The Yakuza / Like a Dragon series has largely found its footing as an action-brawler, extending to the Judgment games and perhaps informing parts of the turn-based combat systems in its RPGs. Stranger Than Heaven, which has a direct lineage with the rest of those games, takes a much different turn when it comes to action combat. No longer are you like Kiryu beating down waves of menacing men with…
'The Only Way to Keep Bungie Alive Is to Support Marathon,' Ex-Destiny Community Manager Says
June 15, 2026
As Destiny 2 fans mourn the game’s final update, Bungie’s former community manager has said its player count shouldn’t be compared with that of fledgling extraction shooter Marathon — insisting the company’s current issues began long before its arrival, as well as…
There’s a unique sense of intrigue that surrounds every new Fumito Ueda project. Familiar, yet exciting. A promise of a connection between character and player that few others can forge. But the Ico, Shadow of the Colossus, and The Last Guardian creator is moving away from…
Mario Kart World 'Forgotten,' as Nintendo Switch 2 Launch Title Goes a Year Without Major DLC
June 12, 2026
Nintendo fans have reacted in despair at the lack of updates to Mario Kart World, following this week’s big Nintendo Direct broadcast.
While DLC and expansions were confirmed for other hit Switch 2 games, such as Donkey Kong Bananza and Pokémon Pokopia, Nintendo once again kept schtum about any plans to add content to the platform’s best-selling title.
Of course, many fans bought Mario Kart…
Star Trek: Shadow Frontier — Paramount Says 'The Goal Is for Bloober to Make the Best Star Trek Game of All Time'
June 12, 2026
Revealed exclusively at IGN Live, Star Trek: Shadow Frontier is the surprise upcoming game from Bloober Team, the developer of the critically and commercially acclaimed Silent Hill 2 remake, and Cronos: The New Dawn. It stars Michelle Forbes, who reprises her role as Trek…
‘We Wanted To Match the Original and Go Beyond’ - Alien: Isolation 2’s Director on Improving a Survivor Horror Icon
June 11, 2026
If you read any account of the original Alien: Isolation’s development process, at some point there’s always mention of how Ridley Scott’s 1979 masterpiece was playing on a constant loop in Creative Assembly’s offices. When I stepped into those same offices a couple…
Earlier in 2026, Sony shut down Bluepoint Games, the studio behind the fantastic Demon’s Souls and Shadow of the Colossus remakes. In an interview with IGN, Fumito Ueda, the original creator of Shadow of the Colossus, expressed his sadness at Bluepoint’s demise, saying he’d hoped to work with the developer at least once more.
Ueda had collaborated with Bluepoint a number of times, including…
Look, dinosaurs are objectively cool. I don’t make the rules. When four-year-old me got a dinosaur cast, everyone was jealous. Why couldn’t they have a cool dinosaur-patterned arm, like me, the brave little girl who courageously tripped over playground equipment so…
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…
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 exclusive. From the struggles of finishing Final Fantasy IV and VI when I was just five years old to the hundreds of hours I…
