A thing that was quite endearing, perhaps the main appeal even, about the early internet was how it was a place you could go to, with lots of other, unique places to go through, be they forums, chatrooms, or oddball social games. The last item in the list there kind of faded away for a while, replaced by MMOs and live service games like Fortnite, but these smaller scale, social-first games, or hangout games, are making a comeback, with games like Webfishing. And soon, for the more aquatic amongst you, there will be Coral Social Club.
Elden Ring: Nightreign is getting a tabletop RPG adaptation from Group SNE, the same team behind the tabletop RPG versions of Dark Souls, Elden Ring, and Armored Core 6.
There aren’t any further details as to what this campaign will entail, but as a Nightreign lover, I don’t find it too hard to imagine. Nightreign already has a wonderfully clear-cut class system, and the potential for different DMs to shuffle abilities, monsters, bosses, hazards, events, points of interest is extremely strong. Like the game itself, such a campaign could be extremely replayable as well.
Group SNE is responsible for a number of tabletop campaigns, board and card games, and light novels, including the aforementioned tabletop games based on FromSoftware properties, as well as the entire Record of Lodoss War campaign setting and Sword World RPG, a tabletop game first published in ’89 that has since gone on to become a phenomenon in Japan.
I hope we see the Nightreign campaign make it to the USA, because Nightreign rips, dude. It’s probably one of the most addictive 7/10 games I’ve played in years, and the recent DLC has only managed to get its hooks in me even deeper. Sure, the new map is confounding, but once you’ve fallen off it 10 or 20 or 30 times, you really do get the hang of it.
Rebekah Valentine is a senior reporter for IGN. Got a story tip? Send it to rvalentine@ign.com.
Game over screens — as a professional gamer, you understand — aren’t something that I personally have a lot of firsthand experience with. Not through a lack of in-game skill, that’s for sure.
However, as I’m also a highly learned and incredibly hirsute scholar of the interactive arts (also a compulsive liar), I have made it my very important business to die on purpose many, many times in order to familiarise myself with the very best and most important ways to come-a-cropper, as they say, in a video game.
Dispatch, the superhero workplace comedy made by Telltale veterans at AdHoc Studio, is out now on Nintendo Switch. But a number of excited new and returning players aren’t super happy about the release, as it turns out the game has been pretty aggressively censored on the system.
It’s been well-known since its release on other platforms that Dispatch is a game with signficant adult content. Some characters are fully or partially naked in various scenes, with their full anatomy on display. There are some sex scenes where characters make sounds associated with sex. Sometimes characters flip the bird at one another. For those who don’t want to see all this, there’s a censorship toggle in the settings that covers up the nudity and the middle fingers, and silences any unwanted sex noises. On most platforms, this is entirely optional and up to the player to turn on.
But not on Nintendo Switch. Earlier today, reports began to drop from reviewers of the Switch version that Dispatch’s censorship toggle is missing from the options on the platform. That’s because it’s permanently turned on (no pun intended). So all the censor bars and silence are just stuck that way, with no way to turn on the more mature version of the game.
Why? According to AdHoc, it’s because of Nintendo policies. “Different platforms have different content criteria, and submissions are evaluated individually,” the studio said in a statement shared with Eurogamer. “We worked with Nintendo to ensure the content within the title met the criteria to release on their platforms, but the core narrative and gameplay experience remains identical to the original release.”
This has understandably frustrated some people. A number of members of Dispatch online communities in places like Reddit and other social platforms have alternatingly expressed frustration with Nintendo for its policies, and AdHoc for bending to them so readily. While it’s true that other games in the past such as, notably, Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE and Fire Emblem Fates, have also been censored in various ways. But by comparison, Dispatch’s censorship is extremely blunt and distracting. Who wants giant black bars across the screen? Especially if you can’t turn them off?
What’s more, as some have pointed out, both Cyberpunk 2077 and The Witcher 3 are on Switch too. Both of those games have nudity, and neither has been censored in such a way, leading to questions about what makes Dispatch different. We’re reached out to Nintendo for comment.
Dispatch is amazing, as we determined in our 9/10 review of the game, calling it “a sharp-witted workplace comedy that charms with its smart dialogue choices, great writing, and lovably aggravating cast.” You can play it without big black censor bars on PC or PlayStation 5, but no Xbox version yet.
Rebekah Valentine is a senior reporter for IGN. Got a story tip? Send it to rvalentine@ign.com.
Last week, Ubisoft announced a major restructure that saw multiple games cancelled, including the Prince of Persia: The Sand of Time Remake, and more concerningly prospectively put layoffs on the horizon. Now, following an agreement made by a group of organised Ubisoft workers across multiple French unions, a call for an international strike across all studios at the company has been put out.
Riftbound landed late in 2025, and the general vibe around Riot’s League of Legends card game has been that it’s fun to play – it’s just not always easy to get hold of.
With an Origins restock dropping this week, the Riot storefront once again crashed out, leaving players frustrated in their attempts to get starter sets, decks, packs, and more.
While it remains to be seen if Riot can fix those teething issues from its first set, the good news is that there are four planned for 2026. Here’s everything coming to Riftbound this year.
February 13 – Spiritforged
Spiritforged will be the first post-launch set for Riftbound, and will likely give us a good idea of what to expect from sets going forward.
New this time around are mechanics like Equipment which can be attached to Units, Gold that can be spent, and new keywords like Quick-Draw, Repeat, and Weaponmaster.
As for new Legends, you’ll be able to grab cardboard versions of Azir, Draven, Ezreal, Fiora, Jax, Rumble, Rek’Sai, Ornn, Sivir, Lucian, Rneata Glasc, and Irelia.
Q2 2026 – Unleashed
While other TCGs (ahem, Magic: The Gathering) will overlap previews with releases, Riot is squarely focused on Spiritforged for now – so details about Unleashed are pretty scarce at the time of writing.
Expect it to introduce new mechanics as with its predecessor, but we’re also expecting to see the arrival of fan-favorite Vi as a Legend, alongside Master Yi, Rengar, and LeBlanc.
We’ll update this page as more information becomes available.
Q3 2026 – Vendetta
Again, information for another upcoming set is thin on the ground for Riftbound’s Vendetta. We know it’ll come in Q3 (or at least, that’s the plan), and that Mel, Akali, and Ambessa are likely to arrive.
Riot has also suggested that Vendetta will see it merge the Chinese and North American release schedules into one. Here’s hoping the supply issues are sorted by then…
Q4 2026 – Radiance
While we have the set name for Radiance, we have no further information. What Legends will it include? What mechanics? ANYTHING!?
Until Riot is ready to talk, it remains a mystery, but as always we’ll have this page updated as we hear more.
What about Origins?
Origins is still Riftbound’s current set, and while it’s tough to get hold of, that should get easier in the coming months (otherwise, Riot will be in big trouble).
The launch set’s tutorial set, dubbed Proving Grounds, is still going for inflated prices on the secondary market, making it tricky to, you know, learn how to play the game.
The same can be said of the preconstructed decks for Jinx, Lee Sin, and Victor, but anecdotally, I’ve at least seen some stock of those on local game stores, even if they’re not always readily available online.
Boosters are a mixed bag – sometimes you’ll find some, but you’re unlikely to find a box right now.
As we said at launch: “Sadly, as the first set of Riot’s first card game hits shelves, it’s being snapped up by scalpers and put on the secondary market.
“It’s a standard practice in TCGs, but Riot is reportedly printing more. If you can hold out, there will be more product.”
That still rings true today – stay strong, and wait it out.
Lloyd Coombes is an experienced freelancer in tech, gaming and fitness seen at Polygon, Eurogamer, Macworld, TechRadar and many more. He’s a big fan of Magic: The Gathering and other collectible card games, much to his wife’s dismay.
I like playing a game where I get to defend myself from/ take down the likes of ghouls, ghosts, demons and other such and much paranormal, supernatural beasties, but how about a game where you’re the one doing the haunting? Ghost Keeper! Is a strategy, puzzley game where you “lead your fearsome minions against the living” by attempting to scare them off, and just launched in early access today.
One of the strangest omissions from the Switch’s library in our eyes is the Disney Afternoon Collection, which launched on every platform but Nintendo’s console in 2017. But after an ESRB rating was spotted recently, a listing has now appeared on the Japanese eShop for both Switch 1 and Switch 2.
VGC spotted the listing earlier today and is listed for 2,300 yen (about 11 GBP, or 14 USD, so expect pricing to be a little higher in the West) on Switch 2, with a 10% pre-order discount and a release date of 26th February 2026. At the time of writing, store pages have not gone up in other regions, but it’s only a matter of time at this point.
February’s PlayStation Plus Monthly Games lineup is a bumper one, with four titles available to PS Plus members*. Battle to victory in the ring in boxing sim Undisputed, survive an alien world in Subnautica: Below Zero, mix combat and gardening in Ultros, and take to the skies in Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown. All these titles will be available to PlayStation Plus members from Tuesday February 3 until Monday March 2.
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Undisputed | PS5
Become Undisputed and rule the ring in the most authentic boxing game to date! Featuring true to life visuals, bone-jarring action, and 70+ licensed fighters, Undisputed gives you unprecedented control to master every inch of the ring. 50 Attributes & Traits to differentiate styles and capabilities of fighters. Play through the epic journey from amateur boxing tournaments, all the way to becoming Undisputed Champion, in the true-to-life Career Mode. Create your own fighter with Character Creator, customizing everything from build, to tattoos, to shorts and gloves.
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Subnautica: Below Zero | PS5, PS4
Submerge yourself in an all-new, sub-zero expedition in an arctic region of Planet 4546B. Arriving with little more than your wits and some survival equipment, you set out to investigate what happened to your sister. Below Zero presents entirely new environments for you to survive, study, and explore. Survive the harsh climate by constructing extensive habitats, scavenging for resources, and crafting equipment. Keep your wits about you: not all creatures in this strange world are friendly.
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Ultros | PS5, PS4
Grounded in science fiction, Ultros comes wrapped in both an eccentric art style from the visionary El Huervo, renowned for his work on Hotline Miami, and a mystical soundtrack composed and performed by Ratvader – Oscar Rydelius. Experience brutal, intimate, close-quarter combat with cosmic lifeforms. Yet this intense combat is juxtaposed with cultivating the greenery and tending to plant life in The Sarcophagus, providing precious moments of contemplation and peace. In turn, this grants deeper access to obscured paths. A unique loop-based mechanic will allow you to start over at key moments in the story, providing opportunities to unfold such secrets, unlock different areas of the world and new abilities on a branching skill tree.
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Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown | PS4
Strap yourself into the cockpit of some of the world’s most formidable fighter planes and skim through the clouds engaging in daring aerial stunts and nerve-shredding tactical dogfights. In Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown, you take on the role of an Ace – an elite fighter pilot tasked with patrolling the most open and intimidating space on Earth: the sky. Choose from an array of authentic modern and futuristic aircraft and load them up with an arsenal of cutting-edge super weapons as unfolding events drive you into ever more dangerous aerial face-offs.
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Last chance to add January’s PlayStation Plus Monthly Games to your library
PlayStation Plus members have until Monday February 2 to add Need For Speed Unbound, Disney Epic Mickey: Rebrushed and Core Keeper to their game library.
*PlayStation Plus Monthly Games lineup may differ by region. Please check PlayStation Store on release day for more information.
