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Amazon is making sweeping, immediate changes to Amazon Luna that fundamentally reshape what the cloud gaming service is—and, more importantly, what it isn’t anymore. Starting April 10, 2026, Luna is no longer offering individual game purchases, third-party game store access, or third-party…
NetherRealm Studios’ Mortal Kombat 1 just hit 8 million copies sold, a notable jump from the 6.2 million reported back in August 2025—and it did it despite the studio winding down major post-launch support nearly a year ago. It’s a clear reminder that even a divisive entry in a legendary fighting…
Quantic Dream’s long-teased, cinematic Star Wars Eclipse is reportedly nowhere near the finish line—despite being announced back in December 2021. A new insider report claims development has been “very slow going,” with sources suggesting the game remains “years off from completion,” and that its…
Yoshihisa Kishimoto—best known as the creator of Double Dragon and the Kunio-kun/River City lineage that helped define the beat ’em up—has passed away. He was 64. The news was shared publicly by his son, Ryūbō, who said Kishimoto died on April 2, 2026, a loss that lands like a gut-punch for anyone…
When State of Decay 3 first showed up in 2020 with a moody cinematic trailer—snow, isolation, and that now-infamous zombie deer—it looked like Microsoft was teeing up a major next-gen zombie statement for Xbox. Six years later, Undead Labs studio head Philip Holt has finally said the quiet part out…
Norman Caruso — the creator behind YouTube’s The Gaming Historian — is stepping away from making new Gaming Historian videos after more than 15 years of meticulous, documentary-style work. In a farewell upload titled “Thanks for Watching,” Caruso says there’s “nothing dramatic” driving the…
Take-Two Interactive—the publisher behind Rockstar Games and 2K, and the parent company that also owns Zynga—has quietly but significantly reduced the team it built to research and deploy artificial intelligence across its business. The most notable cut: Luke Dicken, Take-Two’s Head of Artificial…
The canceled standalone multiplayer project set in the The Last of Us universe was far deeper into development than most fans ever realized. Former Naughty Dog director Vinit Agarwal says the game was roughly 80% complete, “very, very close to done,” and performing “really, really well internally”…
April Fool’s Day is back, and 2026’s gaming pranks have a distinct flavor: fewer “we made a fake game” press releases, more weirdly specific bits that either could be real… or straight-up are real. The headline-grabber is Bubsy—yes, that Bubsy—whose publisher Atari is leaning all the way in with…
Shift Up—the South Korean studio behind Stellar Blade and GODDESS OF VICTORY: NIKKE—has acquired Unbound, the Tokyo-based new studio founded by Resident Evil creator Shinji Mikami. It’s a major power move: Shift Up says the deal strengthens its global PC and console publishing ambitions, while…
