
Black Flag Remake Scraps RPG Systems for Classic AC
A leaked presentation reportedly confirms Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced won't be an RPG, ditching the level-gating and gear bloat that's defined the series since Origins.
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A leaked presentation reportedly confirms Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced won't be an RPG, ditching the level-gating and gear bloat that's defined the series since Origins.

Playground Games is getting cinematic backup from the team behind Diablo and Overwatch's legendary cutscenes. For a studio making its first RPG, that's a smart call.

Hotfix 1.3.25c targets crashes and Onslaught Mode bugs introduced by yesterday's update, with console patches still on the way.

RuneFest is returning in October 2026 for RuneScape's 25th anniversary, with tickets going live on April 30th.

A small server-side hotfix corrects two bugs introduced or persisting after Patch 1.3.19, including a cooldown fix for Dia's Avalanche skill.

Housemarque detailed Saros' PS5 Pro enhancements, including PSSR 2 support and higher base render resolution. It's the strongest case yet for Sony's pricier console.

Mouse P.I. For Hire launched yesterday across every major platform, bringing a hand-drawn 1930s noir FPS with boomer shooter DNA to PS5, Xbox, Switch 2, and PC.

A small studio just shipped the Black Flag spiritual successor that Skull & Bones was supposed to be, and it's a Steam hit weeks before Ubisoft's own remake arrives.
A small but clean patch for Schedule I, tidying up the community vote panel and making the big sprinkler easier to find.

A small hotfix lands the day after Update 1.3.25, bringing two new cosmetic bundles to the Shop.

Less than three months away. That's the reported timeline for Assassin's Creed: Black Flag Resynced, with a July 9 launch date surfacing after a private press event.

Neil Newbon and Devora Wilde, the voices of Astarion and Lae'zel, are joining Wizards of the Coast's first official D&D actual play series. Dungeon Masters launches April 22 with a gothic horror campaign set in Ravenloft.

Echoes of Aincrad: Sword Art Online gets a new gameplay trailer showing off its darker, more deliberate take on the franchise. It launches July 10 on PS5, Xbox Series, and PC.

After over a decade of false starts and indefinite hiatuses, the live-action Call of Duty movie finally has a concrete release date: June 30, 2028.

The Street Fighter movie's new trailer gives nearly every fighter their moment, but its biggest star is reduced to a blurry silhouette behind a cloud of dust.

New analyst data shows mid-price games between $30 and $50 nearly doubled their revenue on PlayStation since 2022, with Arc Raiders and Expedition 33 at the top of the pack.

Icarus Week 228 unlocks Ruby in the Workshop, meaning laser crafting materials are no longer locked behind Elysium.

A month of beta changes land on Slay the Spire 2's main branch, bringing character reworks, new Neow relics, a badge system, and a leaderboard overhaul.

Phasmophobia's first collaboration ever pairs it with Alan Wake 2 starting May 12, but the event runs for just three weeks and won't come back.

A cosmetic spray you can buy with CoD points is doing more to fight AI aimbots in Black Ops 7 than Activision's own anti-cheat system. The clip has over a million views.

Paramount revealed a June 2028 release date for the Call of Duty movie at CinemaCon, then showed a sizzle reel that was almost entirely game footage set to Seven Nation Army.
PEAK's latest beta patch tackles a rope performance bug, restores cold nights to Ascent 5+, and cleans up a handful of reconnection and custom run issues.

A decade after her track was cut from Spectre in favour of Sam Smith, Lana Del Rey finally gets her Bond moment with the title theme for IO Interactive's 007 First Light.

DICE admitted it shipped Battlefield 6 with too many small maps and not enough large-scale battlegrounds. The 2026 roadmap is EA's attempt to course-correct with seven maps, naval combat, and long-overdue features like a server browser.