Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced is out today and is already having one of the best Steam launches in the franchise’s history. Unfortunately, the celebrations are bittersweet for developers who worked on the game at Ubisoft Barcelona. The studio’s team there is facing layoffs at the end of the month…

Image via Disney, Gameloft Published Jul 9, 2026, 3:14 PM EDT Marc Deschamps has been writing about video games and popular culture for more than a decade, at various outlets. Prior to joining GameRant, Marc served as a freelancer, staff writer, and editor at sites like IGN, Nintendojo, and ComicBook. Gaming…

The Backyard Sports series’ resurgence began a few years ago with a re-release of the classic 1997 game Backyard Baseball, but this month’s launch of Backyard Baseball–an all-new entry–is a monumental step for a franchise that had been on ice for years. But getting there wasn’t easy, requiring years of…

Overwatch’s 2026 reboot has put narrative at the center, and it all began with a cinematic showing newcomer Vendetta defeating long-time series antagonist Doomfist in a one-on-one battle. Doomfist was thrown out a window from the top of a Talon stronghold, and Vendetta usurped his role leading the terrorist organization.…

While the future of Dragon Age is currently unknown as EA and BioWare pursue other projects, David Gaider, the writer who helped bring the franchise to great heights, says he has an idea about what he would do with the series if it were handed back to him. Dragon Age…

Destiny 2 is currently in the midst of its last hoorah, as though lapsed players and hardcore fans have been keeping the game’s servers very full, with no new content coming, the eventual falloff is inevitable. And though most of Bungie’s Destiny 2 developers have been laid off, and no…