Blizzard has explained why Warcraft-based collectible card game, Hearthstone, still isn't available on console, 12 years after release. The game is available on handheld devices like tablets and mobile, but has never made the jump to the likes of Switch 2 or Steam Deck. In explaining its thinking, the developer suggested that belonging to Microsoft and Xbox means these console conversions are now more of a priority than ever.
Overwatch 2 player-numbers are currently the strongest they've been on Steam since the game arrived there, spiking ahead of the game's first expansion-like release, The Reign of Talon, which arrives tomorrow, 10th February.
Despite some missteps along the way and performance woes, we maintain Monster Hunter Wilds is a pretty good game. Complaints about difficulty and end-game content were addressed by Capcom in due course, but for anyone still a bit underwhelmed by the final offering, you only need to wait until the summer to see what's next.
The next 2D fighter from Arc System Works is Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls. Published by Sony, it's also set to launch on PC via Steam, so we're not counting it as a true PS5 exclusive. That said, it no doubt could become one of PlayStation's surprise hits when it finally drops, and the final details are promising an adequate offering of modes and characters.
Remedy Entertainment, best known for narrative-rich single player games like Control and Alan Wake 2, has got itself a new CEO. His name is Jean-Charles Gaudechon, a former EA executive and senior vice president of fantasy sports betting platform Sleeper.
Hyper-realistic food was one of Final Fantasy XV's strengths, and many RPGs since then have really committed to perfecting the art of beautifully rendered cooking and dishes. Up next, it seems that Black Myth: Wukong studio Game Science is upping its food tech for Zhong Kui, the sequel of sorts that was revealed last year.
Pokémon Pokopia, the "cozy life sim" spinoff releasing on Nintendo Switch 2 on 5th March, has quickly become one of the most anticipated launches of early 2026. Marketing on it has been a bit timid considering the huge IP it's riding though, so there are still some doubts less than a month before launch. However, if you're in London, you might be able to get a proper taste of what it offers as soon as this weekend.
Here's how the first few minutes of Romeo is a Dead Man go down: first, the entire cosmos floating in a fish tank to the ethereal strains of what eventually turns out to be Japanese rap (this is just the title screen). Next, a stop-motion animated intro over a glorious town of miniatures. Then! Cut to the interior of a police car; a zombie attack; our hero's gruesome death; a portal opening onto the space-time continuum and a granddad on a motorbike. Romeo Stargazer's resuscitation via the medium of eyeball syringe and big spacehat. More zombies! A love story told in flashback, relayed by an energetic camera gliding across a beautifully illustrated comic book. Romeo's dimension-hopping evil girlfriend Juliet, and his Doc Brown-like granddad inexplicably reborn as a sentient jacket patch. Honestly, If I hadn't just spent the last six hours playing it, I'd call Romeo is a Dead Man exactly the kind of game they don't make anymore.
Josef Fares, founder of Hazelight Studios, has revealed that he and his team are at work at yet another video game. This should come as little surprise, given the success of Hazelight's last game: Split Fiction.
There's no denying Fallout 4 was the big mainstream moment of the series after 3 and New Vegas successfully turned the post-apocalyptic RPG series into something more in line with The Elder Scrolls. More than a decade later, its player numbers are skyrocketing again after each season of the TV show and we're waiting for a Switch 2 port coming later this month.
More Resident Evil remakes are happening. That's an inevitability after all the modern REmakes crossed the 10m copies sold mark. We're now getting close to RE4's third anniversary, and news on the next comeback could drop any moment now. If we pay attention to the ESRB website, Resident Evil 5 could be next in line.
A revitalised Overwatch (formerly Overwatch 2) is bringing players back, propelling the game to most-watched status on streaming service Twitch, and to being one of the most played games on Steam - comfortably above copycat hero-shooter Marvel Rivals. There was even a queue to log in to Overwatch when I played yesterday evening, which is something I've never seen before.
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Sorry Marvel fans, you may need to retract those claws, as it seems that Insomniac's Wolverine won't be appearing during this week's PlayStation State of Play.
It seems that PlayStation's upcoming PS Plus Extra games for February have leaked.
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