Fable creator wants Microsoft to tone down the “all-in-one media hub” shtick Former Microsoft Games Studio director and current mobile developer, Peter Molyneux, is anxious to learn more about Microsoft’s next Xbox, set to be unveiled onMay 21. However, he fears that Microsoft might be playing up the “media hub” capabilities too much and is losing sight of what truly matters in a home console: the games. “What I would do is double-down on what this console is for: it’s for playing games,” the perennial promise man toldEDGEin a recent interview....

Followers can tag along for more adventures A new, free title update is on its way toMonster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak. The expansion toMonster Hunter Risepicks up some more monsters, as well as new layered weapons, Follower potential, and more in Free Title Update 3. Free Title Update 3 rolls out on November 24, for everyone who ownsMonster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak. The expansion’s currently available, on both Nintendo Switch andSteam. This update includes, of course, more monsters....

New episodes of the making-the-band series will debut weekly If you dig pop songs and narrative adventures,We Are OFKmight just be crafting a mix for you. Indie-pop interactive seriesWe Are OFKdebuts with its first two episodes on July 20, 2025. The biopic series follows the members of OFK, a virtual band looking for their big break in the Los Angeles music scene. The interactive animated series takes place over five episodes, with five interactive music videos that double as tracks performed by OFK....

Potential localizations loom on the horizon Namco Bandai’s European wing recently registered a new set of domains, unearthing eight titles that potentially could see western releases in the not too distant future. The batch includes a domain for aShort Peacegame, indicating a possible localization forRankoTsukigime’s Longest Day, the final chapter inKatsuhiro Otomo’s anime anthology fromNo More Heroescreator Suda 51,Silent Hillcomposer Akiya Yamaoka,Tokyo Jungledirector Yohei Kataoka, andFire Emblem: Awakeningillustrator Yusuke Kozaki....

Cetrion mains heard laughing maniacally A little over two years following its launch, NetherRealm Studioshas announcedthat it is ceasing further support for its best-selling fighterMortal Kombat 11.The studio announced on Twitter that it was now engaged in new projects. Mortal Kombat 11received a truckload of DLC content following its initial release. This included the arrival of paid DLC characters such as Shang Tsung, Sindel, and Mileena, as well as guest stars Joker, Terminator, and Rambo....

Another week of Nintendo Download is upon us, and it has animals galore. The eShop is a tad uninteresting this week, as you can either getSpeedX3D(eShop, $3.99) orOutdoors Unleashed: Africa 3D($3.99).SpeedX 3Dhas been getting a decent wave of buzz from some 3DS owners across the net, but you should probably check out some reviews first. The real golden egg here isn’t on the eShop specifically, but the 3DS Virtual Console, as fan favoriteToki Toriis now available (3DS VC, $3....

Box office round up Last week Iopened a piece about viewers voting with their walletsby saying thatSolo: A Star Wars Storywasn’t truly bombing. I was wrong. The film tanked this weekend with only $29.2 million, a drop of 65 percent. In contrast,Deadpool 2, an R-rated film a week older thanSolo, pulled in $23 million. For those that thoughtSolocould somehow survive the summer onslaught of major movie releases and turn into a sleeper hit this does not bode well....

Our friends at Original Sound Version have posted their Original Soundtrack of the Year awards. Those in the market for some smooth tunes, take note — you’ll want to dig out your headphones in a second. The site covered not just videogames for its honors, but anime, chiptunes, and remixes as well. If, like me, you miss out on most Japanese role-playing games, your ears are in for a treat. It’s been a good year for music across all of the aforementioned disciplines....

It lasts until September 12 at 4:00pm Pacific Blizzard hasopened upOverwatchon consoles for the weekend. If you’re on Xbox One (with an Xbox Live Gold subscription) or PlayStation 4, you can play the team-based shooter at no extra cost. And, well, you should! Even if you’re the type who doesn’t typically get into FPS multiplayer. It’s worth trying in the same waySplatoonwas worth trying. All of the progress you earn in-game until the promo ends on Monday, September 12 at 4:00pm Pacific will carry over to the full version ofOverwatch, should you like it enough to buy it....

Out globally in June TheFinal Fantasy XIVreally nails the “producer live letter” format, which is basically a fireside chat of everything going on with the game at different intervals. It’s a very easy-to-follow concept and I dig the non-produced, realism of it. Well, Sega just held one of its own today forPhantasy Star Online 2 New Genesis, and it was super enlightening and gave us a ton of details for the upcoming game....

The originalRed Dead Redemptionwill come to the PS4 and Nintendo Switch in a little over a week. This is great news, as we’re talking about one of the very few highly successful games of the post ‘2010s that hasn’t seen a single re-release. Few feelings beat knowing that the wait is over—even when we didn’t know we were waiting for something in the first place. Though Rockstar isn’t calling it a remaster, thisRDRrelease developed by Double Eleven Studios looks a bit sharper than it did on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3....

As royalty no less! It’s time once again for your bi-weekly fix of peaceful video game landscapes. That’s right, Digital Tourist is back, and this time we’re walking like an Egyptian inAssassin’s Creed Origins. AC Originshas beauty enough to impress any long gone pharaoh. From the bustling city of Alexandria, to the Nile River, to the Pyramids of Giza; We’ll be hitting them all with the help of our handy, if a bit too vocal, tour guide Cleopatra....

You know, for friendship At PAX East today, Gearbox revealed it is working with Hopoo Games onRisk of Rain 2.Risk of Rainwas a 2D roguelike loot-based platform shooter with akickin’ soundtrack.Risk of Rain 2changes up that formula a bit, bringing it to a 3D third-person perspective but keeping some of the same core concepts intact, and it’slooking pretty good so far. In its partnership with Gearbox, Hopoo has releasedRisk of Rain 2on Steam Early Accesstoday....