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Game developer Quarter Up has reportedly laid off a major portion of its workforce following the launch of Invincible VS, with estimates suggesting at least 75% of the staff was cut. Former lead engineer Daniel Högberg shared that he was let go “along with most of the rest of my team a couple of weeks...

An extended four-minute trailer for Kingdom Hearts IV has revealed fresh gameplay details, spotlighting playable sequences for King Mickey, Donald, and Goofy alongside a trip to the Land of the Dead. King Mickey will be playable in select portions of the game. He uses his Keyblade to interact with environments that open up like a...

Pocketpair has started planning Palworld’s first major post-1.0 update, aiming to deliver new content without getting bogged down in an overly long development cycle. John Buckley, Head of Publishing and Communications at Pocketpair, asked players to submit ideas, and the post quickly gathered more than 2,000 replies. The studio does not intend to turn version...

Games Workshop has unveiled an extensive wave of Warhammer 40,000 Ork releases scheduled to go up for pre-order on August 22, 2026. The lineup features the faction’s new edition codex alongside new and standalone miniature kits. The updated Codex: Orks includes 15 detachments, expanded “Waaagh!” rules, and datasheets for more than 50 units. Each copy...

Embark Studios sold an additional 800,000 copies of ARC Raiders during the second quarter of 2026, pushing the shooter’s total sales to 16.2 million units as it continues to meet Nexon’s expectations. Quarterly revenue reached ¥18.3 billion ($114.9 million). Lifetime revenue for the game has now surpassed ¥88 billion ($552.8 million) since its launch in...

Kadokawa has released a new character preview for the upcoming anime adaptation of Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, titled Sekiro: Undefeated. The video, published on the KADOKAWAanime YouTube channel, is the seventh character trailer for the project and focuses on the Owl, the adoptive father and mentor of Wolf. The Owl discovered the orphaned boy on...

DC Studios has launched its new series Lanterns on HBO and HBO Max, rolling out a new trailer, behind-the-scenes featurettes, and an official companion podcast alongside the premiere. The first season consists of eight episodes, with new installments airing on Mondays. To mark the debut, HBO released a nearly three-minute trailer featuring footage from upcoming...

Square Enix does not plan to postpone the launch of Kingdom Hearts IV past its late 2027 release window, according to director Tetsuya Nomura. During Disney D23, Square Enix debuted a new trailer for Kingdom Hearts IV and reaffirmed that the game is set to launch in late 2027. Following the presentation, Nomura addressed fan...

Actress Hayden Panettiere, widely recognized by video game audiences for her role as Samantha Giddings in Until Dawn and as the voice of Kairi in the early Kingdom Hearts games, has died at the age of 36. Her father, Skip Panettiere, confirmed the news of her passing to ABC. A cause of death has not...

Early in J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit, Thorin Oakenshield’s company narrowly avoids a grisly demise at the hands of three ravenous trolls by baiting them into a bickering match until the sunrise turns them to stone. Plundering the monsters’ subterranean hoard, Bilbo Baggins acquires Sting—the iconic blade that radiates blue whenever orcs draw near—while Gandalf claims...