Last week gave us the announcement of Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen coming to the Switch systems. This would've been celebrated under normal circumstances, but Nintendo and The Pokémon Company chose to skip the Nintendo Switch Online service in favour of a paid re-release of the original games at Ł16.99 (or $20) each. A silver lining was mention of support for the Pokémon Home service, but now that's up in the air.
It's been a while since the BioShock movie was revived... only be stuck in limbo again. Slow progress is being made on a script, however, and like many suspected, it seems that director Francis Lawrence's busy agenda has been the main thing preventing it from happening.
The vibes are rotten out there if you work anywhere near video games. 2026 is yet another year off to a terrible start when it comes to layoffs, project cancellations, and studio closures that often don't make a lick of sense. Despite all this, though, US consumer spending on video games has gone up year-on-year.
Grok, the generative AI chatbot on X (formerly Twitter), reportedly had an update delay because it wasn't a good enough expert on Baldur's Gate 3. This came from its owner Elon Musk, who apparently was dissatisfied with his non-consentual nude creating, formerly Hitler-praising, tool.
Resident Evil Requiem is almost here, but that hasn't stopped evildoers from dropping lots of spoilers all over the Internet, prompting Capcom to acknowledge the situation ahead of the final weekend before the game's launch. Meanwhile, Resident Evil 2 director (and famous games industry bad boy) Hideki Kamiya had stronger words for the leakers.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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