
Sony Launches Contest to Scan a Fan Into GT7
Sony wants to put a real fan inside Gran Turismo 7, but getting there involves questionnaires, video interviews, and signing over your likeness. The real question is what Sony gets to keep.
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Sony wants to put a real fan inside Gran Turismo 7, but getting there involves questionnaires, video interviews, and signing over your likeness. The real question is what Sony gets to keep.

The 2020 State of Decay 3 reveal trailer was pre-rendered concept work made by an external studio, with only four or five people at Undead Labs and no actual game in development. Studio head Philip Holt has now confirmed it on camera, and yes, that means no zombie deer.

The Super Mario Galaxy Movie opened to $372.6M worldwide, falling just $2.4M short of its predecessor's record. That's not a failure, it's one of the biggest animated debuts ever.

Max Hejtmánek, the Czech-to-English translator and editor on Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, says he was called into a meeting on March 27th with no prior warning and told his job no longer exists. Warhorse is replacing him with AI.

The player count data for Rocket Racing, Ballistic, and Festival Battle Stage tells a bleaker story than any corporate statement could. These modes weren't killed, they were already dying.

Square Enix has partnered with Google to inject Gemini AI into Dragon Quest X, turning one of gaming's most iconic mascots into a chatbot. The slime deserved better.

FF14 director Naoki Yoshida has openly admitted that Final Fantasy's slow release cadence is pushing younger players away. The comment came in a promotional video, which makes it even harder to ignore.

Sony has swept two more shovelware publishers off the PlayStation Store, pulling over 1,000 listings from Nostra Games and CGI Lab. It's the second major purge in two months, and the scale suggests this isn't a one-off cleanup.

Mojang Studios and Merlin Entertainments have announced Minecraft World, a dedicated theme park coming to Chessington World of Adventures in 2027, complete with a world-first Minecraft roller coaster.

Red Storm Entertainment, the North Carolina studio that created Ghost Recon and Rainbow Six, has been permanently reassigned to IT and engine support by Ubisoft. 105 developers have lost their jobs.

Netflix's Assassin's Creed adaptation has finally started filming, and it's not going anywhere near the Renaissance. The show is set in ancient Rome, 64 AD, right in the middle of Nero's reign.

The first full trailer for Spider-Man: Brand New Day is out, and while Peter Parker's mutating DNA is the headline, Sadie Sink's heavily obscured character is the conversation everyone's actually having.

Pearl Abyss's first singleplayer game drops tomorrow. Here's exactly when Crimson Desert unlocks in your time zone and how to get preloading done before it hits.

Jensen Huang's response to widespread DLSS 5 criticism wasn't a clarification or a concession. It was a dismissal, and that's the problem.

Bethesda has moved to reassure players after Nvidia's DLSS 5 reveal turned Starfield characters into something resembling an Instagram filter gone wrong. The studio says the tech is 'totally optional' and that artists will have full control over the final look.

Nintendo's latest firmware update quietly delivers something Switch 2 owners didn't know they were getting: a free visual upgrade for hundreds of original Switch games, no upgrade pack required.

IO Interactive has cut ties with Build a Rocket Boy, handing full publishing control of MindsEye back to the developer. The Hitman crossover mission announced last June is gone with it.

Eight years after that famous title card, Todd Howard openly regrets the Elder Scrolls 6 reveal. The good news: he also just confirmed the game is finally in full production.

Nathan Fillion announced a Firefly animated continuation at Awesome Con, with the original cast back and Joss Whedon pointedly kept at arm's length.

For years, Pokemon Go players scanned PokeStops and Gyms thinking they were earning in-game rewards. Turns out they were also building a navigation system for commercial delivery robots.

Bethesda has confirmed Starfield news is coming next week, and with a rumoured PS5 launch date of April 7 already circulating, the announcement almost writes itself.

Simpsons showrunner Matt Selman has acknowledged the demand for a Hit & Run revival and refused to rule one out, and the timing is hard to ignore.

Donkey Kong Bananza producer Kenta Motokura says the team's next project will probably inherit ideas from Bananza, continuing a creative lineage that traces back to Super Mario Odyssey.

Epic Games is reducing the amount of V-Bucks players get for their money starting March 19, and their official explanation is that they need to 'pay the bills.' From a company that makes billions.