In 2013, the Kickstarter campaign for Project Phoenix ended up raising over $1 million. The team estimated the game would be ready in March 2015. Then in December 2015, the team announced that Project Phoenix wouldn’t ship until 2018. In 2019, after missing that window, the game’s Kickstarter page went…

Microsoft’s mass layoffs had a heavy impact on the Xbox division, and Obsidian Entertainment, the studio behind The Outer Worlds, is one of many Xbox-owned studios where cuts were deep. Kotaku reports that between 60 and 70 people–roughly a quarter of the studio’s workforce–have been let go. The talent laid…

I often find the way we rampantly compare video games to other games and use terms like “Souls-like” contrived, but boy, it is nearly impossible to look at The Blood of Dawnwalker and not see The Witcher. You get quests where you use your “sense” to follow glowing tracks, you…

The Switch 2’s horror library continues to grow with the upcoming Beyond the Dark: Nightwatch, an exclusive co-op title by Atlantis Studios. The Switch 2 has seen an influx of horror games, with multiple exclusives from various high-profile studios in the works. Horror is coming back to Nintendo consoles in…

Published Jul 7, 2026, 8:19 PM EDT Adrian has been writing, critiquing, and thinking about games since he first picked up an N64 controller many years ago. These days he writes reviews, news, and features for Game Rant and believes games should be held to the same artistic standards as books,…

To kick off July, Sony made the surprising announcement that it plans to end support of physical discs for PlayStation games at the beginning of 2028. In the week since that news, Sony kept quiet on social media. Now, Sony has attempted to start a new conversation with gamers, but…