Jeff Kaplan, the former boss of the Overwatch team, has finally revealed why he left Blizzard after nearly 20 years with the company, pinning the blame on extreme financial pressures on the game to deliver for Activision Blizzard.
Kaplan announced his departure from Blizzard in August 2021, with the controversial Overwatch 2 still in development. Kaplan joined Blizzard in 2002 where he started as a designer on World of Warcraft, developing quests for the then upcoming MMORPG. He eventually was credited as a game director on WoW. In 2009, Kaplan spearheaded an unannounced project at Blizzard called Titan, an ambitious new MMO that was eventually canceled in 2014 after tens of millions of dollars was spent on its development.
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A secret website address hidden within Resident Evil Requiem looks to have been snatched up first by a fan of Valve founder Gabe Newell.
Peer closely into the screens of Leon's Bioterrorism Security Assessment Alliance computers and you'll see the following URL listed amid a string of code: NEWDAWN-capcom.com. But rather than an official website owned by Resident Evil's publisher, the website now redirects to a holding page owned by Gabe Follower, a content creator and fan of Valve.
According to domain ownership data seen by IGN, the website address was only claimed and registered this week, on March 9. Ownership has been secured for one year, meaning that any plans Capcom had for the site may need to wait, or be changed...
While we continue to wait for Valve to launch the Steam Machine amidst painful hardware shortages at the hands of AI hyperscalers, the company has released some details on its verification program at GDC 2026.
Much like the Steam Deck, one of the big selling points for the Steam Machine is going to be the "Steam Machine Verified" program that'll let you know at a glance whether or not a game will run well on the Steam Machine. We've known that this program was a thing since Valve announced its mini gaming PC back in November, but at GDC 2026, Valve laid out the actual requirements.
The biggest difference from the Steam Deck's verified program is that for a game to be verified on Steam Machine, it needs to run at 1080p with 30fps...
If you're planning out a PC build and have been hoping to get ahold of one of the new Nvidia Blackwell graphics cards at a reasonable price, this might be as good of an opportunity you'll get in the near future. Walmart is offering a retail boxed PNY GeForce RTX 5070 12GB graphics card for just $599 shipped. Mind you this is still $50 over MSRP, but it's the best price I can find right now for a standalone 5070 GPU and the first time I've seen this card drop below $600 this year.
For a limited time, purchase an Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 graphics card and get a free digital download code of Resident Evil Requiem Standard Edition on Steam while supplies last. The promotion ends on March 16 and the redemption deadline is April 16. Full...
We're just a few days away from the 98th Academy Awards. Ahead of this year's Oscars celebrating 2025 in film, we're here to share how you can watch, plus break down the nominees, host, presenters and performers, and what's new for the 2026 ceremony.
Going into the show, Sinners leads the way with a record-breaking 16 nominations, beating the previously held 14-nomination record tie between All About Eve, Titanic, and La La Land. One Battle After Another takes second place with 13 nominations.
Read on below for everything else you need to know about the Oscars.
When are the Oscars?
The Oscars will take place on March 15, 2026, from the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles at the new time of 7pm ET/4pm PT/11pm GMT. The broadcast is expected...
While it doesn't have an official release date yet beyond being expected in 2026, Silent Hill: Townfall is now available to preorder. If you can't wait to get your hands on the next installment in this iconic horror franchise, preorders are live at several retailers for $49.99, which we've broken down below (see it here at Amazon). Again, there's no concrete release date at the moment, but at least by preordering it now you can be all set with a copy that's ready to boot up the day it's out.
Preorder Silent Hill: Townfall
PS5
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PC
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As of the time of writing, there aren't any preorder bonuses that have been announced, at least at the moment...
Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls is set to release August 6 for PS5 and PC. Developed by Arc System Works, Marvel Tōkon is a tag-team fighting game that has superheroes like Spider-Man and Captain America team up and duke it out. It’s available to preorder now from all the usual retailers (see it at Amazon). It will be available in a number of editions, both physical and digital. Read on for all the details you need to know.
Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls - Standard Edition
PS5
Get it at Amazon - $59.99
Get it at Best Buy - $59.99
Get it at GameStop - $59.99
Get it at Walmart - $59.99
Get it for PS5 (PS Store) - $59.99
PC
Get it at Fanatical - $59.99
Get it at GMG - $59.99
Get it at GameStop - $59.99
Get it at Steam - $59.99
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Irish developer Outlier (makers of Mars Attracts) has announced Kitman, a new job simulator game for 1-4 players in which you play as the kitman (aka equipment manager) for a professional football team. You'll fix and wash kits, clean shoes, mop floors, and anything else it takes to put your team in the best possible position to go out on the pitch and win. It's in development for PC.
"A single untied shoelace could be the difference between victory and defeat," Outlier says of its lighthearted job sim. But there is some strategy involved too, as you won't simply be cleaning the floors and bathrooms. "There is also a strategic layer to the gameplay of Kitman which sees the player surreptitiously taking on the role of team manager to...
Marathon has its first post-launch patch, which makes a number of important balance changes.
Marathon Update 1.0.0.4 makes changes that make the extraction shooter slightly easier, following feedback from some players that it is too hard due to the sparseness of ammo and healing items, as well as the toughness of the enemy AI.
The patch increases the number of Med Cabinets and Munitions Crates that can spawn on Perimeter, the starting map, increases the amount of starting ammo in MIDA, CyberAcme, and Arachne free Sponsored Kits, and reduced the frequency that UESC Grenadiers drop EMP grenades.
For combat, the range that gunfire and explosions can be heard from is increased. Specifically on UESC, Marathon’s AI enemies, health of most...
Palworld developer Pocketpair has revealed that while it accepts the survival game's most devoted fans may want "a decade of continuous, massive updates," "there's only so many times" you can add in new levels and content before the game gets bloated."
"A lot of our hardcore fans and players would love for Palworld to be this No Man's Sky situation where it's like a decade of continuous, massive updates. But realistically, that's probably not on the cards for Palworld, not only because of engine limitations, but also, it's a survival crafting game," publishing head John Buckley told GameRadar+. "I think there's only so many times you can add five levels, add 10 levels, until it gets to this massive bloat point.
"Even World of...
Hideki Kamiya, the legendary director behind fan-favorite games like Devil May Cry and Bayonetta, is calling for a "non-scary mode" for Resident Evil Requiem.
The director — who also directed the original Resident Evil 2, by the way! — has been filmed talking to his team as they watch a colleague spend a little quality time with Leon S. Kennedy in the latest Resident Evil game.
In the brief video uploaded to his new studio's Twitter/X account, we see a dev playing Requiem, surrounded by colleagues, including Kamiya. "I've been saying for forever, they should make a 'non-scary' mode," Kamiya says, to which someone replies: "That would completely defeat the concept of the game, though…"
"Look, I just want to enjoy the puzzles!" he...
Save the World, Fortnite's original PVE survival mode, is finally going free-to-play after almost nine years.
From April 16, all Fortnite players will be able to access Save the World without having to purchase access — as long as they play via a supported platform. To date, the mode is unavailable on Nintendo Switch, Switch 2 and smartphones. On April 16, however, Switch 2 players will also gain access for the first time.
Back in the bygone days of summer 2017, Fortnite only existed as its Save the World portion. A mix of zombie shooting and base building, it made a modest impact — but is now far more famous as being the precursor to Fortnite's hugely popular battle royale.
In the time since, and despite an initial plan to make...
Ben Diskin, the lead voice actor in Mega Man 11, has said he will not reprise his role for Mega Man: Dual Override, as the game's publisher Capcom would only permit him to return "without the protections of a union contract."
In response, actors union SAG-AFTRA has now issued a "Do Not Work Order" against the upcoming Mega Man: Dual Override, claiming the Japanese company had failed to "initiate the signatory process" necessary to hire unionized actors.
"Please be advised that the producer of the video game production entitled Mega Man: Dual Override has failed to initiate the signatory process," the union wrote. "As such, SAG-AFTRA members are hereby instructed to withhold any acting services or performance of any covered work for...
Two million people have already downloaded the demo for Capcom's upcoming sci-fi game, Pragmata.
Pragmata Sketchbook — the free slice of the game that offers players across all platforms (PC via Steam, Nintendo Switch, PS5, and Xbox Series X/S) — gives players a taste of the "tactile combat system that fully engages both sides of your brain," as well as what it's like to explore the lunar research station, including its hacking gameplay.
"Hugh, look — I can't believe millions of people are excited for our game!" protagonist Diana tells her companion on social media. "Pragmata has reached two million wishlists, and two million demo downloads. Thank you so much for all your support."
If you've yet to give it a go, there's still time...
[Editor’s Note: Minishoot' Adventures was first released on PC in 2024, but we did not review it at that time, so we have taken its recent port to Nintendo Switch 2 as an opportunity to do so now.]
Minishoot’ Adventures answers a question I never would have thought to ask in a thousand years: What if you mixed classic Zelda with a twin-stick shooter? Developer SoulGame Studio’s take on that combination is an absolute delight. Between the silky smooth controls, your spaceship-shaped hero’s growing repertoire of abilities, and a top-down world that opens up at a satisfying pace, I loved all 10 hours it took me to roll credits. That felt like a perfect length, even though I would’ve gladly kept playing if it had offered more.
SoulGame...
From portable gaming handhelds to smartphones, our lives rely on portable, untethered electronics, and it can't hurt to always have a charger on hand. Amazon is currently offering a Baseus Picogo AE21 100W 3-port USB Type-C wall charger for just $29.99 after you apply coupon code "8O3OICC2". You actually do not need to be an Amazon Prime member to get this deal. This diminutive adapter can fast charge even the most power hungry handheld gaming PCs like the ROG Xbox Ally X and features a handy digital display.
Baseus Picogo 100W USB-C Wall Charger for $29.99
Amazon Prime membership not needed
This charger is part of Baseus' compact Picogo lineup and measures a compact 2.6" x 1.3" x 2.1". Despite the diminutive size, it's still able...
Sony's PlayStation Plus game catalog additions for March 2026 have been leaked, with notable additions from both the Persona and Warhammer franchises.
As ever, Dealabs' reliable billbil-kun has beaten Sony to its own announcement for which titles it is adding to the PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium rosters this month.
From March 17, the Extra catalog is set to include both the highly-acclaimed Persona 5 Royal and chunky shoulder pad shooter Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2, plus the latest Madden game, indie sandbox Astroneer, and more.
Looking at this month's list, Persona 5 Royal is the obvious standout. Available through the catalog on PS5, this is the expanded 2022 release of the original Persona 5 which added new missions...
Crimson Desert developer Pearl Abyss has finally detailed how well the game will run on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S, just over a week before its launch date.
As you'd expect, there's a wide range of performance benchmarks across the console spectrum, from the lesser-powered Xbox Series S right up to the beefy PlayStation 5 Pro.
For each machine, including the base PS5 and Xbox Series X, the developer has also included details for up to three modes (Performance, Balanced and Quality), and there are details of both resolution and "target performance" in terms of frame rate, as well as the quality of raytracing enabled.
But while Pearl Abyss has now confirmed these performance figures for consoles, there's no new footage of the...
Disclaimer: This article contains comments from an interview conducted before EA announced layoffs across Battlefield Studios.
Battlefield Studios says it plans to listen to and work with the Battlefield 6 community for “a very long time” as it continues post-launch support with Season 2: Nightfall while dealing with an unsatisfied fanbase.
IGN caught up with Ripple Effect studio design director Justin Wiebe to learn more about how the team is adapting to feedback in response to mixed opinions from fans. And as it and the rest of the four-studio group that makes up BF Studios prepares to launch Season 2 Phase 2: Nightfall on March 17, there’s one thing Wiebe said he wanted fans to know: “We're listening, and we're reacting, and it's...
Disclaimer: The following interview was conducted before EA announced layoffs across Battlefield Studios.
Just two months into 2026, Battlefield 6 has had a rough year.
As players returned from the holidays, hoping to see sweeping changes with the launch of Season 2, publisher EA and the four-studio team that makes up Battlefield Studios – Criterion, DICE, Motive Studios, and Ripple Effect – announced that their second season had been hit with a delay. It's an announcement that only made the sixth mainline Battlefield game's future murkier following a disappointing end to Season 1. Now, following the loss of series lead Vince Zampella, the Battlefield 6 team is pressing forward as it attempts to recapture the audience that had once...
They say every day is a school day. Today I learned a new term; one I’ve never heard in 23 years of writing about racing games, and nearly 40 years of playing them.
The term? Vibe driving. The meaning? Well, for Playground it describes the actions of players who just hop in a car, plant their foot on the pedal, and cruise through the open world.
“We know from multiple games now that there are so many players who just vibe drive; they just go from place to place in their car experiencing the world,” explains design director Torben Ellert. “So making a world that was both authentic to what Japan feels like, but was also rewarding for players to drive around in, was something we really wanted to do this time.
We know from multiple games...
Epic Games has announced a major change to the prices and distribution of Fortnite's in-game V-Bucks currency, and blamed the cost increases on the need to "help pay the bills."
Fortnite's billion dollar-grossing battle royale mode launched back in 2017, and has frequently found itself as part of the cultural zeitgeist. But while recent years have seen ever-bigger collaborations with movies and pop stars, its player numbers have been dwarfed by third-party game platform Roblox.
Earlier this year, Fortnite began allowing its own third-party game creators to begin selling microtransaction items (while Epic Games took a cut), a move that Epic itself previously said it wouldn't entertain. The wider company has also been busy spending big...
Featuring a character dressed like Link and a creature that looks like Pikachu, upcoming Steam game Pickmon isn't afraid to hide the games it's clearly, er, inspired by.
A initial trailer for Pickmon, below, begins with Link, or whoever the main character is supposed to be, leaping from a clifftop that's clearly a riff on Breath of the Wild's Great Plateau, while familiar-sounding piano notes tinkle away in the background.
Not-Link deploys his glider, and is shown to have a not-Pikachu clinging onto his shoulder. A dragon-like creature definitely not based on Rayquaza then also drifts past — and this is all in the trailer's first two seconds.
The next few minutes of Pickmon footage offer much more of the same, with creatures...
Boring filler quests, often of the "fetch" variety, used to be derided – but in extraction shooters nobody seems to mind that they're rampant. Go here, scan this terminal, collect ten wotsits, find five doodads, spin around three times and return to base.
Of course, extraction shooters don't stand on the strength of their quests, and these objectives are welcome excuses to explore the map. I don't mind trekking to reach a quest marker if I find something surprising on the way, or an enemy team to fight when I arrive. But these quests cannot get in the way of the looting and shooting.
In Marathon, sadly, they sometimes do.
Not only are Bungie's quests, called "contracts", boring and fiddly, but they're at the heart of the game...
Resident Evil Requiem director Koshi Nakanishi has confirmed plans to launch a major story expansion for the game, following other additions planned over the coming months.
In a video message to fans posted on social media this morning, Nakanishi once again thanked players for Requiem's huge success so far, which has resulted in 5 million copies already sold as of last week and stock issues for physical copies.
But Capcom now has much more in store for the game, too — including that story expansion, the addition of a "mini game" in May, and the upcoming arrival of a photo mode.
"[We're] planning to add more add-on content," Nakanishi said in today's video. "First, the much-awaited photo mode. On top of that, there's another surprise...
Since the earliest cave paintings, human beings have used art to recreate the world around us. But while the painter’s limit is imagination, the photographer can only capture what actually exists. They can use their tools to increase exposure, change framing, or apply filters, but they cannot create something entirely new; only preserve a moment in time. It’s telling that Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly is getting its moment now. A game about twin sisters haunted by the past with a camera as their only salvation, Crimson Butterfly Remake is similarly bound to its predecessor while also being charged with modernizing it. In many ways, it succeeds. I cannot deny that I enjoyed revisiting Minakami Village, but I also fear that constantly...
USB Type-C has become the standard for charging and data cables alike, so it's good to have extra on hand. Amazon is offering a two-pack of Lisen 6.6ft 240W USB Type-C cables for just $5.60 after you apply coupon code "LISEN240W". That averages out to $2.80 per cable. USB-C cables typically go for about $10 each at your local big box store. Use these to charge or sync any device with a USB-C port, including your Nintendo Switch 2, iPhone 16, or even a laptop.
2-Pack of Lisen 6.6ft 240W USB Type-C Cables for $5.60
Keep your cable collection simple. These cables measure 6.6 feet in length, which is a great general purpose length: long enough to still be able to use your device while the cable is plugged in, but not so long as to be an...
Woot, which is owned by Amazon, is offering a big discount on one of Anker's biggest and most powerful TSA-friendly travel-sized power banks. The Anker Prime A110A 26,250mAh 300W USB Power Bank is available for just $124.99 if you select the "bulk packaging" option (the retail packaging one is $139.99). Shipping costs an extra $5, but it's free for Amazon Prime members. This is for a brand new, not used item which normally retails for $230.
Anker Prime 26,250mAh 300W Power Bank for $125
The Anker Prime is a hefty power bank, measuring 6.3"x1.5"x2.5" and weighing in at 1.3lbs. It has two USB Type-C ports and one USB Type-A port. The maximum total output is 300W: 140W for each USB-C port and 20W for the USB-A port. That's powerful...
Resident Evil Requiem director Koshi Nakanishi has warned fans over screenshots that supposedly show him confirming (or at least, strongly hinting) who Leon S. Kennedy has picked as his long-term partner.
Unlockable concept art found in Requiem confirms that the series' most eligible bachelor is now married, while the game's ending sequence subtly seems to show Leon putting his wedding ring back on at the conclusion of his time in the field.
It's a detail that has drawn huge interest from fans, and particularly those who believe Leon has wed one of two potential love interests from earlier games: either Ada Wong, or Claire Redfield. Exactly who he has married, however, Requiem leaves frustratingly unclear.
In the hunt for clues...
Few survival horror games have made an impression like Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly. Released in 2003, it quickly became known as one of the most unsettling horror experiences ever made. Instead of relying on heavy combat or explosive action, it built its fear through atmosphere, storytelling, and a unique mechanic.
With the upcoming Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly Remake, a new generation of players will get to explore one of gaming’s most haunting worlds. Long-time fans can revisit a cult classic, while newcomers will find a great introduction to one of survival horror’s most distinct series.
So why does Fatal Frame II deserve a modern comeback? Let’s take a closer look.
A Horror Story That Still Haunts Players
At the...