The Entertainment Software Association has added EA Sports CEO Andrew Wilson as a headline speaker at its new Interactive Innovation Conference, known as iicon. Wilson joins a main-stage roster that already includes Strauss Zelnick, chairman and CEO of Take-Two Interactive; Yves Guillemot, co-founder and CEO of Ubisoft; Dylan Jadeja, CEO of Riot Games; and Brian […]
Pete Hines was head of publishing at Bethesda Softworks for 24 years, serving as the company’s public face for journalists and fans. He joined in October 1999, rose to become the second most recognizable person at the studio behind Todd Howard, and retired in October 2023, one month after the launch of Starfield. In his […]
Grand Theft Auto 6 is scheduled to launch on Nov. 19, 2026, and while the single-player campaign has dominated the conversation for months, attention is now turning to the question millions of fans want answered: when will the online mode arrive? Rockstar Games has not set a release date for the multiplayer component. The studio […]
Pokémon Champions begins differently from most Pokémon games. Instead of selecting a single starter and building a team over time, players choose one starter Pokémon that immediately unlocks a full six‑member roster. Once the starter is selected after the introductory mission, five additional Pokémon are automatically added to your team. Each starter, therefore, represents an […]
Yoshihisa Kishimoto, the Japanese video game designer who created the Double Dragon and Kunio-kun franchises, died on April 2, 2026, at the age of 64. His death was confirmed by his son, Ryūbō Kishimoto, through social media posts and later reported by the Japanese gaming outlet Famitsu. Ryūbō Kishimoto shared the news publicly in a […]
Valve is developing a Steam feature that could display estimated frame rates for games based on a user’s hardware. The concept appeared after a ResetEra forum user named Dex3108 examined the latest Steam client and discovered a new line of code that reads, “Select an App and a PC config to get a chart of […]
Valve is reportedly targeting 2028 for the release of the Steam Deck 2, according to information shared by industry leaker KeplerL2 on the NeoGAF forums. Valve has not confirmed the timeline publicly, but the leak suggests the company has identified a potential window for the next generation of its handheld gaming PC. “They were targeting […]
If you’ve been grinding Mario Kart World’s Battle mode and wishing there was a bit more chaos in the mix, Nintendo just delivered exactly what you were asking for. Update 1.6.0 dropped on March 30, and the headline addition is Bob-omb Blast, a fan-favourite battle rule that hasn’t appeared in a new Mario Kart game […]
Blizzard Entertainment is recruiting developers for an unannounced AAA open-world shooter, according to a series of job listings that reveal details about the project’s technology, design direction, and development timeline. The listings describe a game built with Unreal Engine and introduce a genre the studio has not released before. The most visible listing seeks a […]