As recent preservation discourse has made abundantly apparent, video games are not guaranteed to last forever, particularly online-only multiplayer releases. Recently, 1047 Games announced the end of active development for Empulse and Splitgate: Arena Reloaded, with the FPS games shifting to peer-to-peer hosting on September 3. These shooters are still…

Playground Games has recently confirmed that the upcoming Fable reboot will have a modestly sized campaign and body of side content, eschewing genre tradition. It should go without saying that the open-world RPG genre is obsessed with its worlds, and making those worlds as big and beefy as possible has…

Sephiroth, the notorious antagonist of Final Fantasy 7, will return to the franchise once Final Fantasy Resonance launches on October 22. Sephiroth will join Final Fantasy Resonance alongside several other iconic Final Fantasy characters, including his archrival Cloud Strife. It’s no secret that, alongside Cloud, Sephiroth is one of the…

Published Sep 3, 2026, 11:29 AM EDT From the moment 4-year-old Cameron first stepped out into Glimmer in Spyro 2, he knew video games were going to play a central role in the rest of his life. Though he never planned to make it the focal point of his career, Cameron…

Revealed during today’s State of Play presentation, Pearl Abyss has confirmed that Crimson Desert’s first major expansion will be launching in October. It not only adds a new region and plenty of new narrative surprises, but also gameplay features that pull from the most unlikely of places. If the reveal…

Final Fantasy Resonance is a retooling of Final Fantasy Brave Exvius, a gacha game that Square Enix shut down in 2024. The game featured several characters from across the RPG series’ history, but it also had a handful of real pop stars make guest appearances as summonable units, including Katy…