Amazon-owned retailer's Spring Video Game Sale, which runs until April 30, you can snag the PowerA OPS V3 Pro Wireless Controller for only $30. The highly customizable controller carries an MSRP of $100, so you're saving 70% on a controller with some truly impressive features. Some of the standout features include six extra remappable buttons, microswitch inputs, and Hall Effect sticks with adjustable height settings. Buying the controller directly from Amazon would cost you $64 right now, which we'd normally view as a great deal, too.

PowerA's OPS V3 Pro is just one of many enticing deals in Woot's sale. If you're in the market for a dedicated mobile controller, check out Woot's deals on the Backbone One and Razer Kishi V2. Xbox users can save big on the Razer Wolverine V3 Pro and Wolverine V3 Tournament Edition.

It was late 2020 when Universal Studios Japan first let guests inside its Super Mario World area of the park, with rides and a slew of minigames based on the Super Mario franchise. Unlike most theme-park experiences, this one was about collecting coins and stamps, competing against fellow visitors, and aiming to top the leaderboard. A pared-down version opened at Universal Studios Hollywood in 2023, cementing the idea that Universal was continuing forward with the gamification of its theme parks. In May, the company's newest theme park, Universal Epic Universe, will unveil its own Super Nintendo World--complete with a Donkey Kong Country section.

GameSpot was recently given the chance to tour Epic's new Super Nintendo World and, of course, to play in it. While those who have visited Hollywood's Super Nintendo World will find parts of this new Florida location familiar, the land has been completely redesigned and is much larger. Not only does the latest iteration bring in the Donkey Kong Country ride and mini-land that opened in Japan last December, but it also brings the beloved Yoshi's Adventure dark ride. More importantly, though, it brings new challenges and ways to play in the land--and more coins to earn.

The rides

The standout of the new land is the Donkey Kong Country rollercoaster, Minecart-Madness. Imagine blazing through one of the minecart levels from the video game franchise. That's what you're getting with Minecart-Madness, which is not a traditional rollercoaster. Instead, it's made to simulate the feeling of being in a minecart that jumps from track to track as it avoids peril at all costs.

Developer Triband has partnered with Innersloth once again to create a new crossover for What the Car that brings the Among Us crew to the game. The free update, called Car-Mong Us, is available now on Apple Arcade and Steam.

The What the Car patch brings a new overworld to the game, which is inspired by the Skeld. For those unfamiliar, that's the iconic spaceship from Among Us. Additionally, there are new skins for the car based on the Among Us crewmembers: think red, blue, yellow, and green. The update also introduces four new minigames and three new courses to race on.

This isn't the first time Triband has worked together with Innersloth. A couple of years ago, there was an Among Us collaboration for What the Golf. This might not be the end of crossovers for What the Car either, as Triband asked on Steam for feedback on "which game we should shove inside our own game next"?

It's been almost 10 years since beloved indie platformer SpeedRunners was released, and now publisher TinyBuild has revealed a sequel set to revive the classic formula. SpeedRunners 2: King of Speed is coming to PC via Steam this year, with a console release following in 2026.

Sometimes called the "Mario Kart of 2D platformers," SpeedRunners saw players racing through lovingly crafted 2D platformer levels, running, jumping, climbing, and sliding their way to victory and collecting power-ups to gain the upper hand. SpeedRunners 2 will return to the same formula, though this time will support up to 8 players per lobby.

Players can choose from a cast of superheroes, with some new characters and others making their return from the original 2016 title. As they race through retro-futuristic levels, players can collect upgrades and items to get ahead of the pack or knock their competitors off screen, as the competitors scramble to survive in an ever-shrinking ring of fire.

A number of Path of Exile 2's promised balance changes have gone live, after a recent update that has been incredibly unpopular with fans. The update saw PoE2's recent reviews on Steam dip into the dreaded "mostly negative" category, and the devs have been quick to address issues raised by fans. You can see the latest batch of patch notes below.

First and foremost in the latest patch, which is live now, are a number of nerfs to speedy monsters to prevent players from feeling overwhelmed. The changes have been applied individually based on monster behaviors--some monsters have had annoying abilities removed, some will now only walk instead of running until the player moves a certain distance away from them, while in some cases the number of monsters in an area has been decreased.

The devs note that not all the intended changes have made it into this patch but promise they will be coming with future updates. These include an issue causing inconsistent monster spawn density between different rooms, and further changes to monster behavior that will require new animations.

Like most sought-after devices, there has been some concern that the Switch 2 could end up in the crosshairs of scalpers ahead of its launch in June. While some people are already attempting to sell the console at a higher price on sites like eBay, Nintendo fans are stepping in to report these listings en masse.

On the Nintendo Switch 2 subreddit (as spotted by GamesRadar), there are numerous posts detailing the war on scalpers. Currently, eBay's rules state that an item may not be sold unless it can be shipped out within 40 days, and at the time of writing, 55 days remain between now and the Switch 2 launch on June 5. Nintendo fans have been reporting these listings as soon as they pop up, and the subreddit is full of tips and tricks detailing how people can help out.

Back in February, Nintendo spoke about its preparations for the Switch 2 launch, including taking all "possible measures" to discourage scalping. "We will take all possible measures based on the experience we have accumulated to date," Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa said back then. "We are making preparations."

Game Pass Ultimate subscribers got some big news, as it was confirmed that both The Alters and Rematch are coming to the service at launch, both arriving in June.

The Alters, an ambitious survival game, hits Game Pass on June 13, with Sifu developer Sloclap's soccer game Rematch debuts on Game Pass on June 19. It's also coming to PS5 and PC.

Rematch separates itself from other soccer/football games in that players do not control an entire team but instead just one person on a five-person side. The game uses a third-person camera and is set 40 years into the future. There's no offsides or fouls, and the ball never goes out of play because matches take place inside a cage. Check out the trailer above to see the game in action.

Schedule 1, the Steam game about building a drug empire, has become a breakout hit since it launched a little over two weeks ago, and now it's getting its first major update. The content update adds new functional stores, decor items, cosmetic items, and more. You can see the full patch notes for update 0.3.4. below.

The update adds a full interior and store functionality to Bleuballs Boutique, and does the same for the Pawn Shop, where you can sell almost anything (except drugs) to Mick. As well as the new stores, the update adds wall decor, which includes signs, lamps, collectable paintings, and more.

The new update also adds liquor, with names like Ol' Man Jimmy's Whiskey, Chateau La Peepee, and Brut du Gloop. The developer notes that liquor is purely decorative for the time being, but it will become functional in a future update.

In 2022, solo developer Daniel Stubbington released the Portal-like puzzle game The Entropy Centre through his Stubby Games label. Now, Stubbington has announced that his next game, Void Breaker, is entering an open test right now. And judging from the announcement trailer below, this is one great-looking first-person shooter.

The trailer begins on an ominous note by mentioning that machines will only follow "the rules we set--until they learn to set their own." According to the game's description, the player characters are at the mercy of an "all-seeing, hostile AI" that forces them to fight and die in an endless cycle of death and rebirth. The one thing that the AI didn't count on is that the players' characters may be able to break that cycle with customized weapons and unforeseen tactics.

As demonstrated in the trailer, players can modify their weapons into engines of chaos and the entire environment can be brought down around them. Destruction isn't literally the name of the game, but it's definitely a big part of the gameplay experience.

This week's Triple- Initiative covered a wide range of genres, but for anyone looking for a retro-inspired platformer, then Duskfade was likely the star of the show for them. Currently in development at Weird Beluga Studio, Duskfade is set in a world that has become enshrouded in an eternal night. As Zirian, a young workshop apprentice, players will set out to restore time itself in this "clockpunk" world, which the studio describes as a love letter to action-platformer classics of the past.

Weird Beluga says that the game is designed to be a heartfelt tribute to the golden age of 3D action-platformers, while also providing players with a deeply emotional story. "Our game takes inspiration from Jak and Daxter and Ratchet and Clank, with movement that has been designed to feel agile and fast," lead programmer Tomás Manzano Sobrido explained on the PS Blog. "Flow is a core focus, and we want players to feel like Zirian is gliding through the world, chaining actions seamlessly and covering large distances without losing momentum."

GTA 6's release date might be coming into focus. With Mafia: The Old Country's release date in early August 2025 recently leaking and Borderlands 4 coming on September 23, 2025, many are wondering what this means for GTA 6's release date. The developers of those games share a parent company in Take-Two, and the company no doubt wants to space them out.

In this post, we're rounding up what we know about GTA 6's release date and how Mafia: The Old Country and Borderlands 4 getting release dates might factor into the puzzle of when GTA 6 will release.

GTA 6 in Fall 2025

GTA 6 is officially set for release in Fall 2025 on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S, a window that parent company Take-Two has committed to on multiple occasions, including recently in February 2025. Fall 2025 begins in the Northern hemisphere on September 22. With Borderlands 4 set for release on September 23, it seems it would be Take-Two's first release of Fall 2025. So what does this mean for GTA 6's release date? We don't know, but there are clues.

Nintendo has added a new batch of classic games for Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack subscribers. Three more Sega Genesis titles are now available to play through the service: Streets of Rage, Super Thunder Blade, and ESWAT: City Under Siege.

The Sega Genesis classics library is available exclusively as part of Nintendo Switch Online's Expansion Pack plan. This premium tier includes all of the benefits of the base Switch Online service, as well as access to classic Nintendo 64 and Game Boy Advance games, plus select DLC such as Mario Kart 8 Deluxe's Booster Course Pass and Animal Crossing: New Horizons' Happy Home Paradise expansion.

The base Nintendo Switch Online plan costs $20 per year, while the Expansion Pack plan costs $50 per year. Nintendo also offers an annual family plan for $80 that covers up to eight Nintendo Accounts across multiple systems.

Star Wars: The Phantom Menace - A Visual Archive

$60 | Releases September 9

Preorder at Amazon

Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace set the tone for the Prequel Trilogy with its lavish costumes, impressive sets, and cutting-edge special effects back in 1999, and if you'd like a closer look at how the film was made, then you'll want to check out this new book. Star Wars: The Phantom Menace - A Visual Archive will be released on September 9, and you can preorder it for $60 through Amazon.

Star Wars: The Phantom Menace - A Visual Archive

$60 | Releases September 9

This 296-page hardcover book offers behind-the-scenes photography and concept art from the Phantom Menace, as well as filmmaking anecdotes and extra physical content like booklets and foldout pages. For Star Wars fans who enjoy looking at the bigger picture, the book also goes into detail on how the movie built the framework for future spin-off series, like Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Star Wars Rebels, and The Mandalorian. There's also a deep dive into the Phantom Menace's merchandise, comics, and spin-offs, so you're getting a comprehensive look at the first film in the Prequel Trilogy and its place in pop culture history.

Preorder at Amazon

If you're looking for more reading material on the creation of the first Star Wars prequel film, there's the Star Wars Insider Presents The Phantom Menace 25 Year Anniversary Special that launched last year in celebration of the film's 25th anniversary. It's packed with vintage interviews from the long-running Star Wars Insider magazine, along with essays, art, and high-quality stills from the movie. It's available for $19 at Amazon.

This is the second Star Wars: A Visual Archive book, the first was Visual Archive for Star Wars: Return of the Jedi. Similar to the Phantom Menace, the Return of the Jedi book is packed with photography and concept art that explores how the movie was made and its legacy in pop culture. You can pick it up at a nice 50% discount at Amazon, dropping the price to $32.50 (was $65).

Publisher 2K and developer Hangar 13 have seemingly revealed that Mafia: The Old Country will launch on August 8 for PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S.

As spotted by Gematsu, 2K and Hangar 13 posted a Steam blog post detailing their plans for PAX East 2025. In this post, the release date was inadvertently announced. While it has now been removed from the post, Gematsu provided a screenshot of the blog post before the release date was scrubbed.

2K and Hangar 13's PAX East 2025 panel will be hosted at 11 AM PT / 2 PM ET on May 8 and they will show off a new gameplay trailer. Attendees will be able to meet some of the developers, including studio president Nick Baynes, game director Alex Cox, and cinematic director Tomas Hrebicek. They will most likely announce the release date during the panel.

Usually people play with Pokemon trading cards or collect them. But apparently they can save your life by blocking an actual bullet. That's reportedly what happened for a Florida resident, as a neighbor's gunfire was stopped by an Incineroar-themed deck of Pokemon cards.

A Reddit user shared how Pokemon cards saved their life, saying that they "now count Incineroar as my guardian angel Pokemon and have never been happier to have piles of cardboard in my box." The writer, who goes by LolaInSlacks88, says they were sleeping on a Sunday last month when a "series of explosions" awakened them. Apparently, their neighbor in the country shot a 9mm bullet into their house that was ultimately stopped by the Pokemon deck. They believe that if not for the cards, the ammo could have hit them in bed.

Even with the pictures, some people were skeptical about this story. To back up their claims, LolaInSlacks88 shared a photo of their police report from the scary incident that has since been deleted. GameSpot cannot confirm the authenticity of this story, though we did see the police report before it was removed from Reddit.

Blue Prince puts you in the shoes of a young boy, eager to explore a manor to earn his inheritance. But this is no ordinary manor. Its rooms--from twisting hallways and garden courtyards to sports facilities and curious dead ends--all reset at the start of each day. This leads to a fascinating roguelike mechanic, one where you need to create the best path to reach the fabled Room 46. Our Blue Prince guides hub has all the tips you need to help you get started with this deep dive into untold mysteries.

Blue Prince guides hub

Our Blue Prince guides hub is organized into several sections. We focused on individual puzzle rooms, followed by boons that you can unlock permanently. We also discuss progression--i.e. reaching the Antechamber and Room 46--as well as activities beyond that point. Naturally, these articles contain spoilers, so read them at your own risk.

The basics

These Blue Prince guides are all about the basics, such as the items that you might want for your runs and the resources that you need for continued exploration. We also mention a few tips about drafting rooms and advancing further into the estate.

Onibi Studio--a newly founded game studio featuring industry veterans who worked on titles such as World of Warcraft, Baldur’s Gate 3, Fortnite, and League of Legends--has announced its first game. Tomo: Endless Sea is an anime-inspired, open-world action-RPG in which players will get the chance to tame mysterious creatures named Tomo, craft various contraptions, and explore a procedurally generated oceanic world known as Endless Blue. The game will also support online multiplayer, and is labeled as an MMO, in addition to its other genres. Tomo: Endless Blue is currently scheduled to release sometime in 2026.

Alongside its announcement, Onibi Studio shared a first-look at Tomo: Endless Blue in an adorable trailer that turns shockingly dark in its final moments. In it, two characters approach an island aboard a flying whale-like creature that is seemingly an island itself. The pair catch their first Tomo before delving into the ocean below, swimming to shore, and starting off on their own adventure on the voxel island. Throughout the entire trailer, an original song composed by Cécile Corbel--best known for her work on Arrietty--and sung by Ai Higuchi of Attack on Titan fame, plays. As for what happens next, well... you can see for yourself:

Though Minecraft-meets-Pokemon is an apt comparison for Tomo: Endless Sea, the studio has also expressed great emphasis on what sets it apart, such as the game's physics. On Tomo's Steam page, Onibi Studio wrote, "Blocks have physics and can be used to create vehicles and contraptions. Whether it's a boat, crane, or airship, build your own machines block by block--with your creativity, the possibilities are endless." Additionally, the Endless Blue will include other features, such as arenas, ancient ruins, and "vibrant, bustling worlds that feel truly alive." Villages, their architecture, culture, stories, quests, dialogues, and people are all dynamically generated, according to Onibi, in an attempt to ensure no two locations are the same.

Are you looking for a way to activate the Foundation elevator in Blue Prince? This particular room might just be one of the most important fixtures in the estate, especially because of its function. However, you still need to make it work.

How to activate the Foundation elevator in Blue Prince

The Foundation appears randomly as part of your draft pool in the manor. It might show up a few days after you start your playthrough, or several days later if you're not that lucky. Once it's active, you can use it to head down to the Underground section of the manor.