Latest posts
-
Xbox is reorganising its biggest franchises around Activision and Bethesda
Microsoft is moving Halo, Rare and World’s Edge under Activision and Obsidian under Bethesda as Xbox’s reset continues. The bigger change is what Xbox Game Studios now represents inside the wider business.
-
On QN’s Radar — 14–20 September 2026
Wolverine, Capcom, Xbox and the PC Gaming Show lead QN’s first weekly Radar, with Meta Connect and Control Resonant coming next.
-
World of Warcraft: Forever has a level-60 progression problem to solve
Blizzard plans to slow item progression and keep older raids relevant with rare chase drops as World of Warcraft: Forever grows at level 60. The long-term test is whether that design can resist vertical replacement in practice.
-
StarCraft’s return trades the command map for an open-world shooter
Blizzard’s next major StarCraft game is an open-world shooter targeting 2030, shifting the series from battlefield command to ground-level action.
-
Roblox wants its games to work outside the Roblox app. The platform underneath is staying
Roblox is opening new ways to distribute creator games beyond its main app, but the company still plans to power the technology and services underneath them.
-
NHL 27 is using AI voices without replacing its commentators. That changes the debate
NHL 27 uses AI voice technology with the consent and active collaboration of its commentators. That makes it a more useful case for augmentation than replacement.
-
PHYSINT has moved from PlayStation to Xbox. Its platform future is still open
Xbox is taking over publishing duties for PHYSINT after PlayStation stepped away. The deal expands Kojima Productions’ Xbox relationship beyond OD, while the game’s final platforms remain unconfirmed.
-
Metroid Ravenous makes 2D Metroid look like an active Nintendo series again
Metroid Ravenous arrives just over five years after Dread, following Samus Returns in 2017. The pattern suggests 2D Metroid is active again without proving a fixed Nintendo release cadence.
-
Nintendo is changing the parts of Ocarina of Time that made it feel like a 1998 game
Ocarina of Time’s Switch 2 remake goes well beyond new graphics, changing movement, camera, dialogue and world presentation. That makes the line between faithful remake and reinterpretation the real story.
-
Onimusha sold a million copies on day one. Capcom’s dormant-IP strategy just got real evidence
Capcom says Onimusha: Way of the Sword passed one million worldwide sales on launch day. The result gives its long-running strategy of reviving dormant IP a concrete early test.