Rebellion, the publisher behind Sniper Elite, Atomfall, and Zombie Army, has released Speedball today on PC, Xbox Series X|S, and PlayStation 5 for $29.99.

Speedball is a revival of the 1988 Bitmap Brothers franchise, featuring a brutal, futuristic version of handball set in the year 2138. Matches are a fast-paced and physical blend of running, passing, shooting, and defending. You can hop into League Mode which sees 10 teams competing over a full season to be the champion, play arcade matches, take on a friend from your couch, or hop online to go head-to-head against other another player with your team of five athletes (is that what we’re calling them?).

Looks neat! Check out the new launch trailer below:

Well, they did it. Developer Wildlight Entertainment announced Highguard at The Game Awards back in December, said it would be out on January 26th, and they delivered. Now it's time to play the game and find out if they delivered. There's absolutely no excuse to not try it as it is free-to-play across PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S. The first "War Chest" is free as well, which is a battle pass.

Highguard is a 3v3 first-person raid shooter where two teams battle to destroy the other team's base while also defending their own. At launch, there are five maps, six base options, eight Wardens (characters), three mounts, 10 weapons, three raid tools, and 11 weapon and raid tool mods.

Wildlight also laid out an entire year's worth of post-launch content, which they call episodes, with episode two launching in just two weeks. Normally, each episode will run for two months and be broken up into two updates.

You can check out the launch trailer below, or head over to the Highguard YouTube channel for the full launch day showcase, character deep dives, and more. Stay tuned for my full review in the coming days.

The marketing for WWE 2K26 has kicked into high gear and we already got the announcements of two different editions of the game, those being the Attitude Era and Monday Night Wars editions. Today however, 2K announced we are getting yet another edition of the game with the WWE 2K26 "King of Kings" edition and The Game himself, Triple H, will be gracing the cover. 

So we have the Attitude Era edition, the Monday Night Wars edition and now the King of Kings edition. We have no word yet on what will be coming with each edition and this year it's different as before they would usually announce three sperate versions of the game.

For WWE 2K25 we had the Standard edition that retailed for $69.99, the Deadman edition that retailed for $99.99 and the Bloodline edition that retailed for $129.99. All of these editions of course game with different goodies like My Faction cards, VC, the season pass and amore. What's interesting this year is we seemingly have three different special editions of the game before the Standard has even been announced. So are we getting four different editions of the game this year? Will one of these cost even more than $130? 

We won't have to wait much longer as a full reveal for WWE 2K26 is scheduled for this coming Friday, January 30th, the same day that pre-orders go on sale. 

Wow 2K is not messing around this year. Last night during Friday Night Smackdown we got the official announcement of WWE 2K26 with the "Attitude Era Edition" and a covering featuring stars of said era like Stone Cold Steve Austin, Kurt Angle, Kane, Undertaker and more. Well tonight during Saturday Night's Main Event we got another announcement and that is that there will also be a "Monday Night Wars Edition" of the game and the cover features stars from the then WWF and WCW including the nWo, Booker T, Goldberg and Eric Bischoff. 

So I think it's clear that the Monday Night Wars and the Attitude Era will be a big part of this years game. Whether it's just the roster or the Showcase mode or we may even get a new game mode. We shall see as I'm sure full information about the game will be releasing very soon. 

Pre-orders for WWE 2K26 start Friday, January 30th. 

WWE Smackdown is airing right now and we got the official announcement and first reveal of WWE 2K26. This year it looks like the big focus on the game will focus on the legendary "Attitude Era" with the cover featuring Stone Cold, The Rock, Kane, Undertaker, Lita, Trish Stratus, The Dudley Boys and more.

This cover will be for the "Attitude Era Edition" of the game with the tag line "The Show Never Stops" so I assume this is going to be the cover for one of the Deluxe Editions. Probably the really expensive one that's like $129.99 like the Bloodline Edition last year. 

Pre-orders will go live on January 30th and no official release date has been announced yet but my guess would be in March like previous years. 

Xbox held its latest Developer Direct stream yesterday, showcasing four games coming in 2026, with the headliner undoubtedly being Fable, the reimagining of the classic RPG series from Playground Games. And yes, that is the same studio that develops Forza. Based on the new gameplay teaser and details for Fable, you can easily see that Playground Games is stepping outside its box.

Fable is an open-world fantasy action RPG set in the fairytale world of Albion that is fully alive. During the livestream we got a great look at character customization, combat, the morality system, and how each NPC is unique. This looks to be a massive RPG, leaning into life sim elements as well, such as blacksmithing, buying properties and renting them out, hiring employees, romantic relationships, and more.

Thankfully, Fable is nearing the finish line of development, with a release planned for this Fall on Xbox (including day one on Game Pass Ultimate), Steam, and PlayStation 5. And yes, it will be released for all platforms on the same date.

Those three things, are Final Fantasy, Wrasslin, and Street Fighter 6. I will probably try Alex for the first time in history because of these things. But hear me out. 

Alex, who made his debut in Street Fighter III, now has a release date in Street Fighter 6. It is in March, but I think it'll be worth the wait. It also solved why professional wrestler Kenny Omega was in the season 3 announcement. He did the motion capture for Alex, so some of Kenny Omega's moves came over to the game, and rightfully so. He does use a move called the V-Trigger (SFV), and yes, that is here.

He also pulled off putting in his finisher, the One Winged An...er...Omega Wing Buster, in the game. It's stuck behind a level 2 over drive move, but it does look absolutely amazing. He's no longer a charge character either, so if you're not trying to get command grabbed from one of his two stances, then stay far away from him.  The man has his own theme song by JAM Project. 

Instead of me explaining all the things, our old friend Rooflemonger has given us the breakdown we all needed. So watch his trailer below, and check out the breakdown after that. Alex is the third character in Season 3, and Ingrid is next. This game is so good. So much fun to watch. 

I have an old PS4 that I still carefully tend to, not because I am enamored with the system, but because it is the only place where I still have certain retired Zen Pinball tables downloaded. Primary among those treasured artifacts are the Bethesda tables - custom tables themed around Fallout, Doom, and The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim.

Well, I guess I can finally put that poor old buzzard out to pasture, because Zen Studios today announced that the Bethesda tables are coming to Pinball FX, Pinball M, and - most excitingly for the Gaming Nexus gang - Pinball FX VR. You can grab all the details and a quick look at each table if you haven't seen them in the Pinball Bites video below.

Bethesda Pinball arrives on all Zen Pinball platforms on February 12. See you in the Wasteland, y'all!

Okay, Nintendo. We have to find a way to shorten these titles. I know you're a little burned from the Wii U "marketing" fiasco, but we can go back to normal now. The new Nintendo Switch 2 add on for Super Mario Bros. Wonder is already available for preorder, and will run you $19.99 for the upgrade. The upgrade will include 4K visuals, Game Share, and even a new character, Rosalina.

Bellabel Park will have two new plazas available for more multiplayer action. Attraction Central is where you can get access to the new hotness of two giant plazas full of competitive, co-op, local, and online multiplayer game modes. There are plazas specified for each form of multiplayer. In the local games, you can use Gameshare to send it to up to 3 other systems, or you could just use the controllers all on one screen. In the Game Room plaza, you can also do local wireless, with a game per system, up to 8 players, or up to 12 friends online. Between each plaza, and game mode, there are 17 over all games to play. 

The Toad Brigade has different training courses, that can also be played with couch co-op. The Koopalings are also back, and have scattered themselves throughout the levels you may have already played. As you complete levels in the main game, these levels open up in both modes. 

Rosalina is also here, and gets the same powerups as Mario and the gang, but not Nabbit or the Yoshi's. With her, comes Luna, which can be used by a second player, and acts as an on screen cursor and collector. You can use Luma to defeat enemies, collect coins and more. SMBWNS2E+MIBP is also adding an assist mode, similar to playing with Yoshi and Nabbit, except you can't be damaged at all, and cannot fall into pits. You know, in case you want to play the game for the story. 

There's a lot going for this upgrade. I don't know what the price is if you don't have the game already. If you don't have it, my advice is to either have someone game share it to you for some multiplayer fun, or buy the base game, and buy the upgrade if you want more things. Oh, and if you want your own talking flower from the game, it will set you back $34.99. 

The Talking Flower can tell time, will talk to you once an hour if you enable it to, comes in different languages, and will even tell you that it's batteries are low. It'll sell like hotcakes, because it's Nintendo. We just gotta work on these names. 

Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties are just a few weeks away and Sega have released a new trailer showing off the combat for Kiryu. The Dragon of Dojima Kiryu will focus on that classic hand to hand combat with his signature heat moves but also has "Ryukyu Style" which focus on weapons based attacks and some of these look amazing. The best part of all of this? I didn't see an enemy spam block a single attack which already makes this a massive improvement over the original Yakuza 3. 

In other news there will also be a demo of Yakuza 3 & Dark Ties available later today in which players will get to try out both games.

The demo for Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties will be available on January 21st 2026 and the full game will be available on February 12th 2026 for PS4, PS5, Switch 2, Xbox One, Series X and PC.