To allow players to create worlds that “remain fun and safe”. What could be a better prospect for 2026 than creating the perfect island, or pet, or Mii in Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream then sharing it online with your friends? For many, sharing their creations on social easily from their Switch consoles at just…
Once of the nice things about World of Warcraft‘s post-Shadowlands era is its ability to experiment—I never thought I’d see WoW get a Battle Royale-style pirate mode, or a zany, high-powered remix of a past expansion where actual drama happens over something called a Gulp Frog, but here we are. World of Warcraft: Midnight means…
James Bentley, hardware writer (Image credit: Future) This week I’ve been: Strapping the VR headset on every day and (regrettably) playing Rocket League again. On the first day of January, I was both cold and had a cold: a terrible start to my new year’s resolution of, well, actually getting enough exercise. Luckily, the Meta…
Category: Announcements January 29, 2026 Sea of Thieves Becomes a Webtoon Comic Series – and Webtoon Benefits Come to Xbox Game Pass Bogdan BilanDirector of Product Marketing, Xbox Game Pass & Platform The high seas have a new tale to tell. Earlier this week, Sea of Thieves and Webtoon Entertainment officially launched Sea of Thieves: The Last Bite, a brand-new original comic…
Category: Announcements January 29, 2026 Sea of Thieves Becomes a Webtoon Comic Series – and Webtoon Benefits Come to Xbox Game Pass Bogdan BilanDirector of Product Marketing, Xbox Game Pass & Platform The high seas have a new tale to tell. Earlier this week, Sea of Thieves and Webtoon Entertainment officially launched Sea of Thieves: The Last Bite, a brand-new original comic…
The shareware version, that is. Duke Nukem 3D has officially turned 30! According to a social media post from Joe Siegler, the former webmaster at Apogee/3D Realms, it was on January 29th, 1996, that he officially uploaded the shareware version to Apogee’s BBS Software Creations, unleashing the 1.0 PC version of the legendary first-person shooter…
Category: Games January 29, 2026 Tips to Master Quirk Battles in My Hero Academia: All’s Justice Aoba Miyazaki, Producer at Bandai Namco Entertainment Summary Engage in exhilarating 3v3 “Quirk” battles in My Hero Academia: All’s Justice, and relive the final battle from the anime’s climactic Final Season. Mix and match your favorite characters to utilize…
Good news: Eric Barone says in his latest Haunted Chocolatier update that he’s “been very productive lately” on the game. Bad news: Release date? Haha, no. Okay, it’s not really “bad news” in the way of all the actual bad news out there, and I’m not sure it even counts as mildly disappointing: Barone’s been…
Paradox aired its year-end report—where it chats all the money it has and hasn’t made for the benefit of investors—earlier today, but don’t worry, I watched it for you. Long story short? Paradox raked in a whole lot of cash this quarter: 23% more than it earned in the same quarter last year, making it…
Dream Direct. Well, a new contender for our most-anticipated game of 2026 just appeared. Nintendo has spilled the beans on Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream, with a 22-minute Direct positively packed with info on the slice-of-life sequel. The most important detail — so important that we’ll stick it up the top here — is that…