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Fire Emblem’s scale has been escalating for some time. From three Fates, to Three Houses, to numerous rings and now, a massive three-act entry for the Switch 2. Those ever-escalating aspirations have led to impressive new heights and ballooning scope. Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave is easily one of my favorite settings and stories in the series’ history, with memorable battles and characters, even when repetition and overabundance weigh it down.Fortune’s Weave starts at the end of all things. After a quick character creator for a mysterious Pale Raven and an in medias res run through a world crumbling and haunted by the…
Coming-of-age stories are a dime a dozen in video games, especially if you’re talking about the heyday of RPGs in the late ‘90s and early 2000s. But after 80 hours with the Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter remake, I’m convinced there’s not a single coming-of-age story that holds up as well as Estelle Bright’s journey of self-discovery. Building on the already-great remake of the first game, 2nd Chapter masterfully updates a timeless story, accentuating it with visual enhancements and phenomenal voice acting. And while the gameplay additions are few, they are meaningful, adding up to what is now the…
Fortnite has hosted numerous crossovers with seemingly ill-fitting IPs, so it’s hard to be surprised by any collaboration anymore. That is, until they decided to give Sora from Kingdom Hearts a gun. Fortnite’s latest crossover sees the world of Kingdom Hearts invade the battle royale this week.On Thursday, September 17, four Kingdom Hearts skins will be available to purchase in Fortnite’s item shop as part of Chapter 7, Season 4. Players can don the looks of Sora, Kairi, Riku, and Roxas, who bear their Kingdom Hearts II designs. Epic has not revealed the pricing for these skins or any additional…
Valve’s new VR headset, the Steam Frame, is dropping very soon, and today is the first day you can sign up to purchase one of your own. Much like with the launch of the Steam Machine, the console-like PC that dropped earlier this year, today is the first day you can get added to a randomized list to be selected to purchase a headset of your own. Sign-ups are available now and will be live for 72 hours, ending at 1:00 PM ET on September 17. “We found the reservation system to be helpful with the launch of Steam Machine by…
During this morning’s BlizzCon Opening Ceremony, Blizzard President Johanna Faries announced that Heroes of the Storm is getting its first new hero in six years. Xal’atath, World of Warcraft: Midnight’s primary antagonist, is joining the Nexus as a ranged assassin, wielding her signature Void abilities. Xal’atath – Heroes of the Storm Trailer: We’ve detailed Xal’atath’s ability kit below, which was shared with Game Informer via a Blizzard press release:Trait — Void Volley. Basic attacks build Soul Essence; at full Essence, unleash a barrage of void bolts at a target area while moving freely. Tied to the Void Whispers quest, which rewards range,…
This morning during BlizzCon’s opening ceremony, Blizzard announced Diablo V, set a half-century after the events of Diablo IV. The game’s premise breaks from the series’ typical format: rather than preventing the apocalypse, Diablo V depicts an already-fallen Sanctuary where the Lord of Terror, Diablo, has won. Diablo V Teaser Trailer:
Blizzard is rewinding the clock to 2004 and halting it there with World of Warcraft: Forever, a new game edition expanding the vanilla WoW experience with new and overhauled zones, 1,000 new quests spread across the entire 1–60 level bracket, 9 additional dungeons and 10-20 player raids, and a brand new neutral playable elven race: the Skyborne. Several new features include an SD/HD character toggle, new race and class combinations (the trailer below depicts an Undead Paladin), additional skills and talents, and new reputations to farm new items and account-wide perks. Three new zones include Mount Hyjal, Zephras Isle, and The…
BlizzCon 2026 kicks off today, and its Opening Ceremony contain tons of news about the company’s catalog of games. Whether massively multiplayer, single-player, in cards or through an open world, this was a surprisingly announcement-filled Opening Ceremony.Here’s everything Blizzard announced at BlizzCon 2026. Heroes of the Storm Adds Xal’atathThough Blizzard slowed development on its crossover MOBA Heroes of the Storm a while back, Heroes of the Storm returned today with a new update. Xal’atath, the big baddie from World of Warcraft, is taking to the field on September 28. And Blizzard teases that more could be on the way, too. Maybe…
Warcraft III is getting a new campaign for the first time in years. Forsaken Kingdom is a new campaign for Warcraft III: Reforged, arriving today alongside a number of improvements to the Reforged version of Warcraft III. Set amid the fall of Lordaeron, a new prologue will detail the fallout after Arthas killed his father in the original Warcraft III campaign. Blizzard says the campaign will boast over 30 hours of gameplay, with some new gameplay additions and arriving alongside some big quality-of-life upgrades. Notably, a new graphics mode is coming to Warcraft III: Reforged, which brings the overall look a little…
StarCraft is back, this time as an open-world shooter. During the BlizzCon 2026 keynote today, a new open-world shooter was announced, aiming for a 2030 release and simply called: StarCraft.Dan Hay, previously a lead producer on the Far Cry series, to announce the new project and the team behind it. Hay said the crew plans to “re-ignite” the StarCraft universe, and brought a trailer to show exactly how. The trailer is delightfully dark, featuring a Marine named Holt training up for the Dominion only to get run over by a Zergling rush when he touches down on a planet. Happens to…