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Yakuza/Like a Dragon developer Ryu Ga Gotoku Studios is releasing its quasi-prequel game, Stranger Than Heaven , in January , and ahead of its release, the team has been pulling back the curtain on protagonist Makoto Daito's decades-spanning adventure through Japan. A new story trailer RGG released today shows Makoto a
Dispatch, a superhero-themed workplace comedy from last year, celebrates its one-year anniversary today. While it was released episodically, the first batch dropped on October 22. It was received well, with strong performances from a star-studded cast ( including Breaking Bad star Aaron Paul ) and filled a niche left v
Electronic Arts plans to eliminate roughly 400 positions in an upcoming round of job cuts, per a new report from Bloomberg , and will also be closing the doors on its long-time role-playing game maker BioWare. Per Bloomberg' s Jason Schreier, these cuts represent about three percent of EA's total staff, and roughly 50
If you're an Xbox owner looking for new indie games to play, today's ID@Xbox showcase provided 30 minutes of new, upcoming, and existing indie games coming to Microsoft's platforms. We've rounded up every announcement here for a quick recap of the event. Magenta Down (World Premiere) - 2027 Xbox Series X/S, PC 2 Ton St
Welcome to spooky month where lawns suddenly grow giant skeletons, it's cold enough for a hoodie, the remakes of Resident Evil 2, 3, and 4 released on Switch 2, and we're all prepping to hunker down for Winter. And Grand Theft Auto VI. We're still in the thick of new release season which, fun fact, used to just be the
In case you missed the tragic news yesterday, EA laid off 400 employees this week, including all of BioWare . The studio behind Mass Effect, Dragon Age, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, and more, has been shut down, and its last remaining project was canceled. The game in question was a fifth entry in the Mass E
We've been enjoying The Blood of Dawnwalker, one of the year's biggest games, but its release was a little rough around the edges. It took a lot of feedback from fans for developer Rebel Wolves to prioritize higher framerates at launch for consoles, but even then, the game certainly struggled at times on my PlayStation
There's a lot of debate about the term "friendslop" these days, but regardless of how you feel, it's clear most players of these games call them that affectionately. Perhaps the most successful friendslop game is Peak , which hit critical mass amongst friend groups, Discords, Twitch streams, and more after its June lau
I've been tracking Nekome: Nazi Hunter here at Game Informer since its reveal earlier this year. I finally went hands-on with it during Gamescom 2026 and relished just how disrespectfully brutal it is to Nazis. You will soon get the chance to experience that brutality yourself because developer ProbablyMonsters is rele
Untitled Goose Game developer House House launched Big Walk, its multiplayer cooperative puzzle-adventure game, on PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch 2, PC, and Mac in August to critical acclaim. Since then, players have asked the studio to release the game on Xbox Series X/S, the only console absent from its launch lineup
Developer Strange Scaffold, the studio behind games like I Am Your Beast and TMNT: Tactical Takedown , has released a new trailer for El Paso, Elsewhere 2, highlighting the game's third-person vampire-shooter action. Plus, you can play the game today thanks to a new demo on Steam . This sequel is the follow-up to 2023'
Epic Games has reportedly delayed the release of an upcoming shooter game featuring Marvel and Star Wars characters from March to an unspecified date, according to Bloomberg . According to the publication's sources, Epic is delaying the release because it is shifting to an "AI-first" production model using tools like A
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