Wild Blue Skies Review
I remember where I was the first time my friends and I beat Andross in Star Fox 64. We’d been trading controllers all day, but Brian was the one who pulled it off. I remember…
Day: August 13, 2026
Massively on the Go: Pokopia just feels like a more single-player Animal Crossing
During COVID, most of the people in my Animal Crossing group admitted they’re fellow Pokemon fans and thought it would be cool if there were something like an Animal Crossing/Pokemon game, where you’d have different…
Pearl Abyss Q2 2026: Crimson Desert tapers off, Black Desert flattens, DokeV eyes 2028
As we noted last quarter, Pearl Abyss has shifted over to doing just earnings letters, not investor calls, and that pattern has continued into Q2 2026. And readers will recall that in Q1, Pearl Abyss…
‘Humanity before its great fall’: Guild Wars 3 previews the look and lore of its Human species
Last week, Guild Wars 3 studio ArenaNet confirmed that we’re getting at least four races – species, really – at launch, with infrastructure to support more going forward, contrary to the Guild Wars 2 system.…
Black Desert PC adds more monster zones, new bosses, and new accessories with Edania Part 2
You better believe that a zone in Black Desert can get a sequel: This week marks the release of Edania Part 2, the name for the update that adds more Edania goodness including monster zones,…
Vague Patch Notes: How Amazon blew up money unnecessarily and left online games unceremoniously
There were two moments that I point to as moments when I knew that Amazon was going to utterly flub everything it was doing in the online game space. The first was when Crucible got unceremoniously…
Lord of the Rings Online and Magic Online are collaborating on Hobbit-themed freebies and bundles
In case you’ve forgotten, Daybreak – which owns the Standing Stone MMORPGs, including Lord of the Rings Online – picked up Magic The Gathering Online back in 2022 and is now running it from an…
Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave – The Final Preview
Key Preview Takeaways: Fortune's Weave clearly attempts to front-load more of its individual heroes' stories, and we applaud it. The new Blaze Arts moves offer a fun risk/reward system in combat. While you can now…
Phantom Blade Zero: How Donnie Yen is Pushing Action Games to New Heights
For Phantom Blade Zero, the team at developer S-Game is clearly pulling out all the stops in order to bring its bold and exciting vision for kungfupunk to life. By drafting in action movie megastar…
Thanks to the New Vault Breaker Co-Op Mode, I Can Finally Appreciate Marathon’s Most Intriguing Map
This is an IGN opinion piece from writer Jeremy Peel, who had played over 200 hours of 'regular' Marathon before trying out the new experimental Vault Breaker PvE mode, which is live until August 18.…