What to Expect From Xbox in 2026
Well, I can confidently say one thing about being “the Xbox guy” at IGN: it’s never boring. Granted, it is often frustrating, depressing, weird, and occasionally shocking. But there’s almost never a dull moment. So went Xbox’s 2025. As I looked back on last year’s version of this column, I ...
Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (3rd January)
New year, new plans?You made it. You're here reading these words in 2026! Well done, old bean.As is traditional, it's been a quiet week in the world of video games as most industry people take some time off over the holidays. Although not Eric Barone, it seems, as Stardew Valley: ...
Pokémon Legends: Z-A Ranked Battle Season 5 “Coming Soon”, Includes Another Mega Stone Reward
Get a Sceptilite Stone.Pokémon Legends: Z-A has announced Season 5 Ranked Battles are "coming soon". This time round, when you reach Rank S, you'll be able to claim a Sceptilite stone.Read the full article on nintendolife.com ...
Final Fantasy XIV Online Director Reportedly Hints At Nintendo Release
Is it finally happening?The Final Fantasy XIV Online director Naoki 'Yoshi-P' Yoshida has spoken about bringing the popular MMORPG to Nintendo platforms on multiple occasions.During a New Year chat, he has now been asked once again about the possibility of this title coming to Switch systems and has reportedly told ...
Toby Fox Shares Development Update On Deltarune Chapter 5
Update: "Chapter 5 is on track to release later this year".:Before the year is out, Undertale creator Toby Fox has shared a "status update" about Deltarune Chapter 5.Read the full article on nintendolife.com ...
18 most-wanted games of early 2026
With all the great titles 2025 has graced us with, there’s barely been time to put down the DualSense wireless controller these past 12 months. No matter what genre you favor chances are you’ve been eating well, whether it’s been big budget blockbusters like Death Stranding 2: On the Beach ...
Guide: 65 Switch 1 & 2 Games To Check Out In Nintendo’s Holiday eShop Sale (Europe)
Update: Some fresh titles have been added for 2026.Update: As of 31st December 2025, a bunch of games previously included in this guide have now returned to their usual price. To compensate for this, newly-discounted games have been added and will remain on sale until 11th January. The full list ...
What To Expect From PlayStation in 2026
2025 was somewhat of a quiet year for PlayStation. Yes, we got the Game of the Year-nominated Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, and Sucker Punch’s exciting sequel to Ghost of Tsushima, Ghost of Yotei. But aside from that, there wasn’t really a lot of activity from Sony’s first-party studios ...
The most important PC gaming news stories in 2026
It's a bad idea to predict a year's worth of Videogame Happenings while you are delirious with cold, but one of the advantages of being delirious with cold is that you become incapable of noticing that ideas are bad. In the brief interval before I eat a bowl of cakemix ...
As Pokémon Fans Expect a Gen 10 Reveal Next Month, Fat Pikachu Heralds 30th Anniversary Celebrations
The Pokémon franchise has begun its 30th anniversary celebrations with the reveal of a special new logo, an animation featuring Fat Pikachu, and the promise of more to share in less than two months' time.2026 is the 30th anniversary of Pokémon, which began its path to world domination with the ...
