PC players, get ready for your mind to be melted (metaphorically speaking) in all manner of ways. Hideo Kojima's ever so unusual Death Stranding sequel - known as On the Beach - is soon going to make its PC debut, and so of course the team has now shared those all important specs you will need to get the best experience.
The two Prototype games, The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction, and The Simpsons: Hit & Run were all great open-world games before open-world games became a thing, and they all have one thing in common: Radical Entertainment was their developer. Now, after being shut down by Activision over a decade ago, the studio seems to have returned. 
Blizzard has announced a new mobile Overwatch game called Overwatch Rush. It's a top-down reinterpretation of the hero shooter built especially for mobile players and it's in development at Blizzard, made by a team separate from the Overwatch team, Blizzard said in a blog post.
Evo - the largest fighting game tournament series - announced future plans to expand across the world with five new regional tournaments, a new World Championship, and plans to support local communities in the proximity of these new events.
The Super Mario Galaxy Movie is only a matter of months from release, and it now seems an unannounced character may play a key role in the upcoming sequel thanks to a slight slip up by one UK cinema chain.
We've known for a while The Witcher 4 is in proper production, with developer CD Projekt Red hoping to have it ready to go sooner rather than later. Still, a launch in 2026 has been ruled out. Now, we've potentially learned about an exciting new addition to its roster of devs.
Following a calmer two-week event and an assault on exploiters, Arc Raiders' next huge content update, Shrouded Sky, is here. A hurricane is engulfing the Rust Belt, and all-new Arc enemies are joining the hunt for human survivors. Good luck out there.
2025's Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 was a big enough stumble to push Xbox-owned Activision to reconsider its approach to yearly CoD entries moving forward. Mind you, the game is still topping charts, but after a poor critical reception and lukewarm player sentiment, things are being re-examined. Could a standalone, fully-fledged Zombies entry spice things up? Maybe, but it appears that's not on the table... yet.
The surprising appointment of Microsoft's CoreAI president Asha Sharma as head of Microsoft Gaming at the weekend - in conjunction with Microsoft Gaming boss Phil Spencer retiring and former Xbox president Sarah Bond suddenly departing - may actually be a genuine attempt by the company to turn Xbox's fortunes around. This slightly different read on the events of the past few days comes from The Verge, and a report compiled by long-time Microsoft reporter Tom Warren who spoke to "multiple" sources it sounds like were inside the company itself.
Excitement around Marathon's launch next week seems to finally be a thing, and this weekend's "server slam" aims to convince extraction shooter enjoyers on the fence. Ahead of it, Bungie has outlined a frankly impressive effort regarding networking and security features that will be implemented from the get-go.
There are nearly as many people playing Valve's unreleased and invite-only game Deadlock on Steam as there are people playing the resurgent Overwatch. Deadlock was actually the sixth most played game on Steam in January in the US, according to stat-tracking company Circana. It's an indication, if such an indication was needed, that Valve's next multiplayer game is shaping up to be something big.
GOG remains the one digital distribution platform that seemingly cares about proper video game preservation. This isn't free PR or a generous read of what it's been stating since it was born; facts and numerous endeavours to save old games from being lost to time are enough to be certain the folks at the top aren't messing around.
Seamus Blackley, one of the co-creators of the original Xbox, has interpreted Microsoft's recent Xbox leadership shuffle as a sign the business is being "sunsetted". The appointment of Asha Sharma, he thinks, is "as a palliative care doctor who slides Xbox gently into the night".
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