The revenge flick is being developed by a single developer, and is coming to Steam next year. The legends at Capcom have shown a new trailer for the Onimusha situs 4d reboot, dubbed Way of the Sword. It looks absolutely fantastic, with tight hack n’ slash combat, and a 2026 launch window for Xbox and PC.
Built by beat ’em up aficionados DOTEMU, it looks pretty tight. Following the success of the first game, Mundfish is back with Atomic Heart II, with a greater emphasis on RPG mechanics according to Geoff Keighley. Section 9 which formed from the developers of Little Nightmares has debuted their new game, dubbed End of Abyss, which looks fantastic. I exclusively revealed Project Kennan a few weeks ago here on Windows Central, but it has yet to be formally revealed. Microsoft and our sources suggested to us that the Black Myth Wukong delay was the result of some form of exclusivity deal with PlayStation and Sony.
Insider Gaming reports that multiple studios at Activision working on Call of Duty are also impacted, including Raven Software and Sledgehammer Games. Phil Spencer, CEO of Microsoft Gaming, sent an email to all Microsoft Gaming employees regarding the layoffs, which was obtained by Windows Central and confirmed as authentic by Microsoft. We have made the decision to stop development of Perfect Dark and Everwild as well as wind down several unannounced projects across our portfolio. As part of this, we are closing one of our studios, The Initiative. These decisions, along with other changes across our teams, reflect a broader effort to adjust priorities and focus resources to set up our teams for greater success within a changing industry landscape. We did not make these choices lightly, as each project and team represent years of effort, imagination, and commitment.
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The boundaries between console and virtual reality gaming have just been spectacularly… Season 3 of The Last of Us is confirmed, but not everyone’s staying on board. Love and Deepspace’s new event boasts a companionship system overhaul. Anthem will be removed from the EA Play library on 15 August, 2025, ahead of its full server shutdown in January 2026, EA has confirmed. The revamped ESL Pro Tour aims to provide structured competition for Dota 2’s Tier 2 scene. PlayStation has opened up a thrilling opportunity for the convenience seekers of gamer land by announcing Apple Pay as a payment method in the PlayStation Store.
Those who have a Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pass option will be able to play games from Nintendo’s 2001 console on the Switch 2 when it releases in June. Coming to PS5, Steam, and Xbox in the future, this game has absolutely absurd physics and skin textures, and should be immediately at the top of any horror fan’s list. “With digital distribution and engines like Unreal, today’s biggest projects emerge from outside the traditional publisher system,” Geoff says. Its listed as coming to Steam in 2026, but the website says it’s also coming to consoles as well.
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The first global tests of Where Winds Meet will soon take place, the last before the release of this promising action RPG in Chinese climates. Amid major layoffs at Microsoft, reports have emerged of a troubling situation at the studio responsible for the Halo series. Final Fantasy’s biggest flop almost killed the entire series, but it only made it stronger – it’s learned a lot from this very expensive misstep. It’s going great in the company’s Xbox division too, according to a memo sent to employees by Phil Spencer. A Microsoft representative confirmed with PC Gamer that the reported memo is accurate. Microsoft is reportedly laying off around 9,000 people in total, and a lot of them are coming from the Xbox business.
The project joins the ranks of another NFT game and NFT gear added to a Ghost Recon title. DiskFight swaps hammers and moles for four 3.5-inch disk drives that has players trying to quickly eject and reinsert floppy disks while also dealing with disks that pop out all on their own. BioWare’s much-maligned live service shooter is shutting its servers on January 12th, 2026.