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Best of Summer Game Fest 2026 — all the biggest, most exciting, and most innovative things on show
By Dashiell Wood Last updated
We run down the seven most exciting things that we saw at Summer Game Fest 2026.

'It's a risk for a huge company like Sega to work with a small indie developer like us' — Pico Park president on the 'pressure' of working with a huge company like Sega for its Sonic crossover
By Demi Williams Last updated
Pico Park president Shintarou Shimazu has discussed the pressures of taking on Sega's beloved franchise to create its crossover indie game, Sonic Pico Park.

Sonic Team head 'doesn't think he will be alive' for the franchise's 70th anniversary
By Dashiell Wood Published
We discuss the future of Sonic the Hedgehog with Sonic Team head Takashi Iizuka.

Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 game director says the game will have 'massive amounts of customization' — 'There's almost an infinite amount of ways to coordinate with your buds on how you want to kit up as a group'
By Demi Williams Published
Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 will feature "massive amounts of customization" across all available classes, including the brand-new endgame Specialist class.

Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 director says the team 'worked very close' with 20th Century Studios 'to make sure that we were hitting the lore correctly'
By Demi Williams Published
Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 creators Cold Iron Studios worked closely with 20th Century Studios to ensure the game respected the Alien franchise lore.

We spoke to three Xbox Game Studio teams about exclusivity, and got two very different answers
By Demi Williams, Rob Dwiar Published
The Coalition believes making Gears of War: E-Day an Xbox exclusive was the best decision, but not all Xbox Game Studios teams are aligned on the approach to console exclusivity.

'You don't need to be super hardcore to be good at this one' — Pico Park president on bringing Sonic to a whole new audience with upcoming crossover game
By Dashiell Wood Published
We talk to the Sonic Pico Park team about the upcoming crossover game.

Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 director says making the game four-player is a 'challenge' because there's now 'four times the amount of things that you need to put on screen' — But it 'works better in a PVE game'
By Demi Williams Published
Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 game director Chris Cross has explained why the team at Cold Iron Studios decided to make the sequel four-player co-op.

IO Interactive says 007 First Light was 'always' supposed to be an origin story — 'We wanted to take that risk and introduce a fresh Bond for the gamers'
By Demi Williams Published
IO Interactive has confirmed that 007 First Light was always intended to be a young James Bond story, and it collaborated frequently with Amazon MGM Studios.
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