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Developer Pocketpair announced during today’s Summer Game Fest showcase that its hit creature-collecting survival game Palworld will launch into 1.0 on July 10. To mark the occasion, the team released the game’s first cinematic trailer.We’ve known the game was set to officially launch in full sometime this year, but it’s nice to know that it’s just a few weeks away. The 1.0 launch will come with a big update featuring new Pals, new areas, and a new threat to face.
Google may have just accidentally shown everyone where Gemini is headed next. According to TestingCatalog, a new Troubleshooting mode has quietly appeared inside the Gemini model picker menu for some users. It sits alongside existing options like Gemini 3.5 Flash and 3.1 Pro, which are the standard AI models you already switch between in the app. GOOGLE 🔥: A new Troubleshooting mode has been spotted on Gemini. In this mode, Gemini will explain troubleshooting process via text responses and interactive widgets. Even though it is working and available, it still looks like an unintended release and might get reverted… https://t.co/FWQLelYXju…
Yooka-Laylee developer Playtonic has unveiled Super Yooka-Laylee Kart, and it’s a pixelated racer with a story campaign, rival races, time trials, and more. Plus, it will feature up to 8-player local split-screen multiplayer when it launches on PC sometime in the future. Revealed during the SGF Day of the Devs showcase, Super Yooka-Laylee Kart ditches the series’ platformer past to dive into Mario Kart-like kart racing, complete with weapons, advanced driving techniques alongside pick-up-and-play gameplay, and a Rage system that builds throughout races and allows you to unleash “devastating revenge abilities capable of changing the outcome in an instant.” Beyond the…
Samsung’s next clamshell foldable may arrive with a familiar frustration. New reports suggest the upcoming Galaxy Z Flip 8 could retain the same 25W wired charging speed as its predecessor, extending a trend that has now lasted several generations. According to recent leaks, Samsung is expected to keep both the charging speed and battery capacity largely unchanged on the Galaxy Z Flip 8. If the reports prove accurate, the device will continue to use a 4,300mAh battery paired with 25W wired charging – specifications that have become increasingly difficult to justify as rivals push far beyond them. The timing is…
Day of the Devs, the annual non-profit indie video game showcase engine, shared a new presentation following the 2026 Summer Game Fest showcase. Below are all the games announced and shown. Many games were brand new, but others are games we already knew about that have new details, like a release date. Blood DungeonDeveloper & Publisher: MesshofRelease: 2026From the creators of Nidhogg and Wheel World, Blood Dungeon is a platformer that the developer Mark Essen describes as a cross between Vampire Survivors and Spelunky that is ultimately about gravity. Tenebris SomniaDeveloper: Saibot StudiosPublisher: New Blood InteractiveRelease: October 16Tenebris Somnia is…
The Summer Game Fest 2026 showcase is over, and we just got an onslaught of game reveals, release dates, announcements, updates, and more. It was easily one of the most jam-packed SGF showcases in recent years, and depending on your taste, arguably one of the best, too. We covered a ton of it on Game Informer, as our best-in-class, illustrious, beautiful, gorgeous, incredible, unmatched front page would indicate, but if you’re looking for a quick recap of everything shown during the two-hour show, we have you covered, from Resident Evil Veronica to Final Fantasy VII Revelation and all the games in…
If you have ever sat through a Google Meet call and later struggled to figure out what was actually decided, Google just made your life a little easier. The company has rolled out a meaningful upgrade to its “Take notes for me” feature, giving you more control over what gets captured and making it easier to track outcomes after the meeting wraps up. Meeting notes just got a serious upgrade. 📝 You can now toggle specific sections (like Decisions or Next Steps) with Take notes for me in Meet. Plus, our new “Decisions” tracker helps you categorize outcomes like Aligned…
Screamer and Hot Wheels Unleashed 2: Turbocharged developer Milestone has revealed Hot Wheels Infinite Rush, and it’s launching in just a few months. More specifically, Hot Wheels Infinite Rush, which follows 2023’s Turbocharged, will hit PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch 2, and PC on September 24. This racing game, based on the uber-popular toy model cars, was revealed during today’s Summer Game Fest showcase stream by way of a trailer highlighting what to expect in Milestone’s latest crack at Hot Wheels. In the trailer, we see myriad vehicles riding around what appears to be an open world full of…
If you have ever drafted an email in ChatGPT and then had to copy it across to Gmail or Outlook to actually send it, you can now skip that extra step. OpenAI has rolled out the ability to send emails directly from writing blocks in ChatGPT on the web, keeping the whole process inside a single conversation from start to finish. Draft it. Tweak it. Send it.You can now send emails directly from writing blocks in ChatGPT on the web, without leaving the conversation. pic.twitter.com/GoQtlSFGFG— ChatGPT (@ChatGPTapp) June 5, 2026 ChatGPT writing blocks now let you send emails Writing blocks…
Creative Assembly, the developer behind Alien Isolation, confirmed it was working on a sequel back in April, but today during Summer Game Fest, we learned the game’s official title and saw some footage of the game. The game seems to take place on land (as opposed to in space) and where the Xenomorph is unleashed on an unsuspecting colony called Kurosaki Station. The game does not yet have a release date, but it is coming to PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PC, and Switch 2.