Afterworld is the first Paradox grand strategy game with an original fantasy setting in a decade Director Dan Lind says this brings a level of "design freedom" that would be possible in few real-world settings He also wanted "to do something different" after working on historical games for so long…
Sony’s September State of Play was packed with fan-pleasing updates and announcements, from the reveal of Until Dawn 2‘s release date to a peek at Ghost of Yotei‘s upcoming story expansion. But one of the broadcast’s biggest surprises was news that 2020’s cult-favorite hungry-shark…
There are very few publishers who can claim to have had quite as prosperous a decade as Capcom. The company’s 10 best-selling games all launched within the past 10 years, a chain of good fortune that began with 2017’s Resident Evil 7. Capcom’s reimagining of gaming’s most important survival horror…
This is an IGN opinion piece from Ryan McCaffrey, who worked at Official Xbox Magazine from 2002-2012 during the original Xbox and Xbox 360 era before joining IGN, where he remains “the Xbox guy.” In the run-up to Xbox’s 25th anniversary, he’ll be sharing his memories from the platform’s first…
The Ascent 2 is a game I’ve hoped developer Neon Giant would make ever since I finished the wonderful The Ascent back in 2021 — and after speaking to the studio at gamescom, I’m convinced it’s now in the works. Neon Giant is currently hard at work on No Law, a first-person Cyberpunk-style game with…
Nintendo has announced not one, but two new Direct presentations that will be taking place in September 2026. On virtually an annual basis, Nintendo holds a new Direct in September to highlight the games that it will be releasing in the final months of the year. As such, it was widely anticipated…
We expected a new Nintendo Direct to be announced soon, but very few people saw TWO coming at once. Nintendo shocked everyone by revealing that we’ll see two Nintendo Direct presentations in the space of 24 hours, and one of them is dedicated to The Legend of Zelda’s 40th Anniversary. A Nintendo…
Grasshopper FilmsChronovisor is the kind of work that has you asking, “what is a movie, anyway?” It’s shot and edited as a film, full of exquisitely grainy 16mm visuals of star Anne-Laure Sellier (a real-life academic and researcher) settling in to Gothic reading rooms and walking the chilly…
The weekend is upon us, with Xbox’s Free Play Days having made its grand return. It’s actually living up to its name on this occasion, as this time around, you don’t need a Game Pass subscription to enjoy three of the four included titles; they’re available to all. If you’re not familiar with Free…
Courtesy of Bandai Namco The PlayStation September 2026 State of Play showed off more gameplay for Gundam Rogue Orbit, a third-person action RPG only teased earlier this year. This surprise title in collaboration with one of the biggest sci-fi anime series of all time seems to promise exciting…
Nintendo has announced a pair of Nintendo Direct broadcasts for next week, including a dedicated Legend of Zelda 40th Anniversary showcase. The Zelda Direct will air on Tuesday, September 8 at 7am Pacific / 10am Eastern / 3pm UK time, and last 30 minutes. Expect updates on the Zelda franchise,…
Ananta is shaping up to be a huge free-to-play, open-world adventure when it launches next year, and while it will feature its own narrative, the game is also being built around a live-service model. With that in mind, it seems NetEase and developer Naked Rain are already thinking well beyond…
As you'd expect from a space opera RPG that shares many similarties with Mass Effect, the upcoming Exodus from developer Archetype Entertainment has character relationships that you can build through dialogue choices, interactions, and decisions they make. This includes romance options; while you…
Key Preview Takeaways: You don’t build with individual bricks; instead, you assemble your city with pre-fabricated buildings however you see fit. It’s cozy and chill, but not entirely so, as your citizens will still present you problems that need solving. There are plenty of deeper gameplay systems…
Given that Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic is my favourite game of all time, I was very much already in the bag for Exodus. If you’re unfamiliar, Exodus is a new sci-fi RPG from a number of BioWare alumni that previously worked on KotOR and the Mass Effect games back in the day. On paper,…
We’re living in a golden age of role-playing games at the moment. Baldur’s Gate 3, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, and Cyberpunk 2077 have proven just how far these types of games can go, blending strong storytelling with robust character-building mechanics and adaptable combat. Next year, you may…
An ode to code What are you doing across Monday 7th to Tuesday 8th September? If your answer isn't "weaving sick rhymes for PlayStation's former indie gaming boss Shuhei Yoshida and original TIGsource founder Jordan Magnuson", then begone, for we are no longer friends. Magnuson and Yoshida are…
Your first impression of Exodus was probably, "Oh, this looks like Mass Effect." And narrative director Drew Karpyshyn, who was a narrative lead on BioWare's legendary space opera RPG series, told me, "It's a perfectly fine way to wrap your head around it." He'd love for Exodus to be regarded in…
As a big fan of Mass Effect and its various romanceable companions, I wanted to put the record straight on the ins and outs of Exodus’ sex scenes. After all, Exodus looks and feels a lot like Mass Effect. It’s even developed by some of the brains behind BioWare’s much-loved sci-fi RPG franchise.…
Key Preview Takeaways: Exodus’s space-opera vibes immediately reminded me of Mass Effect, and that seems to be on purpose. Its Paladin/Immortal morality system reflects the Paragon/Renegade system, but it's going for something deeper than just good/evil and is centered around preserving humanity.…
Horror has long been one of gaming’s most interesting and varied genres. A lot of this variation depends on the level of power and agency developers give players, with the most obvious being the ability to fight back with weapons. This can easily separate survival horror from psychological horror,…
A surprise announcement from Summer Game Fest 2026 was the return of Until Dawn with Until Dawn 2, and with two trailers now in the mix, we have more details than ever about the sequel. The dormant franchise's original game was first released in 2015, and the sequel is arriving 12 years later. In…
If you want to become the best trainer and collect the strongest fighters in Anime Astral Simulator on Roblox, then look no further. With 72.9 million visits at the time of writing and around 20k recurrent players, the game has exploded in popularity, combining Roblox with different characters from…
Marvel StudiosThis December, Shang-Chi will be one of the many heroes of the Marvel Cinematic Universe who will gather to fight Doctor Doom in Avengers: Doomsday. When that movie comes out, it will be the first time theatergoers will have seen Shang-Chi since his debut film, which came out five…