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Disney+ has released the first teaser for the second season of the anime series Disney Twisted-Wonderland: The Animation. The upcoming season is subtitled Episode of Savanaclaw and is scheduled to begin streaming in December 2026. The new storyline centers on the Savanaclaw dormitory, which is themed after The Lion King. Its residents draw inspiration from...
Focus Entertainment has released a PC graphics comparison video for Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy, showcasing visual differences across minimum, recommended, and maximum presets. The footage demonstrates how the game looks under various hardware configurations. The developers also noted that the PC edition includes manual graphics settings so players can adjust performance options for their...
Bethesda workers across nine cities in the United States and Canada have staged fresh protests against mass layoffs within Microsoft Gaming divisions. The demonstrations, organized under the banner “Save Our Devs,” were led by the One Bethesda Game Studio (OneBGS) union with backing from the Communications Workers of America (CWA). Rallies took place in Redmond,...
The acquisition of Electronic Arts by a consortium led by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) officially closed on August 4. The $55 billion transaction took EA private, with roughly $20 billion of the financing raised as debt. Alongside PIF, the consortium includes private equity firm Silver Lake and Jared Kushner’s investment firm Affinity Partners....
The final six months of development on the original Red Dead Redemption involved near-continuous crunch, according to former Rockstar Games designer Kris Roberts. Rockstar Games has faced accusations of severe employee overwork for years. Roberts, who worked on the multiplayer mode for the first Red Dead Redemption, described the last stretch of the project as...
Anakin Skywalker will not appear in Star Wars: Galactic Racer at launch to maintain franchise canon, Fuse Games studio head Matt Webster confirmed. However, the developer has not ruled out his addition in future updates. In an interview, Webster explained that the team wants to strictly respect the official timeline. Because the racing game takes...
Game Freak and Fictions have released update 1.0.8 across all platforms for Beast of Reincarnation, implementing several adjustments based on player feedback. A major focus of the patch is camera control. Players can now select between near, medium, and far zoom distances. The camera also received general behavior improvements during world exploration and combat encounters....
Industry analyst Piers Harding-Rolls views Sony’s planned shift to entirely digital distribution by 2028 as a natural step driven by the mounting costs of physical media. Sony’s move to end physical game releases starting in 2028 continues to spark debate among players. While many fans hoped the company might reconsider, analysts see the transition as...
A surge of player interest has propelled Kingdom Hearts -HD 1.5+2.5 ReMIX- up the Steam charts following the debut of a new Kingdom Hearts 4 trailer and confirmation of its late 2027 release window. With the franchise approaching its 25th anniversary, the latest look at the upcoming fourth mainline entry prompted fans to revisit Sora’s...
Online retailer Play-Asia has confirmed that the physical edition of Phantom Blade Zero will include an actual game disc rather than a digital download code in a box. The action title will launch in both digital and physical formats. Play-Asia clarified the disc inclusion in response to an inquiry from a Reddit user regarding active...
