BlizzCon 2026 ended this past Sunday as follows: “We have so much more in store, so keep your eyes on Blizzard,” said Blizzard president Johanna Faries at the closing ceremonies. “Until then, and until next BlizzCon, thank you everybody. Take care.” When is the next BlizzCon? In what seems to…

BambooHR, a human resources company that provides software-as-a-service for more than 30,000 companies, has released data that suggests people are taking time off to play GTA 6 this November. You might have seen anecdotes online, or even stories from people you know in real life, about skipping work on November…

Guns are responsible for the best and funniest moment in Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave, which arrives barely an hour into the game. It didn’t take long for me to discover my favorite character in Fortune’s Weave and it’s not any of the game’s four main protagonists. Her name is Troy.…

Someone playing Refractive Entertainment’s recently released action-RPG Luminary for less than an hour accused the team of using AI for the game’s only voiced character. The player said the voice “killed it” for them. There was just one problem: It wasn’t AI. It was actually the developer’s wife doing her…

Where to begin? Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave came out this week. It’s a B-tier Nintendo franchise with a ride-or-die fanbase. It’s also the first entry in the strategy RPG series on Switch 2, and the console’s first big exclusive of the fall season. Here’s why that caused a run on…

Nintendo has spent much of 2026 celebrating some major milestones for tentpole games like Pokemon and The Legend of Zelda, which celebrate their 30th and 40th anniversaries this year, respectively, as well as the 1st anniversary of the Nintendo Switch 2. And the Nintendo of America president discusses its plans,…