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Playground Games says Fable will have a 60fps performance mode on Xbox Series X, but won't confirm PS5 or PC settings yet — 'We want the game to look great wherever you're playing it'

By Demi Williams Published 16 September 26

Playground Games is being a bit cagey about Fable's graphics settings, but has confirmed the Xbox Series X version will offer a 60fps performance mode.

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The key art for the 2026 PC Gaming Show Tokyo Direct presentation

PC Gaming Show Tokyo Direct is back later this month — here's how to watch it

By Rob Dwiar Published 16 September 26

Here's how you can catch this weekend's The PC Gaming Show Tokyo Direct.

StarCraft creative director says the game and the real-world feel 'very close in terms of themes and characters' — 'When you look at the stories that were told in StarCraft and the characters that you run into, it's remarkably topical'

By Demi Williams Published 16 September 26

StarCraft general manager and creative director Dan Hay has compared real-world events to the series' stories, calling them "remarkably topical."

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StarCraft general manager says 'tension' was the key to designing a StarCraft game from a first-person perspective — 'Every shot matters. Everything you do matters'

By Demi Williams Published 16 September 26

StarCraft general manager and creative director Dan Hay has explained the process of designing a new game in first-person, revealing that "tension" was crucial.

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Diablo 5 senior game director says 'the continued passion' is the reason Diablo 2: Resurrected exists and has allowed Blizzard to look at it for modern inspiration — 'Because it exists today alongside Diablo 4, we can look at it through today's lens'

By Demi Williams Published 15 September 26

Blizzard has said that the success of Diablo 2: Resurrected has enabled it to use the game as modern inspiration for Diablo 5.

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A still from the StarCraft teaser trailer showing a recruit looking into the giant power armor

Blizzard says designing a StarCraft open-world shooter presents specific challenges in scale and perspective — 'If you're 10 feet tall and you're wearing something that weighs 1,000 pounds, doors are a challenge'

By Rob Dwiar Published 15 September 26

Changing StarCraft from a real-time strategy to an open-world shooter came with perspective challenges, but also a simple challenge to do with doors.

Blizzard says StarCraft will have the same 'gritty' atmosphere and be inspired by the 'interstellar western' of the original RTS — 'Our real world has asymmetry to it, and so I think leveraging that and putting that into this world was key for us'

By Demi Williams Published 15 September 26

StarCraft will adopt the same "gritty" atmosphere of the original real-time strategy (RTS) game, according to Blizzard Entertainment.

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'No old code exists': Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis experience director confirms the 'reimagining' had to be built totally from the ground up on Unreal Engine 5 — but this meant Crystal Dynamics could add more tech upgrades

By Demi Williams Published 15 September 26

Crystal Dynamics has explained why it chose to build Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis from the ground up on Unreal Engine 5.

Warlock: Dungeons & Dragons will have a smaller set of spells with multiple uses rather than a large variety to make 'everything accessible on a controller,' Invoke says

By Demi Williams Published 14 September 26

Invoke Studios has confirmed that Warlock: Dungeons & Dragons has a smaller spell set, mainly for controller accessibility.

A still from the StarCraft reveal teaser trailer showing the trooper Holt firing his weapon into oncoming enemies

StarCraft general manager says the shift to open-world shooter came about because 'Every time we drew a picture or every time we talked about' the game 'it was boots on the ground every time'

By Rob Dwiar Published 14 September 26

Dan Hay tells us how the developers discovered that a change from RTS to open-world shooter came about.

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ArenaNet says Guild Wars 3's new momentum system creates a 'seamless sense of movement you'd expect to see in an action game' by connecting all movement and combat abilities to create 'fluid movement'

By Demi Williams Published 13 September 26

ArenaNet has revealed more about Guild Wars 3's new momentum system, a feature that blends all actions and combat abilities to ensure constant "fluid" movement.

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Key art from Diablo 5 showing a the new character class, the Plague Knight

A Diablo 5 new class has already been revealed with the Plague Knight being 'a walking death' across the battlefield — while two returning classes have also been confirmed

By Rob Dwiar Published 13 September 26

A new class, The Plague Knight, will head up the largest ever roster of classes in a Diablo game.

Key artwork from Diablo 5 showing the bleak and barren world of Sanctuary

The tone of Diablo 5 is 'really doubling down on darkness' say the devs — 'I think that's really the tone, the atmosphere'

By Rob Dwiar Published 13 September 26

Diablo 5 devs say that doubling down on the darkness of Diablo 4 is the way to go to set the scene for Diablo 5.

Creative Assembly says it was 'a big deal' to have player customization be a 'must-have' part of Total War: Warhammer 40,000 for fans of the tabletop game and hobby

By Demi Williams Published 13 September 26

Creative Assembly says it was "a big deal" to have player customization be a "must-have" part of Total War: Warhammer 40,000.

Key art for the Heir of Westmarch in Diablo 5

Diablo 5 devs say that the game's player character will have a 'unique bond' with Diablo himself

By Rob Dwiar Published 13 September 26

Diablo 5 developers shed a little bit of light on the player character, the Heir of Westmarch, during BlizzCon 2026.

An image of Diablo's world, Sanctuary, destroyed in Diablo 5

Diablo 5's Sanctuary has become 'an outpost of hell' where 'humanity has fallen into ruin' which paints an incredibly bleak picture that I can't wait for

By Rob Dwiar Published 13 September 26

Diablo 5's version of Sanctuary has been totally overrun by the forces of hell, say the devs behind the game.

A screenshot from the Diablo V teaser trailer showing crucified victims

Diablo 5 announced and fully embraces bleakness, defeat, darkness, and hopelessness for Sanctuary, as Blizzard also confirms Diablo 4 is coming to Switch 2

By Rob Dwiar Published 12 September 26

Diablo V was a surprise announcement at BlizzCon 2026 and looks to double down on the darkness of its predecessor

A screenshot of Lara Croft engaging with a water and gear puzzle in Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis

Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis creative director confirms the game has difficulty levels for combat, puzzles, and traversal that can be individually tweaked — 'We have prepared it in a way that I'm pretty sure everyone can set it to their own pleasure

By Demi Williams Published 12 September 26

Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis will feature difficulty-scaling levels, which offer players a personalized experience.

'Part of the motive was making the player feel immersed in the experience and exposed' — Rebellion says '90s cassette futurism' inspired Alien Deathstorm with an engineer protagonist who 'felt like a natural fit'

By Demi Williams Published 12 September 26

Rebellion has revealed the influences behind Alien Deathstorm and explained why it chose an engineer protagonist for its first-person survival horror game.

Banjo-Kazooie and Banjo-Tooie on the Evercade Nexus use the original Rare source code, which included 'a load of stuff' that the studio didn't even know about, Blaze Entertainment says

By Demi Williams Published 11 September 26

Blaze Entertainment has revealed that it uncovered hidden features in the source code for Banjo-Kazooie and Banjo-Tooie while developing the Evercade Nexus ports.

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Songs of the Past

Fool's Theory says the biggest 'challenge' developing Songs of the Past was making sure Dandelion's story didn't 'steal the show' since The Witcher 3 is about Geralt — 'There was a very big effort put into this fine balancing of the narrative'

By Demi Williams Published 11 September 26

CD Projekt Red and Fool's Theory have said that developing The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt's third expansion, Songs of the Past, came with some narrative challenges and pressure to deliver.

GTA 6 PS5 controller pre-orders live — all the latest availability and stock updates on the two new DualSense pads

By Rob Dwiar last updated 11 September 26

Our live GTA 6 PS5 controller pre-order coverage.

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Rebellion says Alien Deathstorm is a 'dynamically generated' survival horror game with sandbox elements and 'not another corridor shooter' — 'It's a rare beast'

By Demi Williams Published 11 September 26

Rebellion Developments has said Alien Deathstorm isn't "another corridor shooter" but a "dynamically generated" sandbox horror game.

Fable's combat system is intended to be 'approachable' while still meeting modern expectations, Playground Games says — 'We wanted there to be breadth and depth to it, so we landed on wanting to have style-weaving combat'

By Demi Williams Published 10 September 26

Fable's "style-weaving" combat system is intended for a modern audience, while remaining faithful to the classic role-playing game (RPG) series.

Playground Games says Fable's story will last between '15-20 hours' or double that with other open-world content, and the life systems are 'limitless'

By Demi Williams Published 10 September 26

Playground Games has confirmed that Fable's main story will take up to 20 hours to beat, but promises the game's life systems offer "limitless" replayability.

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