As someone who grew up playing music and turn-based RPGs, People of Note seems like a game made in a lab and specifically targeted at me. It’s a rhythm-based RPG where genres of music dictate its societies and timing inputs determine the effectiveness of your abilities. And the way it blends its soundtrack throughout the world and battle is one of its most interesting aspects, and for how it…
Cthulhu: The Cosmic Abyss Still Needs More Danger in its Undersea Horror | IGN Preview
February 19, 2026
Seeing Cthulhu in the title of a game will, fairly or not, stack a pile of expectations on top of it as tall as the walls of R’lyeh. The Cosmic Abyss does meet some of them, focusing heavily on not just the physical danger involved in immersing oneself in the mysteries…
Screamer Final Preview: Turning Every Race Into a Street Fight
February 18, 2026
Screamer doesn’t ease you in. Within seconds of the first race, a car zoomed past me and detonated — parts scattering across a rain-slicked tunnel — because an opponent activated Strike mode and clipped the wall at full speed. That’s the tone of this…
The Rogue Prince of Persia Outlines 2026 Roadmap, Includes New Elements, Difficulties, Weapon Affixes, Tools, Parkour, And Arenas
February 18, 2026
While the promise of a Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Remake disappeared along with several other games earlier this year, Prince of Persia fans still have spin-off The Rogue Prince of Persia — and now its team has unveiled a sizable 2026 spring roadmap.
Via Steam, developer Evil Empire wished its community a happy 2026, and confirmed the addition of a Flaming Horses tool as a nod to lunar…
Almost a Year On, Assassin's Creed Shadows Post-Launch Support Continues With the Addition of a Jump Button
February 18, 2026
It’s been almost a year since Assassin’s Creed Shadows released, and Ubisoft is not done updating its feudal Japan-set stabathon. This month brings the addition of a manual jump option, alongside two other fan-requested changes.
As part of the 1.1.8 update going…
Could an Xbox version of Insomniac’s Spider-Man games eventually be released, given parent company Sony’s recent softening on multiplatform not just on PC, but with the likes of Helldivers 2 and Marathon coming to Microsoft’s console? Based on a comment from Insomniac…
Final Fantasy Remake Series Going Multiplatform Will Not Lower Quality of Part 3, Director Insists While Acknowledging Fan Concern
February 17, 2026
Final Fantasy Remake Part 3 director Naoki Hamaguchi has discussed the impact of expanding the platforms on which the Final Fantasy 7 Remake series is available, insisting that going multiplatform “will not in any way lower the quality of the third instalment.”
In an interview with Automaton, via Eurogamer, Hamaguchi said both the Nintendo Switch 2 and Xbox versions of the game’s…
Logan Paul's Pikachu Illustrator Pokémon Trading Card Sells for $16.4 Million, Setting New Record
February 17, 2026
Logan Paul’s bejeweled PSA 10-graded Pikachu Illustrator Pokémon trading card has been sold at auction for a staggering $16,492,000, setting a new record.
The amount makes it, by far, the most expensive trading card ever sold — a record the same card also held when…
Mewgenics co-creator Edmund McMillen has discussed how he drew up the list of the personalities approached to provide the game’s numerous cameos, saying that while he “understands we live in a time where a meow from someone who has different beliefs as you is…
Where to Buy Pokémon TCG's 30th Anniversary TCG Collection
February 16, 2026
February 27 is a special day in the Pokémon calendar, commemorating the release of the very first Pokémon games in Japan. Known to fans around the world as ‘Pokémon Day’, 2026 will be a special 30th anniversary celebration!
To celebrate, The Pokémon Company has recently dropped a 30th Anniversary Pokémon Day TCG Collection, featuring a specially stamped foil Pikachu promo card, a…
