Gaming March 2026
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Amazon Resale Might Be the Best Way to Buy a PS5 Pro Before the Price Increase
Get a PS5 Pro for around $700 while you still can.
Illumination CEO Says When Making the Super Mario Galaxy Movie: 'Miyamoto-san Is Also the Most Important Audience Member'
At the Nintendo Museum in Kyoto, Japan, I sat down with legendary game designer Shigeru Miyamoto and Illumination founder Chris Meledandri to find out how they collaborate together, why they went to the galaxy for the sequel to the Super Mario Bros. Movie, and the grand plan to get Pikmin into everything.
Shigeru Miyamoto Says He's 'on a Mission to Include Pikmin' in Everything Nintendo
Shigeru Miyamoto, the creator of Pikmin, is also a known Pikmin lover. That guy is always gassing up the little fellas, and he recently admitted to us that he's on a mission to put Pikmin into absolutely every Nintendo thing he can.
The Super Mario Galaxy Movie Opens the Door to a Full Super Smash Bros. Film, Where Any Nintendo Character Can Appear in the Future
The Super Mario Galaxy Movie features an in-universe explanation for why Star Fox hero Fox McCloud is suddenly mixing with Mario and Bowser — and it opens the door to a full Super Smash Bros. film.
The Super Mario Galaxy Movie is beautiful but a little too busy
The new movie’s a zippy joyride that needs to switch things up a bit.
Save $300 on the impressive Samsung Odyssey G9 49-Inch Curved Gaming Monitor
The Samsung Odyssey G9 G95C 49-Inch Curved Gaming Monitor will take your gaming and productivity to the next level.
An Olympic Bronze Medalist Kicked My Ass in Mario Tennis Fever and I Lived to Tell the Tale
The world's number 8 tennis player talks about the real tennis skills required to master the popular Nintendo Switch 2 game.
IGN Live 2026: Tickets Now on Sale
Tickets are officially on sale for IGN Live 2026, IGN’s two-day celebration of gaming and entertainment filled with celebrity panels, exclusive game reveals, trailers, live stage shows, hands-on demos, screenings, collectible merch, thousands of giveaways, and so much more.
Here Are the Best PS5 Game Deals at Amazon Before the End of the Big Spring Sale
Here are some of the best PS5 game deals available at Amazon before its Big Spring Sale comes to an end, including Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater, Unicorn Overlord, and more.
Price Hike or Discount? Nintendo's Changes to Physical and Digital Game Pricing Have Analysts Split, Too
Nintendo games are about to get more expensive. Or less. Depending on whether or not you want a physical copy, and how you read its recent decision to charge different prices for physical and digital games in the U.S. What's really going on? As usual, I have turned to a panel of industry experts to explain.
Microsoft Is Celebrating 25 Years of Xbox by Putting Master Chief on a Fanta Pineapple Can
Ever wanted to see Master Chief longingly looking into the horizon from the confines of a carbonated can? Your dream has finally come true.
Apple TV Teases New 'Highly Anticipated' Psychological Thriller Series
Apple today released a teaser trailer for Cape Fear, a new "highly anticipated" psychological thriller series starring Amy Adams, Patrick Wilson, and Javier Bardem. The first two episodes of the 10-episode limited series will premiere on Apple TV on Friday, June 5, and one new episode will follow every Friday through July 31.
Nvidia rolls out DLSS 4.5 update with new frame generation features
Nvidia’s new app beta has arrived.
Belkin’s battery-equipped Switch 2 case is more than 35 percent off right now
Keep your Switch 2 charged and protected.
Early Never-Seen-Before GTA 4 Build Leaks Online After Gamer Discovers Abandoned Xbox 360 Dev Kit
A trip to a Scottish second-hand flea market has resulted in a stunning discovery: a 360 dev kit previously owned by Grand Theft Auto developer Rockstar Games complete with an early beta build of GTA 4.
This promising Nintendo 3DS emulator just got a hefty update
A recent Nintendo 3DS emulator has quietly been making waves, and it's just received a significant release.
Nintendo's Changing Mario Kart World Again, Rebalancing Items and Adding Bob-omb Blast Battle Mode
Nintendo has released a major new update for Mario Kart World, which rebalances items, adjusts recovery times, and adds another battle mode.
150 million users later, Roblox competitor Rec Room is shutting down
The social gaming platform will close on June 1st.
The HP OMEN 45L RTX 5090 Gaming PC Is Less Expensive Than a GeForce 5090 GPU By Itself
You can configure one for as low as $3,510.
Score the Official Xbox Wireless Core Controller for Just $38 at Woot
You’ll rarely find this top Xbox and PC controller this cheap.
Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 Plus Player Becomes First to Achieve Platinum Trophy
No one has ever truly unlocked the Platinum trophy for Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 Plus on the PlayStation Vita – until recently.
Sony Is Putting Its SD and CFExpress Memory Card Production on Hold Thanks to AI
Sony has temporarily suspended orders for many of its memory cards because of the ongoing global storage shortage that's affecting the pricing and availability of things like RAM, GPUs, and game consoles, current and future. The company did not say when it will resume selling the products; just that it will continue "monitoring te supply situation," according to a Peta Pixel translation of the Japanese language announcement. The suspension, which started Friday, March 27, affects six models of CFexpress Type A and B, which are high-performance memory cards meant for things like professional digital cameras, along with nine models of its SD cards. Here's the full list, from a machine-translation of the article: CFexpress Type A Memory Card"CEA-G1920T" "CEA-G960T" "CEA-G480T" "CEA-G240T"CFexpress Type B Memory Card"CEB-G480T" "CEB-G240T"SDXC/SDHC memory card"SF-G256T" "SF-G128T" "SF-G64T" "SF-M512T" "SF-M256T" "SF-M128T""SF-E256" "SF-E128A" "SF-E64A"For each of those, the number represents the storage level of the card – CEA-G1920T is a 1,920GB card, for example. That list means tiers will remain, like the 320GB and 640GB Type A cards or the 960GB and 1,920GB Type B ones. At the moment, even some of the temporarily discontinued cards are still available on Sony's website and elsewhere, but don't expect that to last as remaining supply dwindles. The list doesn't include any Sony microSD cards, and thankfully, you can still find and buy many IGN's favorites for the Switch 2, handheld gaming PCs, and the Steam Deck.The RAM and memory crisis, brought on by massive demand from AI companies, continues to have widespread effects across all of the technology industry, effects that will make for a very expensive and weird gaming generation. We've already seen signs of that, in Steam Deck supply issues and Valve's inability to put a price or release date on the Steam Machine. (The company is still targeting 2026.) The beginning of the year saw manufacturing disruptions for the RTX 5070 Ti, too, and shortages could mean we'll be waiting a while for the Sony PlayStation 6. It's expected – though not guaranteed – that Nintendo will hike prices on the Switch 2, soon. Wes is a freelance writer (Freelance Wes, they call him) who has covered technology, gaming, and entertainment steadily since 2020 at Gizmodo, Tom's Hardware, Hardcore Gamer, and most recently, The Verge. Inside of him there are two wolves: one that thinks it wouldn't be so bad to start collecting game consoles again, and the other who also thinks this, but more strongly.
RAM Prices Have Started To Drop, But the Crisis Is Far From Over
Since November 2025, RAM prices have been getting out of hand, thanks to increased demand from AI hyperscalers. However, it looks like we've hit the peak, with RAM kits starting to come down in price – if only by just a little bit. The easing on memory prices seems to be a response to TurboQuant, a new algorithm from Google that the company claims lowers the memory cost by as much as six times. On top of that, OpenAI's problems with raising funding have also contributed to the lowering memory costs, according to a report from The Telegraph. But even if prices will eventually fall back to a normal level, we're not quite there yet. I've been using this 32GB kit of G.Skill Flare X5 DDR5 6000 memory as a sort of bellweather for the RAM market over the last few months. Right now, the memory is sitting at $419 for 32GB, which is significantly more expensive than it was at the end of last year. However, according to Camelcamelcamel, that particular kit of RAM peaked at $449 at the end of February. While a $30 drop in price is hardly the relief that PC gamers are hoping for, it is movement in the right direction. I've been told by analysts like Moor Insights and Strategy's Anshel Sag that the RAM crisis would last into or through 2027, and the recent plateau in memory costs doesn't exactly disprove that. But it does show that RAM is starting to inch back down in price, even if it wasn't in time to stop the PS5 and PS5 Pro from getting yet another price increase. Only time will tell how quickly the prices start to fall, or even if they're going to start going up again. Who knows? Maybe Valve will soon feel confident enough in memory prices to finally launch the Steam Machine. Either way, it's likely that we're going to see more price increases in the next few months until the RAM crisis finally subsides.Jackie Thomas is the Hardware and Buying Guides Editor at IGN and the PC components queen. You can follow her @Jackiecobra