Next year’s big Fable revival is being handled by Playground Games, the Xbox-owned studio behind the Forza Horizon series, taking over from Lionhead Studios. The developer just launched Forza Horizon 6 to near universal acclaim this year, but now it’s set to release Fable on February 23, 2027, and everyone’s eager to see what a […]
Valve devs “can’t believe we get away” with such small updates for Team Fortress 2 and Counter-Strike, ex-writer says

If you’re among the legions of Counter-Strike and Team Fortress 2 players who’ve ever wondered why those games have historically gotten much smaller updates than other games owned by Valve, you can at least take comfort in knowing that a veteran of the studio who left back in 2017 was equally perplexed. Chet Faliszek, who […]
2019“The craziest numbers I’ve seen in 17 years working at Blizzard”: WoW Forever devs seem genuinely shocked the beta is so popular as they explain why their MMO servers keep breaking

World of Warcraft has been running for 22 years, and even now Blizzard sometimes struggles to keep up with demand. Yesterday, the WoW: Forever beta launched and immediately broke under the weight of everyone trying to get in at once. How is this still happening when Blizzard has decades of experience with launching new MMO […]
2019Brad Pitt to return for World War Z sequel from Conclave director

Paramount’s previously announced World War Z movie is officially moving ahead with Brad Pitt to return as hero Gerry Lane. According to Deadline, All Quiet on the Western Front and Conclave director Edward Berger is set to helm the pic. British playwright Dennis Kelley will pen the script. Paramount announced the sequel in 2025, citing […]
2019As Final Fantasy Resonance drops its gacha baggage, another JRPG dev doing the same thinks it’s “wonderful” these live-service games will be preserved

Another Eden Begins follows Final Fantasy Resonance and Octopath Traveler 0 in a line of JRPGs based on online mobile games that have been forever preserved through premium-release adaptations, and producer Shinnosuke Hirasawa says it’s “wonderful” to see them escape the live-service reaper. Speaking with Automaton, Hirasawa, who oversaw the overhaul of Another Eden: The […]
2019Diablo himself is the reason Diablo 5 is coming instead of more Diablo 4 expansions, says project lead: “We needed to give him his own game”

The unveiling of Diablo 5 during BlizzCon 2026 prompted a range of reactions from oohs and aahs to disappointment at the confirmation that the surprise sequel means no more expansions for Diablo 4. Diablo 4 currently has two expansions, 2024’s Vessel of Hatred and this year’s Lord of Hatred, and there won’t be any more […]
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