New Xbox boss Asha Sharma had some good and bad news for Game Pass subscribers yesterday: the service is now cheaper, but new Call of Duty games will no longer be included with the service at release. They’ll now arrive a year later, around the time that they’re inevitably replaced by the next Call of…
Category: ID@Xbox April 22, 2026 Rewilders: The Lost Spring is a Heartfelt Quest to Restore a Broken World Javier Ramello, CEO and CTO at Herobeat Studios Hello! I’m one of the lead developers of Rewilders: The Lost Spring. Some of you may be familiar with our previous game, Endling — Extinction is Forever. Today we…
Jack Buser is Google Cloud global director for games, a role in which he “enable[s] transformation of game industry developers, publishers and platforms with AI and cloud solutions.” And from that lofty perch he has devised a solution for the woes plaguing the videogame business. Can you guess what it is? I’ll tell you: It’s…
Hideo Kojima has been on his travels again and, rather than posting pictures of overly elaborate lunches like usual, he’s been posting photos of himself at places like Microsoft. And next on the agenda was Seattle and Valve HQ, where the Koj allowed himself a photo blowout with various cool things around the company’s office….
Fallout co-creator Tim Cain has a new video going over some of his principles for game design, and as you might expect has some strong opinions on the intersection between design intention, and what players actually end up doing. “Rule one, our game is non-linear—don’t assume that players will go somewhere first or talk to…
Will Possessor(s) possess you? Late last year, Heart Machine — the team behind Hyper Light Drifter, Solar Ash, and Hyper Light Breaker — released its latest gorgeous action game, Possessor(s) on PS5 and PC. And now publisher Devolver Digital has announced that it’s bringing the stylish Metroidvania to Switch 2 in just a week. That’s…
Happiness makes the world go around…? Annapurna Interactive seems to always be busy bringing plenty of games to Switch 1 and/or Switch 2, and the publisher has just given us a release date for another — D-topia, which comes to both hybrid consoles on 14th July 2026. Developed by Marumittu Games, D-topia might sell itself…
Category: Games More Branches, More Choice: A Before‑and‑After Look at Diablo IV’s Skill Trees Chelsea Leah, Blizzard Entertainment Published April 22, 2026 Summary The reworked Skill Tree in Diablo IV offers deeper branching choices, giving you more ways to customize your builds and playstyles like never before. Skill upgrades are more impactful and visually noticeable,…
The eShop never Loreleis. Back at the end of last year, Simogo celebrated its 15th anniversary by making several announcements on upcoming releases. Alongside the reveal of the wonderful Simogo Legacy Collection and a Lost in Cult book, the studio announced Switch 2 Editions of the brilliant Lorelei and the Laser Eyes and Sayonara Wild…
Gearing for the Booker Prize? Yoshi and the Mysterious Book is mleming its way to its 21st May 2026 release date, and we have a bunch of previews to showcase to see how it’s holding up so far. Our own Jim Norman recently went hands-on with the latest Nintendo title and came away feeling pretty…