As a rabid consumer of roguelites and roguelikes and having just recently beat Vampire Crawlers, I’m always on the look out for my next “number go up” fix. Blood Dungeon, from Messhof, seems like it’ll scratch that itch while providing a new challenge I haven’t quite experienced frequently in the genre: platforming.
Co-founder of Messhof Mark Essen describes Blood Dungeon as a 2D…
Final Fantasy Resonance: We Played the First Turn-Based HD-2D FF Game | IGN Exclusive Preview
June 10, 2026
A turn-based HD-2D Final Fantasy, huh. It’s hard to believe it’s real. As someone who grew up on old-school Final Fantasy games and JRPGs, it’s also hard to believe I was able to play Final Fantasy Resonance for about three hours at Square Enix as part of an IGN…
Rollcage Successor Grip Returns With Sequel, Grip XR
June 10, 2026
Developer Caged Element has launched a Kickstarter campaign for its planned Grip: Combat Racing sequel, Grip XR. A demo for the game is available to download now on Steam.
A scorchingly fast combat racer, Grip: Combat Racing and Grip XR are spiritual successors to the…
Amazon Still Wants to Make a Lord of the Rings Game Despite Canceling the MMO It Was Working On
June 9, 2026
Amazon says it still wants to make a game set in J. R. R. Tolkien’s fantasy universe despite canceling a Lord of the Rings MMO it had in development.
Earlier this year it was reported that Amazon’s The Lord of the Rings MMO was dead, but with a sliver of hope that the company would still eventually release some sort of Lord of the Rings game in the future. Amazon issued a statement at the time…
Ninja Theory has announced that Project Mara, its experimental horror game, has been cancelled.
Senua, the third game in Ninja Theory’s Hellblade series, was one of the surprise announcements coming out of Xbox Games Showcase 2026. But with the emergence of Senua comes…
Xbox’s Fable reboot now has a confirmed release date of February 23, 2027, pushing it well clear of the GTA 6 black hole.
A fresh trailer was shown off at the recent Xbox Showcase, revealing British icon and Hollywood star Hayley Atwell as its villain. The trailer then…
Toys for Bob revealed Spyro: A Realm Beyond during Xbox Games Showcase with a short teaser trailer and a glimpse of gameplay. This is the first original Spyro game in nearly 20 years, and it features the return of Tom Kenny as the voice of Spyro and a first in the series: “true dragon flight.”
Spyro: A Realm Beyond is set for spring 2027 across Xbox Series X and S, PC, PlayStation 5, and…
Persona 6 Announced, Coming to Xbox Game Pass
June 8, 2026
Persona 6 is real, and coming to Xbox Game Pass when it does arrive.
Today’s announcement trailer, shown during the Xbox Showcase livestream, gave basically no details on the game — we simply saw some quick flashes of what looked like a graveyard.
No word on a release…
Xbox has announced Senua, a continuation of Ninja Theory’s Hellblade series. Once again starring the Celtic warrior Senua, it promises to be a more gameplay-driven experience that expands on the narrative foundations of the previous two Hellblade games.
Revealed as part…
The reveal of God of War Laufey has sparked a vociferous debate coming out of State of Play, and while the internet has plenty of opinions about this first game in the franchise to star Faye as the main character, criticism has also come from an unexpected sauce: Domino’s Pizza.
I want to start by noting that IGN spoke with God of War Laufey’s game director Ariel Lawrence and Santa Monica…
