Hideki Konno, a longtime director for Nintendo, has resigned from the video game publisher. Konno confirmed the news on his Facebook page months ago, which largely went unnoticed by the press at the time. His last month at Nintendo was July 2025.
The fans at the Famiboard Forums were the first to notice Konno's employment update, which has since blown up online. Konno joined Nintendo in 1986, and worked as a designer and assistant director on Super Mario Bros. 2 and Super Mario Bros. 3. He...
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Fanatical is in the middle of its latest PC game sale, the January Savers Sale. The event, which runs until February 1, includes big discounts on popular PC games like Lies of P, Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon, and more. To sweeten the deal, the January Savers promotion is offering a virtual scratch card for the chance at various free games and coupons when you spend at least $15.
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There are hundreds of deals available in the sale, including some of 2025's...
Code Vein 2 is a challenging Soulslike with tense and aggressive combat, as well as plenty of anime drama and compelling characters that should keep you invested throughout its fairly lengthy campaign. It's a lot to take on, even for genre veterans--especially if you're looking to tackle all three of its endings. However, you won't necessarily need to see them all through to access a second playthrough of the game. If you're really eager to see things through a second time, you can start NG+...
Soulslike games are known for their punishing combat and tense exploration, and Code Vein 2 delivers both alongside a time-traveling story and sprawling open world. There's certainly a lot to see in this anime RPG, especially for those interested in checking out all of its optional content, so it's not the kind of game you'll wrap up in an afternoon. Instead, you'll want to strap in for a dense and challenging outing that should keep you occupied longer than you may expect. Just how much...
Embark Studios has gone into more detail about what players can expect from the Headwinds update for Arc Raiders, which drops on January 27. Its most notable addition is "Solo vs. Squads" matchmaking, which no longer restricts solo players from only playing with other solo players.
Previously, it was impossible for those playing Arc Raiders by themselves to queue into matches where squads of players working together were also present. After the Headwinds update drops, players who are over...
After going all quiet on the digital front for six weeks, Wildlight Entertainment's free-to-play fantasy shooter Highguard is officially out on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S. If you were concerned about the game's longevity, you can rest easy because the company's co-founder and CEO said it isn't going anywhere.
Speaking to Variety on launch day--January 26--Dusty Welch said that Highguard is nothing like Concord or Overwatch (even though it sort of rhymes with the former and is...
Highguard, the new free-to-play shooter from developers who previously worked on Titanfall and Apex Legends, is out now--and the game is supported by microtransactions. Developer Wildlight has now shared some context that speaks to the studio's philosophy about microtransactions and ads.
Jason Torfin, the VP of product and publishing at Wildlight, told PC Gamer that the team built Highguard's in-game store to be something its own workers might want to use.
"That means cosmetic only, direct...
The Last of Us Season 3 will focus more on Abby's story, and now actor Kaitlyn Dever, who plays Abby, has discussed the upcoming season and how she's preparing for the starring role.
"I'm getting mentally and physically prepped right now. I go up in a couple days, actually, to start prep over there," Dever told Deadline recently. "I'm so excited to kind of take on a much bigger role in the season."
Without giving anything away, Season 2 ended in dramatic fashion, with the suggestion being...
Behind the cast of characters (or Wardens) of Highguard are voice actors who you've certainly heard before in recent video games. Having just launched the free-to-play raid shooter, developer Wildlight Entertainment shared a thread announcing the game's 10 main cast members.
Leading the cast is Abubakar Salim, best known as the voice of Bayek in Assassin's Creed Origins, in the role of Atticus, the Warden at the center of most of Highguard's promotion materials. He's joined by Robbie...
Wildlight Entertainment's free-to-play shooter Highguard is finally out on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S after weeks of silence, and already, the game has almost eclipsed 100,000 concurrents on Steam.
If you check out the Most Played chart on Steam, you'll see that Highguard is clutching the number 10 spot (97,249 current), fending off the 2023 RPG Baldur's Gate 3 (84,313 current) at the time of this writing. It's nowhere to be found in the PC gaming distributor's Top Sellers...
Highguard developer Wildlight Entertainment has revealed it originally planned to shadow-drop its free-to-play "raid shooter," until host Geoff Keighley offered to highlight it as the final reveal of 2025's The Game Awards instead.
In an interview with GameSpot, studio cofounder and game director Dusty Welch said the plan was always for Highguard to be a "quiet shadow-drop." It's a strategy that worked well for Apex Legends, the popular free-to-play battle royale that many of the Highguard...
Ubisoft's year is not off to an auspicious start, as the video game publisher has already shut down Ubisoft Halifax and laid off 70 developers before going on to cancel six games in development, including the Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time remake. Now, a report has emerged that morale among the devs has significantly declined.
According to the French video game industry union Solidaires Informatique (via GamesIndustry.biz), "Anger and despair [are] reigning supreme" at Ubisoft...
One of the developers behind Highguard says the concurrent player count for the new first-person shooter does not need "to be super huge in order to be successful."
As Highguard launches, previews are rolling out across a variety of different publications, including GameSpot. A flurry of interviews with the game's developers are also revealing more about the game that's now in players' hands. Lead Designer Mohammad Alavi shared the aforementioned sentiment about player count in a group...
Highguard, the high-fantasy shooter from former Respawn Entertainment devs, will receive six major updates in 2026, introducing new playable characters, weapons, maps, and more.
Developer Wildlight Entertainment revealed all the content players can expect both at launch and coming throughout the year as part of its "2026 Game Plan" roadmap.
At launch, Highguard will include 8 playable Wardens (aka heroes), as well as 10 weapons, three raid tools, five maps, six bases, and three mounts to...
While it is not the next game from the studio that brought us the likes of Titanfall 2 or Apex Legends, Highguard is coming from many former members of the Respawn team--developer Wildlight is about 100 employees and more than 60 worked on Titanfall 2 and/or Apex Legends. Highguard does not look anything like those games, though. The reveal trailer for Highguard saw you riding a horse, not piloting a mech, and casting fantastical magic instead of utilizing sci-fi tech. But the trailer did...
RuneScape developer Jagex has made its stance on AI clear, stating that it will never use the technology to create in-game content.
In an interview with GamesIndustry.biz, Jagex senior vice president of product James Dobrowski made it known where the MMORPG developer draws the line when it comes to AI use.
"We've got a pretty hard line stance with the team, which is a commitment that no generative AI will ever be present in any asset that a player can touch, hear, or feel," Dobrowski...
The developers behind MLB The Show 26 appear to be up to something, sharing a curious announcement stating that the upcoming baseball game won't have a cover athlete like entries in the series traditionally do. But the wording leaves open several possibilities.
A Twitter/X post on the official MLB The Show account reads: "We know that you are all just as excited as we are for the release of MLB The Show 26, so we wanted to let everyone know that this year we have decided that we will not...
After last week's news that Ubisoft would split its development teams into five "creative houses" overseeing specific projects, the company has announced a proposal to cut up to 200 jobs in its international offices, particularly in Paris, France.
According to an email sent to staff on January 26 and reported on by VGC, Ubisoft has entered negotiations with French unions for a Rupture Conventionnelle Collective (RCC). An RCC is a voluntary mutual termination agreement that gives French...
This year marks the 35th anniversary of Blizzard Entertainment, and to celebrate, the company plans to make major announcements for key franchises such as World of Warcraft, Overwatch, Hearthstone, and Diablo. Similar to Microsoft's annual Developer Direct livestreams, these "developer-led spotlights" will kick off soon and will also serve as a celebration of Blizzard and its history.
Each livestream will be broadcast through YouTube and Twitch channels, with the first one being a World of...
BioShock creator Ken Levine has discussed some of the blowback to 2007's BioShock, and specifically around the game's Little Sisters and how there were calls to remove them from the game. He also discussed the current climate of online discourse in a wide-ranging interview.
Speaking to Reason, Levine said there was a "contingent" of people pushing him to "get rid of the Little Sisters" out of fear of public backlash. For anyone just catching up, Little Sisters are people in BioShock who...