Author: Zach Barbieri

Announced last year during the Tokyo Games Show, we knew Forza Horizon 6 was heading to Japan, but not much else. Today, during the Xbox Developer Direct, we now know a lot more about what to expect as players race their way across the home of the rising sun, including just how much urban driving through Tokyo will factor into the experience. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGb-5hRwhn0 In Forza Horizon 6, players will not take the role of an established racer joining the titular Forza Horizon festival as we have seen in past iterations of the series. Instead of starting as a tourist who…

Developer Pearl Abyss has announced that its upcoming title, Crimson Desert, has officially gone gold for its release date on March 19, 2026. The title will release across PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, and PC on that day. Pearl Abyss has described going gold as a “major development milestone” for the open-world Action game, which was first announced back in 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdmoGYg8tB0 Earlier this month, Pearl Abyss had described the game’s open world as being “Absolutely massive,” comparing it in size to the worlds of Skyrim and Red Dead Redemption 2, stating it is bigger than even those. Speaking with the Gaming…

Publisher Square Enix and Developer Deck Nine have officially announced Life is Strange: Reunion, which they had previously announced via a teaser trailer for the title released last week. This is the second title in a two-game contract that Deck Nine has signed with Square Enix, the first of these being 2024’s Double Exposure, with both featuring the return of the series original protagonist, Max Caulfeild. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrxm00_0jPE Reunion will pick up shortly after the events of Double Exposure, with Max Caulfeild attempting to stop Caledon, the University in which she lives as a photographer-in-residence, from experiencing another tragedy after the…

Concept art for the upcoming Fable reboot, being developed primarily by Forza Horizon developer Playground Games, has been shared online, suggesting a much more open-world experience than previous entries in the series. These images, originally highlighted by MP1st, originate from an unknown artist who was involved in the project at the British-based developer. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FiBmVBaY0g More than two dozen images were shared, showcasing a moody and dark fantasy setting, from forlorn towns to sweeping fields for the player to explore. Several of these images alsoi mode reference to “Bloodstone,” which was a port town in Fable II, implying we could see…

Announcing a game close to release can be a risky endeavor. You are far too close to the final release to really adjust the vision, and you have minimal time to transition from the announcement to the actual release of the product. Last month, developer Wildlight Entertainment, which is made up of former Apex Legends and Titanfall devs, took such a risk on their debut title, Highguard, when it was announced in the much-coveted final game announcement slot of the Video Game Awards. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_6tjMvckZ0 The game has since drawn some ire from games, heavily downvoting trailers on YouTube or criticizing…

*Sony has officially confirmed the release date is March 5, 2026, at $39.99. It is up for preorder on several platforms, including the PlayStation Store. Marathon, which received an indefinite delay from developer Bungie last year, had already been suggested to be aiming for March 2026 for release, with a price point of $39.99. It seems like they will be hitting this period and price point, according to an Xbox Store Advertisement that listed the title with a March 5, 2026, release date, despite the studio having yet to make any announcement. Redditor The JuiceBaba was the first to spot…

With the growing costs to make an appearance at the Video Game Awards, I find it consistently weird when, amid all the updates and announcements, a two-minute CGI trailer is thrown in for a new game, from a new developer, that has yet to enter development, and has nothing it can explain. Why would you spend at least $500,000 that could be spent anywhere else for a brief spot so you can make the rounds three years from now, spending about as much trying to remind me that, oh right, that was a thing? While there were a few moments…

Developer Chorus Worldwide, along with publisher Toge Productions have announced that their upcoming title Coffee Talk Tokyo has been delayed from its previous release date of March 5, 2026, to May 21, 2026, a little over two months total. This news was announced via a short video from the publishers that they posted to their official YouTube channel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xf47HZjKzQY In this video, framed around one of the upcoming characters in Coffee Talk Tokyo, Vin, it is stated: The team’s working really hard, but… They need just a little more time to make sure everything looks and feels right. It is…

Publisher Square Enix has confirmed that the next entry in its popular Life is Strange series will release this year. While only a teaser for the game has been released at this point, a full reveal is scheduled for January 20, next week, at 10 am Pacific/ 1 pm Eastern/ 6 pm UK time. The title, before this, was rumored to be in development with the title Life is Strange: Reunion with developer Deck Nine still attached after developing the 2024 title Life is Strange: Double Exposure, which saw the return of the original title’s protagonist, Max Caulfield. https://twitter.com/LifeIsStrange/status/2011829955592585531?s=20 The…

Following shortly after a leak of the upcoming line-up additions for the PlayStation Plus catalog in 2026, Sony has confirmed that the leak was, basically, correct, save for two other indie titles also coming to the platform. The leak was posted by the usually reliable leaker Billbil-Kun of Dealab, so there was little doubt that a lot of what was stated would be attributed. Arguably, the biggest game that will join the catalog is Resident Evil Village, the last mainline title in the series to see release. Its placement here, however, is fortuitous timing given that the next game in…