TheAnimal Crossingfranchise is doing well for itself, thanks to the massive success of its latest installation. For a couple of years now,Animal Crossingfans have been enjoyingAnimal Crossing: New Horizons,a new take on the formula which asks players to cultivate and build on an island with the help of crafting mechanics. Sadly, Nintendo has seemingly ceased expandingNew Horizons,so fans ofAnimal Crossingnow have to wait and wonder what’s next for the franchise. Considering howNew Horizonsshook things up, it wouldn’t be surprising if the nextAnimal Crossinggame tries something entirely new, too....

Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold Warfans have been making good use of the game’s gestures, as they serve as a great way to communicate with teammates or show off after a kill. However, aCall of Duty: Black Ops Cold Warfan named altimax98 has discovered that the emotes seem to work even when they should he broken up. The Redditor discovered this detail while usingSeason 4’s middle finger emote. Attempting to add insult to injury after a baseball bat kill, the player began to do the gesture....

Cyberpunk 2077has finally been released after suffering from multiple delays, but some players are not happy with the game’s current state. Currently, players on current-gen consoles have reportedseveral bugs and glitches, with resulting in major game crashes. Developer CD Projekt Red acknowledged the buggy state ofCyberpunk 2077, apologizing to players for all the performance issue that lingers in the game. Now, in a recent conference call afterCyberpunk 2077’slaunch, CD Projekt Red shared some interesting insights as to the state of the game on current-gen consoles....

Last July, developer King Digital announced that it is developingCrash Bandicoot: On the Run, which is amobile game set in the universe ofCrash Bandicoot.Alongside the initial announcement, King Digital released a trailer showcasing the gameplay of the upcoming mobile title, confirming that it is an endless runner type of game. Now,Crash Bandicoot: On the Runis expected to arrive on June 12, 2025, based on its listing in the App Store. Moreover, King Digital also released a brand new trailer to promote the game, which is more extensive than the debut preview released in July....

One of the major players in the development ofCyberpunk 2077shared an interesting tidbit about the game’s story and its progression. Depending on the side quests players complete, they may be able to finish the game without resolvingCyberpunk 2077’smain story. A few days ago, the Polish website Spider’s Web brought in Pawel Sasko, the lead quest designer for CD Projekt Red’sCyberpunk 2077, to talk about the game’s quests and how they’ll work in regards to the main story....

Asymmetric survival horror titleDead by Daylightoffers players a choice of over two dozen scrappy Survivors and over a dozen dangerous Killers to play as. Core gameplay centers around a team of four Survivors having to escape from a Killer who hopes to catch and sacrifice them to a dark god. Since the game’s launch in 2016,Dead by Daylighthas continued to release regular updates and add new content, including Survivors and Killers from popular horror films, TV shows, and video games....

The long-awaitedDiablo 2: Resurrectedwill launch at the end of next month, but fans of Blizzard’s hack-and-slash dungeon crawling series won’t have to wait quite that long to try the game out for themselves. Blizzard has now confirmed exactly when theDiablo 2: Resurrectedopen beta is kicking off, along with the early access start date. Early access to theDiablo 2: Resurrectedbeat will start on Friday, August 13 at 10:00am PT and last through the weekend....

It has been a long time since players have seen a properMetroidtitle released. Fans of the series are hoping forMetroid Prime 4release dateinformation, but frustratingly little concrete info is currently available. Fans of theMetroidseries are not exactly content to sit idle while waiting for their favorite series. Players hunt for leaks and hints from anyone who might have inside information, while some take a more creative approach. One of those creative approaches resulted in the creation of a LEGO set based off theMetroidseries submitted to LEGO Ideas, opening the possibility for it to become a genuine LEGO set....

When it comes to mobile games, players often discover it’s hard to find something they enjoy playing long-term. Compared to the options on PC and consoles, phone games tend to trade quality and a micro-transaction model for the one-time fee and reputation of bigger titles. But despite these inherent disadvantages,Fate/Grand Order,Twitter’s most talked about game in 2019, continues to be a success over four years afters its initial release. Fate/Grand Orderis a free-to-play mobile game published by Aniplex....

Throughout its lifetime,Final Fantasyhas been defined by a number of eras in its numbered games. The initial three games were set apart from their peers by being NES games that used a charge-based magic system instead of MP. The next three numbered Final Fantasy games we’re all on the SNES, andFF4andFF6were better known asFinal Fantasy 2and3in the US. Next came the PS1 era ushered byFinal Fantasy 7, and the PS2 era began withFinal Fantasy 10....

Reggie Fils-Aime remains a well-known figure in the gaming industry. Despite stepping down from his role as President atNintendoAmerica, Fils-Aime has been consistently working within the gaming industry and speaking on video games as they continue to develop. Over his time at Nintendo, Reggie rose to be a respected and well-liked figure of the company, often showing genuine enthusiasm for the games that Nintendo made. Even beyond Nintendo, Fils-Aime showed a clear passion for gaming andpraised Xbox for how it has impacted the industry....

Expanding off the foundationalPUBG, basically every battle royale game has found its own niche through unique mechanics, style, and other characteristics unlike any other comparable title in the genre. What setFortniteapart from the rest was the Building mechanics; dedicated base-building capabilities leftover from the game’s origins as a defense/survival game. One of the most iconic parts of Epic Games' battle royale title, a squad’s offensive and defensive capability is largely defined by players' abilities to build and counter-build around opponents....

2018’sGod of Waris getting a sequel with the tagline “Ragnarok is coming.” Descriptions of the Ragnarok prophecy and even Zeus and Atreus’ role in it appeared in the last game as dialog from Mimir and on the Jotunheim mural, leaving fans to wonder how the events of the Twilight of the Gods will unfold in the upcoming title. The story ofGod of Warhas an interesting relationship with one trope which features most heavily in 2007’sGod of War 2....