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Fortune's Run, the cult-hit immersive sim that earned a dedicated following on Steam, is now in serious jeopardy after its developer reportedly lost control over the project amid a wave of abuse accusations. According to Kotaku, the situation has grown increasingly complex, leaving the game's future in a highly precarious position and raising concerns among fans who had rallied behind it.
Amazon Prime Video has canceled Spider-Noir after just one season, ending the Nicolas Cage-led Sony Marvel series despite a warm reception from both fans and critics. The show, which explored the pulpy, black-and-white world of the noir-tinged Spider-Man variant, had garnered significant awards attention heading into its cancellation, making the decision all the more surprising to those who followed the series closely.
Final Fantasy VII Revelation, the third and final entry in Square Enix's FF7 Remake trilogy, is getting a physical release, but fans hoping for a fully self-contained disc experience will be disappointed. Unlike its predecessors, Final Fantasy VII Remake and Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, which each shipped across multiple discs to accommodate their large file sizes, Revelation will ship on a single disc. The catch is that the physical edition will require players to download additional game data on all formats, meaning an internet connection is effectively mandatory to play the full game.
Gamescom has issued a formal apology for its handling of a theft incident that saw developers' equipment stolen during the 2026 event. The organizers admitted their initial response fell short, drawing widespread criticism from affected developers and the broader gaming community in the days that followed.
Bungie has confirmed plans to sublease approximately 210,984 square feet of its headquarters in Bellevue, Washington, a striking reversal from just a few years ago when the studio dramatically expanded its office footprint. The company says it is "exploring options" for the space and insists it "will continue to maintain a physical office presence in Bellevue," but the move is widely seen as a direct consequence of the heavy layoffs that have battered the studio in recent years, particularly those tied to Destiny 2's troubled development period.
Tim Schafer, founder and CEO of Psychonauts developer Double Fine, is speaking candidly about life after Microsoft divested the studio as part of Xbox's mass restructuring. Far from treating the separation as a defeat, Schafer has called it a "creative awakening," saying the newfound independence has reinvigorated the studio in ways it hadn't experienced during its years under the Xbox umbrella. He noted that his unease began once longtime Xbox head Phil Spencer retired, signaling to him that the landscape was shifting in ways that wouldn't favor Double Fine's style of creative, auteur-driven game development.
Nearly a decade after Microsoft pulled the plug on Scalebound, legendary director Hideki Kamiya is making it clear he hasn't given up on the dragon-filled action game. The PlatinumGames project, which was cancelled by Xbox in January 2017, remains close to Kamiya's heart, and he has now gone on record saying he is "100% serious" about seeing it resurrected. Kamiya, the creative mind behind iconic titles such as Resident Evil 2, Devil May Cry, Bayonetta, and Okami, still believes there is a genuine chance the game could one day come to life.
The Trump administration has launched an online "arcade" on a government website, featuring knockoff versions of classic games including Tetris, Flappy Bird, and Snake. The most prominent of these is a Tetris-style game called "Build the Wall," which critics and gaming outlets have widely condemned as xenophobic and racist in its theming and imagery. The games are laced with pro-Trump propaganda and have drawn immediate backlash across the gaming community and beyond.
The mayor of Miami-Dade County has been actively pitching Rockstar Games on a bold tourism initiative that would transform parts of the county into real-world recreations of locations from Grand Theft Auto 6. The proposal, which has generated significant buzz as a creative marketing crossover between a major city and one of gaming's biggest franchises, would lean into GTA 6's fictional Leonida state and its Vice City setting, which are widely understood to be inspired by Miami and South Florida. Officials backing the plan see it as a major opportunity to attract tourism dollars and put Miami-Dade on the map for a global gaming audience.
Something is stirring in the Koprulu Sector. With BlizzCon 2026 just around the corner, the official StarCraft and StarCraft Remastered websites have begun behaving very strangely, displaying cryptic visual glitches, distortion effects, and hidden messages buried in the site's console code. Fans who dug into the source have been treated to mysterious transmissions that strongly suggest Blizzard is gearing up to reveal something significant for the long-dormant franchise.
Nintendo has announced two Nintendo Direct broadcasts scheduled back-to-back next week, a first for the company. The headline event is a dedicated Legend of Zelda 40th Anniversary Direct, set to air on September 8, 2026, celebrating four decades of the beloved franchise. The second presentation is a standard Switch 2-focused Nintendo Direct covering upcoming games for the platform.