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The beloved classic children's show, Thomas the Tank Engine, returns later this year in video game form with Thomas & Friends: Wonders of Sodor. The new game will let players explore a corner of Thomas the Tank Engine's idyllic world from the conductor's seat, piloting iconic characters like Thomas, Diesel, and more. Thomas & Friends: Wonders of Sodor will launch in physical and digital formats on PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, and PC sometime this year, though at the time of writing, no...
Kingdom Come: Deliverance II was one of 2025's breakout RPG successes. The open-world medieval fantasy RPG won numerous year-end awards and nominations from multiple outlets and drew a massive audience. It even outsold the previous entry in the series--which means, if you played KCDII, there's a good chance you missed the original Kingdom Come: Deliverance. Luckily, for console players, it's about to be much easier to grab the first game and all of its DLC thanks to an official Kingdom Come...
James Bond has never been shy to get his knuckles bloody, and in IO Interactive's 007: First Light, the rookie MI6 agent will have the opportunity to get into several scraps. This makes for a big departure from IO's work on the Hitman: World of Assassination trilogy--where combat was always seen as a last resort--as the studio has been inspired by some of the greatest action games of all time for its Bond origin story. Taking a few pages from the Arkham and Uncharted playbook, the studio is...
Microsoft Gaming has a new CEO, with Asha Sharma taking over for Phil Spencer as the top boss for the company's gaming team. The founder of Xbox, Seamus Blackley, has now weighed in with his thoughts on the news, saying Sharma becoming CEO makes "perfect sense" given Microsoft's big AI push. At the same time, Blackley said a younger version of himself would have been very upset about Sharma getting the job, adding that Sharma has a challenging road ahead of her. Blackley also advised Sharma...