The rumors were true: The next game in Sony’s revamped God of War series follows no less a hero than Faye, the second wife of Kratos and the mother of Atreus. She proves to be just as adept at combat as her husband and son, facing off against multiple gods of war from various pantheons in an afterlife realm called the Everwhen. The game takes place concurrently with the 2018 God of War, right after Kratos and Atreus burn Faye’s body on the pyre. She awakens inexplicably in a strange dimension, and seems to be in realm between pantheons where dead gods reside. Realizing that her husband and son aren’t safe, she must attempt to find her way back home to help them with the help of various strange characters (including what appears to be a Gelatinous Cube from Dungeons & Dragons). Deborah Ann Woll reprises her roll as Faye from God of War: Ragnarok, and she’s as much of a beast in combat as any god of war, with the ability to air-juggle her opponents and channel giant magic. Her primary weapon is a sword protected by a sentient ribbon called Rue. Sony revealed the game during its State of Play event, which began with a look at Marvel’s Wolverine. Faye, or Laufey to give her her proper name from the title, is no less brutal and violent than Logan, bookending the show with her gameplay reveal. The game is presently in development with no release date. The post Sony Santa Monica reveals God of War: Laufey appeared first on GamesBeat. View the full article
Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis is coming in early 2027, and fans who pre-order either the standard or deluxe edition will get some throwback cosmetic bonuses. Crystal Dynamics' Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantisreturns Lara Croft to her roots, reimagining the 1996 classic in Unreal Engine 5. View the full article
Ubisoft has confirmed that it's remaking arguably the best game in the Rayman franchise, and it will release later this year. During the recent PlayStation State of Play, Ubisoft gave fans the first look at Rayman Legends Retold, including gameplay that showcased the game's updated visuals and performance. Although the classic Ubisoft platformer series has been dormant for some time, Rayman is finally back with Rayman Legends Retold. View the full article
KRVR, a $15 visionOS app, lets you play any SteamVR game from your PC on Apple Vision Pro with foveated streaming. This is not the only visionOS app for playing your SteamVR games, and nor is it even the first to support the Foveated Streaming feature Apple introduced in visionOS 26.4. ALVR, which has been available on the App Store since a few months after the M2 Vision Pro launched, supports playing SteamVR games from your PC, and in March a ********* software engineer released Clear XR, which lets you play OpenXR games from your PC. Both are free and open source, with the ALVR client available on the App Store and Clear XR available on TestFlight, while both have a streaming server on GitHub. KRVR is a paid closed-source app, which, with its most recent updates, delivers the two best aspects of ALVR and Clear XR in one solution: it lets you play any SteamVR game, even non-OpenXR titles, with foveated streaming to maximize visual quality in the region of the display you're currently looking at. As with Clear XR, KRVR's developer leverages Nvidia's CloudXR SDK, which has full ready-to-go support for Apple's foveated streaming feature. What Is Foveated Streaming? Guided by eye tracking, foveated streaming prioritizes image resolution and compression quality where your eye is currently looking. It's a term you may have heard in the context of Valve's Steam Frame, where it's a fundamental always-on feature of its PC VR streaming offering, delivered via the USB PC wireless adapter by default. Note that foveated streaming is not the same as foveated rendering, though the two techniques can be used alongside each other. While foveated rendering involves the title on the host device actually rendering the area of each frame you're currently looking at with higher resolution, foveated streaming refers to sending that area to the headset with higher image quality than the rest of the frame. Foveated rendering happens in the game engine, while foveated streaming is applied to already finished frames. The $15 app has a relatively polished interface and a few standout features compared to ALVR, which still doesn't support foveated streaming, and Clear XR, which hasn't been updated since March: Passthrough Cutouts: Similar to Virtual Desktop on Quest, KRVR lets you trace out portions of your space, which will display real-world passthrough instead of VR. This lets you bring your racing wheel, HOTAS, desk, or other physical areas of your room into VR. You can edit these passthrough cutout zones at any time.PC Desktop: You can view and interact with your PC monitors, with multi-monitor support. While playing a VR game, you can interact with your PC's other physical monitors. As with ALVR and Clear XR, Sony's PlayStation VR2 Sense tracked controllers are fully supported, though you can also use other input devices like a gamepad or mouse and keyboard. The tradeoff of using Nvidia's CloudXR SDK is that it exclusively supports Nvidia's Ada and Blackwell GPU architectures, meaning RTX 40-series and 50-series graphics cards. The current PC I'm using has an RTX 3090, so unfortunately, I can't test KRVR at the moment. If you do have the required GPU and an Apple Vision Pro and want to try it, you can find the KRVR visionOS client on the App Store for $15, and the Windows PC server app on GitHub – though note that the source code is not available. View the full article
PlayStation has announced the last title in the God of War Norse Saga. Showcasing 20 minutes of gameplay footage, we got to see Kratos’s wife become a new playable character. Faye finds herself in the afterlife of the gods. We’re quickly introduced to Sekhmet from the Egyptian pantheon of gods, as well as a man who […] Source View the full article
lot of what's happening at today's Sony State of Play showcase doesn't directly impact us, thanks to Sony's decision to cut back on PC game releases, but this one does: A new trailer for Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis, and also a release date that's a bit of a delay from what we expected... Read more.View the full article
As I flee the South Of France’s sweltering sun and enter Ubisoft Montpellier’s studio doors, I’m immediately reminded of how wonderfully weird Ubisoft once was. Flanked between a Rayman standee and a slightly dog-eared Peter Jackson’s King Kong statue is the studio’s vast and endearingly bizarre back catalog, proudly wall-mounted for all to see. Peering at framed copies of Beyond Good and Evil and Beowulf, near-forgotten god game From Dust, multiple entries of Just Dance, my beloved Zombi U, and Tom Clancy’s Advanced Warfighter, it’s hard not to feel a pang of nostalgia for the creative freedom afforded to developers in previous console generations. Today’s studio tour, however, isn’t about celebrating Ubisoft’s past – it’s about giving the long-dormant Rayman a future. Revealed during Sony’s June State of Play, Ubisoft’s MIA mascot is coming back to consoles and PC in October, starring in Rayman’s first new game in 14 years. Read More... View the full article
The GR+ Summer Preview 2026 is your gateway to this summer's biggest, boldest, and brightest video games that will shape your future playView the full article
Recently, God of Warrumors have been circulating like wildfire after reputable insider NateTheHate reported a major spin-off featuring Kratos' wife and Atreus' mother would be the focus of a new project. And after Insider Gaming's Tom Henderson later echoed a similar sentiment, suggesting a huge reveal would happen at today's State of Play, fans were tuned in with hopes at an all-time high. View the full article
PlayStation has just dropped a major free download for a 2026 release, announced during the latest State of Play, and it’s available right now for all who want to check it out, no strings attached. The special event has been a stage for several major announcements, including the first gameplay trailer for Marvel’s Wolverine. PlayStation’s State of Play in June also included gameplay for Kemuri, a deeper look into Phantom Blade Zero, and more. View the full article
It’s been a while since we heard anything about The Lost Wild, a dinosaur survival-horror game. Announced a few years back, The Lost Wild takes dinosaurs and makes them scary again with less action and more stealth gameplay. A new trailer showed some of the creatures we’d be encountering, such as what looked to be a huge […] Source View the full article
During Sony's State of Play, Arc System Works revealed the latest trailer for Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls, highlighting the villain team on the roster known as Knights of Doom. With its August release date rapidly approaching, Arc System Works has been revealing new details about Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls almost on a monthly basis. As expected, June's reveal was centered squarely on Dr. Doom's specific team. View the full article
After several teases prior to the announcement, we finally got a new look at the upcoming release of Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis, which even includes a definite launch date to look forward to that matches the previously leaked Amazon release date of February 12, 2027. View the full article
Ahead of Dune: Part Three's release currently scheduled for theaters on December 18, 2026, the critically acclaimed open-world RPG Dune: Awakening is officially headed to PlayStation 5 in September. View the full article
Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis is set to release next year on PlayStation 5. As previously reported, Legacy of Atlantis is set to be a remaster of the original Tomb Raider game, filling out the classic PS1 title with modern graphics, storytelling, and voice acting. The game is being worked on by Amazon Game Studio, Crystal Dynamics, […] Source View the full article
Rayman Legends Retold has now been officially announced by Ubisoft following earlier leaks. The souped-up platforming remake has been completely remade with 3D visuals for its original sidescrolling sections, plus all-new 3D gameplay segments, as glimpsed in a reveal trailer shown during today's big PlayStation State of Play broadcast. Rayman Legends Retold will launch on October 1 for PC, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch 2 and Xbox Series X/S, and is priced at $39.99. Today's trailer also offered a glimpse at the game's reimagined story, which also features voiced cutscenes. Musical levels will also return, though the four new ones mentioned by Ubisoft in a press release sound like they'll be different from the original (****** Betty level RIP). On the upside, the game's compulsive Kung Foot soccer minigame is also back with new power-ups. "Rayman Legends Retold is our way of revisiting what makes Rayman so special, and re‑telling that experience for a new generation of players," said Ubisoft brand producer Loïc Gounon. "We wanted to preserve everything fans love, and Legends gave us the perfect foundation to expand Rayman's lore, its world logic, and how everything connects together." Rayman Legends is one of the best sidescrolling platformers to not feature Mario, and it's clear Ubisoft is keen to give it a new lease of life. Previous leaks revealed planned crossovers with characters from Astro Bot and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. Contrary to previous rumors, however, multiplayer will remain local-only, rather than online. The project has once again been worked on by Ubisoft Montpellier, the location previously headed up by Rayman creator Michel Ancel, before he quit the company to go work in a wildlife park. Ubisoft is seemingly keen to revive the fortunes of its platforming mascot after years in the wilderness. Earlier this year saw the launch of Rayman: 30th Anniversary Edition, and there's talk of an all-new Rayman project in the works for the future (which Ancel himself has consulted on). Exactly when that will materialize is unknown, but another chance to play Legends and all of its new content will certainly keep us busy. For more from tonight's show, here's everything announced at State of Play June 2026 if you need a catch up on what PlayStation has in store. Tom Phillips is IGN's News Editor. You can reach Tom at [email protected] or find him on Bluesky @tomphillipseg.bsky.social View the full article
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