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Xbox is set to hold the fourth installment of its now-annual Developer Direct showcase on January 22. You'll be able to watch the 2026 edition at 1PM ET on YouTube (including versions with audio descriptions and ASL), Twitch, Facebook and Steam. Xbox will stream the Developer Direct on its regional channels simultaneously, and it'll be available on Bilibili on Friday.

I played the new version, out January 22, for around four hours, racing back through the early section of the game in time to meet back up with Aerith and stroll through some of the more taxing areas in the early game. I was struck by two things during my brief return to the slums of Midgar. The first was just how linear, focused, and cinematic the Final Fantasy VII Remake is compared to its sprawling successor, Rebirth.

The troubled and protracted development of Prince of Persia: Sands of Time remake has finally come to an end. Ubisoft announced it was cancelling the remake, along with five other unannounced games, as part of a major organisational and portfolio reset that will see the company distribute its franchises among five new business units. The Prince of Persia: Sands of Time remake, which was set to launch in 2026, wasn't able to reach the desired level of quality, Ubisoft said.

It only seems right that cloud gaming should welcome virtual pilots, and that's definitely now the case if GeForce Now is your streaming platform of choice. One of the most frequently requested features from its community according to NVIDIA, flight control support has now been added to its GeForce Now offering, meaning you can live your Top Gun fantasies without worrying about your rig buckling under the pressure.

It's been over a decade since the last major 007 video game, and longer still since the last good one. So there's a lot of buzz around IO Interactive's upcoming 007 First Light. But this isn't another first-person shooter trying to chase after the beloved N64 GoldenEye. Instead, IOI is making something very different than most other Bond games, and that has many fans, myself included, intrigued. Could this be the first Bond game to truly nail the vibe? Hopefully so.

Sega and Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio recently released a new demo for Yakuza 3 Kiwami, an upcoming remake of the original PS3-era Yakuza 3. And a single alleyway in the demo has become the center of an online debate about whether Yakuza 3 Kiwami is a visual downgrade when compared to the OG game. On January 21, Sega released a demo for Yakuza 3 Kiwami for PS5, Xbox Series X/S, Switch 2, and PC.

The Donkey Kong Country Returns HD free update is out today and adds Dixie Kong as a playable character along with her helicopter hair spin. It also adds a Turbo Attack mode which essentially turns every level into a speedrun challenge. Finally, a free Switch 2 upgrade will give the game better resolution, improved visuals, and faster load times. It'll also include support for GameShare so two players can play local coop on separate devices using only one copy of the game.

After roughly 18 months of closed betas and "Alpha Lab" playtests, Riot Games has finally released its beginner-friendly, free-to-play (but microtransaction-heavy) fighting game in full. There's no critical consensus regarding yet. At launch there aren't even ut I sunk a couple of hours into it this morning and can confirm that it's still just as good as it was during the last closed beta. any reviews of the console version. B Little caveat there: I played on PC.

Introducing Fallen, a new Xbox 360-era inspired character action game where you play as Astra, a fallen angel who must battle through Hell and its demonic forces. It's in development for console and PC,

2012's Forza Horizon is one of my lifetime favorites. Earlier games like Grand Theft Auto 3 had shown me how much I could enjoy the simple experience of driving around a game's world with a great song on the radio, but took it to the next level with its gorgeous Colorado setting, its impeccable driving model, and the relentless stream of exceptional pop tunes on Horizon Pulse, the game's best radio station.

The game design itself having a pretty profound evolution midway through, and that changed the visual psychology a fair amount,

The existence of upcoming new versions of Bethesda's and Fallout: New Vegas might be the worst-kept secret in gaming right now, much like The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered was prior to its release last year . If this is the first you're hearing of this, of why everyone is so convinced that the remasters are on the way. The community is understandably excited, with said excitement at least partially fueled by the success of Fallout season 2 on Prime.

Original Story: Rockstar North, part of the massive company developing , has been cordoned off following an explosion in the early hours of January 19. "We were alerted at 5.02am on Monday, 19 January to attend an incident on Holyrood Road, Edinburgh," a spokesperson for Scottish Fire and Rescue Service told The Herald. Fire crews had left by around 9am.

My feeling is that BioWare has always been changing,

"There are going to be multiple maps coming this year, and I think it's going to be across a spectrum of size to try to facilitate different types of gameplay,"

But today, in a post on the PlayStation Blog, Bungie revealed that the new Marathon would finally be hitting PS5, Windows, and Xbox Series X|S on March 5, narrowing down the month-long March release window announced back in December. Unlike Destiny 2, which transitioned to a free-to-play model in 2019, the new Marathon sells for $40 in a Standard Edition or a $60 Deluxe Edition that includes some digital rewards and cosmetics.