Jennifer Hale didn't just voice the female version of Commander Shepard across three games in 2007-2013's Mass Effect trilogy. (And yes, I'm including the Citadel DLC's release year in there.) Her performance, not unlike Mark Meer's, has become truly iconic across the gaming industry.
A talented Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero modder has done Kami's work by fixing the DLC's biggest mistake and adding a Daima Goku variant with actual transformations.
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's producer, Francois Meurisse, says that Sandfall Interactive basically "did twice the work" of other studios to finish the game thanks to the team's focus on setting up younger developers.
Larian's last three games all have one thing in common: the beach. From the ogre-laden path to Cyseal to the crashed Nautiloid ruins of the Sword Coast, the sandy shores we wash up on have become a staple for the studio, and it looks like the new Divinity will be following suit. But this time, head of design Nick Pechenin teased that there will be a new mechanic to play around with.
Naughty Dog may have given up on The Last of Us Part 2's Factions mode a long time ago, but fans are working to make a multiplayer mode possible.
Last year, EA was acquired by a consortium for $55 billion, giving Saudi Arabia's PIF, headed by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, almost sole ownership over the company. Concerns were immediately raised by players that some of EA's most inclusive and diverse games, such as Dragon Age and The Sims, would have their messaging stifled, and while CEO Andrew Wilson stressed that the acquisition would not imapct its values, veteran BioWare writer Trick Weekes (who was unfortunately laid off in 2025) and former executive Mark Darrah were among the many who cast doubt on this promise.
It's that time of year again. We have The Game Awards on the horizon, and everyone is trying to guess what big exciting announcements are going to be there, despite the show's continued attempts to pretend that it actually cares about its own awards. This year, things have heated up a little further thanks to almost constant Half-Life 3 rumors and a big statue in the desert, and it feels like almost anything could pop up this year as an unexpected surprise.
Metroid Prime 4 is almost here, bringing an almost two decade wait for a new Prime game to an end. While you'd have thought that would have been a reason to celebrate, a fairly standard Metacritic score and some snippets of gameplay online seem to have whipped up a little bit of a hate storm before the game has even launched.
Remember when Oblivion Remastered shadowdropped, and we all got really worried about it overshadowing the long-awaited Sklyblivion? Well, turns out there was nothing to worry about after all, and not just because the Skyblivion devs made it absolutely clear that they were cool with the official remaster existing alongside their own creation.
Water is wet, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is going to perform strongly at The Game Awards, and oh, yeah, The Elder Scrolls 6 will likely be nowhere in sight. The source for each of these statements is common sense, common sense, and common sense, respectively. Scientists can back up the first; The Golden Joystick Awards can presage the second. And Jason Schreier, who is both the best-known gaming journalist in the industry and a fellow Xenogears enjoyer, can probably be added to the third.
A number of senior developers have been let go from Eidos Montreal, the studio behind Deus Ex: Human Revolution, Tomb Raider (2013) and its sequels, and Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy. This is the second round of layoffs the studio has faced in 2025, as approximately 75 developers were let go in March.
After dominating The Golden Joystick Awards, as well as any number of outlets' top 10 lists, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's veritable torrent of good news isn't slowing down one bit as we head toward what will surely be a strong showing at The Game Awards. Maelle's latest victory lap? Xbox Game Pass.
N7 Day is here, and we have pretty much no Mass Effect news. Instead, the N7 Day blog post from BioWare pretty much just confirms that Mass Effect 5 still exists and is the studio's sole focus, while also giving us some news about the TV show that will come as a relief to many. Oh, and there might be a secret message thrown in there, because of course there is.
