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Overwatch: The New Year-Long Narrative, Explained

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Category: Games Overwatch: The New Year-Long Narrative, Explained Miranda MoyerOverwatch Narrative Lead Published February 4, 2026 Summary Overwatch narrative lead Miranda Moyer tells us more about The Reign of Talon: the first complete, year-long story arc for Overwatch. The new narrative launches with immediate global conflict as Talon challenges Overwatch, and will introduce 10 new heroes, each woven directly into the unfolding story. Get ready for an Overwatch…

Overwatch 2 drops the 2 and goes back to being Overwatch as Blizzard launches its biggest update ever next week: ‘We want to gain players’ confidence, we want them to have trust in the game’

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The last thing I expected Blizzard to do was to change the name of Overwatch 2 back to just “Overwatch” four years after it came out. But as announced during the recent Spotlight video, that is exactly what Blizzard’s doing. Most of the sequel’s life has been about earning that 2, so why change it…

Overwatch’s biggest season ever kicks off with 5 new heroes all at once, including a cat with a jetpack who can toss you off the map

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When I flew down to Blizzard HQ last week to see what the Overwatch 2 team had been cooking for the last few years, I expected a couple of new heroes and an animated cinematic. What I saw was way more than I ever could’ve imagined, to the point the words “soft reboot” came to…

This Mario Tennis Fever Ad Is Giving Us Big Nintendo Wii Vibes

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Ace! Nintendo is gearing up for its next Switch 2 release of the year in Mario Tennis Fever, which will serve up tons of multiplayer fun and expensive adventure mode on 12th February 2026. So, it’s no surprise we’ve got a brand new commercial to prepare us for some time on the courts with our…

New AMD docs show its next-gen Zen 6 CPUs will adopt Intel’s ‘FRED’ interrupt handling and could point to a major architectural overhaul

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Documents detailing technical aspects of what’s thought to be its next-gen Zen 6 CPUs have been posted on AMD’s website. The most significant covers AMD’s adoption of Intel’s so-called ‘FRED’ interrupt handling. It’s a change that implies that Zen 6 could be a major architectural overhaul as opposed to a relatively minor revision. FRED stands…

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A Fanmade VR Port Of The N64 Classic ‘Perfect Dark’ Is Currently In The Works

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The port is now in its “experimental” stages. A standalone VR port is currently being developed for the N64 first-person shooter Perfect Dark. The unofficial project is being developed by Alex Le Tux, who posted a video of their project over on YouTube a couple of days ago, and, according to the Twitter/X user Flat2VR,…

Nioh 3 review

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Need to Know What is it? An open-world soulslike overflowing with samurai, ninjas, and demons. Release date February 6, 2026Expect to pay $70 / £65Developer Team Ninja, Koei Tecmo GamesPublisher Koei TecmoReviewed on Ryzen 7 7700X, RTX 4080, 64GB RAMSteam Deck TBALink Official site When internet denizens and online listicles debate the topic of the…

Nintendo Explains Why Switch Games Are Still Getting Free Updates

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For the Greater Good. With the Switch 2 now in full swing, you’d think that Nintendo would be shifting its focus over to the new console and largely leaving the original Switch behind. Well, thankfully, in addition to brand-new upcoming titles like Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream and Rhythm Heaven Groove, Nintendo has also introduced…

‘I’m a total amateur’ says Stardew Valley creator and developer of one of the most iconic farming sims of the 21st century

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If I was the developer behind one of the biggest games over the last 10 years—one arguably responsible for the huge surge in ‘cosy gaming’ and the return of the glorious farming sim—I’d probably reckon I was a bit of a hotshot. Okay, I definitely wouldn’t because I forever suffer from a severe case of…

Starfield’s Terran Armada story DLC will let you recruit a robot who is ‘not evil’ but also ‘definitely not good’

Steam build of Death Stranding 2 leaks two days ahead of launch

Subnautica 2 set for early access release in May as Krafton signals surrender: ‘We look forward to working with Ted Gill to support a smooth transition and work toward a successful launch’

Take-Two boss declines to offer advice to the new Microsoft Gaming chief, says she’ll be fine on her own: ‘She’s a highly accomplished executive who’s done just great without ever having met me’

The co-creators of Caves of Qud, our favorite roguelike fever dream, worked as narrative consultants on Marathon—which mostly meant they ‘got to sit there in the room and throw completely absurd ideas at the wall’

Remedy is moving on from FBC: Firebreak, but it’s going out with a bang: One final update adds 5 new maps, a lower price, friend’s pass, and a promise the game will ‘continue to be playable for years to come’

Overwatch: The New Year-Long Narrative, Explained

Overwatch 2 drops the 2 and goes back to being Overwatch as Blizzard launches its biggest update ever next week: ‘We want to gain players’ confidence, we want them to have trust in the game’

Overwatch’s biggest season ever kicks off with 5 new heroes all at once, including a cat with a jetpack who can toss you off the map

This Mario Tennis Fever Ad Is Giving Us Big Nintendo Wii Vibes

New AMD docs show its next-gen Zen 6 CPUs will adopt Intel’s ‘FRED’ interrupt handling and could point to a major architectural overhaul

Testing Retro Beast x Retro Shooters Take 2

A Fanmade VR Port Of The N64 Classic ‘Perfect Dark’ Is Currently In The Works

Nioh 3 review

Nintendo Explains Why Switch Games Are Still Getting Free Updates

‘I’m a total amateur’ says Stardew Valley creator and developer of one of the most iconic farming sims of the 21st century