Minecraft Dungeons II Blows the Doors of the ARPG Wide Open

After a ‘corporate mandate’ demanded they help with Call of Duty, Toys for Bob studio head says it took ‘many mini miracles’ to buy their independence from Activision

It’s been a bit of a journey for Toys for Bob, the studio behind the very good Spyro: Reignited Trilogy, that’s now making its own original Spyro game as an independent studio, as announced at the Xbox Games Showcase. Despite Reignited’s smashing success selling over 11 million copies, Toys for Bob was shifted to be…

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PlayStation Plus Game Catalog for June: Final Fantasy XVI, Sonic X Shadow Generations, Kingdom Come: Deliverance, and more

PlayStation Plus Game Catalog for June: Final Fantasy XVI, Sonic X Shadow Generations, Kingdom Come: Deliverance, and more

This month, explore the once-prosperous dark fantasy world of Valisthea in the grip of a blight in Final Fantasy XVI, spin dash through the dark past of the one known as the ultimate lifeform in Sonic X Shadow Generations, work your way up from a humble blacksmith’s forge in medieval Bohemia in Kingdom Come: Deliverance,…

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Old Persona 4 voice actor is ‘deeply grieving’ being recast in the remake: ‘Everything in life is transient… Thank you for sharing the journey’

We got what I would call our first proper look at some Persona 4 Revival last weekend, showing iconic moments like: The Scooby gang falling into their first TV, Charlie summoning Izanagi for the first time, karaoke with Yosuke (pretty sure that’s new, unless I’m forgetting a Golden addition), and Marie being annoying in the…

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The Fable reboot won’t have horns and haloes because of its ‘nuanced and complex’ take on morality, and also because you’re going to constantly reinvent yourself

Morality morphing was a big deal in the Fable games of old. Your character would, famously, actually change appearance to match how good or evil they were. Do a lot of murders and you’d grow horns and find yourself surrounded by flies. Help people out (or do a lot of murders but also donate loads…

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Hands On: ‘Xenoblade Chronicles’ On Switch 2 Is A Nice Improvement Over ‘X’

“Coming through!”. When I first booted up the Switch 2 Edition of Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition, something almost immediately felt very wrong. The visuals, while certainly crisp, were upscaled in a way that meant almost all textures had this sort of blurry, smeary effect, especially environmental details, but also within character faces at certain…

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Fable: How We Built the Living Population

Category: XBOX Games Showcase Fable: How We Built the Living Population Dan GreerLead Game Designer, Fable Published June 10, 2026 The Living Population sits at the heart of Fable – it’s our way of referring to the 1,000+ NPCs who bring Albion to life. Each one has a personality and a life that moves along,…

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