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The ministry named the Mario and Zelda designer on Friday, one of eight recipients. Emperor Naruhito presents the medal on November 3. Miyamoto already holds the 2019 Person of Cultural Merit.
Read article →Square Enix's HD-2D RPG, out Oct 22 at $49.99, sits at 86 from 51 critics. Game Informer gave it a 9. Eurogamer gave it a 3 out of 5 and called the story forgettable. The argument is whether a mobile plot can feel like a classic.
Read article →Infinity Ward's shooter launched Oct 23 on PS5, Xbox Series, PC and Switch 2 at $69.99. Steam sat at Very Positive. Xbox players buy it separately until Holiday 2027. Nintendo Life gave the handheld version a 9.
Read article →The sequel sold more than 1 million copies in about three weeks after its Sept 24 digital launch. Alan Wake 2 needed roughly two months. Physical editions hit shelves Oct 15, and the studio says the game pays back around 3–4 million.
Read article →How to Fish, Dazed Games' debut physics co-op, passed 10 million players in under two months. It sold a million copies in two days and peaked near 270,000 concurrent on Steam. Consoles are next.
Read article →All ten episodes of Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 dropped Oct 20. CD Projekt also announced Update 2.5 for Oct 22 on PC, PS5 and Xbox, with Switch 2 shortly after. New cast, same chrome.
Read article →Co-CEO Michal Nowakowski told PAP the Paramount film will be a story in the world, and the studio does not want a one-to-one adaptation. Edgerunners returns on Netflix on Oct 20.
Read article →Valve's invite-only hero shooter peaked on Steam on Oct 16, the hour painter hero Violet went live. It is not in the store. The last hero of the current run, Nurse Harrow, is due Oct 20.
Read article →On Oct 15 Rockstar posted the launch trailer and named French duo Justice as the original score composers. The new single also brings in Tame Impala, SZA and King Gizzard. The game is still Nov 19.
Read article →Wells Fargo models about 50 million units at a $90 average. Read against Take-Two's guidance, the same note sees roughly 33 million at $80. The sticker price is still $79.99. November 19 has not moved.
Read article →Thank You Bus Driver is out today on PC. Tim Schafer's studio left Microsoft in July with its games back, and the comeback is a black-and-white route where thank-yous buy you seconds.
Read article →At a Portland retro show, EA producer Jim Vessella put an anniversary cut of Heart of the Tiger on screen. The studio found more than 600 original 1994 FMV tapes, including Mark Hamill's scenes, and the build is said to run at 60 frames.
Read article →The Coalition confirmed a denial-of-service hit on the Xbox exclusive. Logins failed, matches dropped, and the campaign stayed dark because it also wants a connection. Xbox Support said the service was back.
Read article →On Oct 11 Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens ran Vice City ads during the home game. It is the first NFL building in the campaign. The real city Rockstar is parodying is now selling the parody back.
Read article →On Oct 10 an account that has been posting stolen footage said a playable story build goes out if its token hits that cap, unless Take-Two ships real discs and apologizes. Nobody has shown the build exists.
Read article →Cloud Imperium opened wishlists on Oct 10 for the Star Citizen spinoff, aimed at Q2 2027. Hamill, Oldman, Cavill, Gillian Anderson. The MMO that paid for it still is not finished.
Read article →A clip titled like a parody of Rockstar's own Extended Look is circulating with cutscenes, Jason and Lucia, and first-person driving. A lot of it may be debug tools. November 19 has not moved.
Read article →After the $110 billion Warner-Paramount deal, Tony Driscoll runs the combined games group. Rocksteady, NetherRealm and Hogwarts sit with TMNT and Marvel 1943. Nobody has promised a crossover.
Read article →Deadline broke it on Oct 8: live-action Night City, Lorenzo di Bonaventura producing with CD Projekt Red. The game is past 40 million copies. A sequel is already in development, with no date.
Read article →IGN published the full Rob Nelson interview on Oct 7. Hollow wanted stars, outfit changes, and robberies in headphone shops, banks, and payday lenders. A one-star chase is supposed to feel optional.
Read article →Zach Cregger's Raccoon City film is at $245 million. PlayStation sales of the RE2 remake jumped 64%, RE4 on PS5 jumped 54%. Steam moved too, even with $9.99 sales in the mix.
Read article →NC opened the MMORPG free on Steam and PURPLE on Oct 5 after Founder's Pack early access topped global Top Sellers. Same servers, Unreal Engine 5, flight combat. No wipe for early players.
Read article →Infinity Ward's new system withholds enemy location data when you can't see them. Covers every MW4 multiplayer map at launch, plus Warzone and Combat Outpost. Mads Mikkelsen still the villain.
Read article →RuneFest bomb: RS4 started as a Dragonwilds expansion, became a full MMO. Dragons to fight and ride. Fourth pillar beside RS3, OSRS, and Dragonwilds. Early development, no date.
Read article →After a bidding war vs Warner, Amazon, Universal and Netflix, Sony Pictures is the frontrunner for EA's FPS film. Christopher McQuarrie to write/direct. COD film at Paramount still set for 2028.
Read article →Surprise Vice City merch drops to YouTubers and streamers as Nov 19 nears. Caps, shirts, Zippos, tote bags. The Goodtime State Collector's Box also locked for launch day.
Read article →NC's MMORPG early access peaked at 171,530 Steam players, #1 Top Sellers in 12 countries. 1.3M wishlists. Free-to-play opens October 5.
Read article →CDPR's free remaster for owners hits 120,000+ concurrent on Steam, beating the 2015 launch and Netflix surge. Metacritic 94. Ciri's Witcher IV still 2028.
Read article →Game Informer Issue 382 digital live Sep 29: 14-page Rockstar cover story on Leonida and Vice City. Advanced Florida weather. Animals on land, air, sea. Miami research. Nov 19 still locked.
Read article →TGS 2026: 257,642 visitors, fifth day cancelled by Typhoon Dujuan. Xbox closer: Bill Skarsgard leads Physint. Pennywise in a spy game. Tagline: the next Cold War begins.
Read article →Alinea: 1.9M copies / ~$130M in 3 days. Best new PS Studios 2026 title so far. Metacritic 77. Social meltdown over hand-holding 'fart gas' trails. Sales > discourse.
Read article →Live-action film is just The Legend of Zelda. Original story from 40 years of lore, not one game. Wes Ball directs. Link, Zelda, Ganondorf cast. April 30, 2027. No trailer yet - which is somehow louder.
Read article →Marvel's Wolverine hits PS5 Sep 15. Insomniac goes visceral instead of Spider-Man colorful. PEGI 18 gamble. Sony's biggest first-party swing of 2026 after rough launches elsewhere.
Read article →PlayStation dropped Physint over budget, deadlines, and Death Stranding sales. Kojima spent three months hunting a partner. Xbox said yes - and teased film/TV too. Metal Gear vibes, new console war chapter.
Read article →WARDOGS Early Access: 1.25M copies in under 24 hours, 340k peak players, servers died, queues everywhere. Then reviews climbed back to Mostly Positive. Consoles in 2028.
Read article →Ocarina of Time remake: Nov 5 on Switch 2. Jump button. Full camera. Voiced cutscenes. Hum songs into the mic - or buy a real plastic ocarina. Two weeks before GTA 6.
Read article →Nintendo's Legend of Zelda 40th Anniversary Direct streams Sept 8: Ocarina of Time for Switch 2 details plus non-game stuff - aka the live-action movie. Another Direct tomorrow.
Read article →Insomniac's Wolverine hit State of Play with a launch trailer: Trask, Sentinels, PS5 exclusive Sept 15. Fully on disc. One week until Logan goes hunting.
Read article →Rockstar's 27-minute GTA VI Extended Look hit 31.1M Netflix views with only six hours of exclusivity. No. 1 in 87 countries. YouTube already past 17M. Game drops Nov 19.
Read article →Luca Guadagnino's Artificial: Garfield as Altman, fired and rehired in five days. Amazon MGM dropped it after $50B OpenAI deal. Neon picked it up. NYFF premiere Oct 5.
Read article →Paramount/Legendary launched a playable full-length trailer via YouTube Playables. Arrow keys + ASD. CRT arcade cabinet. Jason Momoa as Blanka. Film opens Oct 16.
Read article →Japanese hide-and-seek party game Meccha Chameleon, made by a two-person indie team, sold 20 million copies in about two months since a June 10 2026 launch - among the fastest ever to 20M.
Read article →Global licensing for 371 episodes across the franchise. Netflix expands beyond the US, shares rights with AMC+, spin-offs land worldwide from 2027.
Read article →Brand New Day clears $50M+ US Thursday previews - beating No Way Home - while India posts a Rs 72 crore Day-1 Hollywood record over Endgame. No IMAX. 98% audience score. Opening day chaos.
Read article →Tom Holland's Brand New Day hits US theaters July 31 after early international releases. RT 91%, ~$465M global open projected, $80M US presales, Cretton reset after No Way Home.
Read article →Brand New Day hits Germany, Italy and more on July 29. India and others July 30. US theaters July 31. Final trailer still looping, tickets still disappearing.
Read article →Final Brand New Day trailer dropped July 21. Tom Holland, Zendaya swinging, Hulk fight, Sadie Sink shapeshifter tease. Opens July 31 - early markets July 29-30. Tickets live.
Read article →Nolan's The Odyssey can play true IMAX 70mm in just 41 theaters worldwide. BFI London sold out through September 10. Fans fly in. Projectors haven't been built in 50 years.
Read article →Spider-Man Brand New Day lands July 31, 2026. Destin Daniel Cretton directs Tom Holland, Zendaya and Jon Bernthal's Punisher. Early releases abroad July 29-30, tickets and trailers rolling.
Read article →Sadie Sink villain tease, Savage Hulk, multiple cuts online. DMCA blitz on YouTube and X. July 31 release under pressure.
Read article →Stress toy or racist punchline? Videos of beating black baby dolls spread from Douyin to the world. Regulators stepped in.
Read article →Guadagnino's Artificial is nearly finished and test screenings went well. The studio told the team to find another distributor.
Read article →The Clarkson's Farm season 5 finale shocked fans. Surgery, complications, and the open question of a season 6.
Read article →Footage allegedly dropped online before the official trailer. Marvel stays silent, accounts get banned, fans argue - real or fake.
Read article →Sunglasses, a missed step on Dai Dai, 'wrong hips' - TikTok and X lost it. Here's where the theory came from.
Read article →Drugstore shelves are empty. Dermatologists are nervous. Everyone looks like a disco ball.
Read article →Fans are doing detective work at 2am. Here's what we actually know.
Read article →No teasers. No singles. Just boom - and Spotify is broken again.
Read article →40 minutes of the most anticipated game of the decade just hit the internet.
Read article →Awkward silence, co-host staring, audience didn't know if it was a bit.
Read article →Bundled services, price hikes, and exclusive hits - the battle for your screen time has never been fiercer.
Read article →From avant-garde gowns to surprise reunions on the carpet - the fashion event of the year in review.
Read article →RPG epics, indie surprises, and multiplayer hits - your summer gaming calendar.
Read article →New podcasts 2026 - true crime, politics, comedy and daily news. The best shows to start listening to right now.
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