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Blizzard walks back Starcraft 2's huge 2026 redesign, promising to try again later

Blizzard has thrown its hands in the air and admitted defeat - for now. Starcraft 2 update 5.0.17 is here on the public test realm, and it's basically a complete reversal of the transformative multiplayer redesign that rolled out four months ago. With fundamental changes to the very heart of the economy, the overhaul w...

All Fortnitemares 2026 Collab Skins Release Times

Fortnitemares 2026 has an extremely impressive lineup of horror-themed icons ready to release in the Item Shop (and as Sprites). Below, you'll find a full list of all Fortnitemares 2026 collab skins, along with when we think they're going to release in the Item Shop, and for how many V-Bucks! Fortnitemares 2026 is alre...

GTA 6's Map Is So Massive The Story Doesn't Cover It All

GTA 6's map is so big that Rockstar doesn't expect players to see all of it during the game's story. According to senior vice president of narrative Rupert Humphries, part of Rockstar's job is to naturally guide players around the world, but there's simply too much of it this time around. So, if you want to see all of...

As Xbox swings the axe, Gears of War: E-Day developers fear they'll be laid off straight after launch - and right before they'd be due their bonuses

Back in July, new Xbox CEO Asha Sharma announced a total of 3,200 job cuts across Microsoft's gaming arm, with roughly half of those cuts being made alongside that announcement. The impact was vast. Various developers at Xbox studios, including Activision, Bethesda, Id Software, Blizzard, Mojang, and King suffered layo...

Vincent D'Onofrio Hits Back At God Of War Laufey Boycott Attempt

Santa Monica revealed its next game, God of War Laufey, will star Faye, Kratos’s late wife, as she fights gods on her journey through the afterlife. Like clockwork, the usual suspects piped up, upset that a triple-A game dare star a woman that they’re not attracted to.

The Legend of Zelda: Master Collection Officially Announced

The Legend of Zelda has a lot of history to pull from. Over 40 years, Nintendo has released Zelda games across multiple consoles, timelines, styles, and eras, giving the franchise one of gaming's largest libraries of characters and artwork. That makes the series' 40th anniversary a good opportunity to look back at just...

The Division studio Massive expands to take control of Splinter Cell and Ghost Recon, and a new IP, in Ubisoft's most recent reorganisation

Ubisoft has expanded the remit of Swedish studio Massive Entertainment - responsible for The Division series, Star Wars Outlaws and Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora - to become a second major part of the company and include more of its studios and game brands. Ubisoft also revealed Massive's work on a brand new, original g...

Nvidia says my RTX 4070 Super isn't capable of Multi Frame Gen, but I'm surprised by how smooth this unofficial unlock actually feels

Multi Frame Generation (or MFG) smoothes out gameplay by using AI to create as many as five generated, or 'fake' frames for each one actually rendered by the GPU. Nvidia first introduced the original 2x Frame Generation feature with the RTX 40-series graphics cards back in 2022, but the highest rates of frame gen are r...

Pokemon Center's Latest TCG Drop Was Officially A Disaster

Last night, the Pokemon Center dropped its Delta Reign Pokemon TCG products. Collectors had the opportunity to pre-order Elite Trainer Boxes, Booster Boxes, and Booster Bundles from the upcoming Rayquaza-focused set.

EU Issues Official New Statement on Call of Duty and 10 Other Games

The European Commission has announced it will take action against Call of Duty Mobile, Minecraft, and nine other games that have failed to comply with its new microtransaction-related rules. In 2025, the EU published the Key Principles on In-Game Virtual Currency, a set of rules for in-game purchases. Now, the Commissi...