Following the passing of Star Wars actress Carrie Fisher in December, Lucasfilm boss Kathleen Kennedy and Star Wars: Episode IX director reportedly met to discuss how to move forward. Now, Fisher's brother, Todd Fisher, said that Fisher will appear as Leia in 2019's Star Wars: Episode IX.He and Carrie Fisher's daughter, Billie Lourd, gave the go-ahead to Disney to use "recent footage" of Fisher in... more.

Earlier this year, Overwatch game director Jeff Kaplan talked about the unlikely possibility of the hero shooter coming to Nintendo Switch. Now, Kaplan has said Blizzard would need to "revisit performance" to have Overwatch run the way Blizzard would want it to on Nintendo's hybrid console."I think the problem is, we've really targeted our min spec in a way that we would have to revisit performanc... more.

Ahead of the new shooter Get Even's release next month, you can now listen to some of the game's music tracks composed by Olivier Deriviere. You may not know him by name, but you're likely familiar with his work, as he composed the music for Assassin's Creed IV: Freedom Cry and Remember Me.Developer The Farm 51 and Bandai Namco are promising something new for Get Even's soundtrack, as the music wi... more.

Ubisoft veteran Alex Hutchinson has left the company to create his own studio. Hutchinson, who was the game director on high-profile Ubisoft projects such as Assassin's Creed III and Far Cry 4, announced his departure from the French gaming giant on Twitter this week (via IGN). "Extremely proud of all we achieved on Far Cry and Assassins but very excited to build something new," he said. He's sta... more.

Today at an event in Taipei, Wargaming revealed new details on the company's previously announced World of Warships partnership with the naval-themed anime High School Fleet.This will come in the form of a pair of new premium ships to buy, including the HSF Harekaze (destroyer) and the HSF Graf Spee (cruiser). You can see these ships in the image below.Voice actors from High School Fleet will lend... more.

The future of Battlefield 1 is coming into focus. In a blog post titled "The Road Ahead for Battlefield 1," DICE talked about some of what's coming to the World War I shooter and more. First, the developer confirmed the game will get monthly updates. Previous entries in the series have instead opted for seasonal updates, so around four major ones per year. "Considering all we have in store for Bat... more.

The next Total War game differentiates itself from those that came before it. Total War: Arena is a free-to-play, online-focused game in the works for PC, made by series studio Creative Assembly. It's still without a release date, but progress is moving along, and employees from Wargaming--whose Alliance label is working on the game--shared some new insight on the project in an interview with Game... more.

As Mass Effect: Andromeda recently showed, even games with massive budgets, schedules, and teams can sometimes come up short. According to XCOM Lead Jake Solomon--a man whose own forays into triple-A development have produced highly successful games like XCOM 2--that's not too surprising.In a talk Solomon gave last month at PAX East, he explained that failure is as much a tool as it is a stumbling... more.

CD Projekt Red, the developer of The Witcher series and the upcoming Cyberpunk 2077, has defended its decision to trademark the word "Cyberpunk."The company received some criticicism last week after filing for the trademark in Europe late last year. "I hope they won't be able to push that trademark, it's kind of uncool move," wrote one Reddit user. "We wouldn't be able to have term 'Cyberpunk' u... more.

The Predator is the long-awaited next part of the long-running sci-fi action franchise, and it is currently in production. Director Shane Black has previously stated that the movie will be a sequel to the classic 1987 Predator--however, original star Arnold Schwarzenegger won't be in there. Now the Austrian superstar has revealed why he's not involved.In an interview with Yahoo, Schwarzenegger exp... more.