Horizon Hunters Gathering, a live-service spin-off of Guerilla Games' Horizon series , was announced earlier this year to mixed reception. While it retains worldbuilding elements from Horizon Zero Dawn and Forbidden West, the genre and art style are completely changed, and anecdotally, it seemed to alienate more than it attracted. That was before anyone had played the game, however. According to a…
Harvey Smith, best known for his tenure at Arkane Studios from 2008 until 2024, has announced a new game studio called Black Pony Immersive. Smith is joined by co-founder and executive producer Ben Horne, who worked with Smith for more than eight years, most recently on Redfall at Arkane Austin. Black Pony Immersive is founded with the goal to continue delivering the kinds of game experiences…
Tides of Annihilation is an upcoming character action game from China-based studio Eclipse Glow Games. Though the studio was formed just two years ago, its developers have experience working on series like Assassin's Creed, For Honor, Persona, Yakuza/Like a Dragon, and more. That pedigree showed in the game when I went hands-on with it in Chengdu, China, last week to experience roughly two hours…
Last month, China-based developer Eclipse Glow Games revealed that Baldur's Gate 3 and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 voice actor Jennifer English was stepping away from the protagonist role of Gwendolyn in Tides of Annihilation. Admittedly, English's involvement was one of the more exciting aspects of Tides of Annihilation. However, after roughly two hours of actually playing it, I'm happy to report…
Warren Spector has announced that his 40+ year game development career has come to an end. The designer, known as one of the pioneers of the immersive sim genre thanks to his work on series such as System Shock, Deus Ex, and Thief, is stepping away from the industry. In a LinkedIn post , Spector is direct in stating his intention to retire, reflecting on his lengthy career while stating the…
Order of the Sinking Star , the next puzzle game by Braid/The Witness creator Jonathan Blow and his team at Thekla, has a release date. The massive adventure arrives on October 8. First revealed at The Game Awards 2025 , Order of the Sinking Star unfolds in a fantasy world boasting over 1,000 unique, interconnected puzzles. Players control a princess transported to another world made up of four…
Nioh 3 was one of our favorite games from the early months of 2026, and the jumbo-sized adventure is getting a substantial story expansion called Hell Rising this week, August 19. Hell Rising introduces a new map set in the Keian era in 1651 following the death of shogun Takechiyo, as well as new enemies, weapons, equipment, and more. Following the expansion's reveal, we had several questions…
Back in June, I traveled to Osaka, Japan, to visit Capcom’s HQ and play never-before-seen parts of Onimusha: Way of the Sword for hours, interview the team making it, and more. I did so to write Game Informer’s latest cover story ( that subscribers can read right here ), and as part of my coverage, I’ve been posting all kinds of exclusive behind-the-scenes features, interviews, news breakouts, and…
Star Wars Zero Company is out next week, and if you couldn't tell from our preview impressions , we're pretty excited about it. But speaking as a person who didn't get to play that preview build, I'm clinging to every new piece of footage I get, and today's trailer is no different. Labeled as the "final trailer," it shows how the game's main cast of characters comes together to face off against…
Marvel Cosmic Invasion is getting a new story expansion centered on Fantastic Four nemesis and Avengers: Doomsday poster boy, Doctor Doom. The Siege of Castle Doom arrives in the retro-inspired cooperative beat ‘em up this fall. The Siege of Castle Doom is a paid DLC described as a new game mode that places Doctor Doom front and center, but with no trailer or screenshots, there's no word on what…
Fortnite's newest season, Override, begins on August 20, and yesterday's trailer confirmed the new map and battle pass will be centered on a wide range of video game crossovers. The most notable inclusion is Sonic the Hedgehog; he'll be playable as a skin (stretched to fit Fortnite's standard proportions), and elements of Green Hill Zone will appear on the map. The new footage shows Jonesy running…
Hayden Panettiere, the actor known for TV series such as Nashville and Heroes , and the former voice performer for Kairi in the Kingdom Hearts series, has passed away. She was 36. Panettiere’s extensive credits include roles in films such as Remember the Titans , I Love You, Beth Cooper, Scream 4 , and, most recently, Sleepwalker . She portrayed Juliette Barnes in the CMT series Nashville and…
Warner Bros. Interactive has confirmed that a sequel to Hogwarts Legacy , the 2023 Harry Potter game that has sold more than 22 million copies , is in development in its latest financial earnings report . The company refers to it as the "second installment" of Hogwarts Legacy, stopping short of giving it an official title. Developer Avalanche, which made the first game, is presumably the primary…
This weekend’s D23, Disney’s biennial fan convention where it announces a slate of upcoming film, TV, and video game projects, hosted a substantial update on Kingdom Hearts IV. We now know the game, first announced in 2022, is coming next year. Square Enix also announced Pixar’s Coco as the game’s first world. A new trailer shows Sora making his way to Coco ’s Land of the Dead, where he meets the…
Exoprimal was built using Capcom’s proprietary RE Engine, which is surprising considering the other Capcom games that have used the engine are quite different. The first game to publicly use it was Resident Evil 7: Biohazard , which caused many to dub the engine the Resident Evil engine, which is not what the ‘RE’ stands for. Instead, the acronym is confusingly shorthand for Reach for the Moon. In…
This weekend we are suggesting a lot of new games that are heavily inspired by specific old games. Agent 64 and Wild Blue Skies are GoldenEye/Perfect Dark and Star Fox 64 throwbacks, respectively. Even Duskfade has some real original Kingdom Hearts energy to it, though it is more of an action platformer than an action-RPG. But we also have a new Madden, which I suppose you could make an argument…
Reviewed on: PlayStation 5 Platform: PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PC Publisher: Electronic Arts Developer: EA Orlando Release: August 13, 2026 Rating: Everyone This year, the Madden franchise is hunting down the field for a quick strike to jumpstart itself and excite fans. In recent iterations, progress has come in fits and starts, so this year's game is taking some big swings in its Franchise…
We may be halfway through August, but the crushing wave of games trying to get out before Grand Theft Auto 6 is cresting just ahead. So today, on The Game Informer Show, we've got a few looks ahead at some big name titles! First up, Eric shares his thoughts after some hands-on preview time with Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave, the massive new installment in Nintendo's strategy RPG franchise. Then,…
Capcom’s samurai action series, Onimusha, has been around for more than two decades… kinda. The first game, Onimusha: Warlords, arrived in 2001, and within the next five years, three more mainline games were released . The last one launched in 2006, and it’s been 20 years since without a sequel. Onimusha: Way of the Sword is set to change that when it launches next month, and ahead of that launch,…
Netflix has spent the last five years attempting to expand its chokehold on the film and television industry into the video game space, but it's had limited success. Today, Game File reports that the streaming giant is receding from the gaming world a little more by closing two studios: Moonloot, which had yet to release a game, and Night School, known for its work on Oxenfree and Afterparty.…
Onimusha: Way of the Sword is the latest game to grace the cover of Game Informer , and alongside my cover story, which subscribers can read right here , we’re highlighting many of the things we learned over the next couple of weeks. Already, our hub for the game is chock-full of exclusive features, interviews, and more, with videos on the way. One of my interviews while visiting Capcom’s HQ in…
Reviewed on: PlayStation 5 Platform: PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Switch, PC Publisher: Humble Games Developer: Chuhai Labs Release: August 13, 2026 ( PlayStation 5 , Xbox Series X/S , PC ), 2026 ( Switch ) Rating: Everyone 10+ Wild Blue Skies is not shy about the video game experience it is trying to emulate. You are Bowie, an anthropomorphic dog in a spaceship making your way through a series…
Half-Mermaid, the studio led by Sam Barlow, the mind behind games such as Immortality, Her Story, and Telling Lies, has announced its next project, Precognition. Described as a sci-fi horror adventure, the game is being made in collaboration with horror filmmaker Branden Cronenberg ( Possessor , Infinity Pool ). Like previous Half-Mermaid titles, Precognition is a non-linear FMV adventure, meaning…
Platform: Publisher: Nintendo Developer: Intelligent Systems Release: September 17, 2026 I went into the opening chapters of Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave with close to zero expectations. I knew there was a colosseum and that fights would happen there… and that’s about it. Now, hours into the game, I never could have expected what’s played out thus far. Fortune’s Weave looks back at the series,…
Reviewed on: PlayStation 5 Platform: PlayStation 5, PC Publisher: PlayStation Studios Developer: Arc System Works Release: August 6, 2026 Despite its origins as a comic book publisher, Marvel is fighting game royalty on par with the likes of Mortal Kombat and The King of Fighters. But after the disappointing Marvel vs. Capcom Infinite fell massively short of expectations, and with the release of…
After a 20-year hiatus , Capcom’s samurai action series Onimusha is back. Well, almost – the next installment, Onimusha: Way of the Sword, launches next month . Ahead of its release, I traveled to Capcom’s Osaka HQ in Japan to play never-before-seen parts of the game and interview the team making it for Game Informer’s latest cover (and you can read the cover story right here ). I’ve been writing…
Yesterday, Phantom Blade Zero developer S-Game released a new look at its upcoming high-speed action game. At 11 minutes long, it's packed to the brim with flashy combat, uniquely designed enemies, and new story details (which have been scarce so far). The trailer ends with the reveal that Donnie Yen, an actor ( John Wick 4, Rogue One ) and martial artist, will appear in the game as Mó Yuan,…
Ghost of Yōtei released in 2025 and was one of our favorites of the year . You can read Game Informer 's Ghost of Yōtei review by following the link. Following its release, developer Sucker Punch added Legends, a cooperative online multiplayer mode, much like it did to Tsushima – Legends is free and available now if you own the base game. But now, the developer is also adding single-player story…
Finn Wolfhard is primarily known for his role as Mike Wheeler on Stranger Things, but with the popular Netflix show firmly behind him, he is now focused on his music career. But that doesn’t mean he is not performing and picking up smaller jobs that let him do fun, unexpected things like act out Lego Pokémon battle scenarios with Terry Crews. In promotion of the commercial and the new line of Lego…
Onimusha is finally returning to the action space next month after a 20-year hiatus at developer-publisher Capcom. Though a lot of the series’ trademarks are returning, like an intense focus on swordplay action, hordes of demons, a samurai protagonist, and the Oni Gauntlet, there’s plenty of new, too. There’s an “open-town” section of Kyoto, which is where this early Edo-period adventure takes…
Marvel's Wolverine, one of the biggest games of the year, comes out it a little over a month. Today we learned it'll get the same treatment as PlayStation's other beloved first-party IP and launch alongside a limited edition PS5 console and controller. A bundle with a PS5 digital edition (there's no disc drive – more on that later), controller, and a game code for Marvel's Wolverine will be…
Supermassive Games, developers of games like Until Dawn, The Quarry, and The Dark Pictures Anthology, has announced it's likely letting go of several of its employees. In an image shared to social media , the company made a statement that it has begun a "redundancy consultation process." When it concludes. Supermassive expects to lay off "up to 75" of its employees. You can read the full message…
Platform: PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PC Publisher: Electronic Arts, Lucasfilm Games Developer: Bit Reactor, Respawn Entertainment Release: August 27, 2026 Rating: Teen I still remember where I was when I heard that Firaxis was making a Marvel game. While the game I dreamt of – XCOM with the Marvel license – ended up differing pretty substantially from what we ultimately got with Marvel's…
Big Walk, the recently released multiplayer puzzle game from House House, has officially sold one million copies. It's a major milestone to hit for any game, but it's especially significant for an indie developer. Big Walk's publisher Panic shared the news with a post on social media earlier today , with an image you can see below. "In just six days, over one million of you have bought Big Walk,…
Onimusha is almost back. The latest installment, Onimusha: Way of the Sword , launches next month after a 20-year hiatus within Capcom’s samurai action series. Way of the Sword is also the latest game to grace the cover of Game Informer , and to write that cover story (that subscribers can read right here ), I traveled to Osaka, Japan, to visit Capcom HQ, play never-before-seen parts of the game,…
Platform: PC Publisher: Panache Digital Games Developer: Panache Digital Games Release: August 25, 2026 Assassin’s Creed creator Patrice Désilets has moved mountains to bring his passion project 1666: Amsterdam to fruition. The witchcraft-focused action-adventure game was originally conceived over 15 years ago while Désilets was still at Ubisoft. Through a series of tumultuous events, the project…
It's another week of The Game Informer Show, and we've got a spectacular guest to help us break down some releases, new and old! Jesse Vitelli joins Alex and Eric as the trio that walked through Big Walk together, and really enjoyed it. Then Wesley and Marcus discuss Game Freak's new original IP, Beast of Reincarnation. Finally, Alex has been checking out Esoteric Ebb and wants to share a bit…
The weekend is upon us and it's full of quality video games. Cooperative games, versus games, farming games, and one Pokopia game. But before we share those, however, here are some of the biggest stories of the week. Big Walk Review – A Walk To Remember Grand Theft Auto VI Is Getting An 'Extended Look' On Netflix August 27 Nintendo Reveals Digital Sales Up 90% Compared To Last Year, Switch 2 Units…
When Pokémon Pokopia came out earlier this year, it surprised me with how much I enjoyed it. To this day, it's my favorite game of 2026 , thanks in large part to its loving treatment of the Pokémon world and its characters, as well as the compelling gameplay loop that draws on games like Dragon Quest Builders and Animal Crossing. I poured tens of hours into the game when I reviewed it, and kept…
I traveled to Osaka, Japan, back in June to visit Capcom’s HQ and learn more about Onimusha: Way of the Sword , which is the latest game to grace the cover of Game Informer . You can read that cover story right here if you’re a subscriber , but alongside that feature, I’m posting exclusive stories for the next couple of weeks based on my various interviews with the leads behind Capcom’s return to…
Nintendo's live-action Legend of Zelda movie is set to hit theaters on April 30, 2027 , and though we've seen official images of Benjamin Evan Ainsworth as Link and Bo Bragason as Zelda , there's still a lot of mystery surrounding the film. We don't know which game, if any, the movie is adapting; we don't know if Link will talk; we don't know if Tingle will be in it. According to a new report from…
Nintendo has released its latest financial earnings report , covering the first quarter of the fiscal year, which encompasses April through June 2026. In it, the company has revealed that digital sales revenue is up 90% year-over-year, that the Switch 2 sold nearly 4 million units in those three months, and that, unsurprisingly, Mario Kart World continues to be the best-selling game on the…
Onimusha: Way of the Sword launches next month on September 4 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch 2, and PC via the Epic Games Store and Steam. It will mark the first game in Capcom's samurai action series in 20 years , and brings players to real-life locations in Kyoto , albeit through the lens of Japan's early Edo period. A new trailer released by Capcom today features some of…
Ubisoft held a special livestream dedicated to Ghost Recon to mark the franchise’s 25th anniversary. The bulk of the presentation centered on a substantial free update coming to Ghost Recon: Wildlands today, but the publisher announced plenty of other goodies for fans, including confirmation of the next Ghost Recon title. Ghost Recon Wildlands, released in 2017, is getting a free story update…
Onimusha: Way of the Sword is the latest game to grace the cover of Game Informer , and we traveled all the way to Osaka, Japan, to play the game for hours in Capcom’s HQ, interview the developers making it, and learn how the team was returning to this samurai action franchise that hasn’t had a new release in 20 years . As part of that trip, we got to see a new section of Capcom's samurai action…
Rockstar Games has announced today that it will be sharing an "Extended Look" at Grand Theft Auto VI on Netflix on August 27 in the afternoon. It will also be available on Rockstar's YouTube channel later that day. A press release for the announcement contains the image seen above and reads simply, "Grand Theft Auto VI: An Extended Look will premiere on Netflix Thursday, August 27 at 3 p.m. ET and…
Onimusha: Way of the Sword is the latest game to grace the cover of Game Informer , and I traveled all the way to Osaka, Japan, to play the game for hours in Capcom’s HQ, interview the developers making it, and learn how the team was returning to this samurai action franchise that hasn’t had a new release in 20 years. I spoke to director Satoru Nihei and animation team lead Hiroshi Yugen about the…
Beast of Reincarnation , the action-RPG from Pokémon developer Game Freak, hit PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC yesterday, on August 4, and players are running into various issues from performance to story pacing to subtitle text size being too small (and unadjustable), and more. Game Freak posted on its X account that it is planning a "series of continuous updates" for Beast of…
Moonlighter 2: The Endless Vault has been coming together in PC Early Access since November of last year, and the dungeon-crawling action RPG/shopkeeper simulator is ready for its full launch. Developer Digital Sun has announced the game’s 1.0 launch date: September 2. The sequel trades the top-down pixel art style of its 2018 predecessor for a fully 3D isometric aesthetic. What remains the same…
Last September, Electronic Arts announced plans to be acquired by a trio of investor groups , taking the once-publicly traded company private. That acquisition is now complete in a move EA claims will position it to "accelerate creativity and innovation to shape the future of entertainment." In a press release , EA shares that its acquisition by PIF, Silver Lake, and Affinity Partners,…
