Nintendo Switch 2 Sales Reach 19.86 Million Units

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May 8, 2026

Nintendo published its earnings release for the fourth quarter of fiscal year ended on March 31, 2026, confirming that Nintendo Switch 2 reached 19.86 million units in global sell-through. Nintendo also announced that the Nintendo Switch 2 will receive a price increase due to “changes in market conditions.”

Roughly 2.49 million Switch 2 units were sold from January 1 to March 31, resulting in a total of 19.86 million units sold. In the same quarter, 10.78 million Switch 2 software units were sold.

As for the original Nintendo Switch, it’s the best-selling Nintendo hardware of all time at 155.92 million. 0.55 million Switch hardware units were sold in the fourth quarter, in addition to 27.98 million software units.

Updated Nintendo Switch and Switch 2 Sales (As of March 31, 2026)

The top 10 best-selling first-party games include:

Nintendo Switch 2 (full top 10 to be determined once more 1st party titles reach the one million mark)

Mario Kart World – 14.70 million
Donkey Kong Bananza – 4.52 million
Pokémon Legends: Z-A – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition – 3.94 million
Pokémon Pokopia – 2.41 million
Kirby Air Riders – 1.87 million

Nintendo Switch

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – 71.08 million
Animal Crossing: New Horizons – 49.91 million
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate – 37.76 million
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild – 33.84 million
Super Mario Odyssey – 30.50 million
Pokémon Scarlet and Violet – 28.28 million
Pokémon Sword and Shield – 27.16 million
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom – 22.56 million
Super Mario Party – 21.32 million
New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe – 18.96 million

Nintendo revealed several new sales figures for a variety of original Nintendo Switch games:

Nintendo Switch Sports – 18.32 million
Super Mario Bros. Wonder – 17.44 million
Super Mario Party Jamboree – 9.96 million
Pokémon Legends: Z-A – 8.85 million
Super Mario Galaxy 2 – 2.76 million
Super Mario Galaxy – 2.60 million

Over 48.71 million Nintendo Switch 2 games and 1.528.14 billion Nintendo Switch games have been sold worldwide as of March 31, 2026.

Be Forever Yamato: Rebel 3199 6th Film Gets a New Trailer and Key Visual

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May 7, 2026

Bandai Namco Filmworks has released a new trailer and key visual for the sixth Be Forever Yamato: Rebel 3199 film, which opens in Japanese theaters on June 26. The sixth Be Forever Yamato: Rebel 3199 film is titled Aoi Meikyū (Blue Labyrinth).

Be Forever Yamato Rebel 3199 6th film key visual — ©西﨑義展/宇宙戦艦ヤマト3199製作委員会

The 5th Be Forever Yamato: Rebel 3199 film, titled Hakunetsu no Ginga Taisen (The Incandescent Galactic War), premiered on February 20 in theaters in Japan.

Naomichi Yamato directs the film series. Additionally, Harutoshi Fukui is the supervising director, head writer, and scriptwriter. Hideki Oka was the co-scriptwriter, and Nobuteru Yūki is the character designer. Further, Junichirō Tamamori, Mika Akitaka, and Yasushi Ishizu were credited for mechanical designs. Hiroyuki Gotō is the CG producer, Shōsuke Uechi is the CG director, and Tomohiro Yoshida is the sound director.

Lastly, MyAnimeList describes the prequel film, titled Uchū Senkan Yamato 2205: Aratanaru Tabidachi – Kōshō -STASHA-:

Gamilans are facing their biggest hurdle yet: their planet is dying at an alarming pace. To save his people and relocate them to habitable land, Aberdt Desler feigns submission to the oppressive rule of the planet Galman, which houses a race almost identical to the Gamilans. Desler’s true objective is to seize control and accelerate the salvation of his nation. However, as Gamilans begin their migration, an unidentified massive power attacks them and completely warps their twin planet—Iscandar, Queen Starsha’s home.

Meanwhile, Earth is celebrating the success of the magnificent Space Battleship Yamato and its heroic crew. A new generation of promising recruits joins Yamato and its two new support ships, led by Yuki Mori and Shirou Sanada. But not everyone agrees with the past decisions of its captain, Susumu Kodai. During the Yamato’s six-month-long training mission and diplomatic meeting with the Gamilans, the crew learns of the recent catastrophe, and against all orders, Kodai commands the fleet to Iscandar to aid the surviving refugees.

PlayStation 5 Sales Reach 93.7 Million Units Worldwide

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May 7, 2026

Sony Interactive Entertainment has released its financial results for the three months ended on March 31, 2026, revealing that PlayStation 5 sales have reached a total of 93.7 million units worldwide.

The PlayStation 5 sales show that only 1.5 million units were sold from January 1 to March 31, which is down 0.9 million from the same period during the previous fiscal year. 125 million active users were on PlayStation Network as of December 31, which is up 1 million from the same period exactly one year ago. However, this total is down 7 million from the 132 million active users recorded from the quarter ended on December 31, 2024.

Combined PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 software sales reached 74.6 million units during the fourth quarter, resulting in a 1.5 million decrease year-over-year. 5.8 million of the software sales were first-party games, which is down 100,000 units from the same period in the previous fiscal year. Further, 85% of the software sales were full game digital downloads, resulting in a 5% year-over-year increase from the same period in the previous fiscal year.

Previously, Sony had confirmed that Ghost of Yōtei reached 3.3 million copies sold as of November 2—32 days after the game’s initial release. Ghost of Yōtei is available now for PlayStation 5, and it’s still not available on PC at the time of this writing. Final Weapon reviewed Ghost of Yōtei and gave it a 4/5 score, noting that the game is “a great evolution by the foundation that Sucker Punch built with Ghost of Tsushima.”

Steam Controller Reservations Open on May 8

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May 7, 2026

Valve has announced that reservations for the newly released Steam Controller will open on May 8 at 10:00 a.m. PT / 1:00 p.m. ET. Steam users who sign up for reservations will be placed in a queue that will notify them of new Steam Controller stock via email once it’s available. Reservations are limited to one Steam Controller per user, and users have 72 hours to make a purchase once available.

Get the full details below, via Valve’s Steam community post:

Steam Controller launched on May 4th, and while we were happy to see such a high level of interest, the experience for a lot of you trying to buy it was incredibly frustrating. We plan to continue replenishing stock as we get more in, but in the meantime wanted to share changes we’re making to improve the purchase experience and to limit reseller activity:

Beginning May 8th at 10 am Pacific, we’re opening a reservation queue for Steam Controller. Once you reserve, your place in line will be saved. When we go back in stock, order emails will be sent in the same order that reservations were made.

Here are the details on how we’re hoping to improve the experience overall while also taking steps to limit reseller activity:

Reservation details:

- - Reservations will be limited to one Steam Controller per user.
  - Once you receive an order email, you have three days (72 hours) to make your purchase on Steam.
  - For now, customers who have already purchased a Steam Controller are not yet eligible to reserve another Steam Controller.

Additionally:

- - Your account must be in good standing on Steam
  - You must have made a purchase on Steam prior to April 27, 2026

Replenishment of inventory will vary from region to region. We will start fulfilling reservations next week in the US / Canada, and UK / EU / AU in the following weeks.

The Steam Controller launched on May 4 at 10:00 a.m. PT / 1:00 p.m. ET with a $99 MSRP on Steam. Steam users began to notice technical issues and long wait times while orders were processed, and at times, users were unable to add Steam Controller to cart entirely due to it being sold out.

BrokenLore: DON’T LIE Demo Now Available on Steam

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May 7, 2026

Wired Productions and Serafini Productions have released a free demo for BrokenLore: DON’T LIE, the new psychological horror game and spin-off of DON’T WATCH, on PC via Steam. A new trailer for BrokenLore: DON’T LIE was also released to give fans a preview of the demo ahead of Steam Next Fest.

BrokenLore: DON’T LIE is coming soon to PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam and Epic Games Store.

Lastly, here’s an overview of the game, via Steam:

Not all you see is real. Not all you hear is true. Above all – DON’T LIE.

From the BrokenLore saga comes a new first-person psychological horror.

A longer and darker spin-off of DON’T WATCH.

In BrokenLore: DON’T LIE, step into the fragile world of Junko, a young woman attempting to reconnect with Shinji and Hideo, two patients she once met in a rehabilitation center. Confined to her small apartment, she struggles between daily calls, fleeting moments of intimacy, and her own destructive compulsions. Her reliance on medication slowly unravels reality itself, leading her into warped visions and liminal spaces where nothing remains stable.

Gameplay Features

- - Immersive first-person psychological horror: a story-driven descent into paranoia and delusion with realistic atmosphere and detail.
  - Exploration phases: search Junko’s apartment, eerie locations, and unsettling liminal spaces for clues, objects, and fragments of memory.
  - Stealth sequences: hide and remain silent as hallucinations stalk you.
  - Combat: survive confrontations with Junko’s most terrifying visions.
  - Dynamic storytelling: small choices, conversations, and lies subtly influence Junko’s fragile state of mind.

Fantasy Boy

- - Junko plays a retro side-scroller called Fantasy Boy to calm herself. These playable segments are directly integrated into the experience.
  - At first innocent and nostalgic, they eventually merge with her reality in unsettling ways, colliding with the hyper-realistic world and turning it into something grotesque.
  - Through Junko’s eyes alone, you drift between suffocating everyday life and distorted hallucinations, where glitches, mutations, and whispers of unseen eyes follow you at every step.
  - Every glance in the mirror might reveal something new.
  - Every word spoken might alter the fragile balance.
  - Every lie brings you closer to what you fear most.
  - Find out what really happened in BrokenLore: DON’T WATCH…
  - Don’t trust what you see…
  - Don’t trust what you hear…
  - Above all, DON’T LIE…

Tokyo Stories Gets New ‘The Night Moves Again’ Trailer

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May 7, 2026

Publisher Happinet and developer Drecom have released a new trailer for upcoming pixel art adventure game Tokyo Stories, dubbed “The Night Moves Again.” A playable demo for Tokyo Stories will be available at BitSummit PUNCH in Kyoto, and in a new Steam blog post, Happinet confirmed that CharacterBank is assisting the development of the game.

Tokyo Stories is currently in development for PC via Steam.

Lastly, here’s an overview of the game, via Steam:

Tokyo Stories is a 3D adventure game featuring a visual expression that combines pixel art and 3D.

A girl wanders through a vanishing Tokyo in search of her best friend who suddenly disappeared without a trace.

“The city continues to tell her story, even after her disappearance.”

The Story

A series of overlapping stories set in the empty city of Tokyo. Why has her best friend suddenly disappeared? What is the city trying to tell them? Piece together the mystery to unveil its secrets.

The Characters

A girl who came to the city to in a search a friend who suddenly went missing.

A boy who came to the city with a secret he cannot share with anyone.

A girl who disappeared into the city without telling why.

Their woven story gradually turns hostile toward them, before everything descends in an unknown direction…

Game Summary

Unique 3D adventure game experience that features visual expression that combines pixel art and 3D.

Resident Evil Requiem Update Adds ‘Leon Must Die Forever’ Mode

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May 7, 2026

Resident Evil Requiem Leon Must Die Forever

Capcom has released a new update for Resident Evil Requiem featuring the “Leon Must Die Forever” mode. Resident Evil Requiem players unlock Leon Must Die Forever after completing the main story.

Read up on the full details below, via Capcom:

“LEON MUST DIE FOREVER” is an extra game mode that is unlocked after players complete the main story and comes packed with the nonstop combat action that players know and love from legendary agent Leon S. Kennedy. Fight your way through areas you’ve visited previously throughout the game and defeat the final boss, all with stronger enemy variants, five increasingly difficulty ranks, and a race against the clock! Fill your enhancement gauge by defeating enemies in order to unlock Leon’s “enhancer abilities” exclusive to this game mode.

The order and progression of each area, plus options for Leon’s “enhancer abilities,” differ among each run, adding to increased replayability.

Alongside the release of “LEON MUST DIE FOREVER” comes several additional announcements:

- - Various bug fixes across platforms have been addressed
  - Added PC support for the DualSense wireless controller’s adaptive triggers, haptic feedback, and motion sensor features
  - All-new “LEON MUST DIE FOREVER” merch including t-shirts, long-sleeve shirts, sweatshirt, and hoodies, is available now on Amazon!
  - And don’t forget that the first-ever Resident Evil amiibo figures release on July 30 featuring the main characters from Resident Evil Requiem, Grace Ashcroft and Leon S. Kennedy!

Resident Evil Requiem is available now for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch 2, and PC via Steam. The Deluxe Edition is available with the Standard Edition ($69.99), a pack of five costumes, four weapon skins, two screen filters, two weapon charms, and much more. A Premium Steelbook Edition ($89.99) was also revealed featuring the full game, Deluxe Edition contents, and a limited-edition lenticular card.

Draw This, Then Die! Anime Premieres on July 3

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May 7, 2026

The official website for the TV anime adaptation of Minoru Toyoda’s Draw This, Then Die! manga confirmed the anime’s July 3 premiere during NTV’s “Friday Anime Night” programming block at 11:30 p.m. JST. A new trailer was also released, revealing the opening theme song “Isho” by Tatsuya Kitani.

The anime’s cast includes:

Akira Sekine as Ai Yasumi
Saori Hayami as Rei Teshima
Saya Hitomi as Kokoro Fujimori
Kanon Fujimura as Sachi Akafuku
Inori Minase as Hikaru Sekiryū
Noriko Hidaka as Pokota
Atsumi Tanezaki as Nana Teramura
Yukana as Hana Kongōji

Hiroaki Akagi, known for his work on The Dangers in My Heart, directs the anime series at Shin-Ei Animation. Hiroko Fukuda oversees the series scripts and writes the scripts along with Aki Itami and Kanichi Katō. Takekazu Segawa is the character designer.

Additional staff includes:

Color Key Artist: Kumiko Yanagisawa
Art Director: Reiji Kasuga
Compositing Director of Photography: Shigemitsu Hamao
Editing: Aya Hida
Music: Hiroaki Tsutsumi (MIRACLE BUS)
Sound Director: Tatsuhiro Amano
Sound Production: Bit Grooove Promotion

Toyoda (Love Roma) launched the manga in Shogakukan’s Monthly Shonen Sunday magazine in November 2021. The series is also available on Sunday Webry.

Lastly, here’s an overview of Kore Kaite Shine, via MyAnimeList:

Ai Yasumi, a first-year high school student living on Izu-Oshima, loves manga more than anything. When she learns that her long-admired, yet long-inactive, favorite manga artist Hoshi no Rei will be exhibiting at COMITIA, she sets off on a journey to Tokyo.

What she doesn’t expect, however, is that a fateful encounter at the event will change her life forever.

“How does one become a manga artist?” Ai steps into the world of manga creation—a path she thought she understood, yet knows so little about. This is the story of a girl taking her first steps down the road to becoming a mangaka.

Mystery Adventure Game Curse of the Crimson Stag Revealed

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May 7, 2026

NACON, Daedalic Entertainment, and developer ONE-O-ONE games have revealed Curse of the Crimson Stag, a new mystery adventure game formerly known as The Fading of Nicole Wilson. Curse of the Crimson Stag is coming to Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam in 2026.

Here’s an overview of the game, via Steam:

Curse of the Crimson Stag is a story-driven mystery thriller in which you explore a blurred line between supernatural occurrences and past tragedy. Uncover what led to the abandoning of the once luxurious Whiteroot Hotel. Local myth tells of a wrathful spirit known as the Crimson Stag…

Story

Feeling stuck in her backwater hometown, a teenager named Brit jumps at the chance for a life-changing adventure: to assist in the making of a documentary about the derelict Whiteroot Hotel. The once luxurious hotel stands abandoned in the American Northwest, with local folklore spinning tales of ghostly hauntings and of angry spirits being the reason for its desertion.

Once built by a wealthy businessman hoping to bring tourism to the area, Whiteroot Hotel ended up being the stage for a series of mysterious deaths and the complete downfall of its owners. Abandoned and left to rot, its walls have held the secrets of its past for 18 years.

The people of the area, with a strong connection to local myth and folklore, tell of an entity known as the Crimson Stag – a protective spirit of sorts – which supposedly inhabits the dark woods of the area. Whether it’s local superstition or not: Everything about this seems like a perfect setup for a documentary and a chance for Brit to be discovered.

Once Brit starts her exploration of the hotel, as instructed by professional ghost hunter Emily, it quickly becomes clear that she is in over her head. The Whiteroot Hotel does not surrender its secrets easily and, whether it is supernatural forces or dark machinations, the Curse of the Crimson Stag soon threatens to claim her as well.

Features

- - A narrative adventure game combining exploration, puzzle solving and investigation
  - Thick folk-horror atmosphere and a mysterious, thrilling narrative
  - Explore beautiful and haunting locations within Whiteroot Hotel and its surroundings
  - Binaural audio for a truly immersive experience
  - Intriguing, touching and adult storytelling, combining mystery and horror
  - Flawed, relatable characters confronting a net of schemes and lies

Dead as Disco Reaches 100,000 Copies Sold in Just 2 Days

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May 7, 2026

Brain Jar Games’ new beat ’em up Dead as Disco has reached 100,000 copies sold worldwide in just 2 days, according to a new Steam blog post from the developers. In addition, the Dead as Disco developers are working on the game’s first hotfix.

Dead as Disco is available now for PC via Steam and Epic Games Store in early access. Final Weapon had the opportunity to play Dead as Disco ahead of the early access launch.

Lastly, here’s an overview of the game, via Steam:

Dead as Disco puts you in the shoes of Charlie Disco, a fallen icon with one chance to reclaim the spotlight from the Idols – Charlie’s ex-bandmates and musical legends. Confront the Idols in stylish combat that syncs to every song, and survive a world torn apart by music, fame, and betrayal In this action-packed, literal Beat ‘Em Up.

Fight To Music

Attack, dodge, and take-down enemies in perfect sync with the music. Master the musical path of each Idol to unlock new talents, moves, and dances. The groove isn’t just for the show: it’s your ultimate Beat Kune Do.

Reclaim the Spotlight

Journey through a handcrafted, non-linear story of reunion, revenge, and redemption.

For the first time in 10 years, the living members of the legendary band, Dead as Disco, are reuniting — for a concert honoring their dead drummer, Charlie Disco.

You are Charlie Disco, and for one night only, you can have your revenge.

Confront your ex-bandmates, now the larger-than-life Idols, and uncover the secrets of the past to find out the truth of who really killed Disco.

Multi-Genre Soundtrack

Featuring an original OST (streamer-safe), plus licensed bangers from past and present.

Rockstar Customization

Collect over-the-top fashion from all the stars in the world of Disco. No matter what look you choose, you’ll always leave an impression.

Customize your home away from home, the Dive Bar, by collecting memorabilia from past and present, and in the process unlock the true story of what really happened to the band.

Play Your Own Music!

Play any song in your music library, edit music videos, and craft your own music-synced gameplay spectacle! Dead as Disco is a UGC mosh pit ready for modding.