Nintendo released a 16‑second clip on its Nintendo Today! app that gives fans a closer look at Ganondorf in the upcoming The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake for Switch 2. The brief footage expands the previously shown dream sequence, depicting the Gerudo villain on horseback with a new voice‑over line, “And now… an evil has appeared, yearning after that power.” Unlike the original Nintendo 64 and 3DS versions, the remake runs the scene in slow motion, highlighting [...]

Developer Mojang announced at Minecraft LIVE that the Sift, a new dimension first introduced in the upcoming Minecraft Dungeons II, will arrive in both Java and Bedrock editions in 2027. The addition marks the franchise’s first new dimension since the End was added over 14 years ago, expanding the game’s world beyond the Overworld, the Nether and the End. Mojang provided only a visual teaser of the Sift’s landscape and its resident mob, describing it in Dungeons II as “beautiful, [...]

Mojang announced The Sift, the first new Minecraft dimension since The End in 2011, slated for release on Java and Bedrock editions in 2027. The Sift will debut early in the upcoming game Minecraft Dungeons 2, launching September 29, 2026, giving players a preview of its new biomes, mobs and gameplay mechanics. The announcement came during Minecraft Live on September 26, where a brief visual of the dimension and one resident creature was shown. Mojang provided few details, noting the [...]

Jez Corden, a longtime Xbox-focused content creator and executive editor at Windows Central, posted a poll on X asking followers to name their favorite fighting game. The poll, which ran for several days, attracted thousands of responses from the gaming community. Results showed that Microsoft’s “Killer Instinct” secured the highest number of votes, edging out long‑standing franchises such as “Street Fighter VI” and “Mortal Kombat 1.” Corden highlighted the outcome on his podcast TheXB2, noting the surprising enthusiasm for [...]

Mojang announced that Ice Caves will debut in Minecraft, introducing a rare underground extension of cold biomes with glowing ice crystals and varied terrain. The update adds a new hostile mob, the Frozen Zombie, which can freeze players and hurl damaging ice balls. Ice balls serve dual purposes: they can be used as weapons, applied as knockback, or crafted into potions that freeze opponents. The caves also offer decorative ice crystals that double as light sources, expanding [...]

Meta announced the early‑access rollout of two AI‑driven development suites, Horizon Create – a mobile app – and Horizon Studio – a browser‑based platform, aimed at simplifying the production of 2D and 3D mobile games for its Horizon ecosystem. Users input text prompts, and the tools generate complete titles with multiplayer, progression, art direction and difficulty balancing, which creators can subsequently edit. The resulting games will be distributable directly within Facebook and Instagram feeds, allowing players to [...]

Halo Studios is being reduced to a skeleton crew of roughly 20 employees after a restructuring that placed the franchise under Activision’s ownership and created a new development team. The cutbacks affected more than 200 staff members, many of whom were laid off. The move follows a period of declining reception for recent Halo titles, with critics citing launch problems, missing features, and unsatisfying remakes such as Halo: Campaign Evolved, which relied heavily on outsourced contract work. [...]