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- January 31
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- This obviously Paper Mario-inspired RPG is finally out "after 5 long years," and it's already getting great reviews on Steam and console
- After 21 years, GTA: San Andreas speedrunners discover a wild 31-step skip that lets you beat the original PC port in under an hour
- After Cyberpunk 2077 came to Switch 2 uncensored, Dispatch dev thought it "would be allowed to do the same" and is now "working with Nintendo on a path forward"
- Mass Effect 5 would benefit from "taking lessons from Baldur's Gate 3" and being more of a "Bethesda-style game," Skyrim lead says
- Sam Raimi would be open to making a Spider-Man sequel, after all
- Longlegs and Stranger Things stars' horror anthology movie gets creepy first trailer
- Cozy new life sim Heartopia is about to get the collab of the century, but some players are already abandoning ship after Steam version quietly discloses AI usage: "The bare minimum"
- Vin Diesel reveals the title of final Fast and Furious film and a release date
- Upcoming Rambo origin movie starring Street Fighter actor will begin filming this week
- Former Skyrim lead shares his own theory on how The Elder Scrolls 6 will continue the story: "I would say they will leave it undefined or leave it as neither side really won"
- January 30
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- As Highguard claws its way up to "Mixed" Steam reviews, devs add 5v5 mode in response to player feedback about empty maps just 5 days after launch: "You asked, we listened"
- Legendary Japanese shooter studio was skeptical of Sony's PS1, but not for the same reason as everybody else: "I don't want to work with them because they've got beards"
- N64 dev spent 2 years making games for the ill-fated 64DD add-on, only to have Nintendo continually say they sucked and to "start again from scratch": "It was just really degrading"
- "We got rid of attributes in Skyrim and you know who complained? Almost nobody": Former Bethesda lead pushed for a streamlined RPG where you don't "have your head buried in menus, stats and rules"
- Highguard studio CEO says "the toxicity is challenging," wonders if The Game Awards reveal was the right decision: "I'm going to continue to ask myself"
- "I felt empty inside. I needed more Silksong": Hollow Knight Silksong player builds the ultimate Savage Beastfly by stacking Reddit-voted mods, now at 16 including "Trobbio sensory overload"
- Skyrim lead turned novelist says George R.R. Martin should move on from Game of Thrones entirely: "George gave his story to somebody else and they ran with it and they did an amazing job with it"
- Comedy legend Catherine O'Hara dead at 71
- "Nightmare-fuel" '90s horror game suddenly appears on Steam from a brand-new publisher, and nobody's more surprised than the Nightdive lead who's spent "almost a decade" trying to secure the rights
- The highest-rated new Steam game of 2026 is a $6 fantasy mech shooter that feels like a PS1 nod to FromSoftware's Armored Core and started as a way "to learn game dev"
- Epic Games Store GM says Valve's Team Fortress hats "definitely inspired" Epic's new Fortnite crossovers, like getting a Crimson Desert skin when you buy a game through Epic
- Avengers: Doomsday merch may have just revealed our first real look at Robert Downey Jr.'s Doctor Doom
- "Was it worth it? Not really": Arc Raiders martyr spends "2 months and 300 hours" on ultra-rare achievement only 14 other people have managed to secure, and it was awful
- Beyond Good & Evil 2 lead promises to deliver "a remarkable game for our players to enjoy" as he confirms the game is "unaffected by the recent changes" at Ubisoft
- New Nintendo Direct reportedly coming next week, but don't get too hyped for Mario or Zelda - it's rumored to be another third-party showing
- Diablo 4 is bringing back killstreaks in run-up to season 12, with special bloodied items to help you unleash hell, and nostalgic fans are pleased: "Seriously missed these from Diablo 3"
- Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream has given the web a colorful new Nintendo hunk to shamelessly swoon over – Hugh Morris, a literal clown
- Don't expect Cyberpunk 2 to be third-person or have flashy cutscenes, as lead dev explains "I value our uninterrupted immersion more"
- Paul Dano breaks silence on Quentin Tarantino's attack on his acting: "The world spoke up for me so I didn't have to"
- It's been 18 years since Ahsoka Tano was introduced to the world, and Star Wars fans (and Rosario Dawson) are celebrating
- "I'm just such a warped person": Nier creator Yoko Taro says he's "insufferable at work" and feels jealous of devs with "a place to belong"
- Tomodachi Life Living the Dream Switch pre-orders are here, and UK fans get a picture-perfect free bonus
- Final Fantasy 7's Materia almost had a very different name before series creator Hironobu Sakaguchi "had brilliant foresight" and realized it'd be "difficult to understand" for Japanese players
- Hoppers is being called Pixar's funniest movie ever in glowing first reactions
- Sugar season 2 announces release date with The Flash star joining Colin Farrell in the cast
- Final Fantasy producer and Dragon Quest creator are both on board with Square Enix's multiplatform push: "You can achieve the best quality no matter the platform you choose"
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 devs shout out fellow French studio's climbing sim launching on Steam and PS5 with clever nod to their J'RPG: "Expedition 69's favorite game is out!!"
- Nier creator Yoko Taro praises Devil May Cry icon Hideki Kamiya for his ability to "clap back" at annoying fans' posts online: "Some of them say things that are seriously absurd"
- Star Wars fans have noticed that one detail about the Inquisitors makes no sense
- Sweatlord gamers, listen up: this new controller tracks your heart rate as you play, but it's giving me Wii Fit flashbacks
- James Gunn says "the universe is rife" with false Batman: Brave and the Bold information
- Metroid Prime 2 and Pikmin 2 aren't coming to Nintendo Switch 2 Online after all, if you believe Nintendo: "We apologize for any confusion"
- Final Fantasy veteran Yoshinori Kitase thinks marriage makes Dragon Quest 5 the best JRPG in the series, even if he wishes he proposed to someone else: "Wow… your life really changes as you age?"
- Arc Raiders has a scheduling problem, and it's only gotten worse with Bird City: "Hey, unemployed people, are you enjoying the new map event?"
- Lost and Watchmen showrunner lands new series at HBO, adapting a gripping thriller novel about abduction
- First trailer for Ghost in the Shell does right by its legendary manga, with one of its creatives promising to "handle this precious world with care"
- After superhero hit Dispatch arrives on Switch with mandatory censorship, Nintendo says don't blame us: "Nintendo does not make changes to partner content"
- Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney supports the $900 million lawsuit against Valve, arguing Steam is "the only major store still holding onto payment ties and 30% junk fee"
- Frieren season 2 English dub has been delayed by Storm Fern
- Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream won't allow Mii and item sharing or any real online functionality at all, and I think I need Hugh Morris to cheer me up
- Chloé Zhao says Eternals wasn't high on Marvel's priority list: "It [was] only on their list of potential players"
- Is Simon Williams a mutant? Wonder Man's showrunner says it was "discussed" but won't answer either way
- 3 years after becoming a hit, Jury Duty announces release date for a second season with a new fake setup
- Dragon Quest 7 Reimagined producer says he always makes sure to have a cleric in his party because he's "not particularly skilled at RPGs," but I'd say that's just good advice
- January 29
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- As Highguard faces widespread performance issues, dev releases first patch and says it reduces crashes by 90%, "gives better performance control," and "significantly" improves overall stability
- The spirit of Garry's Mod takes residence in World of Warcraft with a 5v5 Prop Hunt mode set to hit the MMO this year
- God of War show goes full Ragnarok as it casts Odin and Thor
- Baldur's Gate 3 "launched into Early Access at full price, and personally I never loved that approach," says No Rest For the Wicked boss explaining why it's going up to $60
- Silent Hill legend Akira Yamaoka doesn't think the franchise has changed as much as you do, since Konami's "philosophical approach" has always been the same
- "I really love the Persona series – especially Persona 3," says Dragon Quest 7 Reimagined producer, while its director shouts out Final Fantasy and an odd 2009 JRPG
- After 13 years, a "new version" of Final Fantasy 7 is replacing the current version on Steam, and Square Enix hasn't explained what's different
- Resident Evil Requiem has "a different kind of replay value" than the rest of the series, director says: you can use Leon to steamroll the zombies you're too scared to deal with as Grace
- 6 new movies and shows to watch this weekend on Netflix, Prime, Disney Plus, and more (January 30 - February 1)
- After 16 rocky years and a terrible attempt to crowdfund a Mega Man successor, troubled Japanese studio shuts down right after redeeming itself with an incredible cozy JRPG
- Resident Evil Requiem director wants you to think "what's wrong with you Leon?" when you see the hot uncle "swinging his bloody ax"
- Arc Raiders players think they've found a new duplication exploit, and based on the 40 Tempest blueprints I've seen I think they're onto something
- Baldur's Gate 3 boss Swen Vincke still doesn't like mean-spirited criticism amid Highguard backlash, but he recognizes "good games are being mutilated to turn them into money machines"
- 007: First Light devs were in a "really, really bad spot" with only "3 months to survive" before Hitman saved them
- Baldur's Gate 3, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 actor agrees with Charlie Cox that mocap actors deserve more recognition: "It's quite hard to separate the two"
- Nintendo fulfills a 12-year-old promise by bringing non-binary characters and queer relationships to Tomodachi Life, and immediately breaks hearts by killing the game's screenshot-sharing features
- Cherry's new XTRFY MX 8.2 Pro gaming keyboard has one nifty trick I haven't seen before, and it's about time
- Baldur's Gate 3 director agrees with No Rest for the Wicked lead that Early Access is "a positive thing" for games like their two RPGs – when it works
- "We were feeling like it was stale": Dispatch is styled like "a premium animated television show" because devs didn’t want players to reject it like Telltale’s Walking Dead
- Diablo veterans announce dark fantasy isometric action RPG that "represents everything we've learned" about the genre, and it's coming to early access
- First reactions to Wuthering Heights call Emerald Fennell's new movie "a scorching hot and twisted tale" and praise Jacob Elordi and Margot Robbie's chemistry
- Bethesda never wants to retcon Fallout lore, longtime writer says, only add to it "in a way that doesn't spit in the eye of what came before"
- RPG legend returns to the franchise he co-created 40 years ago as Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era's advisor, "adding to the guidance the team already receives from Ubisoft"
- Chainsaw Man manga release schedule: when is chapter 228 out?
- My friend was on the hunt for a pair of thumbsticks, and these KontrolFreek Switch 2 grips were my immediate go-to
- Split Fiction game director reveals he's seen the first version of the movie adaptation's script
- New Alienware Area-51 PCs with AMD X3D chipsets have landed on earth, and surprise, surprise, they cost more than my car
- Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream gets April release date to round off 20-minute fever dream of a Nintendo Direct
- Diablo meets Stardew Valley in this action-RPG about descending into a procgen dungeon before coming out to rebuild a ruined town
- World of Warcraft lead teases there'll be "a lot of death" for "important characters" during the MMO's Worldsoul Saga, so pray for your favorites
- 5 years after it was announced, the live-action Gundam movie finds home at Netflix – and The Housemaid and Street Fighter stars are up for lead roles
- Baldur's Gate 3 publishing lead says "game development runs on optimism" as the industry comes to Highguard's defense following a messy launch: "It is easy to celebrate failure"
- Hytale devs looking to "speed up production" with weekly pre-release updates as the team aims to be "more adventurous" with patches
- Matthew Lillard says his Stu Macher Scream 7 return is "a gamble of legacy," but he was "openly campaigning" for a comeback for years
- Monster Hunter Wilds Steam reviews finally on the mend following Capcom's latest performance patch: "Finally at a point where I can recommend the game to others"
- Sinners director Ryan Coogler has filled in the gaps on what went down between Smoke and Stack before they left for Chicago
- Fallout fans have a grim theory about Thaddeus' future, and he might be turning into one of the games' gnarliest enemies
- The Steam Machine is on the way, so here's everything I need you to know before Valve's mini PC lands
- Highguard's Steam rating goes from 'Mostly Negative' to 'Mostly Positive' when filtering reviews left by people with over 3 hours of playtime
- Move over ink ribbons, an official Resident Evil Requiem Switch 2 SD card has been found
- Following Ubisoft Paris redundancy proposition, unions threaten to walk out if "out-of-control boss" Yves Guillemot "steps foot in our offices"
- Hope for a Kingdom Come: Deliverance PS5 port picks up momentum once more thanks to an apparent PlayStation Store leak
- Okie dokie! Fallout season 1 is now free on YouTube, but it's going back to the vault very soon
- Apple may have the next Game of Thrones on its hands with an adaptation of Brandon Sanderson's Cosmere universe
- Arc Raiders player recycles 109 Venator 4s live on Twitch after an accidental nerf in the Headwinds update, only for Embark to reverse it
- Following a divisive launch, Highguard devs have been "listening to feedback and working to add some highly requested features" as its first patch nears
- New Acolyte Star Wars book reveals more information about the Stranger's link to Kylo Ren
- "I am not going to abandon Haunted Chocolatier," says Stardew Valley's Eric Barone: "I know, I shouldn't have announced the game so early"
- Xbox revenue declines across the board year-over-year with Microsoft CFO blaming a fall off in first-party game sales
- Anime piracy has ballooned to a $30 billion cost in 2025, the highest figure ever
- A Return to Silent Hill director's cut exists and would allow the horror movie "room to breathe," says director of the 20% Rotten Tomatoes flop
- James Gunn defends The Flash writer set to pen the DCU's upcoming Batman movie: "I don't think you can judge my writing based on films others directed"
- Tim Cain worked 12 hour days and 7-day weeks making Fallout not because of crunch, but because "we loved what we were doing"
- Despite all the hentai games, Nintendo won't allow episodic superhero hit Dispatch on Switch uncensored
- January 28
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- Latest Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag remake leak prompts Ubisoft to directly respond with a classic GTA San Andreas meme – "Ah, s***, here we go again"
- Despite seemingly confirming one New Vegas ending as canon, Fallout showrunner says that no, actually, that Mr. House twist still "allows for many players' experiences to have happened"
- Anthem fan server project, which started "out of little more than spite for EA and Bioware," isn't making much progress
- After 30,000 layoffs and a dead MMO, Amazon reportedly loses gaming exec who famously said games "don't really have acting"
- X-Men Annual #1 turns the team into sentient drawings in a comic within a comic to battle a villain who controls "imagination itself"
- Fantasy MMO from husband-and-wife duo who worked on formative games like EverQuest and Asheron's Call leaves Steam early access after 8 years: "Let the next chapter begin"
- "These people are just delusional": Blizzard says World of Warcraft players can keep selling services for in-game currency unless their business is "non-traditional," and GDKP raiders are furious
- Mike Flanagan's Exorcist movie adds Man of Steel star Diane Lane
- Dune: Awakening Chapter 3 promises a "bigger, better endgame" that makes it easier for lapsed players to return by abolishing tax, and more: "Our work is far from done"
- A terrifying 20,282 games were released on Steam in 2025, and just 608 managed to get 1,000 reviews, expert finds: "We might be in a bit of an indie golden age"
- Slay the Spire 2 pulls a Silksong, scares indie devs into releasing roguelike ahead of schedule in fear of losing players to "an absolute juggernaut in our own genre"
- The Elder Scrolls 6 setting may have been decided when Bethesda was working on Fallout 4, former Skyrim lead and "loremaster" teases: "It was more of a consensus"
- Nintendo Switch versions of Capcom's Disney collection have emerged – and it now includes one of the Resident Evil creator's first games
- Resident Evil Requiem changed form dramatically halfway through its six-year development, says director, and returns to the story of the first six games
- This Crucial P510 is one of the last bastions of reasonably priced gaming SSDs, but it won't be around for long
- Blizzard isn't "walking back" plans to remove World of Warcraft combat and UI mods: "Our goal was never to stamp out the addon ecosystem"
- "Hytale is a forever game": After a miracle comeback, Hytale head says it "will get updates as long as gaming exists"
- GTA 5 Online update fixes a million bugs, and now some players will no longer randomly spawn in the ocean: "I got to hand it to the devs"
- Razer Synapse has finally made the jump to browsers, but it's off to a slow start
- Before it could come to Steam, Valve made devs "record and send footage" of their game's "alien orgy" for verification, which was fortunately cleared for launch
- Henry Cavill looks battle-worn in long-awaited first look at John Wick creator's Highlander reboot
- Yellowjackets star says it's "bittersweet" heading into the thriller show's final season, as she shares "redemption" hopes for "cruel" Shauna
- Arc Raiders hit with "extensive, coordinated DDoS attacks" causing server and matchmaking issues, Embark says, with The Finals struggling too
- Fallout 3 artist was stopped by security after taking location scouting a little too seriously in Washington DC: "Turns out they don’t want you snooping around the buildings"
- Former FPS pro Shroud says Highguard's "vision is there," but tech problems are holding the fantasy shooter back: "Gameplay is really good, it's just poor performance"
- A Tomb Raider video game voice actor has a mystery role in Prime Video's new TV show – and she could be playing Lara Croft's mother
- After 5 years, Terraria 1.4.5 sees the iconic sandbox game hit another high with over 160,000 players exploring its new Minecraft-inspired world seed and more
- Reboot of controversial cult horror gives Final Destination and The Monkey a run for their money, as its first trailer showcases increasingly gruesome ways to die
- Monster Hunter Wilds players were right; buying $500 of DLC unintentionally made the game run better, so Capcom has fixed it
- Jason Sudeikis is back on the pitch in first look at Ted Lasso season 4, which hits Apple TV this summer
- Studio formed by OG Diablo leads is announcing its debut action RPG this week, and you can play a demo of it ahead of Steam Next Fest in February
- Game of Thrones fans have spotted a small A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms detail that hints Egg is hiding something
- Peak patch finally lets you kick other players, but be warned – scouts can't be "un-kicked"
- James Wan says he wants to take Saw back to its "psychologically scarring" roots, by moving away from gore in Saw 11
- Jason Momoa says his first Supergirl scene proves he was "born" to play Lobo, but he doesn't know if he will appear in the DCU in future
- Star Wars' Daisy Ridley says it's unlikely we'll get any news about the Rey movie before 2027: "In the future sometime"
- After 30 years of using every PS1 controller you could dream of, I'm convinced most players will just want to use their DualSense with the OG console
- Arc Raiders adding Legendary guns aimed at PvP is "completely possible," but Embark bans any "one-shot" kills: "I think that gameplay is deeply boring"
- Monster Hunter Wilds' latest PC performance patch is already earning rave reviews from players: "THEY DID IT!"
- James Gunn has shared a cryptic Superman set photo, and DC fans think it's teasing Martian Manhunter
- 5 weeks after the Stranger Things finale, Netflix unveils first look at Duffer Brothers' creepy new show with an ominous title
- After 5 years, a major Attack on Titan mystery has finally been resolved
- Resident Evil Requiem director says you can thank the "strict" women at Capcom for "hot uncle" Leon Kennedy: "A design that would make anyone’s heart throb"
- Wonder Man showrunner confirms the Marvel show didn't kill off a major real-life Disney actor and "promises" to bring them back if they ever make season 2
- As Highguard continues to get trashed online, Baldur's Gate 3 boss Swen Vincke says "I don't like people s***ing on things" as "it's easy to destroy things, it's a lot harder to build them"
- Arc Raiders patch fixes notorious Stella Montis Seed Vault extract, and removes Buried City guitar puzzle that was "damn near impossible" entirely
- Fallout season 2, episode 7 ending: what's inside Hank's mainframe, explained
- Fallout season 2's latest episode suggests the creators may have made a single New Vegas ending canon after all
- When does Wonder Man take place on the Marvel timeline?
- Wonder Man ending explained: Simon's fate and how does it affect the wider MCU?
- January 27
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- Wonder Man showrunner says the Marvel show "could have been a tax write-off," but producers fought to save it
- Embark nerfed looting speed in Arc Raiders, didn't put it in the patch notes, and just now told everyone the high-speed loot we had "was unintended"
- Ryan Reynolds is reportedly focused on developing Deadpool 4
- "People can hate me for this if they want": Manor Lords publisher says most indie publishers are "predatory and opportunistic," and "not particularly competent either"
- Arc Raiders just nerfed the most popular way to farm Queen and Matriarch reactors, but hey, at least gun cases won't spit out worthless Burlettas as often
- New Witcher spinoff game was vetted "by multiple loremasters, writers and producers" at CD Projekt Red, devs say, so they couldn't get away with everything: "Hordes of zombie witchers was considered a step too far"
- Judas lets you "truly inhabit a character" in a way BioShock didn't, and Ken Levine says the game "spent 5 years in just R&D" to make sure NPCs respond to every choice
- After game cancellations and layoffs, Ubisoft laments "important truths" and increases subscription prices for a 17-year-old franchise
- Arc Raiders answers the community's prayers: new Epic looting Augment lets you put weapons in your safe pocket, and even use heavy shields to boot
- Hopes for Metroid Prime 2 Remastered seemingly dashed as Walmart apparently leaks it and stone-cold classic Pikmin 2 for Nintendo Switch Online's GameCube library
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's beloved Esquie was pitched as being like Mulan's own lovable giant, but his actor saw another character in him: "I pictured Baymax from Big Hero 6"
- Ori studio's action RPG No Rest for the Wicked hits the top of the Steam charts following co-up update, beating Arc Raiders, Marvel Rivals, and Helldivers 2
- At a time when some PS5 SSDs cost more than rent, this 5TB Astro Bot external drive looks astronomically more appealing
- Geralt "dies a lot" in the new Witcher game out next month, a "Witcher fan-fiction simulator" narrated by Dandelion the bard and published by Devolver Digital
- Helldivers 2's next premium Warbond comes with a reloadable, exploding hammer, but what's got fans' attention is Arrowhead's tease of a returning faction from the original game
- Matt Murdock is back in black in Daredevil: Born Again season 2 as Jessica Jones, Bullseye, and Foggy Nelson return
- Valves faces $900 million lawsuit, accused of abusing its dominance in PC gaming to over-charge for games and DLC, as UK court says the case can continue
- After 2 years of campaigning, Stop Killing Games will get its final answer by July as European Commission details its "public hearing" and decision timeline
- Want the Samsung Galaxy Z Trifold? You'll need a serious stack of cash
- After 30 years, 2 never-before-released Virtual Boy games escape Nintendo jail on Switch, including a canceled F-Zero racer and a unique platformer from the Fire Emblem studio
- Benevolent Fallout New Vegas director says he would let players set “difficulty options however they like” if “it cost nothing, which it does not”
- "We're catching the beauty within": Silent Hill legend Akira Yamaoka says horror isn't as important to the franchise as "emotional complexity"
- Lego Sauron's Helmet looks amazing, but what I really want is more book nooks
- The Last of Us star Kaitlyn Dever says she starts prep for season 3 "in a couple of days" and thinks "fans are really going to like" the "shifting perspective"
- Manor Lords, Might and Magic publisher says "we will f**k it up," but will try and "guard against" AI being part of its games "in every way"
- An Andor fan has noticed that the Star Wars show's second season makes sense of "one of the worst things" about the sequel trilogy
- My favorite Switch 2 case just got even better thanks to the new Apple AirTag revamp
- Lenovo looks to be jumping on the chiplet gaming laptop bandwagon, with new AMD and Nvidia machines spotted
- DC Comics boss knows why anime and manga has an "advantage" over American comics: "I'm very happy that manga has been so successful, because it gives me a 'goal' to aim for"
- The Atari ST is making a mini FPGA-powered comeback, but don't expect Commodore 64 Ultimate levels of availability
- I'm starting my Blu-Ray collection in 2026 and The Super Mario Bros. Movie is at the top of my list
- I've been using the Elegoo Centauri Carbon 2 for a month now, and it's already my go-to 3D printer recommendation
- New Deadlock update adds adorable hero who specializes in naps and pillow fights, sees Valve's shooter soar to nearly 100,000 players
- Former Nintendo of America marketing lead says higher-ups "chided" them for not selling as many casual games like Tomodachi Life as Europe
- "Sakurai got us": Nintendo fans praise Smash Bros. creator for delivering a final Kirby Air Riders patch that could have easily been DLC
- New fantasy FPS Highguard has a full year of post-launch content "deep in development," split up into episodes to counteract "live-service fatigue": "We're building a game that people want to come back to"
- Can't get your hands on the Pokemon x Natural History Museum drop? This official merch is just as cute
- Studio head behind Fable reboot and Forza Horizon says "there are lots of commonalities" between making an open-world racing game and an open-world action-RPG
- Gory comedy thriller Send Help just bagged Sam Raimi his highest Rotten Tomatoes score since Spider-Man 2
- Hideo Kojima praises this "hard sci-fi anime" with a perfect Rotten Tomatoes score that almost no one watched upon its release in 2023
- Monster Hunter Wilds has sold 11 million copies, Capcom says, but it's barely clinging to the best-seller list thanks to the likes of Resident Evil and Devil May Cry
- "One of the most unoptimized games": Code Vein 2 launches on Steam to "Mixed" early access reviews as fans say it "feels like wasted money"
- Wonder Man's in-universe film pokes fun at rumored epic Avengers: Doomsday runtime
- Intel's latest Arc GPU driver takes on Nvidia with Multi-Frame Generation, and I'm hoping for a big Battlemage comeback
- Tomb Raider reboot star Alicia Vikander "loved" the first look at Sophie Turner as Lara Croft and thinks it's a "really smart choice" for the Prime Video show "to go back and celebrate the 90s"
- Resident Evil Requiem won't suffer from RE6's multi-protagonist issues, director says, as Grace and Leon pair together like fish and rice: "We're the 'inventors of sushi' here"
- We're getting a new Lego Millennium Falcon, but this time there's a twist
- January 26
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- The Penguin breakout star Cristin Milioti says Sofia Falcone is "definitively not" in The Batman 2
- Hours after launch, Highguard has "Mostly Negative" reviews and a peak of 97,000 players on Steam
- Final Fantasy 7 Remake Part 3 still uses Unreal Engine 4 because "it's more beneficial to have something we're already familiar with," director Naoki Hamaguchi says
- As GTA 6 looms near Fable's fall release date, Xbox Game Studios head isn't super worried about Rockstar: "They're going to do what they're going to do"
- "I broke my foot and continued to come to work": Prince of Persia remake cancellation is "the most devastating moment" of voice actor's career after 3 years of work
- "I wish Highguard had been received better," CEO admits, after cancelling a planned Apex Legends-style shadow drop when Geoff Keighley said "let me do something"
- Terraria update trailer shows off better building, island worlds in the sky, Dead Cells and Palworld crossover content, new furniture, and more
- Pokemon studio's action RPG Beast of Reincarnation is not open-world, has difficulty settings unlike Soulslikes, and combat is about parrying to tag in a dog you power up with pets
- Nintendo 64 classic Banjo-Kazooie gets fanmade PC port with 60 FPS and widescreen, and the series creator has paid tribute in classic Gruntilda fashion: "Recompiled, oh my word! People just love the bear and bird!"
- Assassin's Creed studio Ubisoft returns with more bad news, proposing "voluntary" layoffs that could cut up to 200 people at its France location
- One Yoshi moment in the new Super Mario Galaxy Movie teaser has fans questioning canon: "I hope someone was fired for that blunder"
- World of Warcraft Midnight pre-patch follows tradition with a colony of bugs, filling the sky with dragons and turning hills into squishy gray lumps: "I just expect them to try and do better for once"
- 6 of the best new shows and movies streaming this week on Disney Plus, Netflix, Prime Video, and more (January 26–February 1)
- Arc Raiders' next big update is out tomorrow, and we were all wrong about the new map condition: Buried City gets covered in birds, and there's a "long-term" Arc trophy display handing out "rarer blueprints"
- Despite landing 16% on Rotten Tomatoes, Return to Silent Hill director says he wants to make more: "I can see that plenty of people are thinking I'm doing a pretty good job"
- Arc Raiders' new matchmaking option is a big letdown that almost nobody will use: "Solos vs Squads" lets you sign up to lose 1v3 fights in exchange for bonus XP
- Blizzard's teases "the next chapter" for World of Warcraft, Overwatch, Hearthstone, and Diablo, as StarCraft fans enter year 11 of their desperation
- Director of new zombie horror heaps praise on Danny Boyle's 28 Days Later, as he says it's "unavoidable" not to be influenced by the franchise: "It runs deep in my roots"
- Kingdom Come: Deliverance devs considered using Robin Hood's England or medieval Germany for the action-RPG, but Warhorse ran into a problem - the team "knew nothing" about those eras
- New supernatural horror Undertone is being called "one of the scariest movies ever" and drawing comparisons to Paranormal Activity – and, luckily, the director is moving onto that franchise next
- The new hero for my favorite Warhammer 40K army looks great, and it confirms my suspicion about what comes next
- Ben Kingsley's Trevor Slattery was originally going to be the star of his own MCU project before it was "mixed" with Wonder Man
- Cold Storage director says Stranger Things star Joe Keery is "absolutely brilliant" in the upcoming sci-fi comedy: "Almost too good to be true"
- Game of Thrones fans are praising A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms for "finally" getting one key detail from George R.R. Martin's books right
- "DEI only improved things" at Ubisoft, says former employee "stunned" at "misinformation" claiming diversity, equity, and inclusion to blame for Assassin's Creed studio's drop in share prices
- Fable developer Playground Games first spoke about "doing something" other than Forza Horizon back in 2017, and were quickly sold on the iconic RPG when it came up: "I could think of nothing else"
- Step aside, Animal Crossing: Loveably weird life sim Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream is getting a dedicated Nintendo Direct this week
- Frieren is back, but where are those official Hyperkin Nintendo Switch accessories?
- It took Bethesda "several months" to get Fallout 3's Liberty Prime to do what he's told and stop fighting random NPCs: "It's all we're asking you to do, sir"
- Pokemon dev Game Freak says it wasn't trying to make an anti-Pokemon game with its flashy new action RPG Beast of Reincarnation: "It just happened"
- Director of zombie horror We Bury the Dead admits that the "last thing" he added to the script were the zombies: "You better have something new to say, or get out of here"
- The SteelSeries Arctis Nova Pro Wireless is back under $300, but it's got some healthy competition
- Baldur's Gate 3 modder pillages the depths of Early Access to bring "over 100 conversations and more than 1,000 lines of voiced dialogue back from the dead"
- New Dragon Ball game coming in 2027 features character designs from late series creator Akira Toriyama, and could be a new Xenoverse game given the timeframe
- Spider-Man director Sam Raimi reveals he tried to make a Batman film but "couldn’t get the rights"
- Taika Waititi says his upcoming Star Wars film will "harness a little more of the fun" of the original trilogy
- We Bury the Dead director says Star Wars' Daisy Ridley was "pushed to her limit" shooting the new zombie horror: "I hadn't seen her anything quite like this"
- Arc Raiders' Headwinds update lands tomorrow, and fan theories we're getting 4-player squads aren't landing well with everyone: "They'd need to significantly increase loot spawns"
- Xbox Game Studios boss has played a "bunch" of the Fable reboot, and his "brain pops" thinking about its 1,000 NPCS: "Fable is going to be an incredible RPG"
- Amazon is seemingly doubling down on its AI anime dubs, despite backlash – but deletes job listing to "drive global expansion of AI-enabled dubbing capabilities" after less than a week
- "We have cleared the requirement": Stop Killing Games' EU initiative has almost 1.3 million verified signatures, clearing it for the next phase that's expected to take place next month
- After 40 years of bangers, legendary Mario Kart and Luigi's Mansion director seems to have left Nintendo
- After Chris Pratt promised more characters were on the way, The Super Mario Galaxy movie delivers with an incredible game deep-cut
- Star Wars: Starfighter is the most original Star Wars project in years as "no legacy characters" are confirmed
- January 25
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- Old School RuneScape 2026 roadmap includes the MMO's first raid in 4 years, Sailing expansions, and the end of a questline that began 21 years ago
- Sam Raimi's Send Help was originally written as a psychological thriller, but the Evil Dead director couldn't help but make it funny during filming: "A lot of comedy showed up!"
- Playground Games' Fable has "kind of nicked" The Office's mockumentary-style interviews: "A lot of people assume we just did that for those trailers"
- Fable's reboot doesn't have morality-based character morphing and fans are divided: "It's what helped set Fable apart from other Middle Ages Western RPGs"
- Xbox Game Studios lead can't say when State of Decay 3 will rear its head again, but he "will certainly see a lot more of it in the coming year"
- Fable's new morality system is "entirely subjective" and "probably representative of how morality exists in the world that we live in today"
- The Super Mario Galaxy Movie second trailer finally reveals Yoshi and he's adorable
- Tom Cruise movie Digger is “nothing like that experience I've ever had before” according to Rogue One star Riz Ahmed
- Dragon Ball Super: Beerus set to "enhance" Battle of Gods in new anime
- The Strangers – Chapter 3 star hits back at horror fans who slammed Chapters 1 and 2 for not feeling like finished movies: "They're not!"
- New Dragon Ball Super anime announced
- Spider-Man director Sam Raimi gives thoughts on returning to the franchise
- January 24
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- Fable lets you enter and even buy any building in its world because that was one of the "requirements that we took from the original games," dev says
- After 5 years, GOG lead says removing cult horror game Devotion from the store is a situation that "remains difficult to reflect on"
- Minecraft-like RPG Hytale's second big update adding necromancy is already out as devs work on "several updates in parallel"
- Fable's open world contains over 1,000 NPCs, much to the horror of the RPG's art team who had to make a bed for each one of them: "They need what now?"
- Monarch: Legacy of Monsters producer says season 2's "exciting" new Titan is "something we haven't seen before"
- Chris Pratt wanted an actual bot to play his AI co-star instead of Dune's Rebecca Ferguson
- Hawkeye season 2 gets a less than promising update from Marvel producer
- I've played Warhammer for years, but sets like Kill Team: Shadowhunt flip the script enough to keep me locked in
- Resident Evil star says Zach Cregger's upcoming video game adaptation is a "comedic" and "crazy" origin story
- The Nun director's new horror movie Whistle features a death scene that's so "insane", he'd never seen anything like it on screen before: "I had to reread it"
- Palworld lead hits back at claims Pocketpair "dgaf" about its survival hit, jokes "we should drop 1.0 right now, add loot boxes, disable singleplayer, online only then shut it down in 12 months"
- Legendary Master Chief actor says he didn't like doing voice work for Halo 5's misleading ads because it made it harder to "stay true to the character"
- January 23
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- "We probably should've done something sooner": World of Warcraft director says the MMO's addon changes have been a long time coming, but better late than never
- Fallout lead says "spaghetti code" has nothing to do with being a "stupid, lazy programmer" – it happens when developers aren't given enough time: "I'd love to tell you this was hypothetical. It's not"
- 13 years after the last installment, Madoka Magica 4 has been delayed once again with fans calling it "the GTA 6 of anime movies"
- As Beyond Good and Evil fans enter their 18th year of hell, Ubisoft somehow insists the sequel is still in development amid its massive restructure
- Warhorse says it had to ditch historical accuracy for Kingdom Come: Deliverance's crime system as it'd be "too harsh" on "peasant boy" Henry – "Any crime would be punished very severely"
- Get your popcorn, place your bets, and gather round: Highguard will hold a launch showcase next week after 43 days of silence following odd Game Awards reveal
- Wonder Man creators had "free rein" to develop Simon Williams, and answer whether he's an MCU mutant in hiding: "There wasn't necessarily a run of Wonder Man that they wanted to look at"
- Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth's best minigame will be enhanced, expanded, and "powered up" for part 3 of the JRPG remake trilogy
- Jason Momoa's Lobo makes his full debut in a fiery new Supergirl clip
- The Sims 4's biggest sex mod, WickedWhims, is launched 400,000 times a day according to its creator
- Gearbox "avoiding nerfs at the moment" for Borderlands 4, dodging previous balance backlash: "I wholeheartedly want to avoid ruining someone's countless hours of farming"
- New Mario merch will tell you the wrong time, randomly speak in different languages, and can only be temporarily silenced, but it's won fans over: "Nintendo made a $35 rage bait device"
- Final Fantasy 7 Remake lead knows even us hardened JRPG fans are time-poor, but thinks certain time-saving features could help players finish the game in just one day
- Netflix unveils first look at Alien and Moon Knight stars in Beef season 2 – and this time, "two feuding couples" are doing the raging out
- Super Mario Bros Wonder Switch 2 Edition pre-orders are here, but the lack of a bonus is not so wonderful
- Palworld dev Pocketpair won't hire anyone with no Steam playtime, CEO explains: "If an applicant's number of Steam games played is 0, we will, in principle, pass them on"
- Mass Effect 5 starts hiring for a new lead developer as BioWare remains tight-lipped about its next RPG
- Arc Raiders 2026 roadmap revealed: exclusive matchmaking for lvl 40+ players, "new large Arc," beach map teased with new map conditions, 2 Expedition windows, and more
- Despite being watched for 100 million hours in 28 days, Netflix cancels Gillian Anderson western The Abandons
- Chris Pratt has pitched Marvel a "really strong vision" for Star-Lord's MCU future: "I think it's f***ing great"
- "Sometimes we are inconsistent": Fable hits PS5 day one so Microsoft can get the RPG to "as many players as we can," but Xbox Game Studios head wants to "maintain optionality" for multiplatform launches
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Esquie actor "would love" to play the lovable lump once more, but he thinks it’s unlikely because the "story is kind of complete"
- Author who inspired JRPG hits Shin Megami Tensei and Persona says devs need to draw ideas from media other than games, or "you'll usually just end up making the exact same system"
- Prolific modder behind Cyberpunk 2077 and Elden Ring VR conversions pulls all his work offline after another DMCA strike: "We'll always have the memories"
- Forza Horizon 6 pre-orders are live: here's where to get yours
- Scarlett Johansson, Kristen Bell, and Vince Gilligan among 700 Hollywood creatives behind anti-AI campaign: "Stealing our work is not innovation"
- Bethesda devs love switching between The Elder Scrolls and Fallout because going from fantasy to sci-fi "keeps things fresh": "All of these things just get your creativity flowing"
- The Super Mario Galaxy Movie teases fire Mario and Luigi as Nintendo announces an "exclusive look" coming this Sunday
- Battlefield 6 was the US' best-selling game of 2025, finally dethroning Call of Duty after a 23-year-long feud between the juggernaut shooters
- Live service dominated 2025 as both PlayStation and Xbox's top 10 US best sellers were almost entirely multiplayer games, with Ghost of Yotei the single-player-only exception
- Chris Pratt thinks it's "safe to say" he won't be the DCU's new Batman after trolling James Gunn with a pic of himself in the cowl
- Jason Momoa says you haven't seen anything yet from Timothee Chalamet: "Wait until you see him in Dune 3… I'm serious"
- Arc Raiders players have found a real-life Stella Montis in Italy, and they're leaving hilarious reviews: "The Shredders are a bit of a nuisance"
- Valve MOBA Deadlock gets perhaps its biggest update yet with 6 new characters, another mode, revamped postgame and tons more
- Sansa Stark and Tomb Raider star Sophie Turner says she can't watch anything Game of Thrones related, or even listen to the theme song: "It gives me crazy anxiety"
- Upcoming Star Wars show Maul – Shadow Lord went back to basics by creating backgrounds with painted glass, just like in A New Hope
- Game Freak action RPG Beast of Reincarnation isn't just being made by the Pokemon studio, as the devs "managed to seek out a lot of partner companies to work with us"
- Don't skip Wonder Man, as overwhelmingly positive first reactions say it's one of the best MCU shows and "exactly what we need right now"
- The Acolyte star jokes about the "controversy" around her now-canceled Star Wars show: "God forbid the lesbians make it to space"
- Sinners star Wunmi Mosaku reacts to her (pleasantly surprising) Oscars acting nomination: "I didn't know the industry could be so gentle and kind"
- Star-Lord actor Chris Pratt says the Avengers: Doomsday trailers were "really exciting", but suggests Peter Quill won't be involved: "I can't wait to see it"
- Baldur's Gate 3 devs tip their hat to fellow RPG Fable: "Oh my f***ing god this game just became my most anticipated"
- Spider-Man: Brand New Day director teases big "tonal shift" for the new movie while saying "it’s still the Spider-Man that everybody loves"
- Bethesda could have made a Fallout movie or TV show a decade ago, but "credit to Todd Howard," they refused Hollywood's offers until they found "the right partner"
- Halo Master Chief actor tells AI to keep its filthy paws off of his voice: "That's where we cross a line"
- January 22
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- Fable head says "we can't try to make a Lionhead game," and the RPG reboot isn't fantasy either: "We all know what fantasy is – it's The Witcher, it's Skyrim, it's Lord of the Rings"
- Forza Horizon 6 is going full anime, from the Initial D-inspired nighttime Touge Battle mode to what appears to be a full-sized Gundam
- Minecraft creative lead plays Hytale and concludes "I'd rather just play Minecraft," and Hytale's lead says "he is probably right to feel this way"
- Forza Horizon 6 adds Assassin's Creed Shadows-style Estate where you can build "pretty much whatever," as long as you fund your lavish lifestyle by doing things like "delivering tofu"
- New Fable developer Playground "got a treasure trove of documents" from original creator Lionhead "that had been in storage," and one sums up the whole series in 5 words
- Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 couldn't compete with Assassin's Creed or Dragon Age: The Veilguard's budgets, so Warhorse had to "change the rules of the game"
- Fable will let me romance nearly all of its 1000 NPCs "with a very few exceptions," lead says, and I can't wait to be a hero-turned-divorcee with two kids after orchestrating a turbulent love triangle
- Forza Horizon 6 Premium Edition is $120, even more expensive than the previous game, and it still doesn't include all DLC
- Remedy defends Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney as Baldur's Gate 3 publishing lead questions "millions in lost revenue" from no Steam version: "There would be no Alan Wake 2 without Epic"
- Sorry, the Fable reboot doesn't feature a dog companion, Playground lead confirms: "I was hoping that nobody would ask that question"
- Invincible season 4 trailer teams up Mark Grayson and Omni-Man to fight an intergalactic war
- Fable isn't a sequel, Playground Games lead says, because "we needed to reboot the franchise" and "put our stamp on it" – "It would be inauthentic for us to just try and make Fable 4"
- 6 new movies and shows to watch this weekend on Netflix, Prime, Disney Plus, and more (January 23-25)
- Fable 4 is officially just Fable, and after a 16-year wait it finally launches this fall across Xbox, PC, and PS5
- Double Fine's next game is a PvP brawler with pottery-powered team battles and a full social hub, out this spring on PS5, Xbox Series X, and PC
- Pokemon dev Game Freak sets summer 2026 release window for its new "one-person, one-dog action RPG" coming to PS5, Xbox Series X, and PC
- Xbox confirms the Forza Horizon 6 release date it previously leaked, but you're going to have to wait for the PS5 version
- Former Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time remake dev alleges the game was "close to the finish line," suffered from bad "internal alignment": "Ubisoft was heading in a different direction"
- Captain Toad finally has an amiibo, and it's all thanks to Super Mario Bros Wonder Switch 2 Edition
- It's Darth Maul against the galaxy in first trailer for Star Wars: Maul - Shadow Lord
- Switch 2 ports of Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth and Part 3 are already in development, and the JRPGs' director promises "pretty much exactly the same" experience as other platforms
- Real-life Super Mario Wonder Talking Flower will nag you to eat well like an overbearing parent
- PNY has unveiled a new 1TB Switch 2 SD card, and its price is a sight for sore eyes
- Disastrous Arknights Endfield launch charges players random amounts for purchases: "My whole bank account balance of 1.2k got wiped"
- Nintendo Switch 2 is still the fastest-selling console in tracked US history – though its bonkers sales numbers haven't beaten the handheld Game Boy Advance
- Marvel Rivals streamer kicked out of Twitch tournament by his teammates given $3,000 in donations, equaling the first prize if he'd competed: "Stop giving me money"
- Everything announced at the Xbox Developer Direct 2026
- As Final Fantasy 7 Remake arrives on Switch 2, lead encourages Smash Bros fans who were "drawn" to Cloud and Sephiroth to play his game "just to experience these really cool characters"
- Chris Pratt says his role in new AI murder mystery movie Mercy was "a big challenge", made more difficult by being locked into a chair all day: "I thought those restrictions might lend themselves to a better performance"
- New Masters of the Universe trailer gives He-Man's story a Superman-esque spin, as it unveils Jared Leto's Skeletor
- The Future Games Show is returning in 2026 with 6 new shows
- Lego Luigi is about to give Mario his famous death stare in new set teaser
- Sophie Turner says her Lara Croft isn't a "sex bombshell" and Amazon's Tomb Raider series will "show the other side" of the video game icon
- Nintendo reveals Super Mario Bros. Wonder's Switch 2 Edition is coming out in March with extensive local co-op and online modes, plus Rosalina and Luma
- While Gears of War: E-Day rewinds the clock, devs are looking to freshen up the 20-year-old series: "We wanted to build a game that feels like Gears but plays like new"
- Nerdy gift giving is my love language, and these are the Switch 2 accessories you should gift your Valentine
- Could you choose between Pikachu, Eevee, and Gengar? Because Secretlab's latest chair collection is forcing you to
- After the first movie was nominated for 10 Oscars in 2025, Wicked: For Good picks up 0 nominations
- OG Fallout lead says his studio's upcoming steampunk RPG "is our most ambitious title, probably by a factor of 10," and the devs' "real challenge" comes from the move to first-person
- Frozen, Hocus Pocus, and Coco make their way to Disney Villainous with new expansions
- The Witcher 4 will cost CD Projekt almost $800 million between development and marketing, estimates analyst who also predicts new The Witcher 3 DLC this year
- Six months out from Evil Dead Burn's release, another Evil Dead movie has been announced – and it's got a Mike Flanagan favorite on board
- Oscars 2026 nominations list in full – Sinners leads with 16 nods, making it the most-nominated movie of all time
- How to watch the Xbox Developer Direct – including the first look at Fable and Forza Horizon 6 gameplay
- "We kept waiting for another Risk of Rain 2. It never came:" New roguelike hits Steam with 2-8 player co-op, a roadmap locked and loaded, and tons of internet humor
- Pokemon Legends: Z-A update 2.0.1 is "one of the greatest and most important so far," fans say, with major quality-of-life improvements and a fix for one of the DLC's biggest annoyances
- Nvidia's N1 and N1X gaming laptops could be imminent, here's what that means for your next rig
- Invincible season 4 first look teases terrifying new villains and another Walking Dead cast member
- Chris Pratt's new AI thriller debuts to one of the Marvel star's lowest Rotten Tomatoes scores in over 10 years
- It: Welcome to Derry season 2 is "now in the works", even though HBO still hasn't officially renewed the horror prequel
- Palworld lead shoots his shot, tells Fortnite dev to "reach out" if Epic ever wants to collab after producer says he'd "love" to see something similar to Pocketpair's game in the battle royale
- Hytale Update 2 lets you summon gangs of skeletons and provides more modding tools to the Minecraft-inspired RPG - and yes, magic is coming: "We will have a proper mana and spell system in the future"
- Return to Silent Hill is an early contender for 2026's worst movie – with a 6% Rotten Tomatoes score
- One Battle After Another and Sinners are feeling confident ahead of Oscar nominations, as both movies set re-releases for this weekend
- Helldivers 2 update adds stealth missions along with changes to suppressed weapons so you can "bang bang less," and Arrowhead is finally "ready to make the slim PC build default for all"
- Amazon crowns Fallout season 2 as the sixth most popular season on Prime Video of all time, but won't reveal viewership data just yet
- New Mario Kart World update finally adds team races to the Switch 2 game's Knockout Tour mode
- Streamer Ninja says 99% of Arc Raiders players "aren't even coming close to running into a fraction of the amount of cheaters" he is, which is why his complaints are "falling on deaf ears"
- New Dune: Awakening patch finally lets you change servers without starting a new character
- January 21
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- DC's new Batman movie The Brave and the Bold finally has its writer, reuniting the team that brought us box office bomb The Flash
- Sorry, why did nobody tell me that 'Fallout but trucking' exists and is about to come to consoles after a year of 88% positive reviews on Steam?
- Arc Raiders devs have discussed special raids like high-value rounds where you have to bring in good gear, but "don't want to segment the player base too much"
- Hytale mithril doesn't exist yet, but thanks to "suggestions in DMs" endgame mining is going to get "a bit more interesting"
- Nickelodeon icons Kenan and Kel reunite for a surprise Frankenstein horror comedy
- Ex-Bethesda loremaster and Skyrim lead says Starfield's main problem was not enough Todd Howard: "When he would get pulled away from the game that would really hurt the game"
- Prime Video's God of War TV show casts Doctor Who actor as Ragnarok villain
- A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms becomes the highest-rated first season of any Game of Thrones show on Rotten Tomatoes
- Netflix partners with Jujutsu Kaisen studio MAPPA, with exclusive new anime coming for subscribers
- Battlefield 6 teases new Contaminated map for season 2 and confirms a "rebuilt" version of classic Battlefield 4 map Golmud Railway is on the way
- After 6 years of waiting, multiple delays, and a complete reboot, Prince of Persia remake dev comments on its cancellation: "We know this is deeply disappointing"
- As other devs commit to AI as a development tool, Ubisoft is doubling down on "player-facing generative AI"
- Fallout 3 "went hard on the gloomy despair of the post-apocalyptic world" to differentiate it from Oblivion, but one dev thinks Bethesda went too far: "We just drained the color out of the world"
- Baldur's Gate 3 publishing lead says Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney's "altruistic pro-developer talk" over the Steam vs Epic debate "doesn't sit well" after Alan Wake 2 studio "seemingly went into financial crisis"
- Out of nowhere, Donkey Kong Country Returns HD gets updated with new content that sure would have made its questionable price tag more appealing a whole year ago
- Cyberpunk 2077 VR mod creator isn't ruling out making it free following DMCA from CD Projekt Red, but says it's kind of pointless now because people are pirating it to "punish" him
- Ubisoft hits "major reset" button, cancels 6 games including Prince of Persia remake, delays 7 more reportedly including Assassin's Creed: Black Flag remake, and confirms 4 new IP
- Ex MMO dev allegedly hacked 68 players for in-game gold worth over $700,000 and sold it for Bitcoin, UK court finds the gold legally counts as "property" and can be stolen
- "I can tell you personally that we are not getting out of VR," says Meta Developer Advocate just one week after the brand laid off more than 1,000 Reality Labs employees
- Crimson Desert, the fantasy open-world game that's spent the last 6 years looking too good to be true, has finally gone gold ahead of its March launch
- Former Pokemon world champion says this superpowered mole "has the potential to run the metagame" in the future, but only when it breaks free from Legends: Z-A and its ability jail
- Gears of War: E-Day is set in one city as it's both "a rich environment to tell a great story" and "the best gameplay playground for an intense cover-based shooter"
- Netflix just unveiled its 2026 Korean content lineup, featuring romantic comedies, reality TV, and Blackpink's Jisoo
- Masters of the Universe trailer offers up first looks at Battle Cat, Eternia, and Idris Elba's Man-At-Arms
- New FPS from Titanfall and Apex Legends devs shows signs of life on Steam after weeks of radio silence, just days before its release date
- CD Projekt co-founder says "curation is the privilege" of platforms like Steam, but selling banned horror game Horses on GOG was worth it since "we thought it was very cool"
- After Rosalina and Bowser Jr.'s appearances in The Super Mario Galaxy Movie trailer, Chris Pratt hints at "a couple more" character surprises: "People should be excited"
- Palworld finally stops Summoning Altars from self-destructing after every raid in new update that also buffs swords, fixes a bugged achievement, and more
- Dune and James Bond star Léa Seydoux joins the cast of new A24 horror movie that's adapting one of Edgar Allan Poe's creepiest stories
- This 512GB Samsung Switch 2 SD card deal is a breath of fresh air amidst the sea of rising storage prices
- Anthem fan gets BioWare's looter shooter running again without EA's dead servers only days after shutdown, making a fan revival seem more likely than ever
- Bethesda originally wanted Fallout 4 to be set in New York, but too many other games like Crysis 2 and 3 had the same idea: "You know what? Maybe New York's not the right call"
- War of the Worlds dominates nominations for anti-Oscars the Razzies, though we're not super surprised given its 4% Rotten Tomatoes score
- As a CRT enthusiast, I'm hyped to see a startup try to bring back the "VHS combo TV", but the retro gamer in me is suspicious
- How many Wonder Man episodes are there?
- Hey collectors, here's all the Nintendo Switch 2 amiibo releasing in 2026 so far
- Classic sci-fi anime Patlabor returns with a surprise movie trilogy from the divisive studio behind One-Punch Man season 3
- Evil Dead director's new survival horror movie debuts to positive first reactions, calling it "deliciously sadistic" and "incredibly funny"
- After Joffrey spoiled the House of the Dragon ending, Game of Thrones fans have realized he also spoils major details from A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms
- Bungie fixes Marathon pre-order glitch that caused Destiny 2 to start installing on Steam, to the amusement of everyone: "Like something out of The Onion"
- Marvel boss Kevin Feige is reportedly no longer "stretched so thin" with Disney Plus shows and is solely focused on Avengers: Doomsday and Secret Wars, "like he used to back in the day with Iron Man or Thor"
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 beats Elden Ring for most Game of the Year wins from awards shows, media outlets, and more, and it's not done yet
- Pirates of the Caribbean director knows exactly why movie CGI is getting worse – Unreal Engine: "You have this sort of gaming aesthetic entering the world of cinema"
- Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle makes history with a first-ever anime IMAX screening for a "new experience" and "expanded" scenes – but no sign of a western release
- Peak will get its final biome this year and a couple of updates "that address some commonly requested features," dev confirms while teasing a brand new project "that I'm still gatekeeping"
- After once being paid "$40 and a sandwich" for his iconic Fallout lines, Ron Perlman returns in a surprise Fallout season 2 cameo
- NetEase says Marvel Rivals is getting a new "combat behavior detection system" to punish AFK cosmetic farmers, and shaking its finger with a stern expression, promises "warnings" and potentially "permanent account bans"
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 leads say "our vision is to ship quality games," and "we don't believe you need to have a lot of people to do that"
- January 20
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- Former World of Warcraft producer reunites with another WoW vet on Riot's League of Legends MMO: "I have a feeling we’ll be moving fast on day one"
- Baldur's Gate 3 Astarion actor says "there's no f*cking way AI could make" anything like Larian's hit RPG: "It's too interesting, subtle, crazy, off the wall, pathos-filled. It's too human"
- Less than 6 months after the premiere of "final film" in the franchise, The Conjuring Universe sets release date for new horror prequel First Communion
- 34-year game dev veteran says Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 "ruined" his worldview because Sandfall had a bunch of junior devs finding "shortcuts" to make an RPG that "looks AAA"
- "That really sucks": Arc Raiders lead responds to complaints about late spawns, says late joiners are important and "profit way more" but Embark knows it's annoying to have no time for objectives
- Luke Cage actor Mike Colter says he has "unfinished business" ahead of his rumored return in Marvel's Daredevil: Born Again season 2
- Astarion actor Neil Newbon completes his "two year" Baldur's Gate 3 run, calls the RPG "perfect" and predicts there won't be another like it "either ever, or for a very, very, very long time"
- Disney Lorcana Winterspell expansion is doing something it never has before with first Darkwing Duck cards
- Comparisons to Concord didn't feel great, says ex Marathon art director, but "as much as the haters try online ... you can't take the thing I care about the most"
- Modder does the unthinkable, combines PS5, Xbox Series X, and Switch 2 into a single machine: "Quit fighting! Stop the console war!"
- Life is Strange: Reunion is the conclusion of Max and Chloe's story, and it's set to release in just 2 months
- Halo: Campaign Evolved is coming to PS5 because the FPS is "best played when we have a large, healthy community" say lead devs: "We're able to honor the Halo legacy on PlayStation"
- The Binding of Isaac creator's new roguelike Mewgenics already has over a third of the achievements of Isaac despite it being 11 years and 3 expansions ahead
- This Switch 2 dock will soon make my evil plan to turn everyone's handheld into a Gamecube a reality
- Palworld dev "couldn't believe" the state of publisher deals in games and wanted to be "much fairer" with devs: "The price you have to pay is someone else taking all your money for years and years"
- "I have no regrets saving Hytale": After selling the game to Riot, watching it die, buying it back, and launching in early access, Hypixel founder says "it just worked"
- Hytale gets crossplay with Minecraft thanks to 15-year-old modder presumably channeling some form of black magic
- Baldur's Gate 3's early access approach wouldn't have helped Pillars of Eternity 2's "big miss" at launch, says RPG vet Josh Sawyer – and even Larian faced Act 3 woes
- Palworld lead admits the team can get "swept up" in negativity: "There's a percentage of people who make it their unofficial job to rant"
- Valve softens Steam AI disclosure to distinguish "efficiency gains" from "the use of AI in creating content that is shipped with your game"
- Asus may not be making gaming phones anymore, but RedMagic just launched a slimmer, cheaper handset
- Bungie sets Marathon apart from Arc Raiders' AI-infused voices with a stacked cast of actors including Baldur's Gate 3 and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 talent
- Razer has teamed up with one of the biggest K-pop groups, but forgot to make a headset
- 45 years after it aired its last episode, cult classic sci-fi show Blake's 7 is getting a reboot from The Last of Us and Doctor Who director
- Zootopia 2 has a surprise Moana crossover as director reveals the sequel-teasing feather was borrowed from a major character in the Disney movie
- James Gunn confirms Dynamic Duo animated movie isn't being rewritten to be part of the DCU
- Baldur's Gate 3 sales are "incredible" following Divinity announcement says Larian boss, and Original Sin 2 has had "its best month" since 2017: "Wish I'd removed the squirrel in time"
- Cyberpunk 2077 VR mod hit with DMCA takedown, CD Projekt Red is "happy" for it to return if it's made free, but its creator won't budge: "I'm sorry but I don't believe you are within your rights"
- Only a week into his job, Nintendo legend Reggie Fils-Aimé had to deal with retailers "upset" there weren't enough copies of Pokemon Ruby and Sapphire: "I never let that happen ever again"
- I'm a physical media girlie, and now's the perfect time to grab Frieren on Blu-Ray and DVD
- "High performance and great value" - Ayaneo just unveiled a new handheld gaming PC brand, but I've still got premium price fears
- Lost star Josh Holloway says he was once offered the part of Gambit in X-Men Origins but was later let go because they wanted someone "10 years younger"
- Still confused about the Culling Game? Jujutsu Kaisen has released a three-minute explainer to provide some much-needed clarity
- New 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple fan theory adds dark context to Sir Jimmy Crystal's murderous cult
- Arc Raiders devs have "100% discussed" transforming Speranza into a walkable hub like Destiny 2 or Monster Hunter, lead says it'll happen "at the right moment": "There's definitely a good appetite on the team"
- Dave Filoni's Star Wars movie is reportedly on the backburner for now, but it would have brought back Skeleton Crew characters alongside familiar faces from The Mandalorian and Ahsoka
- Arc Raiders update finally fixes Stella Montis out of bounds exploits, but the true villain remains with crafting infuriatingly bugged
- "Not everyone" is in Avengers: Doomsday, as three Marvel actors reveal they'll be watching from the sidelines
- Anime fans have figured out that the latest episode of Trigun Stargaze on Crunchroll includes an unfinished introduction
- After a short delay, Helldivers 2's stealthy Redacted Regiment Warbond finally sneaks in game this week as Arrowhead confirms "we were able to resolve the issue" holding it back
- January 19
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- On its 15th anniversary, Zack Snyder unveils rare first photo of Henry Cavill's Superman in old school suit: "Moments before he stepped into legend"
- Pokemon Red and Green boss says the iconic RPGs required "a great deal of trial and error" to realize Game Freak's "simple concept," fuelled by childhood nostalgia
- Maelle's most infamous attack in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 was actually "very bad" during development, and Sandfall made it super powerful by trying to fix it and not testing the change properly
- Nia DaCosta holds no ill will towards Kevin Feige and Marvel Studios after The Marvels flopped – and even protected a major spoiler on the Avengers: Doomsday set
- Fallout: London lead is "really worried" Fallout 5 will use Bethesda's proprietary Creation Engine: "It needs to be overhauled somewhat"
- After becoming the highest-grossing actor in cinema history, Zoe Saldaña thanks James Cameron, James Gunn, and more in touching message
- Herman Miller is finally bringing these two Embody colorways to the UK, and yes, the price is still ludicrously high
- 6 of the best new shows and movies streaming this week on Disney Plus, Netflix, Prime Video, and more (January 19–January 25)
- The SteelSeries Game Buds have returned to their holiday deal price, but they won't stay this low for long
- You shouldn't worry about the lack of new D&D books in 2026, and here's why
- Palworld 1.0 gets whale-sized tease in 2 year anniversary thank you video from Pocketpair, who says it'll be the "biggest update ever"
- Logitech has dropped one of its best features on its next gaming mouse, but esports pros will be rubbing their hands
- Pokemon boss says a "major driving force" behind his thinking while producing "the next game" is how the iconic RPG series "has the power to connect the world"
- Tomb Raider's Japanese publisher wanted to give Lara Croft a Crash Bandicoot-style redesign for the region, but her co-creator "really didn't want to alter" her, even after a whole new model was created
- Zootopia 2 has officially become the biggest Hollywood animated movie ever, with massive $1.7 billion box office haul and counting
- Over three years after it was first announced, Games Workshop CEO breaks silence on why Henry Cavill's Warhammer series is moving so slowly
- Battlefield 6 update nerfs jets for some reason and makes melee attacks quicker ahead of Season 2: "You guys really hate the thing you're famous for"
- A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms season 2 will also only be 6 episodes and may even be "smaller" in scope than season 1
- I'm re-obsessed with Animal Crossing New Horizons and this $22 Switch 2 accessory is to blame
- Hit anime show Jujutsu Kaisen season 3 breaks winning streak by releasing one of its lowest-rated episodes ever
- Scott Pilgrim EX's new roster is inspired by "fighting game archetypes", and its fresh take on the universe is "wackier than what you're used to"
- Nintendo of America's new president makes her first public appearance since stepping into the role with a pep talk for devs: "Keep believing, keep playing, and know that you truly belong in this game"
- Former Assassin's Creed boss reportedly sues Ubisoft for nearly $1 million, alleging his departure was the result of "constructive dismissal" following an "unacceptable demotion"
- A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms releases new season 1 trailer, but fans say it gives away the whole plot
- A new version of my favorite 3D printer from last year is on the way
- Just days after launch, Hytale mods already let you run Windows 95, Minecraft, and somehow even Hytale itself within the sandbox RPG, and Hypixel has questions: "How"
- The Last Jedi director Rian Johnson denies being "spooked" by angry Star Wars fans: "lol"
- Frieren season 2's hand drawn end credits are the perfect middle finger to AI in anime
- Bungie confirms Marathon release for March, hours after the Xbox store spoiled the Destiny and Halo studio's big surprise
- GTA 6 studio "open and operational" following boiler malfunction, Rockstar confirms: "Many thanks to those that reached out with concern"
- Assassin's Creed Hexe's new lead scriptwriter is actually "guiding another team on other content," Ubisoft says, leading fans to speculate over DLC
- A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms opens with a very graphic joke, and Game of Thrones fans aren't sure how they feel about it
- Game of Thrones fans have a new MVP after A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms episode 1: Lyonel Baratheon
- Avengers: Doomsday thanks fans for over 1 billion trailer views as the countdown officially begins
- Nintendo reportedly "demanded" Sega make sure Mario was always one step in front of Sonic in all of the Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games artwork
- Stranger Things stars poke fun at Conformity Gate in new skit, further proving a ninth episode is not on the way
- 24 minutes of peak has catapulted Frieren season 2 to top spot as the new highest-rated anime of all time
- James Gunn confirms there won't be two Batman movies in the same year, meaning we won't see The Brave and the Bold until at least 2028
- January 18
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- The Beatles: Rock Band devs were "sweating bullets" when they showed their version of John Lennon to Yoko Ono – "She's like, 'That looks stupid. He doesn't act like that'"
- A single map inspired Fallout 3's lead designer to create the RPG's entire story: "It's got to go back to those original themes"
- "Will this blow up the server?": Arc Raiders players are so good at killing Arc that Embark is considering how to "escalate" PvE, dev teases a Shredder escape and "the giant walking ones in the background"
- Terminally ill GTA 6 fan with 6-12 months to live has seemingly been put in touch with Rockstar about playing the game early
- 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple director Nia DaCosta made sure the return of that character was not “a big return of the superhero”
- The Last of Us director used Ellie and Joel's bond as a reference for his new game, but the biggest inspiration was Ico, the first that made him cry
- The very first Fallout 3 art was the box art, but the most difficult bit to create was the iconic Vault suit
- Matt Damon and Ben Affleck reveal Netflix’s way of moviemaking involves reiterating the plot “for people on their phones”
- Speedy Gonzales set to get his own standalone movie
- James Gunn once again pumps the brakes on The Flash casting rumors
- January 17
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- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 director says the French RPG's success was "completely unexpected from pretty much everybody" at the studio
- God of War TV show Kratos actor says he's "grateful to pick up the axe"
- Dragon Age veteran defends studio's attempt to make something different with Anthem: "BioWare's always been changing"
- Danganronpa creator's massive tactical RPG has secretly been two games all along, which, y'know, makes sense considering the enormity of 100 routes
- Arc Raiders devs are looking at buffs for terrible skills: "We know. There's certain skills I don't choose ... we're not deaf to the state of it"
- Hytale releases first big update with new content, tons of fixes, and a tease for pet dogs as devs promise to "improve the game as quickly as possible"
- New Lara Croft voice actor is hyped about Sophie Turner's Tomb Raider: "Lara looking mighty fine"
- Evil Dead director Sam Raimi reveals his favorite horror movies include Jaws and The Grudge
- James Cameron says he needs to figure out a cheaper way to make Avatar movies for Avatar 4 and 5 to happen
- After 14 years, RuneScape's awful microtransaction shop is going away next week because Jagex wants the MMO to be "a safe haven, a storm-weathering bet against the falling trust in the world"
- January 16
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- Assassin's Creed Hexe, the next mainline game in the series and reportedly a witchy RPG, adds Mirage and Valhalla writer as lead scriptwriter
- Longtime Lucasfilm head Kathleen Kennedy has regrets about Solo: A Star Wars Story – and says they put Alden Ehrenreich in "an impossible situation" by casting him as Han
- Prime Video's God of War TV show casts The Fall Guy star as Thor's wife Phoebe
- Animal Crossing players can't agree whether the new hotel tourist feature is a laggy, vibe-killing mess or "the best thing that could have happened to the game"
- A "Space Marine-Killer," Custodes, pirates, and everything else revealed at the New Year Warhammer Preview 2026
- "It took Anthem a very long time to admit to itself that it was a looter shooter," BioWare veteran says, which is why it was taking lessons from Diablo instead of Destiny
- Arc Raiders had an auction house-style trade system at one point, but Embark removed it because it ruined loot: "It turned the game into just being about coins"
- Minecraft-inspired RPG Hytale, created by Minecraft multiplayer server devs, gets mod to make it look more like Minecraft
- One of Steam's hottest top-sellers is the zombie apocalypse sim that previously dominated Steam Next Fest, and it's celebrating with a Dead by Daylight collab
- Helldivers 2's upcoming Redacted Regiment Warbond has been delayed indefinitely as Arrowhead finds a "key issue that didn't meet our standards for a release"
- New Lego Legend of Zelda set answers the prayers of fans who don't want to spend hundreds on the Deku Tree model
- Netflix boss says "we want to win" in the theatrical business, so the 45-day windows will remain after Warner Bros. sale goes through
- Helldivers 2 players vote on which planet to fire our shiny new laser beam at, channelling Star Wars in a democratic move that couldn't possibly go wrong
- Excitement for Fallout 3 and New Vegas remasters raised and subsequently dashed by Steam glitch: "Don't do that, don't give me hope"
- Fallout co-creator is glad his RPGs are remembered as "flawed masterpieces" rather than "very buggy games," but warns devs that adding more features will always make other parts of their games worse
- Stating no lies, RuneScape CEO says the MMO's players "used to be angsty 16-year-olds listening to Breaking Benjamin. Now it's 33-year-old accountants and CEOs who've got 41 minutes in an evening"
- Fallout season 2 ratings are down from season 1's record-breaking debut – mainly because they had completely different release strategies
- After 27 years at Ubisoft, The Division boss Julian Gerighty leaves for Battlefield Studios while devs promise "an ambitious, unchanged commitment" to The Division 3
- Disney delists 14 Steam games without warning, with movie licensed games and LucasArts titles getting the axe
- Mass Effect 5 is going to release "a long time" after Dragon Age: The Veilguard because BioWare has become a "one project studio," veteran suggests
- Garry's Mod and Rust studio lead says "games should never die" as Amazon MMO New World prepares to shut down for good, and fans are fully behind the idea of a Hytale-style rescue
- The Walking Dead: Dead City season 3 set pics tease heartbreaking cameo from one of the horror franchise's OG characters
- Severance star is sent down a paranoid rabbit hole in first look at new horror movie
- Animal Crossing: New Horizons fans are a little disappointed about Slumber Islands' building limitations: "Everything is exactly the same as changing my own island"
- It: Welcome to Derry star Bill Skarsgård explains Pennywise's very confusing ability to time travel: "You can interpret it a thousand different ways"
- Hyperkin says an N64 handheld could happen "potentially in the future", and the idea of portable cartridge support excites me
- New Lucasfilm bosses are "very much onboard" with a new Star Wars trilogy taking us into 2030
- Resident Evil Requiem is being called "the most brutal RE game ever made" after gameplay shows Leon exploding zombie heads in the most over-the-top ways: "It's awesome"
- Kathleen Kennedy has "no regrets" over Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, but doesn't think there's interest "right now" in making a new movie
- Where to pre-order the Hyperpop PS5 DualSense controllers and console covers in the US and UK
- The Hunt for Ben Solo movie may not be scrapped after all, as Lucafilm boss Kathleen Kennedy says "anything's a possibility" going forward
- Zootopia 2 director says the original animation was almost very different: "That movie was almost like a James Bond adventure on an island"
- Lucasfilm's departing boss Kathleen Kennedy provides less-than-promising updates on several Star Wars movies that are seemingly still in development hell: "I think the ones by Taika [Waititi] and Donald [Glover] are still somewhat alive"
- Fallout 5's "obvious" setting would be New Vegas, says Fallout: London lead, but it's not the location he'd choose: "I would say Texas"
- Welcome to Derry creator shares big plans for his IT supercut, and even has Stephen King's blessing: "It really is a dream come true"
- Resident Evil Requiem devs "tried to make a genuine horror game with Leon," but realised fans would rather have him splatter zombies than be "timid"
- AMD says it's working with board partners to fight GPU price hikes, but I'm still worried about RAM shortage ramifications
- Kathleen Kennedy thinks Rian Johnson "made one of the best Star Wars movies" but took a step back because of "online negativity"
- Space Wolves have Warhammer 40K's best-selling army set, but can you still buy it?
- Ubisoft chalks up sudden reupload of Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag music on YouTube to technical issues, but of course, no one is buying that
- James Gunn gives disappointing update on the DCU Batman movie: "Screenplay isn't finished"
- Jujutsu Kaisen fans are baffled by season 3's "boring" lore dump: "The most flowcharts I've ever seen"
- A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms star says his "mild-mannered" hero being at odds with Game of Thrones-style violence made his performance "easier": "It's something to react off"
- "No brakes!": Hytale devs hit the gas with a dino-filled patch and promises of much more to come in the Minecraft rival's future
- Hideo Kojima finally understands why Jujutsu Kaisen is "so popular" – after watching it in the wrong order
- 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple director on that major returning character "I was so excited to bring this guy back"
- Elder Scrolls Online lead says Xbox's layoffs aren't the reason the MMO is switching over to smaller updates: "Seasons is not in any way a response to that"
- January 15
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- Resident Evil Requiem is launching with $2,000 real-life watches because "time is a main character" in the game
- George Lucas Padawan Dave Filoni is taking over as co-president of Lucasfilm as Kathleen Kennedy steps down after 14 years
- Resident Evil Requiem's "classic" difficulty forces Grace to scrounge for ink ribbons to save progress, and the PS1 sicko in me couldn't be happier
- Marty Supreme director says the sports drama almost ended with Timothée Chalamet getting bit by a vampire played by the Shark Tank guy
- The Dreadful trailer sends Game of Thrones stars Kit Harington and Sophie Turner back to medieval times for a folk horror thriller
- "There are going to be multiple maps coming this year": Arc Raiders dev teases 2026 roadmap, and maybe some new maps "even grander than what we've got now"
- Before he left Bethesda, Skyrim's co-lead wanted a cliffhanger ending for The Elder Scrolls 6, but now he knows that's "completely unfeasible" for a series that's already gone 15 years between entries
- 4 years after launching big MMO to nearly 1 million concurrent players, Amazon delists New World and sets final shutdown date for 2027
- Nintendo is charging an arm and a leg for storage space in Animal Crossing New Horizons 3.0, which means you'll find me and many others back in the turnip mines
- Jeff the Land Shark is the cutest li'l defendant in his cute li'l suit as Daredevil takes on his case
- In a literal game changer for TikTok videos everywhere, Subway Surfers 2 is finally happening over 13 years after the original, and it's launching next month
- Valve just revealed the Steam sales and events for the rest of 2026, and besides the discounts I'm looking at the Party-Based RPG Fest to help satisfy those post-Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 cravings
- Elder Scrolls lore keeper says he left over Bethesda's "bureaucratic" baggage and a broken promise from Todd Howard about leading The Elder Scrolls 6
- Warner Bros. chiefs say Tom Cruise is "extraordinary" in his next movie: "Like nothing you've ever seen"
- Uncharted and Last of Us director says Zelda: Wind Waker was the main inspiration for his new game's art style, because the devs wanted the graphics to "last the test of time"
- 6 new movies and shows to watch this weekend on Netflix, Prime, Disney Plus, and more (January 16-18)
- Desperate for a guy who stinks a little, fans of one of the most popular RPGs in the world can't believe update makes love interests take a shower: "I blocked the door to the bathroom"
- GOG director wants to help multiplayer games like Anthem "live forever" too, but fears increased regulation might lead to "fewer cool games for gamers": "I don't have the perfect answer yet"
- Bungie shows off Marathon's reworked "Runner Shell" classes, and I'm still worried about invisibility and wall hacks in a PvP-heavy extraction shooter
- TV never changes: Amazon is making a Fallout Shelter reality show where Vault Dwellers compete for cash prizes
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's title of Metacritic's highest player-rated game comes under threat from seminal Nintendo DS classic Cory in the House: "The gaming industry peaked with this game. Anyone else saying otherwise is delusional"
- Pretend to be surprised: New Life is Strange game confirmed for this year, with more details coming in an official livestream in just a few days
- No, Super Mario's current actor hasn't secretly been narrating any Nintendo Directs, despite the "weird narrative online" speculating otherwise
- This adorable Gengar and Mimikyu Switch 2 case is already becoming my favorite accessory of 2026
- As notorious 'Adult Only' Animal Crossing: New Horizons island shuts down after 5 years, creator thanks Nintendo for "turning a blind eye" for so long: "I apologize from the bottom of my heart"
- Super Smash Bros creator Masahiro Sakurai confirms an old theory that those iconic food JPEGs heal more based on how many calories they contain, so don't skimp on the shortcake
- The Aegon's Conquest Game of Thrones spin-off is being developed both as a HBO TV show and as a "mammoth Dune-sized feature film"
- Here's all the Switch amiibo you need to unlock the New Horizons Zelda and Splatoon characters
- George R.R. Martin says his A Song of Ice and Fire ending won't be as "happy" as the HBO show's, and it's especially bad news for Tyrion and Sansa fans
- Red Dead Redemption 2 players almost finished solving a mystery that lay hidden for 7 years before realizing they missed the actual start, even though it involves a bright red pentagram
- The scrapped Jon Snow Game of Thrones spin-off is reportedly back in development, this time involving Arya Stark
- Resident Evil Requiem producer says "Leon's counterpart" Grace is "easily frightened" because you're meant to relate to her – but I think even horror vets should be disturbed by a monster who sniffs your stink
- Mario's new voice actor has "unbelievable respect" for 32-year icon Charles Martinet: "Look, Charles, as far as I'm concerned, IS Mario"
- "The highest PvE damage output of any weapon" in Arc Raiders was from the underrated Bettina, dev confirms, and that was before it got buffed
- George R.R. Martin is "struggling" while writing long-awaited Game of Thrones book The Winds of Winter, but says it would "feel like a total failure" to give up on it: "This could be the longest book in the series"
- 18 years after his last game, Atlus co-founder and JRPG veteran known for Persona and Shin Megami Tensei returns with a new "school life RPG"
- Sony seemingly bans the fourth-biggest publisher on the PlayStation Store, deleting over 1,000 Trophy slop games like "The Jumping Bonbon Match 5"
- George R.R. Martin says his relationship with House of the Dragon showrunner is "abysmal", with the Game of Thrones author reportedly declaring "this is not my story any longer"
- Animal Crossing: New Horizons 3.0's new Slumber Island feature has bad news for anyone who became mortal enemies with their "ugly" villagers: "Chops coming back from the dead to get revenge on me"
- Looks like Prime Video's Tomb Raider TV show is giving us classic Lara Croft, as the streamer unveils Sophie Turner's red-spectacled hero
- Fallout: London lead thinks Bethesda has "probably gone one game too far" with Elder Scrolls and Fallout: "It's time to go off into the sunset and look at selling off your IP"
- 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple star would love to be in a Dead Space movie adaptation – though he's willing to wait another 25 years to play his favorite character
- "We’ve been grinding on this for months" - Hyperkin just provided an update on its Sega Genesis handheld, and I'm already hyped to play Sonic 2 outside
- GameSir is going all in on the G7 Pro controller with a new carry case, Zenless Zone Zero tie-in, and an upcoming 8K model to rival Razer
- Animal Crossing: New Horizons turns one of the series' best features into one of its worst with a pitiful selection of retro games that can only be played with a Switch Online subscription: "F***ing pathetic"
- Final Fantasy 7 Remake getting God Mode that lets you do 9,999 every hit on all platforms to celebrate long-awaited launch on Nintendo Switch 2 and Xbox Series X/S
- Zootopia 2 director wrote the original Andor pilot, and says the finished show is "phenomenal" and "not what I would have done with that"
- 28 Days Later star Cillian Murphy praises "absolutely magnetic" performance from 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple's Jack O'Connell
- Upcoming Lord of the Rings re-release debuts beautiful popcorn bucket, pulled right from Peter Jackson's trilogy
- Buying more Monster Hunter Wilds DLC genuinely improves PC performance, multiple tests find
- Halo: Reach devs "had to fight tooth and nail to keep space combat" after Bungie wanted to cut it, and the FPS was originally supposed to have a second mission using it
- Warner Bros. chiefs give Joker 2 "immense props" for not repeating itself like most sequels
- Stranger Things' Conformity Gate continues with its wildest theory yet, and it's all about Balatro for some reason
- Terraria 1.4.5 finally has a release date, and after years of delays, Re-Logic's totally, definitely final update will launch in under 2 weeks
- It's Barbenheimer 2.0 for Robert Downey Jr. as he and Timothée Chalamet joke about Avengers: Doomsday and Dune: Part 3 releasing on the same day: "We'll see if we're still friends by then"
- Nvidia DLSS 4.5 reaches all RTX GPUs today, and that includes my hissing RTX 3070 laptop
- Baldur's Gate 3 director and Larian Studios founder shouts out the "unsung heroes" who make games like the new Divinity possible: "They love the team fiercely"
- Root designer leaves to create his own studio, and he's taking two beloved board game franchises with him
- Daredevil: Born Again season 2 will fill in the gaps in the years since we last saw Jessica Jones and contains "lots of very cool surprises"
- New Kratos actor Ryan Hurst gets the "BOI" approval from God of War's Christopher Judge
- Darkseid is officially on the way to DCU as James Gunn confirms upcoming Mister Miracle show is canon
- As Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 makes Split Fiction boss concerned about a AA takeover, former Assassin's Creed lead says don't worry, it's an "absolute wasteland" for mid-budget funding
- A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms showrunner reveals Game of Thrones author George R.R. Martin's favorite changes from the novella: "It [was] such a rich creative experience"
- A month after launch, Bully Online mod "is shutting down forever" and being scrubbed from existence as dev assures "this was not something we wanted"
- January 14
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- Fallout 3 launched with so many bugs because Bethesda was "trying to do so much" with the RPG, lead designer says, and "people get tired" eventually: "There's a human element, too"
- "The reviews got lower and lower": Dev says his puzzle game is suffering on Steam because young people "don't know how to write emails anymore"
- After Morrowind and Oblivion, hardcore RPG fans didn't want Bethesda on Fallout 3 – "It was surprising to us just how much hate we got"
- 6 years ago, an MMO player of focus, commitment, and sheer will demanded a pair of custom sandals in-game – at long last, the devs decide "it's time" to add them
- Mirror's Edge originally looked like "every other Unreal game" in 2008, but it literally made people sick: "Moving very fast through the world, you got simulation sickness"
- "Cost should not inherently fill a skill gap": Arc Raiders dev admits "we're definitely a bit off on some of the cost to benefit ratios" for guns like the Bobcat and Tempest, but says all weapons have to be usable
- Mortal Kombat and The Boys star is a killer pirate in swashbuckling action-adventure film from Haven director
- God of War streaming series finds its Kratos in Ragnarok's Thor actor
- Everybody is sad in the Euphoria season 3 trailer
- An 81-year-old grandma has been streaming Minecraft to pay for her grandson's cancer treatment, and he is now "cancer free"
- KPop Demon Hunters star got a 2-hour phone call from the voice of Disney's very own Princess Jasmine: "You're gonna be a modern-day princess!"
- One of my guilty pleasure dark fantasy novels got an anime this season, and it's already better than the fantasy slop we get nowadays
- Stop Killing Games says Anthem's scrapped plans for local servers is what the initiative is all about: "You as the customer should have the final say as to when you're done with a game"
- Fallout 4 modder turns Bethesda boss Todd Howard into infamous "immortal snail" that kills you with a single touch: "Go back to making Elder Scrolls 6"
- Almost 10 years after launch, Capcom's NES Disney compilation could finally bring classics like DuckTales and Rescue Rangers to Switch as ESRB rating emerges with new publisher
- Deadpool finally revealed for Marvel Rivals: the first hero who can play all 3 roles, and also block ultimate attacks with his ass
- Still refusing to announce the Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag remake, Ubisoft randomly uploads 18 songs from the soundtrack to YouTube
- Baldur's Gate 3 director's big Divinity mystery has apparently been solved – Larian hasn't confirmed it, but this detail sure wasn't an accident
- Forza Horizon 6 release date seemingly leaked in Horizon 5, Xbox itself says it's coming this spring
- Meta closing its Deadpool VR, Resident Evil 4 VR, and Asgard's Wrath studios is bad news for Quest 3 owners, but plays right into Steam Frame's hands
- "Top secret" GTA 6 feature that some developers were reportedly fired over was 32-player online, according to Rockstar court documents
- Sony just unveiled limited edition Hatsune Miku earbuds, but I just wish they were more PS5 friendly
- Fallout showrunner is open to bringing back one of the RPG series' most nightmarish creations – talking Deathclaws
- Arc Raiders lead is "super aware" of demand for custom loadouts that save us 100 clicks, admits he sometimes runs a free loadout because he can't be bothered making one
- Animal Crossing: New Horizons 3.0 update is here, and cozy game fans are going feral over one quality-of-life change: "MY POCKETS ARE FREE!!!"
- How to watch the Resident Evil Showcase – our next look at RE: Requiem gameplay and more Leon Kennedy is nearly here
- After cancelling Hytale and selling it back to the original owners, Riot Games gives kudos to the Minecraft-inspired RPG's devs on a successful launch: "Congrats on early access"
- Star Wars fans are debating Disney's "abandoned" saga decisions
- New GOG owner reckons it doesn't have to beat Steam outright, just do a few things better: "If there's a version of the game that's clearly better on GOG, and it has the promise that it will run forever… people will come"
- Dragon Age veteran says scrapped Anthem Next "could have been" up there with No Man's Sky's legendary turnaround
- "That's not OK" - Commodore just responded to my biggest C64 Ultimate issue
- Marvel fans are trying to work out why the MCU hasn't given us a Shang-Chi 2 yet, after watching "charismatic" Simu Liu in new thriller series
- A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms showrunner compares Dunk and Egg to Game of Thrones' Arya and the Hound: "George [R.R. Martin] does odd couple pairings better than anyone"
- The purr-fectly adorable Razer Kraken Kitty V3 Pro headset is down to a record low price
- One Stranger Things actor only rated the season 5 finale 3.5 stars on Letterboxd
- Arc Raiders would’ve "for sure" won Game of the Year over Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 at The Game Awards if it came out earlier, former FPS pro Shroud argues: "There's just not enough time"
- Assassin's Creed: Black Flag remake remains unannounced, but with a recent website domain matching a seemingly leaked name, fans can't believe Ubisoft hasn't revealed anything
- The Duffers' cannibal-themed short horror movie made 10 years before Stranger Things has resurfaced online, and it may have been referenced in the series finale
- Adolescence season 2 might happen on Netflix, as star Stephen Graham says "stay tuned"
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 overtakes The Last of Us 2 for the second most Game of the Year nods ever, but the J'RPG has a ways to go before beating Elden Ring's record
- Game of Thrones language creator clears up Emilia Clarke's confusion over saying she "sucked" at speaking Dothraki
- A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms reviews call the Game of Thrones spin-off "charming", "cheeky", and the best visit to Westeros in nearly 10 years
- Stranger Things documentary director addresses the Duffer brothers' ChatGPT script scandal: "Nobody has actually proved that it was open"
- The Duffer Brothers say the Stranger Things season 5 finale was "the most difficult writing circumstance we've ever found ourselves in" because they were "constantly getting hammered" by Netflix
- Valve says Steam Machine verified requirements aren't as judgey, but I reckon console players will need tough love
- As Palworld fails to escape Pokemon comparisons following new card game announcement, one dev agrees some folks are being a bit dramatic
- Hytale's first hotfix arrived just hours after launch, fixing a bug that could see eyebrows crash the game
- Bill Skarsgård says he was "hesitant" in reprising the role of Pennywise in Welcome to Derry because he didn't "want to milk" the IT movies' success
- Frieren: Beyond Journey's End season 2 release schedule: when is episode 5 on Crunchyroll?
- Avengers: Doomsday's latest trailer has a suspicious amount of empty space – and fans think it's hiding a major spoiler
- Divinity lead teases a series-first feature also missing in Baldur's Gate 3 whose absence "stares you right in the face if you think about it," and fans immediately say it's swimming
- "Of course" Blood of Dawnwalker has romance, silly, says former Witcher 3 lead
- January 13
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- After 20 years stuck in Japan, the unlikely PS2 remake of the most divisive JRPG in the beloved Ys series is finally playable in English thanks to a fan translation
- 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple debuts to near perfect Rotten Tomatoes score
- James Cameron says Wicked star and Oscar winner Michelle Yeoh will play a Na’Vi in Avatar 4, though he won’t confirm the sequel is even happening
- After un-fun "dark pattern" with 5 million coin Arc Raiders Expedition, design lead says "this system will change" – and you won't get bonus skill points forever
- Skyrim scholar uses geometry to determine how walkable the RPG's best cities are, and the results are terrible: "Worse than some car-centric suburbs in Texas"
- Larian says Divinity won't have AI-generated penises: "I can guarantee that all the genitals in the game be manually crafted with love"
- Breakthrough PS5 jailbreak that sent Star Wars: Racer Revenge prices skyrocketing might not work after all
- JRPG maestro behind Persona and Metaphor ReFantazio has been playing Clair Obscur Expedition 33, says "there's a lot of careful love that's gone into it" and it's "very well made"
- 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple star Ralph Fiennes says Dr. Kelson is on a collision course with Jimmy Crystal "It's good and evil, isn't it?"
- Rockstar, Naughty Dog, and Nintendo are "pushing the envelope of innovation with a AAA budget," says Split Fiction director: "You can do a big AAA title but also take innovative risks"
- 30 years later, Ghostface targets Sidney Prescott's daughter in new Scream 7 teaser
- Pummeled by 100 variations of the same outfit, Arc Raiders players finally get a cool new skin but are dismayed to realize it comes with leather "BDSM knee pads"
- 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple director says the Jimmys were a later addition to the first film's script, and explains why there's no acrobatics in the sequel
- 15 years and a nasty IP war with EA can no longer hold back my favorite game after creator decides to turn characters into bunnies for spiritual successor: "Very happy with this development"
- As demand for Hytale servers blows past Hypixel's expectations, devs warn "launch week will be bumpy, but we'll get everyone in"
- Monarch: Legacy of Monsters season 2 trailer goes beyond King Kong and Godzilla with the massive new kaiju Titan X
- "You can't do GTA for $10 million": Split Fiction director worries "AA games are taking over" after Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's success, as he "would not be able to live without a AAA title"
- Peak's success was a surprise because the co-op romp didn't launch with "much of what we thought was required to make a hit," but lead wants to keep its game "jam-like spirit" for future updates
- Battlefield 6 Season 2 release date delayed because EA wants "extra time" for development "as a result of community feedback"
- As the Black Panther-themed Avengers: Doomsday trailer hits the internet, Marvel reminds us how long we've got to wait with a live countdown to the MCU sequel
- A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms release schedule: when is episode 5 of the Game of Thrones spin-off on HBO and Sky?
- Looks like we're getting a Dreamcast Mini (sort of), and it's a mini PC I'd potentially grab over a Steam Machine
- Avengers: Doomsday directors confuse everyone by saying those recent trailers are "not teasers" but are "stories" and "clues"
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is an indie game "at heart," even if its devs know it got a "lot of support" from its publisher
- Former Stardew Valley dev's upcoming life sim has a brilliant quality-of-life feature for its fishing that speaks to my completionist heart
- Hytale roadmap "isn't completely pre-planned," but features like friend lists and proximity chat are already in development as the Minecraft-inspired sandbox hits early access
- Ex-Skyrim and Fallout 76 artist hopes The Elder Scrolls 6 has "some new ideas" that avoid the franchise burnout seen in Assassin's Creed: "Ubisoft games, despite being fun, are very repetitive and by the numbers"
- Funko continues its tradition of spoiling TV shows by revealing two major Fallout season 2 plot points
- Helldivers 2 is going full stealth with the new Redacted Regiment Warbond coming next week: "The enemies of Democracy will have to get real close before they can spot you"
- Stellar Blade lead believes AI is essential for South Korea to compete with studios in the US and China, with the government to provide financial backing to support the use of the tech
- Anthem "did permanent damage to the careers of a lot of game devs" says Dragon Age veteran, and he's not sure he or BioWare ever "came back" from its spectacular failure
- The Fantastic Four meets Black Panther as the latest Avengers: Doomsday trailer hits the internet
- Peter Jackson once pitched a Lord of the Rings' "film 3.5" which sounds exactly like what we're getting with The Hunt for Gollum
- GTA feels more alive than Cyberpunk 2077 because Night City "doesn't feel like a real place," says former Fallout and Skyrim artist: "That aspect of it doesn't hit you on the same level at all"
- Hayden Christensen says Robert De Niro visited the Revenge of the Sith set to watch Anakin and Obi-Wan's duel
- Peter Jackson says a mythical Lord of the Rings 'Extended-extended edition' doesn't exist: "Are there great scenes we never used? The answer is no"
- Ubisoft's ridiculous "AAAA" term still refuses to die as producer reportedly says Assassin's Creed Shadows and Mirage come under that umbrella, too
- First look at new horror movie The Mummy comes with a secret message, but you need to know Morse code to figure it out
- Anime reigns supreme on Letterboxd as Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc is crowned last year's highest-rated movie
- Arc Raiders update nerfs the Kettle and Trigger Nade as Embark acknowledges the latter "currently dominates PVP encounters," with changes making it "less usable as a 'trigger-in-air' grenade"
- One lengthy development, cancellation, and revival later, Hytale devs "couldn't be more excited" to release the sandbox RPG: "We get to press the button we've waited 10 years to push"
- New Stranger Things documentary confirms season 5 could have ended very differently, and fans are wishing the Duffers stuck to their original plan
- A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms showrunner says Game of Thrones author George R.R. Martin has shared outlines for up to 12 novellas to inspire future seasons, "taking Dunk and Egg all the way through their life"
- 2 years after launch, Palworld dev tells haters to "use your time better" following criticism over card game announcement: "Go play something else"
- Viggo Mortensen has a surprise pick for his favorite Lord of the Rings moment: "It's such a beautiful scene"
- Rockstar spokesperson says "we welcome" judge's decision to deny fired GTA 6 devs interim relief, union highlights "a glimpse of Rockstar's flimsy grounds for defence"
- January 12
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- Arc Raiders has officially sold 12 million copies, so Embark's giving everyone a free gold hammer: "The way it took off, I think, took all of us by surprise"
- 14 years after Witcher 2 publisher Bandai Namco sued CD Projekt for cutting DRM, ex-studio head and new GOG owner doubles down on anti-DRM stance: "Most corporate people, they make plain stupid decisions"
- One Piece season 2 trailer shows off Miss All Sunday's terrifying powers and the villainous Baroque Works
- A Honkai: Star Rail leaker was sued for over $150,000, but skipped his own court date and somehow ended up owing $16,500: "They only got like 3 screenshots on me"
- The N64's most infamous JRPG is getting the same recompilation treatment that gave us 60 FPS PC remasters of Super Mario 64 and Zelda: Ocarina of Time
- "We can track who shoots first": Arc Raiders design lead says aggression-based matchmaking is "a bit of a misnomer," and "we don't do anything like skill-based matchmaking or gear-based"
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 director praises the RPG sicko who managed to beat the most infamous boss by taking every hit without cheesing: "I tried to do it before release and I couldn't manage it"
- Stranger Things VFX director says they went through "maybe 100 looks" before settling on Vecna's final form – and some early designs appear to be Hellraiser-inspired
- Fallout narrator and Hollywood legend Ron Perlman says he joined the RPG franchise for "$40 and a sandwich," wondered "why?" after being informed there was more than one game
- 6 of the best new shows and movies streaming this week on Netflix, Disney Plus, Prime Video, and more (January 12–January 18)
- Baldur's Gate 3 character creator sickos rejoice, Larian's next RPG Divinity will have an "even better" character creator – "more colors, more options, more control"
- The Mummy gets its first trailer, showing the controversial horror movie's bizarre new undead monster
- "Steam is winning with its ease of use" but not on quality, says new GOG owner pondering how to "take the market" from Valve: "We don't release hundreds of games daily, 95% of which are really not super high quality"
- Former Fallout artist says The Elder Scrolls 6 was announced so early because "it had been so long already since Skyrim that we needed to make sure people were not just pissed at us"
- Despite previous reports, X-Men comics writer says Famke Janssen will return as Jean Grey in Avengers: Doomsday
- Behold, the glorious and "very broken" Last of Us 2 multiplayer mod that modders built in a cave with a box of scraps after Naughty Dog canceled Factions plans
- Despite being twice the size of Hades, Hades 2 spent half as long in Steam Early Access because its devs already knew "what needed to be in" it
- Indie dev boots their AI-aided roguelike off Steam because the "girl I've been dating for a month made me realize" the controversial tech "is bad"
- With less than 24 hours to launch, Hytale lead says the sandbox game's 50-person dev team has been funded for the next 2 years through pre-orders alone
- Bloodborne "is a special game for me" says Hidetaka Miyazaki, and it's "the strongest reflection of my type of flavoring of a game that one can experience"
- Fortnite now allows in-game purchases in user-generated Creative maps, including for randomized items, with Steal the Brainrot charging at least $37 for a loot box bundle
- "Fallout 5 in New Orleans?": Ex-Bethesda artist hopes next Fallout game is set down South, but echoes former GTA lead in thinking anywhere farther than that might "backfire"
- One of my favorite budget headsets I reviewed last year just dropped to its lowest ever price
- Oshi no Ko season 3 release schedule: when is episode 6 on Crunchyroll?
- Arc Raiders "Toxic Swamp" map event coming next week according to new raider trials, suggesting Embark has taken notes from FromSoftware
- "We were a nobody company": Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 studio says it had to hire young because it had no money, but it all turned out ok because new devs "brought fresh ideas"
- Minecraft-like RPG Hytale expects "over 1 million players" at launch, Hypixel lead reflects on its "incredibly difficult" development: "No sacrifices, no Hytale"
- Asus has cancelled the Arc B390 ROG Zephyrus G14, but nobody told Intel
- Lego Pokemon finally revealed, but what have they done to Pikachu
- Bethesda can't win with Fallout 5 and The Elder Scrolls 6, former lead says, because "even if it’s just as good as Skyrim was, you’ll still get so many people throwing out hateful comments"
- Hideo Kojima has "always had a lot of bad dreams," and one nightmare included "voluptuous nude women," reanimated "decomposing bodies," and a very impolite coach
- Baldur's Gate 3 and Divinity lead writer says AI-generated writing is a "3/10 at best" and "doesn't" actually improve game development
- Vinland Saga creator debunks rumor that season 3 is in production: "That information hasn't reached me yet"
- Baldur's Gate 3 dev hints there will be sex scenes in Divinity, just in case the trailer's big orgy didn't give it away: "Does a bear... in the woods?"
- 8BitDo's new Xbox pro controller looks like the Elite Series 3 we never got
- Physical game fans watch out, Animal Crossing New Horizons Switch 2 pre-orders are here
- Where to buy Pokemon TCG Perfect Order, with all the offers live now
- "Silksong charged $5 more, 9 years later, and people lost their minds": Indie dev says Steam pricing might seem hard, but it's actually really easy
- Nintendo president reportedly teases new games for popular series are in development, which I hope means we're getting a 3D Mario title for Switch 2 sooner rather than later
- Black Panther 3 is rumored to be called Shadows of Wakanda, and it might start filming in June
- Intel Panther Lake handhelds will apparently rival the PS6 portable on performance, but I'd consider the power caveats
- Anthem fans say goodbye to BioWare's looter shooter on its server shutdown day, mourning the "potential" that was lost: "Such a waste"
- Attack on Titan creator admits he's "no longer working" and "couldn't write anything" like his legendary manga again
- Hayden Christensen brushes off Kylo Ren and Anakin Skywalker question, and it has Star Wars fans speculating
- Zoe Saldaña is now the highest-grossing actor of all time following Avatar's continued success
- Still not beating the Pokemon comparisons, Palworld is getting an official card game that's launching this July
- Rhea Seehorn says Vince Gilligan won't make fans wait for Pluribus season 2 but "he wants to craft the show with all the care" it deserves: "We'll get back as fast as we can"
- "Now I have so many more friends": Stranger Things cast's final goodbye on set revealed in new documentary
- Stranger Things creators admit they started filming season 5 without a finished script for the finale: "That was scary"
- "I don't think Bethesda hates Fallout," says New Vegas lead, "they just don't fully understand its roots and arguably, don't care"
- The D&D campaign that eventually helped shape Skyrim has been unearthed, as The Elder Scrolls legend's lost RPG notes are archived
- Arc Raiders hotfix stops players from using a command that was "never meant to be player-facing" as Embark works to "protect fair play"
- There was a longer version of the Stranger Things season 5 finale, but it wasn't actually written: "You can’t get all your ideas in there"
- Game of Thrones star Kit Harington was "genuinely angered" by petition to remake season 8: "How dare you?"
- Elijah Wood says more Lord of the Rings films are being considered after The Hunt for Gollum
- January 11
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- One of Steam's first hits of 2026 is this adorable co-op adventure game about exploring wastelands on the back of a giant crab
- MCU star Tessa Thompson is keen to return to that universe, it just might not be in Avengers: Doomsday
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 devs "basically did twice the work" of a more experienced team to get the hit French RPG out the door
- As Baldur's Gate 3 devs move onto Divinity, Larian lead says the writing process is to "encourage the chaos" and break situations "in every conceivable way"
- Simu Liu says Shang-Chi will be a “more lived-in” character when we’re finally reunited with him in Avengers: Doomsday
- "The Sims has always been more than a game": Maxis says its values aren't changing amid EA's buyout as it works on "the next evolution" of the series
- Emma Thompson reveals that one of Alan Rickman’s best performances created the biggest issues in his career
- Tom Hiddleston has named his favorite Spider-Man and the choice leaves us with more questions than answers for Avengers: Doomsday
- January 10
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- Devs behind adorable creature-collecting life sim Moonstone Island reveal their next game, which is "not sequel but also not not sequel"
- Larian learned Divinity: Original Sin's random loot is "frequently confusing" and didn't "save us much time," which is why Baldur's Gate 3 and now Divinity are handcrafted
- Chris Hemsworth looks criminally good in the new Crime 101 trailer
- Final Fantasy 7 Remake trilogy director had to consider how much to include from the various spin-offs because devs "didn't just want to make a remake"
- Divinity lead says "we're taking notes on all of the UI mods" for Baldur's Gate 3: "We had more improvements in mind that we just couldn't cram into our releases"
- Godzilla Minus Zero gets a U.S. release date
- MCU’s Sebastian Stan confirmed to be joining The Batman Part II as Harvey Dent
- MCU star Kat Dennings denies she's in Avengers: Doomsday, but jokes Marvel has scanned her, so "they could put [her] in anything they want"
- January 9
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- Fallout co-creator Tim Cain says "there's so much arguing" about games to the point some fans and devs are leaving altogether, but his wisdom is "buy the games you want to see more of," especially indies: "It's the only way forward through this I can see"
- Black Mirror creator confirms season 8 is officially in the works, "just in time for reality to catch up with it"
- Smash Bros creator Masahiro Sakurai says "it can be really frustrating" working on massive games with hundreds of devs: "There is work that clearly shows your results and work that doesn't"
- Arc Raiders design lead confirms Embark is about make Trigger Nades much harder to use, and nerf Kettle insta-kills too: "You can't have it leave your hand and just blow it up immediately"
- The thing I wanted more of from Baldur's Gate 3 is also something Larian wants to improve on in Divinity: "More interaction between companions"
- Wade Wilson: Deadpool #1 pays homage to an iconic Alfred Hitchcock movie moment
- Why and how a JRPG fan spent $2,000 building a GameStop in his basement: "The spaces combined with the passions in our lives have the power to bring people together"
- Valve sends annual chocolates to Steam devs who earn roughly $800,000, and before Peak the folks at Aggro Crab got pretty sick of looking across the hall to see the Slay the Spire team open Gaben candy every year
- The Fantastic Four finally arrive in the MCU in Wakanda-centric Avengers: Doomsday teaser
- Despite creating all-timer hits Kirby and Super Smash Bros, Masahiro Sakurai still doesn't think he's a "hit maker," and is envious of other devs for their "incredible" creations
- "I wish Wyll had gotten more content and a more fulfilling arc too": Larian writer laments Baldur's Gate 3's unlucky Warlock, who played a much bigger role in stories that got cut
- As we gear up for Avengers: Doomsday, Marvel fans are sharing the love for one of the MCU's best Phase 4 titles: "Phenomenal"
- Before winning both indie awards at The Game Awards, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's lead said "we'd rather this category went to a smaller studio"
- 3 years after a $26,000 labor settlement with a Nintendo contracting firm, NOA is again accused of infringing unionization rights alongside another firm in new complaint
- Always online? Free-to-play? Nope, Xbox-published action RPG wants to be a "full game" now, switching to "buy once, offline" glory: "You will own the complete experience permanently"
- With a map twice the size of Skyrim and larger than Red Dead Redemption 2, promising open-world game Crimson Desert is real big – but still "incredibly interactive"
- "This is a massive fumble": Borderlands 4 players furious as drop rates are slashed after holiday event, even though Gearbox promises a "longer-term solution"
- Baldur's Gate 3 director says Larian had "all the freedom we needed" to make the D&D RPG but adapting the tabletop format provided its own "limitations"
- Divinity will have co-op at launch and the number of possible players depends on "the final party size," but Larian says mod support can "extend this"
- Stranger Things documentary director suggests season 5 Conformity Gate conspiracy theory is "wishful thinking," and apparently confirms no secret episode 9 is coming
- After Helldivers 2 boss teased death and destruction in upcoming update, new Illuminate structures ominously appear in a blink-and-you'll-miss-it moment in Super Earth media
- Where to buy Lego Smart Play, the toy everyone's talking about
- The Marvels director Nia DaCosta would "love" to direct a live-action Invincible: "I know exactly how I'd want to translate that world"
- Baldur's Gate 3 director u-turns on the use of AI art in Divinity: "We've decided to refrain from using genAI tools during concept art development"
- "Silent Hill is not just the name of a place, it is a phenomenon": Silent Hill f writer doubles down on theory from A Short Message that had the fanbase divided
- Almost 2 years later, Star Wars fans are praising The Bad Batch for its boldest choice: "It was totally the right call for the show"
- Red Dead Redemption 2 developer never thought the newly uncovered mystery would be found, says it's "absolutely wild" fans have gotten this far
- Stranger Things star Millie Bobby Brown says Eleven's ending is "beautiful and cathartic," but she "kinda loves" Mike's version
- Final Fantasy 7 Remake lead says Barret grew on him during the remake trilogy because "there were limits" to what the devs could do with the character in the original JRPG
- Asus proves it's the king of gaming collabs with this upcoming ROG x Kojima Productions accessory lineup
- Nvidia has reportedly shelved its RTX 50 series Super plans, but I'd say we've got bigger existing price woes
- A Nightmare on Elm Street sequel director shares game-changing never-before-seen stills from "lost" alternate ending: "Pretty much everyone agreed it was false advertising"
- The Division 3 lead says it's "shaping up to be a monster" game and Ubisoft Massive hopes it'll be as big as the first looter shooter
- Final Fantasy 7 Remake lead feels "a generational shift" with new Square Enix developers calling FF13 their childhood favorite, not 6: "The company has been growing and changing"
- 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple director has thrown in her pitch for Sony's Clue remake, and it sounds like White Lotus meets Knives Out
- The Stranger Things final battle was originally going to feature Demogorgons, but Ross Duffer was worried fans were "fatigued" by the monsters
- Larian's Divinity AMA Live Coverage - All the news as it happens
- Former Assassin's Creed director believes constraints are the "secret behind any good art" in game dev: "People can have full freedom to do what they want within the box"
- Forget paying over $200 for one of the GameCube's rarest games, because excellent strategy RPG classic Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance is now playable on Switch 2 via Switch Online
- In casting straight out of our dreams, Marvel's Agatha star Kathryn Hahn is reportedly in talks to play Mother Gothel in Disney's live-action Tangled remake
- Xbox accidentally unleashes a wave of Elder Scrolls 6 hopium while trying to hype up GTA 6 and Forza Horizon 6: "Big year for games ending in 6"
- Tomb Raider star Sophie Turner says she's "playing the games" and "reading the comics" to prepare for the new Lara Croft show, but she's avoiding the movies: "I've gotta create my own thing"
- OG Fallout creators wanted the IP when it was up for sale, but Bethesda's $6 million bid was a blowout: "It wouldn't have mattered if they heard our offer or not, because they would have laughed"
- January 8
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- Game of Thrones author George R. R. Martin's starting point for Elden Ring evolved so drastically that Hidetaka Miyazaki reckons he'd be surprised how the open-world RPG turned out
- A year later, Obsidian's fantasy RPG Avowed is coming to PS5, and it's finally going to let you play as a non-human character
- The director of one of DC's most underrated movies is bringing Jason Momoa and Dave Bautista to fight off the Yakuza in this over-the-top trailer
- Peak is $8 because the devs wanted you to see a $5 price tag and, hey, "eight bucks is still five bucks"
- "If we're publishing the game, 'no f***ing AI assets'": CEO of Manor Lords publisher Hooded Horse bans gen AI art and calls it "cancerous"
- Tom Cruise got behind the camera to help shoot a lightsaber duel for Star Wars Starfighter: "Now when you see the movie, you'll know that part of it was shot by Tom"
- Arc Raiders cheating earns stern response from Embark as players sound the alarm: "We are implementing significant changes to our rulesets and deploying new detection mechanisms"
- I've never seen an AGDQ run more disastrous than this American Truck Simulator race – it might be the best 35 minutes in the event's 16-year history: "That's the most yeein'-haw thing I've ever seen"
- 6 new movies and shows to watch this weekend on Netflix, Prime, Disney Plus, and more (January 9-11)
- Nintendo reveals first set of new Switch 2 Joy-Con controllers, and underwhelming is putting it lightly: $100 for a different ring around the analog stick
- Arc Raiders player asking to recycle rubber ducks accused of "blasphemy," and presumably blacklisted by famed duck collector: "You mess with the duck, you mess with all of us!"
- After Baldur's Gate 3's famous bear scene, Larian makes a threat or perhaps a promise about Divinity's lizards: "I am doing it right now"
- The first new Switch 2 Joy-Con controller colors are here, and here's where to get them
- Four years after it beat Valve to market with its Steam Deck dock, Jsaux now has its sights on the Steam Machine
- After 25 million copies sold, Phasmophobia maker follows Palworld and Among Us devs, forming an indie publisher to "champion and encourage creativity"
- Elder Scrolls Online unveils 2026 roadmap, revealing that it has succumb to the temptations of battle passes as devs say "new approach" to transparency and more is "the key" to the MMO's future
- Metroid Prime 4 devs wanted to "make sure" MacKenzie "wasn't annoying" and somehow missed the fact that fans have been annoyed by the existence of speaking characters in the series for decades
- Hytale lead previously told a fan his "dream" feature was still just a dream, but a one-word follow-up suggests it's become a reality: "Actually"
- The Last of Us 2 multiplayer might still be possible thanks to modding efforts 2 years after Naughty Dog officially canceled its online spin-off
- Following Lilo and Stitch's $1 billion box office haul, Disney's live-action Tangled remake finally casts Rapunzel and Flynn Ryder
- First trailer for A24's new podcast horror legitimately just sent shivers up my spine – and now I'm counting down the days 'til its release
- Accused of copying FromSoftware's homework, Lords of the Fallen 2 boss says its Elden Ring Nightreign doppelganger is from 2024: "Visual overlap can occur in medieval fantasy"
- Next Pokemon TCG expansion is 'Perfect Order,' and it's based on Pokemon Legends: Z-A
- Final Fantasy 7 Remake lead says he and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 director agree "games are meant to be diverse": "Both action games and turn-based games should evolve for the better"
- A bunch of new Sega mini arcade machines are inbound, and the Outrun cabinet's tiny steering wheel has my heart racing
- 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple director is a "big Final Fantasy girlie," and Tifa's "f***ing epic" fights in Advent Children even inspired her work on The Marvels
- Former Assassin's Creed director says AAA studios "mistakenly" throw people at problems when "the future lies in smaller teams"
- Netflix confirms The Witcher season 5 is coming in 2026 and releases the official synopsis for the final installment
- Upcoming chimp-themed horror movie Primate debuts to overwhelmingly positive first reactions, comparing it to Stephen King's Cujo and Jordan Peele's Nope
- WD Black and WD Blue gaming SSDs have transformed into the Sandisk Optimus Collection
- Fable will get its "first deep dive" alongside Forza Horizon 6 gameplay and more during Xbox Developer Direct later this month
- Fallout season 2, episode 4 just saw Lucy embrace her violent side, and Ella Purnell kind of loved it
- I've tested over 20 Switch 2 cases, but this JSAUX ModCase shown off at CES 2026 is calling my name
- Stardew Valley doesn't have mod support on console for "numerous reasons" says creator ConcernedApe, but he's not "opposed" to it if it's ever possible
- Fortnite is introducing 5-player teams for its South Park collab, but lead suggests it could become permanent: "Make it successful then we'll talk"
- The Binding of Isaac lead says "I think we will have a few DLCs to make" for upcoming roguelike Mewgenics, but he's "waiting to see" what fans think of the game
- X-Men fans are hyped Cyclops is getting the spotlight in latest Avengers: Doomsday trailer: "Cyclops was redeemed in a 3 second clip"
- 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple director teases the sequel's most "horrifying" scene involving Jack O'Connell's bizarre cult leader: "It really is inhumane"
- While Final Fantasy 6 Remake would be a dream project, Final Fantasy 7 Remake director thinks he'd rather someone else lead it: "Should I be the one to undertake remaking another series?"
- As Ubisoft shuts down a freshly-unionized studio, worker's union says it will "pursue every legal recourse" to protect employees' rights
- Minecraft has redesigned its baby mobs to be even cuter, and I need you to stop and look at them because they're just too precious
- Star Wars' Mark Hamill says he asked J.J Abrams for a Luke, Han, and Leia reunion in the sequels but was told "it's not Luke's story anymore"
- GTA 6 reportedly might not be "content complete," but while Rockstar won't "release in any sort of compromised state" the November launch date still feels "more real" than before
- One of my favorite board games is getting a massive new expansion to kick off 2026
- Samsung's 1040Hz gaming monitor isn't for mortals like me, and I know most of us lack the GPU
- It looks like Sebastian Stan may be playing Harvey Dent in The Batman 2, according to a string of cryptic images posted by his stylist
- New The Witcher 3 DLC rumors heat up as one analyst says they're "100% certain" CD Projekt Red "will release significant new content" in 2026, possibly made by The Witcher 1 remakers
- After dominating 2025 with indie drug dealing sim Schedule 1, developer is looking to expand: "By the end of the year, there will likely be 4 people working on Schedule 1"
- Stranger Things fans crash Netflix waiting for non-existent secret final episode, as Conformity Gate finally comes to an end
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 director blames Final Fantasy 10 for letting you nuke the RPG's final boss, but admits it might have been "a little bit too easy to get overpowered"
- January 7
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- Fallout 3's iconic VATS system almost didn't make it into the RPG in time, and Bethesda was worried no one would even want to use it: "Is this even fun?"
- "Mothers no longer seek ghostly babies," declare the latest Dwarf Fortress patch notes, starting 2026 in rare form
- "A lot of Helldivers will die," Arrowhead CEO says of the next Helldivers 2 major update, and the updated roadmap is still in progress
- Life is Strange: Reunion brings Max and Chloe back together in college and contains cosmetic microtransactions, according to ratings leak
- 8 years after Wolfenstein 2 vowed to "make America Nazi-free again," multiple reports suggest Wolfenstein 3 is finally in development
- "This is about the arrogance of a company like Rockstar": Labor union pushes for relief for fired GTA 6 devs as Rockstar insists it only cracked down on leakers
- The top-selling new game on Steam is this open-world co-op factory builder with huge Satisfactory vibes, which just launched in early access with 84% Very Positive reviews
- The new Hyperpop Collection adds a much-needed pop of color to the PS5 lineup
- Fallout Season 2 hype has doubled or even tripled the Steam player count of every game in the series, including the pre-Bethesda original and Obsidian's New Vegas
- Arc Raiders is becoming a "waste of time" thanks to cheaters, says former FPS pro Shroud, who's considering a break until it's fixed: "Embark has zero control over their game"
- A 16-year-old, 180p clip of Valve's Gabe Newell nailing the piracy issue is making the rounds online and only feels more relevant today: "People are happy to pay money" for "a great product delivered on their terms"
- Final Fantasy 9 lead says the PS2 was so "so overpowered" its CPU sparked military concerns, so he struggled to get an emergency dev kit during his stay in Hawaii: "It was a very difficult situation"
- New Tomb Raider star Sophie Turner says she's been training for a year to play Lara Croft: "I think it's going to be something special"
- Neurable and HyperX have unveiled a gaming headset at CES 2026 that can be controlled by your brain
- The SteamOS Lenovo Legion Go 2 is now official, but there's still a Steam Deck LCD hole in my heart
- Gaming specs with impressive specs - Asus's new gaming glasses have fun ideas, but I'd much rather see them in a VR headset
- Indie devs behind adorable co-op horror game say a "direct copy" with "AI-generated assets" is launching on the PlayStation Store before their game is even finished
- "Something to consider for a hypothetical Palworld 2": Palworld dev responds to demands for terraforming, says it's impossible without a year of development and wiping all save files
- Ubisoft studio unionizes, is immediately shut down by Ubisoft, affecting 71 people
- Netflix seemingly puts an end to Stranger Things' Conformity Gate theory with 2026 trailer teasing One Piece season 2, new Bridgerton, and Enola Holmes 3
- That Mass Effect 3 scene with Garrus, you know the one, made Shepard actor Jennifer Hale "break" because it took her "by surprise": "I was like no, no, no, Shepard doesn't cry"
- I'm hyped for 8Bitdo's mobile controller, but Gamesir has already Game Boy-ified my phone
- "The first dialog we had was obviously centered around [GTA 6]": Arc Raiders devs "did not want to be close" to Rockstar at launch, but were just fine challenging Call of Duty
- Fallout co-creator Tim Cain says "realism" complaints are often caused by game worlds breaking their own rules, something his early RPG Arcanum was meticulous about: "Magic and tech don't coexist"
- GoldenEye 007 is "a fantastic game," but 007 First Light dev says IO Interactive's title has "a far wider and more expansive offering and gameplay experience"
- The Audeze Maxwell 2 fixes the original's only two problem areas, and it could be coming for SteelSeries' lunch in 2026
- "Two Premier Brands. One Mobile Controller" - GameSir and Hyperkin's modular gamepad could take over the market
- Sydney Sweeney's new thriller The Housemaid is getting a sequel after the surprise hit made $133 million at the box office
- Creepy new trailer for Deadpool and Wolverine star's upcoming horror movie looks like a mix of Death Note and Talk to Me
- JSAUX is showing off its new Switch 2 dock at CES 2026, and my setup wants a piece
- Sega posts tribute to co-founder David Rosen, a "true pioneer" of the industry, who passed away at 95: "We will always remember his contributions"
- "Square had a kind of recklessness at that time": During Final Fantasy 9's development, the team moved to Hawaii without "a solid plan," and some even splashed out on themed license plates
- This is the only CES 2026 concept product I need to see in production
- From Two-Face to Hugo Strange, DC fans are speculating which character Marvel star Sebastian Stan will play in The Batman 2
- Kristen Stewart wants to "remake" Twilight as a director, and although she may be joking, we would love to see it
- Dragon Quest 7 Reimagined may be a remake of a nearly 26-year-old JRPG classic, but Square Enix warns it may "temporarily or permanently suspend" players for posting spoilers
- The JBL Quantum 950X is the only headset at CES 2026 I care about so far
- Vecna star Jamie Campbell Bower thinks his Stranger Things season 5 fate is "the ending the show deserves"
- Dell's Alienware Area-51 PC range is back for round two with AMD X3D chipsets, but it doesn't come in price peace
- JSAUX just brought back one of my favorite Nintendo Switch accessories for Switch 2, and stole Genki's thunder
- The Batman 2 and Avengers: Secret Wars are filming close together, and Marvel fans are worried it means Sebastian Stan's Bucky Barnes is dying in Doomsday
- New Red Dead Redemption 2 mystery takes an ominous turn with a previously unnoticed mountain carving I can't believe it's taken over 7 years to spot, and it feels like the answer's getting closer
- Legendary Final Fantasy composer can't listen to his own music because he's "too embarrassed," but as a "medieval nerd," he was "pleased" with Final Fantasy 9's direction
- Marvel star Sebastian Stan may be making the jump to DC for a mystery role in The Batman 2
- Arc Raiders devs were inspired by Helldivers 2 when they shifted from free-to-play to a $40 game: "We don't want the price to be an offender for someone"
- Stranger Things' Vecna star has sent fans into a Conformity Gate conspiracy theory frenzy: "Tomorrow it begins"
- Deadpool and Wolverine director Shawn Levy compares his Star Wars movie to Stranger Things
- The Odyssey star says making the new Christopher Nolan epic was "one of the greatest experiences of my life"
- Fallout season 2 takes us back to a war last seen in Fallout 3's divisive DLC
- January 6
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- The coolest new battle royale on the block is this Zelda-inspired indie with the cutest Link's Awakening remake-style visuals, and you can try it this week ahead of its launch later in the year
- After 9 years in development and 3 years in early access, sci-fi grand strategy game from the devs behind XCOM's beloved Long War mod launches in 1.0 to 87% "Very Positive" Steam reviews
- Despite AI-generated textures, audio, and music, Steam users shower hotly anticipated survival game in 11,000 95% positive reviews in just a few days
- "Steam Charts don't measure fun": Splitgate dev says don't sweat the player count after messy Splitgate Arena Reloaded rollout, sitting at 720 players on Steam
- A week before BioWare's worst game meets its final end, Anthem players gather to mourn what might have been: "One last flight"
- The Last of Us star Troy Baker says "we don't need to demonize" gen AI because it's just going to drive people to "authentic" experiences "as opposed to the gruel that gets distilled to me through a black mirror"
- It's nice that Nvidia's DLSS 4.5 is coming to all RTX GPU owners, but that isn't the quality-of-life update I was hoping for from CES
- Arc Raiders' Trigger Nades are so overpowered in PvP that it's a wonder they survived this long, but at long last Embark is planning nerfs
- Stranger Things star Sadie Sink says she learned she was in Spider-Man 4 the same way the rest of us did: through an internet rumor
- PlayStation and Xbox's most-played games of 2025 were the same as 2024's in the US, data suggests, with newcomers unable to dethrone the likes of Fortnite, Roblox, and GTA 5
- Fans prove Capcom, Sega, and Square Enix are leaving money on the table by creating their own crossover fighting games that recreate the Marvel magic
- Stranger Things star Sadie Sink knows she took forever to escape in season 5: "Clearly I’m taking my sweet time with it"
- Cyberpunk 2 lead says extending Cyberpunk 2077 Act 1 would be like having "more time on Tattooine with farmer Luke" in Star Wars: "I think we struck a good balance"
- The 2026 Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 makes some spicy choices around its AMD configurations
- TMR gaming keyboards are slowly tip-toeing into focus at CES 2026
- Despite being owned by Amazon, every James Bond movie will be streaming on Netflix from January 15
- Baldur's Gate 3 boss responds to his RPG being used as inspiration for Stranger Things season 5 finale
- Sophie Turner and Sigourney Weaver's Tomb Raider TV show adds 10 new cast members, including Harry Potter's Jason Isaacs
- Jujutsu Kaisen season 3 release schedule: what time is episode 8 on Crunchyroll?
- Embark boss says an Arc Raiders movie or TV show would be "fun", but "it needs to be done in the right way": "I can't tell you how many companies have reached out to us"
- Square Enix's best modern tradition continues as Dragon Quest 7 Reimagined drops a 3-hour demo where your progress carries into the full JRPG
- Sony worries games have become "very complicated, so players who are not experts oftentimes quit playing" in patent for AI-generated "ghost" that beats games for you
- Arc Raiders players are tired of people "cheating like crazy," as one former FPS pro says the situation "might be worse than peak Call of Duty"
- Fortnite lead gushes that "working at Epic allows you to have your childhood dreams come true" as its new South Park collab is teased: "Working on this one made me so happy"
- Bayonetta and Devil May Cry's Hideki Kamiya is enjoying work "more than ever" since leaving PlatinumGames and starting his own studio, says his colleagues have "the best game development capabilities"
- Ex-Rockstar lead says all GTA competitors have "given up," but there's still "an opportunity" to challenge Rockstar: "Everybody's kind of terrified of going against GTA"
- Hideo Kojima has shared his favorite movies and shows of last year, and KPop Demon Hunters and Pluribus made the cut
- Clair Obscur Expedition 33 lead "underestimated" how many players would do all the side content, regrets disappointing "people that wanted a challenging end boss"
- If you thought AIO cooler displays were neat, the latest gaming PC from Asus has holographic fans
- "Not bad for a dead game": Palworld dev fires back at the haters as Pocketpair celebrates its Steam Best of 2025 rankings, says "we're still humbled by our community's endless support"
- The X-Men Avengers: Doomsday trailer is finally online, and it features Cyclops unleashing his powers and Magneto and Professor X as allies
- "This level of control has never existed in a single device before," I can't believe Corsair didn't add this feature to its keyboards years ago
- Asked if Commander Shepard will return in Mass Effect 5, actor Jennifer Hale has "no idea," but if you ask BioWare nicely, maybe the devs will listen: "I would love it"
- Razer is updating its flagship gaming chair with new colors and better leather, but its $649 price tag is staying the same
- Hideo Kojima thinks the video game-inspired Predator: Badlands would make a cool video game: "Traveling with Elle Fanning on your back"
- Frieren: Beyond Journey's End director reveals why he stepped back from directing the hit fantasy anime
- PNY's latest Nvidia RTX 50 GPUs appeal to my kind of PC building
- Buckle up, because I think the new Lego Smart Play is about to change everything
- The Asus ROG Zephyrus Duo 16 is a "world first" for gaming laptops, but I'd argue it's more of a content creator's machine
- Sounding like the coolest guy in the room, Hideo Kojima says him being creative "isn't special," it's just as natural as eating: "If creativity were taken out of my daily life, I probably wouldn't survive"
- GTA 6 "will redefine players' standards" according to JRPG legends from Atlus, Square Enix, and Sega: "It'll be a once-in-a-generation turning point"
- James Gunn debunks Guardians of the Galaxy rumor about Kraglin "breaking character": "When you hear about 'reshoots' these are usually the types of thing my team is doing"
- Winona Ryder only needed two takes for Joyce's big Vecna scene in Stranger Things season 5: "You can't rehearse a scene like that"
- Lies of P publisher plans to keep introducing "successful IP" fans can look forward to "even 5 or 10 years down the line," but of course continuing the hit Soulslike is "a given"
- HP just boosted my favorite gaming laptop, and then changed its name
- Aquaman director James Wan says he'd "love to take a crack" at James Cameron's Avatar
- Ahsoka creator Dave Filoni is reportedly set to take over from Kathleen Kennedy as co-president of Star Wars studio Lucasfilm
- OG Final Fantasy Tactics director admits he "underestimated" how popular The Ivalice Chronicles would be as it passes 1 million copies sold, with the remake's lead teasing future updates
- Stranger Things star Sadie Sink weighs in on Eleven's ambiguous fate: "I think Mike's story is just one last story"
- Sansa Stark star Sophie Turner says she's the only Game of Thrones actor happy with their ending
- "We listened, then went a step further," Alienware seems to have fixed one of the biggest issues with its gaming laptops at CES
- AMD is launching an upgraded version of one of its best desktop CPUs, but I'm more excited about what this means for the other X3D models
- January 5
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- MSI unveils suite of new gaming laptops prioritizing power and portability at CES 2026
- "This new approach to world generation will redefine the block-game genre": Hytale lead declares "fundamental shift" in how artists and game designers tackle Minecraft-style worlds
- KPop Demon Hunters continues to dominate the animation industry with a whopping 10 Annie Award nominations including Best Feature, Best Music, Best Voice Acting, and more
- Arc Raiders players make a plea to Embark: don't let PvP in trios poison your solo "aggression-based" matchmaking reputation, but frankly I don't buy it
- 6 of the best new shows and movies streaming this week on Netflix, Disney Plus, and more (January 5–January 11)
- Brandon Sanderson says AAA studios "who I like a lot" are interested in a Mistborn game, and he's "trying to do things differently" with the adaptation rights
- Path of Exile co-creator and Grinding Gear Games co-founder urges online RPG devs to control in-game spending and exploits, owns up to his "mistake" favoring PoE streamers
- Deadpool star's new horror action movie trailer looks like a cross between Die Hard and Rosemary's Baby
- For years I've read this manga the nanosecond a chapter drops, and now it's getting an anime adaptation I only dreamed of: Kyoto Animation announces RuriDragon
- The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time ditched the series' iconic overworld theme because composer Koji Kondo thought it'd "get boring and repetitive to hear the same melody all the time"
- "Review bombing as a concept wasn't a thing": Helldivers 2 boss says Arrowhead's debut hit Magicka was actually just buggy and unoptimized, though it was later review bombed by Helldivers mad at Sony
- Resident Evil 4 remake modder discovers a cut intro starring Ashley that eagle-eyed fans might recognize from certain pre-release trailers
- Persona art director and creator of infamous penis demon is making a console game that will demonstrate his "perspective on the world"
- "What a ride": Arc Raiders just hit 12 million copies sold, analyst estimates, and set a new record for active players 2 months after launch
- Stranger Things fans are debating the "very odd" decision to focus so much of season 5 on Holly Wheeler: "They just sidelined the main cast"
- "Unbelievable!": Banjo-Kazooie composer as shocked as everyone else to hear the Bubblegloop Swamp theme on a national NFL broadcast
- After promoting Oscar favorite Hamnet, Paul Mescal wants to take a break until his 2028 Beatles movies: "People will get a break from me and I'll get a break from them"
- Minecraft star Jack Black reveals he turned down playing Syndrome in Pixar classic The Incredibles, and now he regrets it: "Why was I being so difficult?"
- GameSir is putting a Direct Drive sim racing wheel on a controller, all because a high schooler developed it in their dorm room
- Nier creator Yoko Taro says he isn't prioritizing a new game, pleads for updates from people who are: "Work comes second… well, probably third"
- Fallout co-creator Tim Cain explains why he's not making more new IPs, and it's partly because he's done "making other people really wealthy with my own creations"
- James Gunn claims he doesn't "care about prestige" as he says his goal is to "affect people in a deeper, more spiritual way"
- Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford says late FPS icon Vince Zampella would "create mischievous joy" – like "trolling" Eli Roth in Borderlands during a pre-movie "tour"
- While playing Arc Raiders, Embark leads clarify they only added true "aggression-based" matchmaking fairly recently, and right on cue someone shows up pleading "Friendly"
- One Stranger Things season 5 scene is being given a poignant new meaning by fans: "I think I cried the hardest when this scene was happening"
- Surprise: Stranger Things isn't over yet, as a behind the scenes documentary is confirmed to land on Netflix soon
- "Absolute idiocy" killed The Witcher game that never was, OG dev says, but he's happy CD Projekt Red landed the series in the end: "I love what they've done"
- A new It: Welcome to Derry deleted scene has fans wondering if Lily Bainbridge's mother could be an important season 2 character
- The Duffer Brothers tease a secret Stranger Things project as they confirm the universe will be "very different" from Game of Thrones and Star Wars: "We're just not like that"
- Monster Hunter Wilds Switch 2 port seemingly spotted in new update, and after PC performance issues you've got to wonder how Nintendo's handheld might handle it
- Netflix shares emotional goodbye to Stranger Things after the season 5 finale, and now we're crying all over again
- Ben Affleck and Matt Damon can't tell friend from foe in the trailer for Netflix's upcoming thriller The Rip
- My Hero Academia Vigilantes season 2 release schedule: when is episode 3 on Crunchyroll?
- League of Legends was completely down yesterday unless you reset your system clock, because Riot forgot to update a security certificate
- Schedule 1 and REPO beat out the likes of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Dispatch, and Silksong to be the highest rated Steam games of 2025
- Baldur's Gate 3 wins Steam's Labor of Love award following 2 years of updates and community support: "Pretty f***ing good way to start 2026"
- Red Dead Redemption 2 players discover bizarre new easter egg after 7 years, and they're trying to figure out what it means before GTA 6
- Guillermo del Toro says James Cameron convinced him to cut 7 minutes of Frankenstein: "Jim came in and he said, 'This is beautiful, but you gotta take it out"
- With OD and Physint in the works, Hideo Kojima says Kojima Productions is heading towards its "Third Phase," with the creator to focus on "staying grounded and laying solid foundations" in 2026
- Belkin just upgraded our favorite Nintendo Switch 2 case at CES
- Avatar: Fire and Ash has officially crossed $1 billion, making James Cameron the first director in history to have four consecutive billion dollar hits
- The Duffer brothers say they know what really happened to Eleven after the Stranger Things season 5 finale, but fans are not convinced
- There's no Stranger Things season 5 finale post-credits scene, but there is an easily missed hidden Easter egg with an emotional link to the first episode of the Netflix show
- James Gunn says Superman was the "hardest" movie he's ever made: "I was reorienting something everyone already thinks they understand"
- Legendary Dark Souls player completes the entire trilogy without getting hit while using a saxophone as a controller, and now I feel even more inadequate
- Metaphor: ReFantazio helped JRPG veterans behind Persona "go back to our basics," and the experience "will really help us for future titles and projects we have coming up"
- January 4
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- 15 years later, after 700 hours of grinding and "at least" 100,000 deaths, speedrunner finally beats all of Super Meat Boy without dying, earning a "congrats" from co-creator Edmund McMillen
- An MMO player spent 3 years building a legendary treasure collection just to burn through it all in one glorious binge: "When I click 'Time Played' the game just tells me to touch grass"
- Mike Flanagan wants to get to work on his Dark Tower series to ensure the movie isn’t “the final word”
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 devs' next game will simply focus on "what we think is cool" – "I've seen too many TV shows and books be swayed trying to please a lot of people"
- Netflix Assassin’s Creed adaptation finds a new cast member in A Knight Of The Seven Kingdoms star
- James Gunn promises that Supergirl won’t be by the book
- Stranger Things nearly saw Vecna switch sides until the Duffer Brothers changed their minds
- January 3
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- Metaphor: ReFantazio lead says "the desire is still there" to make a fantasy game, but the team's more interested in "how we can evolve our JRPG and what it looks like"
- Could Marvel Studios’ Wonder Man be teeing up a core part of the X-Men’s future?
- Stranger Things fans are debating the biggest question of the finale: Do you believe?
- The Stranger Things finale earned over $25 million in theaters
- Todd Howard says Obsidian was "the only choice" for Fallout: New Vegas – aside from the studios' Fallout DNA, devs did "something similar" with Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 2
- I'm finally fixing my Warhammer bad habit in 2026, starting with the Maggotkin of Nurgle
- Stranger Things creators say there's only ever been one deleted scene in the show's entire history, which Netflix wanted written but they didn't
- January 2
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- James Gunn says being a director and head of DC Studios is the kind of "madness" even Walt Disney wouldn't attempt, and he "originally said no to the job" because he "didn't want to do what Kevin Feige does"
- Microsoft CEO resorts to blogging in defense of AI, says "we need to get beyond the arguments of slop" – exactly what I'd say if I was tired of losing the arguments of slop
- AGDQ 2026 will show Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 fans how to beat the JRPG GOTY in 2 hours, sure, but I'm really here for the 70-player Super Mario 64 relay
- The Avengers: Doomsday X-Men teaser is now in theaters and it finally gives fans exactly what we've been begging for
- Microsoft killed his dream MMO despite apparently loving it, says former Elder Scrolls Online head, so he left: "The game I had waited my entire career to create"
- New PS5 and PS4 jailbreak exploits trigger a 1,000% surge in prices for an obscure remaster of the 24-year-old Star Wars Racer Revenge, with copies reaching $300
- Simon Williams is an "extraordinary threat" in new Wonder Man trailer that shows off his powers
- New The Witcher 3 expansion rumored for 2026 launch, weeks after CD Projekt Red mysteriously said "hinted" content "may see release in the coming year"
- This limited edition Seagate Game Drive is a dream for Astro Bot fans, but I'm still not an old school hard drive fan
- One easily missed detail in the Stranger Things season 5 finale might hint that a major character survived after all
- No Rest for the Wicked lead blasts "irreparable damage" to Diablo under ex-Blizzard boss Mike Ybarra, who says "I don't have to work anymore" but "you do" so "chill"
- Hytale lead says "it's a damn miracle we were able to salvage" the once-canceled Minecraft-like: "It should have taken years to fix, but within weeks, we got the game into a playable, fun state"
- Stardew Valley creator ConcernedApe donates $125,000 to open-source C# framework his hit farming sim uses, with "an ongoing monthly commitment" to boot
- Stranger Things fans wonder if they'll ever get closure after the series finale fails to answer their most burning questions
- Arc Raiders has been Steam's top-selling premium game every week since its launch, so it's no wonder its player count has barely dwindled
- Final Fantasy 14 lead Yoshi-P reportedly teases ports for Nintendo Switch and Switch 2, asking fans of the MMO to "please wait"
- Solo Leveling producer asks fans of the hit anime to "wait just a little longer" as he teases "something truly exciting" coming in 2026
- Fans think they've figured out what will be in the Warhammer 2026 preview, and it's exciting news
- Stranger Things fans are divided over season 5's final episode: "Stranger Things finale is a mess… but I’m still happy with it"
- The Duffer Brothers reveal that Stranger Things season 5 originally included a scene where Hopper and Joyce discussed their surprising connection to Vecna, but they didn't want to alienate viewers who hadn't seen the Stranger Things play
- Okami sequel is "still a ways off" releasing, but its devs will "continue to work tirelessly this year to deliver an experience that surpasses the expectations of players"
- Stardew Valley's Switch 2 edition sees items going missing thanks to a crafting glitch, and ConcernedApe is delaying the release in Europe until he fixes it, with a patch "coming soon"
- Stranger Things ends with the most beautiful, full circle moment that links right back to season 1's very first scene, and that was the plan from the very beginning
- Deltarune creator Toby Fox reveals new Chapter 5 dialogue that's already got fans in a frenzy ahead of the RPG's next episode later this year: "Toby what are you doing??"
- Most Stranger Things fans were expecting multiple major deaths in season 5, but the Duffer Brothers explain why that wasn't going to happen
- Stranger Things creators say the finale's last few scenes were inspired by The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
- Chris Hemsworth's Thor has an old look and a new motivation as his Avengers: Doomsday trailer hits the internet
- Stranger Things creators say [SPOILER's] "selfless" and "heroic" sacrifice was essential to the Netflix show
- After that surprise Welcome to Derry season 1 finale cameo, It star Finn Wolfhard reveals Richie Tozier is still "connected" to the horror prequel: "There's something else that will come up eventually"
- Stranger Things creators say the spinoff won't be about Holly Wheeler, and one Vecna detail is super important: "It is an entirely new mythology"
- January 1
