Minecraft World, a theme park based on the video game from Mojang Studios, will officially bring Creepers and Crafting Tables to the real world when it opens its doors in 2027.
Mojang Studios and Merlin Entertainments announced their plans for a $70 million project based on a gaming titan during Minecraft Live March 2026 today. Although plans for its debut at Chessington World of Adventures in Greater London are still coming together, future attendees are told to expect a park inspired by iconic biomes, mobs, items, and more.
You can see concept art for Minecraft World, which features wooden houses, Creepers, TNT blocks, and even a Nether dining area, below.
“Minecraft World represents a meaningful milestone in our ongoing journey...
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Mojang Studios has returned for a March 2026 edition of Minecraft Live, and we're here to pick out all of its biggest announcements and reveals.
The developer behind the long-running sandbox video game is just moments away from pulling back the curtain to give fans a sneak peek at some of its plans for the year. It's been rather shy when it comes to telling fans what to expect, with its trailer for the event only teasing a potential update for the upcoming Tiny Takeover Minecraft game drop, as well as some "secret stuff."
We'll see exactly what Mojang's got cooking at the crafting table when the main show begins on YouTube and Twitch at 10am PT / 1pm ET. Until then, be sure to keep refreshing this page to see everything announced at...
Crimson Desert developer Pearl Abyss has issued a message to players addressing complaints around the game’s controls, which have been widely criticized.
In an online statement, Pearl Abyss said it was aware of the “discomfort” players are having with the controls, and confirmed a patch will address it. The developer did not say when this patch will be released, or detailed what it will actually do (most players are desperate for controller mapping and key binding support). Meanwhile, Pearl Abyss apologized to keyboard and mouse players for their experience playing the game (Crimson Desert recommends players use a controller instead of KB&M when you start, mindful, perhaps, of how fiddly its controls are).
As IGN has reported, Crimson...
Having existed for three whole decades, the Resident Evil series naturally has a number of casualties – games that were halted and culled mid-way through development. Some of those lost games have been recovered by an army of faithful fans, such as the infamous “Resident Evil 1.5” and a Game Boy Color port of the classic 1996 original. But some lost Resident Evil games are purely ethereal – no build to recover, no demo to play, no grainy trailers captured on a MiniDV camcorder in Kentia Hall. Just rumors of what could have been. A ghost, like RE2 director Hideki Kamiya’s original vision for Resident Evil 3.
Codenamed “Ship Bio,” the sequel starred HUNK, the gas-masked Umbrella mercenary from Resident Evil 2’s brutal bonus scenario The...
In a franchise as dense and prolific as Resident Evil, there’s bound to be a buffet congealing on the cutting room floor. The series’ abandoned games have become the stuff of legend; a discarded drafts folder that includes ports that pushed classic hardware past its limits and phantom prototypes for consoles that never made it to the West.
While the name Resident Evil is often considered synonymous with PlayStation, thanks to the series getting its start on Sony hardware, Capcom’s survival horror has had a comfortable relationship with Nintendo across the years. While that collaboration is beloved for birthing the once GameCube-exclusive Resident Evil 4, there have been a couple of less-successful ventures on Nintendo consoles...
Between unusually candid developers and an obsessive fan community that has spent years unearthing franchise history, we know that the classic Resident Evil games we love and cherish are the final survivors of a wild, iterative development process. The road to the 1996 original BIOHAZARD is practically unrecognizable, thanks to first person perspectives and cyborg supersoldiers. The creative partnership between director Shinji Mikami and his collaborator Hideki Kamiya would both shape and derail some of the most fascinating games Capcom never released. Games like Resident Evil 1.5.
It wasn’t actually called that, of course. Back in 1996 it would have been considered Resident Evil 2 within the offices of Capcom. The studio had quickly...
Crimson Desert just launched yesterday to a bit of a chaotic and mixed reception from critics. That hasn't hampered its sales, but those two million players are starting to stumble into some concerning issues in their first day in Pywel, including the presence of what some are saying may be AI-generated art assets.
A number of threads have popped up around social media of players questioning the human authenticity of certain art assets, specifically signs and paintings around the game. There's this painting of two swordsman with a lot of odd angles:
There are these odd-looking gentleman with funky fingers:
And while all of the above I could see there being an argument for just some funky proportions, the piece that really seems...
John Carpenter may be about as big a gamer as they come, but never let it be said the master of horror isn't still out there telling new stories. Storm King Comics has revealed John Carpenter's Cathedral, the first full-length graphic novel from the iconic director.
Cathedral is a 120-page graphic novel co-written by Carpenter, producer Sandy King, and Sean Sobczak. The book features art by Federico De Luca and Luis Guaragna, colors by Ryan Winn, and letters by Marshall Dillon. Check out the cover art below:
Here's Storm King's official description of John Carpenter's Cathedral:
“I saw it in a dream: a nightmare landscape deep underground filled with monsters too weird and sinister to exist in daylight,” said Carpenter in a...
Jon Snow, Daenerys Targaryen, and the Night King will join Fortnite tonight, as part of a new Game of Thrones crossover.
This is the first time that George R.R. Martin's fantasy world has crossed over with Epic Games' battle royale, and it's happening now at the beginning of Fortnite Chapter 7 Season 2: Showdown — the game's latest iteration that's focused on in-game rivalries.
Showdown launched yesterday with a swathe of new locations to explore and a battle pass that includes Bugs Bunny and numerous new versions of Fortnite favorites, including Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson's returning character The Foundation and the game's popular Ice King.
The arrival of Jon, Daenerys and the Night King is well timed, then, fitting with the...
Whether you’re forging alliances in ancient lands or commanding armies across distant futures, the thrill of strategy lies in your ability to shape the world around you. Our latest collection, the Build, Rule, Conquer Bundle, celebrates master tacticians, visionary leaders, and empire builders. For one great price, you can secure six standout strategy titles that challenge you to plan, expand, and dominate across a range of rich and varied settings.
Even better, every purchase helps support Safe In Our World, a charity dedicated to promoting mental health awareness within the games industry and beyond. By leading your digital empires, you’re also helping create a healthier, more supportive community for players everywhere.
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Crimson Desert has hit 2 million copies sold just a day after launch, although it has suffered a mixed response from critics and players.
Pearl Abyss’ hotly anticipated open world action game launched across PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X and S yesterday, March 19, and today, the Korean company announced that 2 million copies had been sold worldwide.
In its announcement, Pearl Abyss said it was aware of feedback from players, and would “work to make improvements quickly.”
"We are incredibly humbled to share that Crimson Desert has sold through 2 million copies worldwide," reads Pearl Abyss' statement. "Thank you so much to our fans, community, and everyone who has joined us in Pywel. We will listen closely to the wide range of...
Unlike the exceedingly slow preceding month of January, February 2026 had a steadily moving line of new releases to shake up the U.S. sales charts, with Resident Evil Requiem debuting as the best-selling game of the month and, thus far, the entire year.
We don't have a specific sales figure for Requiem in the U.S., but Capcom has said it has sold 6 million globally, making it the fastest-selling game in the franchise ever.
Unfortunately for money and numbers people, all the new releases didn't really do anything to boost overall sales compared to last year. According to Circana's monthly report compiled and analyzed by Mat Piscatella, total gaming spending was only up 1% year-over-year, content spending was flat, and accessories were...
Slay the Spire 2 developer Mega Crit has outlined the game’s first big post-launch patch, which will be of particular interest to players given it comes with a huge balance pass.
In a post on Steam, the developer said the aim of the update is to make infinites harder to achieve. But it also adds a Phobia Mode with bespoke assets “that should mitigate various creepy phobia concerns,” Mega Crit said.
There is a long list of changes outlined in the patch notes, but highlights include all relics in the shop costing 25 gold less, the removal of relics that generate gold from the merchant, and you can no longer acquire epochs in Daily or Custom runs (bah!). Clamping down on those infinites, power values can no longer stack above...
Cards on the table: I love Crimson Desert. And despite the mixed response it’s getting from critics (check out our review in progress for the official IGN take), make no mistake, there is a lot here to love. Like, a lot. Too much, arguably. Which is why our review isn’t finished yet, on top of a bunch of technical issues, difficulty spikes, and progress-stalling bugs.
Dafter than a sack of hammers and yet more moreish than the Iberian Peninsula, until now the big question hanging over Crimson Desert was “but what’s the USP?”. This enormous tapestry of Open World Tropes is all at once a love letter, a greatest hits compilation, and a Frankenstein’s Monster of that type of thing: a Dragon’s Dogma broth with heaps of The Witcher 3...
If you’re playing Crimson Desert on PlayStation 5, you might have noticed blurry visuals no matter which mode you’re playing on. Well, you’re not alone. But the good news is that players believe they have found a fix.
This blurry visuals problem on PS5 is being reported across social media, on subreddits, and in Discords.
Players believe it is to do with Crimson Desert having trouble with the PS5’s "120hz mode," where the TV does not properly support 4K120. They're reporting that they’re able to fix this blurriness by going into the PS5 settings, and, in Video Output, setting "Enable 120Hz Output" to off. Will Powers, PR and marketing director at Crimson Desert publisher and developer Pearl Abyss, has also spent time on social media...
Ubisoft has reflected on the legacy of Assassin's Creed Shadows, a year on from the samurai blockbuster's launch.
Shadows arrived exactly a year ago today, following its high-profile delay and various pre-release controversies. The game was followed by a major expansion last fall, and a Switch 2 version right before Christmas. But, earlier this month, Ubisoft said it was moving on from the game, prioritizing future Assassin's Creed projects rather than providing substantial support for a second year.
Now, at an event designed to celebrate the game's first anniversary, Shadows art director Thierry Dansereau told IGN he was proud of the game's release, and that its technological advancements would benefit future games in the franchise...
Crimson Desert launched to big Steam concurrents, but it’s currently on a “mixed” user review rating on Valve’s platform, with most of the complaints revolving around the controls.
Pearl Abyss’ hotly anticipated open world action game launched yesterday across PC and console, and while we don’t have console player numbers, Steam concurrents hit a peak of 239,045 — enough to make it the third most-played game behind only Counter-Strike 2 and Dota 2 for a time.
However, user reviews are on “mixed,” and the controls (Crimson Desert encourages PC players to play with a controller) are at the heart of the reaction.
Some are saying the controls feel unintuitive and unresponsive. Generally speaking, players say the controls feel good in...
Activist investor Oasis Management Company has acquired a 8.86% in Japanese media powerhouse Kadokawa, parent company of Elden Ring developer FromSoftware, according to Gamebiz and Automaton.
This is a big enough stake to potentially enable the investor to influence Kadokawa’s operations. Back in 2014, Oasis encouraged Nintendo to pivot towards developing free-to-play mobile games, saying: “Just think of paying 99 cents just to get Mario to jump a little higher.”
An activist investor is an individual or company that aims to purchase a significant minority stake in other companies so that they can influence how they are operated or managed, usually with the aim of bolstering shareholder returns.
So what’s the attraction of Kadokawa...
The debut game from developer Sunset Visitor, 1000xResist, took us by surprise in 2024 and gained notoriety for its thought-provoking story and striking art direction. It was born out of a small independent team with a theater background that then turned to games as a creative outlet, and used inspirations such as NieR:Automata and Neon Genesis Evangelion (among other things) in the process. It turns out they're continuing down that path as the team teased that it's ready to reveal its next project during the Triple-I Showcase on April 9.
Game director and studio founder Remy Siu couldn't share many details ahead of the showcase, but did tell us, "We're really excited to share with everyone what we've been working on. We're always...
Crimson Desert looks set to hit big Steam concurrent player numbers after it broke into the top three most-played games on Valve’s platform just minutes after launch.
Pearl Abyss’ hotly anticipated open world action game had looked set for a huge launch, given it was at the top of the Steam sales chart and had secured 3 million Steam Wishlists ahead of today’s release.
Rhys Elliott, head of market analysis at Alinea Analytics, said earlier this week that Crimson Desert was “on track for a killer launch on Steam.” According to Alinea Analytics estimates, Crimson Desert was approaching 400,000 pre-launch copies sold on Steam, representing gross revenues of over $20 million. “This game could really blow up, if it sticks the landing,”...
Crimson Desert has launched across all platforms, and with it comes a day one update that makes some significant improvements to the game, some balance changes, and various fixes. Pearl Abyss recommended players download the patch “for the best experience.”
In patch notes published to the Crimson Desert website, developer Pearl Abyss outlined update 1.00.02, which is out now in full on PC via Steam, and will become available on Xbox, Epic Games Store, and Mac App Store “at a later time.”
PlayStation players get the patch in two-parts: Patch 1.00.01 and Patch 1.00.02. Patch 1.00.01 is available for download now.
Of note is the addition of a tutorial quest at the start of Chapter 3, “improved usability” for certain systems and...
Over the past few years, PC games have been facing an optimization problem. Leaning heavily on upscaling solutions like Nvidia’s DLSS and AMD’s FSR, developers have been releasing ultra-detailed games, and hoping that these technologies will help mitigate the performance cost. Crimson Desert is a bit different, though.
While Crimson Desert is genuinely a beautiful – albeit buggy – game, developer Pearl Abyss announced super reasonable PC system requirements leading up to launch. What was particularly interesting about these is that some of the builds called out upscaling – but many didn’t, so I just had to test the game at native resolution to see how it held up.
And, sure, Crimson Desert does struggle a little bit on low-end cards...
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 publisher Focus Entertainment and developer Saber Interactive have issued an apology to disgruntled fans over the game's controversial $5 Voice Pack DLC, making it free for all and offering refunds to customers.
The debut Chapter Voice Pack sparked Space Marine 2’s first proper backlash, with some even accusing Focus and Saber of false advertising. It includes 450 re-recorded voicelines and a unique Space Marine Head cosmetic for the Blood Angels, Space Wolves and Black Templars chapters, and was only available as a standalone purchase (much to the annoyance of some fans). But it’s the way these new voice lines are incorporated into the game that caused an “overwhelmingly negative” Steam user review...
Bungie has been teasing the fourth map in its recently released extraction shooter, Marathon – but it's not just another open region for looting gear, getting into fights, and extracting.
Cryo Archive will be players' first taste of a raid-like instance in Marathon (and actually exploring the UESC Marathon ship), which will contain gameplay mechanics similar to ones seen in Destiny raids such as puzzles, in-match events, and evolving sequences of objectives. Bungie outlined everything you need to know about Cryo Archive in a recent blog post ahead of it going live on Friday, March 20 (and only available on weekends).
The team also just dropped a teaser trailer that shows gameplay in Cryo Archive, which looks to be a cold and hostile...
"It's Re-Rendering the Game!" – It Turns Out Game Artists Don't Love DLSS 5, Despite Nvidia's Claims
Nvidia revealed DLSS 5 earlier this week, working neural rendering into its AI technology suite for graphics cards. The company claimed that game developers were on board, despite some of the drastic changes it seems to make to the game's aesthetic – especially Resident Evil 5.
Both Assassins Creed Shadows and Resident Evil Requiem were used to show off the new technology, but it seems like the art teams for Ubisoft and Capcom, respectively, didn't know about it until the trailer debuted, with a developer from the former telling Insider Gaming, "we found out at the same time as the public." Capcom's art team was particularly shocked and worried by Resident Evil's trailer, given the company's anti-AI stance with previous Resident Evil...
The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales is set to release on PS5, Switch 2, Xbox, and PC on June 18. It’s a new HD-2D RPG from Square Enix, specifically the makers of Bravely Default and Octopath Traveler. It looks great, with “an epic tale that spans across millennia.” It also features real-time combat, which separates it from its predecessors. It’s available to preorder now in two editions at most of the usual retailers (see it at Amazon). Read on to see what comes in each edition, what preorder bonuses are available, and more.
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Ubisoft has announced yet more layoffs as part of its ongoing cost cutting program, with 105 staff now set to depart veteran Tom Clancy game studio Red Storm Entertainment.
Founded in 1996, the North Carolina-based team previously worked on numerous Ghost Recon and Rainbow Six titles. More recently the team had developed several VR games, contributed to the failed live-service shooter XDefiant, and spent years working on the now-cancelled free-to-play spinoff The Division Heartland.
Red Storm Entertainment is now being downsized permanently, IGN understands, and game development formally ended at the studio. The developer, which is set to celebrate its 30th anniversary later this year, will remain open — though simply focused on...
We know that Forza Horizon 6 will arrive with 550 cars on day one, which is the largest number of cars at launch for any previous Forza Horizon game. That number will obviously only continue to grow over the next several years. After all, Forza Horizon 5 arrived with just over 500, and now sports around 900. Whether it’s something brand new to the series, or a previously-seen car cleared for a return appearance, Forza Horizon 6 will no doubt grow weekly. As we’ve learnt in the past, the Forza team is never not building cars.
However, moving forward from the Xbox One and Xbox One X generation of consoles has given Playground Games the opportunity to finally pull the trigger on a number of improvements to vehicles; improvements which...
Tomb Raider: Catalyst developer Crystal Dynamics says it "remains fully committed to the future development" of the Lara Croft franchise despite suffering its fourth redundancy round in the last 12 months.
"Today, Crystal Dynamics is reducing its workforce by 20 talented team members, split between some development personnel and some central operations roles," the company announced on LinkedIn. "This is a difficult day for our studio, and we never make these decisions lightly, particularly after the restructuring we underwent last year."
At the time of its acquisition by Embracer in 2022, Crystal Dynamics had 273 employees across its Austin, Bellevue, and San Mateo offices. Since then, studio employees have endured three separate...