Katsuhiro Harada says SNK and its new VS Studio can help revive Japan’s golden era in the game industry through game-focused leadership and new IP. For many years, Harada was known as the face of the Tekken series. He joined Bandai Namco in 1994 and only left the studio at the end of last year.…
Roblox games regularly attract millions of players, now a major Hollywood studio is hoping one hit game can get those players into theaters. With video game adaptations finally fulfilling the promise of their potential, franchises like Minecraft, The Super Mario Bros., and Sonic the Hedgehog are…
Fortnite Override adds Pac-Man Mecha Ghost mini-bosses, a Blinky Sprite companion, and themed islands, with Item Shop cosmetics dropping on September 19. The latest season of Fortnite celebrates gaming icons of all kinds. Fortnite is already the only universe where you can have Bugs Bunny, Buzz…
Bruce Straley, the game director behind The Last of Us and various Uncharted games, finds modern AAA games to be "boring." As part of an Edge magazine story about the state of the games industry, Straley spoke about the AAA landscape. He noted that he finds the big blockbuster titles to be…
Although the video game landscape is already pretty firmly in the ninth generation (with games like Grand Theft Auto 6 already looking to push the bounds of current-gen consoles), there’s still a lot to admire and be inspired by in eras of gaming long past. Not only is the current state of gaming…
The Rogue Prince of Persia marks its first anniversary with a free update that adds new content and improvements for players. On September 17, Ubisoft announced a game update. In the release, they highlighted new content, including several new modes, mechanics, and combat zones. They also…
Last week’s The Legend of Zelda: 40th Anniversary Nintendo Direct did much more than whip fans into a frenzy over securing a new special edition Switch 2 console. The broadcast also offered a deep dive into the highly anticipated The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake, complete with a November…
Hideo Kojima took to his social media channels earlier today to announce Bill Skarsgård as the new lead for his upcoming stealth-action game, Physint. He also reaffirmed some of the game's casting announcements from before it changed hands from PlayStation to Xbox after a seemingly messy split with…
Virtually exploring space is fun, and that’s why so many games permit us to do it, from Mass Effect to Starfield. That latter title, however, is one example that’s strictly limited to single-player, with no multiplayer offering currently available. There are various multiplayer space offerings you…
Guild Wars 3 is the first game in the series to launch on both PC and console Studio head Colin Johanson says it will allow the game to "reach a much wider group of players" on PS5 and PC ArenaNet wants new players to take their first plunge into Guild Wars with the upcoming game Guild Wars 3 will…
Hideo Kojima has provided an update on his OD project as his relationship with XBOX expands. XBOX recently strengthened its partnership with Kojima Productions, agreeing to help publish the legendary developer’s PHYSINT project after PlayStation dropped it. Kojima shared the OD update himself as…
The Blood of Dawnwalker is a pretty excellent RPG, but there's one aspect of it that not everyone loves: Time. Simply put, it's a limited resource in the game, which restricts what Coen—that's you—can do. Our reviewer, Australian editor Shaun Prescott, found it injected a sense of urgency into the…
Brandon Sanderson has been heavily invested in making tabletop adaptations of his Cosmere books. Most recently, he's been collaborating with Brotherwise Games on standalone board games as well as a larger Cosmere TTRPG. It's unsurprising, then, that his interest in such adaptations expands beyond…
(Image credit: Tyler C. / Blizzard Entertainment) WoW: Forever, Blizzard's modernized twist on WoW Classic, launched a beta today, but most people have only experienced a login screen so far. Following a live Q&A, Blizzard turned the WoW: Forever beta servers on. The queue times weren't too bad to…
Aside from the fact that it will be the 10th generation of the series, one of the most exciting aspects of Pokemon Winds and Pokemon Waves is that it is being exclusively developed for the Nintendo Switch 2, making the next generation of Pokemon. Pokemon Scarlet and Violet’s open world fell short;…
If there's any game you should get from the under-$10 bargain bin, this would unquestionably be a truly worthy pickup. From now until September 30, Nintendo eShop is offering a digital copy of Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade Switch 2 edition for $9.99. That's already a stellar deal since it's…
Walt Disney PicturesNetflix is betting big on its next project, an adaptation of C.S. Lewis’ Chronicles of Narnia books. Barbie writer/director Greta Gerwig has signed on to write and direct the first two movies, and the first chapter will have an unprecedentedly wide exclusive theatrical window,…
Just four months after the release of Zero Parades: For Dead Spies, and two months after laying off a significant number of employees, Studio ZA/UM has announced Zero Parades: Director's Cut, a major update that will add roughly 40,000 words of new content, a new encounter, and other improvements…
Paramount/Kobal/ShutterstockThe Golden Age of the slasher film probably lasted from 1978 (with the release of the original Halloween) and tapered off towards the late 80s/early 90s, and yet it’s still one of the most influential eras in the genre’s entire history. Not only did the abundance of them…
A new report has claimed that PlayStation is working on its own response to Nintendo’s Animal Crossing series, and it could be released in 2027. Over the past decade, PlayStation has primarily specialized in third-person action games from its own studios. Titles like God of War, Marvel’s…
Fortnite Override is in full swing and in our humble opinion, it’s been one of the best seasons for the battle royale so far. We’ve had wave after wave of gaming legend skins, from Sonic the Hedgehog to Kingdom Hearts, and you’d be encouraged to grab them when you can because this might be your…
World of Warcraft fans got a lot of good news at BlizzCon 2026. The publisher teased out the next chapter in the “Eclipse” saga and further hinted at their upcoming twelfth expansion, “The Last Titan.” On top of that, the success of World of Warcraft Classic highlighted the enduring strength of…
Diablo 4's current Season of Hell's Legacy is focused on celebrating the 30th anniversary of the series, which debuted all the way back in 1997. As part of that effort, Blizzard has been reaching back into the past to bring back iconic characters and enemies like Deckard Cain, Baal, Mephisto, and…
In an interview with Bloomberg, Twitch CEO Dan Clancy said that Grand Theft Auto 6 multiplayer will launch next year, in 2027. Rockstar hasn't made any official announcement about GTA 6 multiplayer, what's going to happen with GTA Online, or when we can expect the PC version. It's a safe bet that…