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Netflix Is Changing Its Gaming Strategy Again, Moving Away From Prestige Indies to Casual and Mainstream Games
Netflix is changing its video game strategy once again, and this time the shift appears to be away from the prestige indie games that helped define its early gaming ambitions. The company has closed Night School Studio, the developer behind Oxenfree, as well as Moonloot Games, while restructuring its games division around a smaller number of priorities. Netflix says those priorities include kids’ games, party and puzzle titles, narrative experiences, and mainstream games. The move represents a significant change for…
Nintendo Switch 2 Rumor Claims Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald Ports Could Arrive This Fall
Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2 owners may soon have another way to revisit the Hoenn region. A new rumor claims that Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald could be released on the platforms in late September or early October 2026. According to the source, the information comes from leaker Shpeshal Nick, who suggested that Nintendo is preparing the three classic Pokémon titles for its current hardware. Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald May Be Next The rumored releases would follow Nintendo’s…
Former Rockstar Technical Lead Says GTA 4 NPCs Were Meant to Have Daily Lives, But the System Created Too Many Bugs
Grand Theft Auto IV could have featured a much deeper NPC simulation than what ultimately shipped. According to former Rockstar North technical director Obbe Vermeij, producer Leslie Benzies wanted Liberty City’s civilians to have individual homes, jobs, schedules, and daily routines. Vermeij discussed the idea in an interview with Edge Magazine. He explained that Benzies wanted NPCs to have “a place to live” and a schedule that could take them to work every morning, but the feature became extremely difficult…
The Witcher 3 Lead Designer Says Making Villages Feel Real Led to NPCs Dropping Babies When Geralt Started Fighting
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is widely praised for making its open world feel populated by people with lives beyond Geralt’s journey, but CD Projekt Red’s attempt to create that illusion produced some bizarre problems during development. Philipp Weber, a former quest designer on the game, recently explained that the team’s focus on believable NPC routines eventually created unexpected challenges when players began examining the world more closely. Speaking with Edge Magazine source, Weber explained that small villages made players…
Hayden Panettiere, ‘Kingdom Hearts’ Kairi Voice Actress, Dies at 36
Hayden Panettiere, the actress who voiced Kairi in the Kingdom Hearts series, has died at the age of 36. Her death was confirmed on August 16, 2026, by her representative, with ABC News reporting that the family confirmed her passing through her publicist. No cause of death has been publicly disclosed at the time of writing. Panettiere leaves behind a career that began when she was an infant and eventually made her a familiar face across television, film, and video…
Insomniac Dev says Marvel’s Wolverine backlash is a “relentless onslaught” that harms developers’ mental health
With Marvel’s Wolverine just weeks away from its September 15 release, Insomniac Games is facing an unusually intense wave of social media criticism. Viral clips mocking the PS5 game’s combat and presentation have spread rapidly across X, prompting James Stevenson, Insomniac’s Director of Community and Marketing, to question how developers should engage with the platform. Stevenson addressed the situation directly after several gameplay clips were widely shared online. His comments focused less on defending individual gameplay sequences and more on…