Image via Square Enix Published Aug 4, 2026, 4:57 PM EDT James Ratcliff joined Game Rant in 2022 as a Gaming News Writer. In 2023, James was offered a chance to become an occasional feature writer for different games and then a Senior Author in 2025. He is a third-generation Texan…

Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave will have at least four playable characters with different play styles and stories that players can experience once the game arrives on Switch 2 on September 17. Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave will be the eighteenth mainline entry in Nintendo’s fan-favorite strategy RPG franchise. The story of…

The blockbuster buyout of Electronic Arts has been completed, with Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund taking ownership of the gaming giant in the biggest leveraged buyout (LBO) in the history of commerce. The $55 billion deal includes billions in debt for EA, which has prompted fears of massive cost-cutting with…

It’s time to stop asking George R. R. Martin for his pages. When is The Winds of Winter coming? Who knows. What about A Dream of Spring? Probably never. The writer of the hit “A Song of Ice and Fire” fantasy novels that became HBO’s Game of Thrones appeared on…

Xbox seems to be planning a move that would bring classic games from the Xbox 360 era to PC. Released as a follow-up to the original Xbox in 2005, the Xbox 360 remains Microsoft’s most successful video game console. The system sold more than 80 million units during its time…

Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave just received its own dedicated Direct ahead of its September 17, 2026 launch, and Nintendo used the majority of the presentation to explain the Heroic Games, the four warriors competing in them, and the major systems and mechanics players can expect from the game. Initially, the…