Xbox chief content officer Matt Booty revealed that Blizzard is providing cinematic support for Playground Games' Fable, while Rare is lending multiplayer know-how to Double Fine for pottery brawler Kiln. It's part of Xbox's cross-studio sharing model — what Booty calls 'a culture of cultures.'
The Future Games Show Summer Showcase returns June 6 at 12PM PDT, promising world premieres, exclusive trailers, and stealth demo drops. FGS Live from Los Angeles follows the same day, then the PC Gaming Show airs June 7 with over 50 PC games.
Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream director Ryutaro Takahashi says development kicked off in 2017, after he and producer Yoshio Sakamoto agreed they'd run out of room with the 3DS original. The game is out today on Nintendo Switch and Switch 2.
Ubisoft reached a settlement with the 61 workers at its Halifax studio, shut down just weeks after they unionized in December. CWA Canada says terms are confidential, but developers felt Ubisoft 'respected the union.' The publisher has kept cutting jobs across other studios since.
Starfield leaked for Switch 2 through Taiwan's ratings board, just one week after the RPG hit PS5. Bethesda's sci-fi epic only moved around 140,000 copies on Sony's platform in its first week. No official confirmation yet, but a Nintendo port looks inevitable.
Pete Hines, the former Bethesda VP who retired three years ago, still has things to say about the studio's reputation. He thinks Bethesda's open world complexity doesn't get the credit it deserves. His challenge to critics: go build something like it in Red Dead Redemption 2.
The James Pond trademark is in dispute. Eon Productions, the company behind the James Bond film rights, filed opposition against a new James Pond application. James Pond was a 1990s fish-spy gaming character, and someone is trying to bring the franchise back.
Metro 2039 reveal is happening Thursday, April 16 at 10am Pacific via an Xbox showcase. 4A Games confirmed the news. It's the fourth mainline Metro entry, based on Dmitry Glukhovsky's novels, and 4A says the war in Ukraine has directly shaped the game's direction.
Game Pass price change is coming, according to Xbox head Asha Sharma, who told Microsoft employees in an internal memo that the service 'has become too expensive for players.' This is six months after the top tier jumped from $20 to $30 a month. Sharma says they need a 'better value equation' and will shift to a more flexible model.
007 First Light spoilers, including what appears to be the game's ending, are circulating online after Indonesia's game ratings board made them public through a security flaw. Over an hour of classified footage for IO Interactive's Bond game is out there, plus cutscenes from Bandai Namco's Echoes of Aincrad.
The Pragmata review from VGC gives Capcom's new sci-fi shooter a 4 out of 5. The short version: it's good, charming, and unmistakably feels like something that could have shipped in 2008 alongside Vanquish. That's not a knock. Hugh's moon adventure is compact, weird, and worth your time.
First look at Diablo 4: Lord of Hatred Gameplay. The upcoming expansion for the 2023 AARPG coming April 28.
Pokeman Champions announce bug fixes after a troubled launch.
New leaks suggest a Forza Horizon 6 controller and headset are coming this May.
Fans will have to wait a bit longer for James Bond’s latest mission. Following the recent 007 First Light Switch 2 delay, the highly anticipated title is now slated for a Summer 2026 arrival. This push follows the original May release window according to recent reports.
