George Yang

Epic Games Store Blog • May 5th, 2026

LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight pays tribute to the hero's iconic history

LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight is facing some lofty expectations, but TT Games is ready to meet the moment. The developer has extensive experience working on LEGO games featuring such fabled properties as Harry Potter, Star Wars, and of course, Batman. With Batman: Arkham developer Rocksteady's next project shrouded in secrecy, players are hungry for a new adventure featuring the caped crusader, and LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight looks like it's going to give it to them.

MMORPG.com • April 30th, 2026

Hands-on Preview: 007 First Light has one of the Best Openers in Recent Memory

It’s been a while since I’ve been enamored with an opening sequence as clever as 007 First Light’s. It starts with James Bond before he joins MI6 on an aircraft over Iceland, when the plane gets hit and he crash lands on the shore. Surviving the fall, he makes his way towards the center as he avoids guards, and his comms randomly get intercepted by MI6, with the organization helping guide his way to safety.

MMORPG.com • March 17th, 2026

Hands-On Preview: Waiting 6 Years for Pragmata Was Worth It

When Pragmata was announced back in 2020, it became one of my most anticipated games. It was initially slated for a 2022 release, but it kept getting delayed, eventually landing on a 2026 release. Pragmata’s unique blend of real-time puzzle solving and shooting mechanics drew me in, while the father-daughter-like relationship between the two main characters, Diana and Hugh, kept me engaged for the long-term.

Epic Games Store Blog • March 4th, 2026

Crimson Desert wants to transcend genre boundaries

Crimson Desert is poised to be one of 2026’s biggest games. Social media posts about the game have been increasingly going viral due to the sheer amount of activities included in it. There are your typical gameplay pillars like combat, side quests, and cooking, but Crimson Desert also includes pastimes like fishing and even arm wrestling! It's an ambitious game, filled with numerous interlocking systems, and the developers at Pearl Abyss are holding nothing back when it comes to making Crimson Desert the most enjoyable action-adventure game they’ve ever released.

Mashable • March 2nd, 2026

'Marathon' game hands-on: Bungie shooter goes back to the future

When it comes to first-person shooters, Bungie — from Halo all the way to Destiny — has long been in a class of its own. Now the studio is returning to an older game — Marathon, originally released in 1994.

Having played the 2026 version of Marathon for 6 hours, my first impressions are positive. The gunplay is impressive, the art direction is enticing.

The game's slower pacing may not be for everyone — but personally, I’m hungry for more.

MMORPG.com • February 12th, 2026

Preview: Monster Hunter Stories 3's Story Finally Gets the Emotional Treatment the Series Deserves

Japanese RPGs love a silent protagonist. Think of some of the recent notable ones, like Persona 5, Digimon Story: Time Stranger, and Dragon Quest VII: Reimagined. What do they all have in common? Their characters don’t really have many lines outside of battle grunts and dialogue confirmations.

Fangoria • January 26th, 2026

I Played 3 Hours Of RESIDENT EVIL REQUIEM And Its New Screaming Enemies Frighten Me

We’ve had monsters chasing us in Resident Evil games, such as Mr. X and Nemesis in Resident Evil 2 and 3 remakes, respectively. In 2021’s Resident Evil Village, the towering Lady Dimitrescu followed players throughout the castle portion of the game. Capcom has confirmed that the upcoming Resident Evil Requiem’s stalker monster, a grotesque female creature of some sort (which can be seen in the initial reveal trailers), will be more like Lady Dimitrescu, only being a “small part” of the game.

MMORPG.com • January 15th, 2026

Preview: Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties New Mini Games Rock

As much as the Yakuza/Like a Dragon series is about shirtless men beating each other up, it’s also filled with entertaining mini games. You can partake in plenty of activities like batting cages, bowling, blackjack, and even mahjong. But in Yakuza 3 Kiwami, SEGA and Ryu Ga Gotoku added a plethora of new ones that are equally fun and challenging.

MMORPG.com • January 5th, 2026

Preview: Code Vein II is an Aggressive Soulslike With RPG Charm

The Soulslike genre is one of the most influential in video games. Games like Lies of P, Nioh, and The Surge have all taken their own stabs at the genre with their own unique twists, such as Nioh’s battle stances and The Surge’s dismemberment system. But there’s one intersection that surprisingly hasn’t been explored nearly as much as you’d expect: Soulslike and anime.

Restart.run • November 19th, 2025

Dragon Quest VII Reimagined Hands-On Preview

Restart.run spoke with producer Takeshi Ichikawa about Dragon Quest VII Reimagined and how it differs from others Square Enix has recently released.

Anime News Network • September 25th, 2025

Yakuza Kiwami 3 is More Than Just a Remake, And Dark Ties Proves it

Sega and Ryu ga Gotoku have made sure that older games in the Yakuza/Like a Dragon series are accessible to newer audiences. By remaking the first two games as Yakuza Kiwami and Yakuza Kiwami 2, as well as remastering the older PS3 titles, almost all of the games are now available on modern platforms.

Epic Games Store Blog • September 17th, 2025

Battlefield 6’s Escalation mode unleashes the series’ largest-scale battles

A few months ago, Electronic Arts and DICE teased Battlefield 6’s new Escalation mode, which promised a new way to experience Battlefield’s large-scale battles and explosive tension. With the resounding success and positive feedback that its open beta received, EA and DICE are positioned to have the best multiplayer shooter of 2025.

UploadVR • September 9th, 2025

Star Wars: Beyond Victory's Playset Mode Will Have You Feeling Like a Kid Again

Have you ever wanted to build your own imaginary Star Wars scenes as a child, but didn’t have the money to afford all of those individual figurines of your favorite characters?

Star Wars: Beyond Victory has the perfect solution to that. Developer ILM Immersive's upcoming mixed reality game has three separate game modes, including Adventure, Arcade, and Playset.

Fangoria • August 20th, 2025

This New Video Game Lets You Play As A Vampire Human Hybrid

In 2022, former CD Projekt employees founded Rebel Wolves, a new studio aiming to make dark fantasy games. With developers holding years of experience under the phenomenal The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt and Cyberpunk 2077, it looks like Rebel Wolves is poised for success.

The studio's first game, The Blood of Dawnwalker, was first revealed in January this year. Its dark fantasy medieval setting is filled with vampires, monsters, and other haunted creatures, that is quite an aesthetic departure from what these developers created before.

Epic Games Store Blog • July 31st, 2025

Battlefield 6 hands-on: Four hours of play brings back the old days

In recent years, the Battlefield series has experimented with its various settings, including both World Wars in Battlefield 1 and V as well as the near future in Battlefield 2042. But EA is returning to a modern setting with Battlefield 6. After four hours of hands-on time with this new entry, it seems very much like a continuation of the modern warfare of Battlefield 3 and 4, which were arguably the peaks of the franchise’s popularity.

Anime News Network • June 12th, 2025

Towa and the Guardians of the Sacred Tree is Hades but Japanese

During Summer Game Fest, Bandai Namco revealed a new roguelike game called Towa and the Guardians of the Sacred Tree. While it was a bit difficult to tell what it was just by the gameplay trailer, it looked like Supergiant's massive hit roguelike game Hades, but with an Eastern aesthetic.

Anime News Network • June 11th, 2025

Onimusha: Way of the Sword Keeps True to its Predecessors

CAPCOM's Onimusha series had a long run on the PlayStation 2, starting with 2001's Onimusha Warlords. It was basically Resident Evil but with samurai, due to the gameplay's focus on fixed cameras. However, Onimusha didn't really take off nearly as well as CAPCOM's iconic horror franchise. As a result, 2006's Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams was the last mainline entry in the series.

Anime News Network • June 11th, 2025

Capcom's Pragmata is Intriguing

Five years ago, CAPCOM released the announcement trailer for Pragmata, a new sci-fi IP. It was only a cinematic trailer, but it piqued my interest as it showed an astronaut interacting with a small girl. All of a sudden, their surroundings completely warped in zero gravity, with both of them sent flying and a giant telescope was on its way to crash into them.

Anime News Network • June 11th, 2025

Code Vein 2 is Bigger and Better

One of the biggest surprises during Summer Game Fest was the announcement of Code Vein 2, Bandai Namco's follow-up to the 2019 vampiric soulslike RPG. The game is slated to launch sometime in 2026, and I got a chance to learn more about it through a hands-off preview with Bandai Namco.

Fangoria • June 11th, 2025

We Got A First Look At RESIDENT EVIL REQUIEM And It's Horrifying

The ninth mainline game in Capcom’s iconic Resident Evil franchise has finally been revealed. During the Summer Game Fest showcase, the show ended with the reveal of Resident Evil Requiem. It follows a new protagonist, Grace Ashcroft, an investigative reporter who’s also the daughter of Alyssa Ashcroft from 2003’s Resident Evil Outbreak.

Fangoria • June 9th, 2025

Supermassive Games' DIRECTIVE 8020 Is A Big Step Up

We played a 20-minute demo of Directive 8020 and spoke with executive producer Dan McDonald about why it took so long for the next Dark Pictures game to come out, as well as their future plans for the series.

Anime News Network • May 29th, 2025

Persona 5: The Phantom X Makes Smart Changes to the Traditional Persona Formula

Persona 5 was released almost a decade ago in Japan. Since then, we've had many spin-offs: Persona 5 Strikers, Persona 5 Tactica, Persona 5: Dancing in Starlight, and Persona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth. I'm surprised we haven't had a Persona 5 spin-off fighting game. While the whole world is waiting for even the slightest crumb of Persona 6, there's yet another Persona 5 spin-off coming.

Enter Persona5: The Phantom X, a free-to-play mobile spin-off of Persona 5.

Inverse • May 27th, 2025

The RPGs That Started It All Are Finally Getting Perfect Remakes

The Dragon Quest series isn’t the most well-known within Square Enix’s stable, but it’s one of the most influential. Its simple turn-based combat became the blueprint of hundreds of modern RPGs. It doesn’t have any fancy battle mechanics like Persona’s Press-Turn system. But that’s what’s so special about these remakes.

Anime News Network • May 20th, 2025

Raidou Remastered: The Mystery of the Soulless Army Is Shaping Up to Be One of Atlus' Best Games

I spent three hours playing the remaster's first two chapters, and it's shaping up to be one of Atlus' best games, especially from a combat angle. Aside from Persona 5 Strikers, Atlus is known for its turn-based combat, but Raidou takes the opposite route and has real-time action. It's a departure from what recent Atlus fans are used to, but it's a welcome one after years of creating turn-based games.