I recently restarted Bloodborne after abandoning it years ago. I was sorta worried (and hopeful) we were going to get a remake announcement, though I knew it'd be unlikely! It was, indeed, too unlikely. A bit of a boring State of Play for me but at Project Windless and new Castlevania look sick!

A bit annoyed this State of Play so far is mostly another look at games we've seen a bunch already with very few release dates or meaningful new info :\

I wanna play the intense chicken game. It looks sick???

I’m also really happy with how this sheet turned out 🥹 inspired by lots of online hang out sessions with friends

Tbh this is the only kind of night out I want these days. I wanna celebrate Pokémon 30!!

I told you I’d be back! Over the past month I’ve put more than 150 hours into Mewgenics and loved just about every minute of it. It really is a fantastic tactical RPG roguelike - and the soundtrack is exceptional, too. www.ign.com/articles/mew...

I'm on my second playthrough of BG3 and I can't say its story is what's most special about it. It's the mechanics and how it all works together! I'm interested in a sequel show and I don't think Larian necessarily needs to lead on the story, but it IS RUDE that Larian isn't significantly involved.

Good morning! February marks the 10th anniversary of Stardew Valley. I had the great pleasure of speaking to ConcernedApe ahead of the occasion about the last ten years and his plans for the future. It's a nice long one, please enjoy: www.ign.com/articles/sta...

I attended a Nintendo preview event last week and played a TON of stuff coming to Switch 2. First, after playing Super Mario Bros. Wonder - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Meetup in Bellabel Park, we need to have a talk about Nintendo's annoying Switch 2 Edition strategy: www.ign.com/articles/im-...

I'm teaming up w/ my boy Jesse Vitelli (@mamavitelli.bsky.social) to co-op Resident Evil 6; and we're doing it live to say FUCK ICE and fundraise for MIRAC!! (@miracmn.bsky.social)! 👉🏽 www.givemn.org/story/pnu2tf 👈🏽 COME THRU @ 3PM PT / 6PM ET TODAY!! 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽 twitch.tv/mamavitelli twitch.tv/brazyazn

Do YOU want to play Kiln before almost anyone else? Sign up for our Beta Testing Program and be one of the first on the battlefield. We'll be sending more details about future beta opportunities to anyone who signs up, and we'd love to have you! doublefine.com/beta 🏺Get Fired Up for the Throwdown🏺

This Xbox Developer Direct so far? FANTASTIC. I demand my friends play Kiln with me.

“Liam’s older brother, a middle schooler, came home 20 minutes later to find his father and brother missing”

Breaks my heart to share this, but today is my last day at The Verge and I am looking for work! I'd really like to stay in video games, preferably in some kind of journalistic capacity but I can do PR/Marketing and maybe even a lil Narrative Design. Please get in touch! www.ashparrish.com

Gosh dang, I love journalism. Another fantastic report from Nicole.

I require this.

It's one of those rare days where I'm excited to volunteer to work late. I love Animal Crossing! I've been playing the past month or so here and there, but as of the past week I'm really in it. I chose to keep on keeping on with my island, Twin Peaks. 🦉

this made me sob but it is worth watching

I had the honor of meeting Yoshiro Kimura last year at the Onion Games office in Tokyo, and got to listen to him talk very earnestly about game development and Stray Children and, well, life. www.ign.com/articles/str...

Hey there! IGN’s Video Guide team is looking for freelancers who live and breathe SHOOTERS — Marvel Rivals, Arc Raiders, Call of Duty, Overwatch, and more. Strong guide writing and video editing experience required (provide samples!). DMs are open for questions and samples!

now that i’ve seen lord of the rings, i can truly appreciate all the memes

🍏 Hope passing between two years 🍏 Wishing you all a kind and happy 2026 💚

New by me at The A.V. Club! I got to do my first ~Preview~ piece and take a look at the playtest for ABOUT FISHING, the new super atmospheric game from the developer who brought us the inimitable Arctic Eggs! Go read it!!

I had the great honor of doing this year’s IGN Awards art direction and I’m super happy with how they turned out! I went for a Y2K sci-fi aesthetic with holographic stickers and all. More to come throughout the week!

I love living near the Nintendo Store 🥹 I went to snag a game and a few presents and got so many freebies! The magazine is a holiday gift guide I'm going to cut up and use for journaling.

2025 was a helluva year. Published some of the best work I’ve ever done, but still going into 2026 on the job market. So check out my website and keep me in mind if you find yourself needing a writer/producer/editorial multi-hyphenate. Happy Holidays!!! www.mattkimwrites.com

People really don't know just how tough it is to equip so many different musical instruments in the span of a single Game of the Year medley for The Game Awards.

"And it's out now" 😭 please...let me rest......

SW33P

Coven of the Chicken Foot is EXTREMELY my shit hot dang.

2023 / 2025 #TheGameAwards

I wrote dis! I interviewed the composer, Lorien Testard who shredded the guitar. READ NOW!

He's got a knife!

I have some more £10 commissions available. It doesn't have to be of a goblin, but I really love goblins so that's the examples you can see here! If you would like a commission please send me a message, thank you!

PSA if you're planning to dig into Metroid Prime 4: Beyond tonight -- Save yourself the woe of having a 98% scan completion at the end of the game by making sure you scan these 3 guys in the tutorial area! We've got plenty more tips, video, and a guide in-progress here! www.ign.com/wikis/metroi...

I'm unfortunately using YouTube Music after canceling Spotify because I already pay for YouTube Premium (I use YouTube almost daily), but if I end up getting annoyed enough with how poor of an experience it is I'm probably going to Qobuz.

Spotify is garbage on every count: Its treatment of artists, its ICE advertising, the CEO's investment in military AI, its leading role in the commodification and AI slopification of music, its terrible audio quality—you name it. So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:

I understand why people stay on services that suck but not Spotify. There’s so many other platforms that are 1-to-1 the same but with less garbage if not objectively better.

I managed to start and get 70 hours in Baldur's Gate 3 last week with my partner. It was the best Thanksgiving week I've had?? I wanted to hold off playing until we both had time (and BG3 had all its updates) and hot damn we're already scheming to do another run, hopefully with more friends.

This new season of Fionna and Cake is so good 😭 I'm still constantly surprised how it keeps the spirit of the original while maturing the tone and jokes a bit.

As opposed to doing a retro review, I decided to muse about the Gainax Pose in Gunbuster and how it's preferential shorthand is far more meaningful than the Akira slide.

You know what, just go ahead and delay to 2027 at this point. 🫥

Teen Vogue has incredible reporting. This is messed up.

okay, update: i have had this question answered, and I am now looking to speak to game QA testers ON the record about the weirdest, silliest-sounding things they've had to do to make sure games work. the wackier the better. happy to keep folks anon if they prefer. DMs open, email/Signal in bio

I still can't believe Nintendo randomly dropped a major ACNH announcement and reveal randomly on a Thursday morning. Y'all, I'm so happy 😭

If you are interested in indie games coming to Xbox, give the ID@Xbox Showcase a watch! I got a chance to work on this and am proud of what the team put together www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rtt...

have a scored review, as a treat: www.ign.com/articles/pok...

New Unlocked! We had to hold it to align w/Keeper's review embargo so we could talk freely... With the great @timoflegend.bsky.social & @leepetty.bsky.social from @doublefine.com! We chat w/them (no spoilers) about Keeper & why we love it, then talk ROG Xbox Ally X! www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwgW...