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When whispers of the Nintendo Switch 2 first began circulating, I remained unconvinced that a more powerful console would truly benefit the company. Naturally, modern hardware would invite robust third-party support and smoother performance, but I fundamentally doubted it would alter Nintendo’s creative DNA. Kirby, after all, will always look like Kirby. Now, over a...

Some of the most enchanting speculative fiction begins with a tantalizing premise: What if an entirely separate civilization lay hidden just beneath the surface of our everyday reality? Perhaps children tumble through the back of an antique wardrobe to encounter a speaking lion, as depicted in The Chronicles of Narnia. Or perhaps travelers stumble upon...

The Tomb Raider franchise has encountered yet another major scheduling setback. Following the pattern set by Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis, development on Tomb Raider: Catalyst has been extended by a full year, shifting its official launch window to 2028. Both upcoming projects—Legacy of Atlantis and Catalyst—were initially unveiled during the 2025 Game Awards, slated...

The Ghost of Sparta is far from finished. During a panel at San Diego Comic-Con on Friday, God of War game director Cory Barlog officially confirmed that PlayStation‘s Santa Monica Studio is actively developing another flagship installment in the acclaimed action-adventure series starring Kratos. According to IGN, Barlog revealed that this upcoming project will launch...

If HBO’s upcoming series Lanterns initially struck you as overly austere, gritty, and perhaps lacking in classic emerald vibrancy, a newly debuted preview for the True Detective-style mystery drama might completely shift your perspective. Premiering Friday at San Diego Comic-Con, the ultimate promotional trailer expands the narrative far beyond its terrestrial boundaries, thrusting the cosmic...

Sure, the ambitious remake of the original Halo launched earlier this week alongside a fresh Splatoon spin-off, but the absolute highlight of our week is undoubtedly the brand-new Onimusha: Way of the Sword edition of Game Informer. If you secure your subscription today, this collector’s item will be the very first issue delivered to your...

Years ago, Bethesda famously pitched The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim with an irresistible promise to players: “If you see that mountain, you can climb it.” Long before that, however, Halo pioneered the philosophy. In the franchise’s earliest entries, pushing beyond the boundaries of linear missions to explore the perimeter mountains and structures was practically a...

Halo: Campaign Evolved, the ambitious remake by Halo Studios, has officially arrived, and it appears to be gracefully paving the way for a companion Halo 2 remake built in the exact same aesthetic. Given that Halo remains one of Xbox’s most prestigious flagships, this move makes strategic sense; blockbuster properties naturally lend themselves to serialized...

Update, 2:37 p.m. ET, July 24, 2026 Following an outage lasting approximately eight hours, the vast majority of PlayStation Network services are officially back online. While the PlayStation Store remains the sole service experiencing lingering disruptions, core functions such as account management, online multiplayer, social features, PlayStation Video, and PlayStation Direct have fully recovered. The...

It is surprisingly easy to overlook just how diverse the original Xbox software catalog truly was. In the console’s formative years, a select group of major Japanese publishers delivered remarkable titles. Sega was astonishingly prolific, Tecmo refined its craft to perfection, and Microsoft collaborated with elite developers to unearth extraordinary hidden gems. Meanwhile, global third-party...