The creators of free-to-play gacha RPG Duet Night Abyss have publicly apologized for a "cybersecurity incident" that saw players' PCs infected with malware. The incident--which developer Pan Studio is calling a "malicious attack"--took place on March 18 and resulted in malware affecting an unknown number of players. Per a recent post from the official Duet Night Abyss X account, the malware was spread via an update patch for the game's launcher, which went live on Steam at 1:04 PT / 4:04 AM ET on March 18.

"First and foremost, we would like to express our deepest apologies for the cybersecurity incident that occurred yesterday," Pan Studio said in a post shared to both X and the game's Steam page. "Following the resolution of these temporary issues, we have conducted a full review and summary of the event."

Pan Studio's timeline says they became aware of the malware incident roughly 24 minutes after the launcher's update patch went live, and quickly began working on a fix, deploying an "emergency update" patch roughly two and a half hours after discovering the issue.

Kirsten Dunst is joining the cast of A Minecraft Movie 2, and this comes not long after she said she wanted to be in the movie because her kids enjoyed the first one and she likes money.

Deadline, which confirmed Dunst's casting, said there is no word yet on the role she will play. In any event, she joins a cast that includes returning cast members like Jack Black, Jason Momoa, Danielle Brooks, Matt Berry, and Jennifer Coolidge.

Jared Hess, who directed A Minecraft Movie, is coming back for the sequel. Dunst has appeared in 90+ films and shows, and earned an Academy Award nomination for The Power of the Dog. A Minecraft Movie 2 will be her first video game movie, but she is no stranger to a blockbuster franchise, of course, as she starred as Mary Jane in the Sam Raimi Spider-Man movies.

Epic Games has launched a brand-new and ambitious-sounding feature for Fortnite, and it's the ability for anyone to make Star Wars-inspired islands using the Unreal Editor for Fortnite (UEFN).

This is part of Disney's $1.5 billion investment into Epic Games, and, in short, what this means is Fortnite players with creativity and passion can make their own Star Wars games and worlds within Fortnite. Given how dedicated the Fortnite community is, it's expected the debut of the new UEFN tools for Star Wars will lead to some impressive creations. It sounds exciting, but there are also some key things to know about rights-usage and other limitations.

Enterprising creators can begin making their Star Wars worlds now, while they will be able to publish them to Fortnite's Creator Portal on May 1, just ahead of the May the 4th Star Wars holiday. Epic also announced a Star Wars Game Collection page in the Discover portal of Fortnite, and Epic will highlight some of the best ones via its Epic’s Picks program.

When Hytale was released, you could find and interact with a slew of different mobs. From enemies with weapons to peaceful animals wandering a meadow, these mobs are all over the map, regardless of your world seed. However, if you tried to tame one of the many animals in Hytale, as you can do in Minecraft, you were met with some disappointment, as that feature wasn't live when the game launched.

Fortunately, the developers at Hypixel have been releasing constant updates since release, and a new update has added the ability to tame animals in Hytale. Below, you can see how the taming process works and the items needed to tame all possible animals you can find throughout the world.

As you might have expected, taming animals in Hytale is extremely similar to the way it works in Minecraft. However, the developers have stressed that the current version of taming is basic and in the early stages of development, so it could change down the line as Hytale progresses through early access.

McDonald's is rolling out another Mario-themed Happy Meal, this time tied to the upcoming Super Mario Galaxy Movie. The promotion starts in the United States on March 26, about a week before the movie lands in theaters on April 1. Instead of the usual small toys like the first movie's collab, these Happy Meals will feature character keychains.

The main set is expected to include Mario, Toad (possibly styled as Captain Toad), Bowser, Peach, and Luigi in his Frog Suit, which we got a look at in a previous trailer. On top of that, Rosalina and Bowser Jr. are part of the wave, as the cast expands beyond the standard Mushroom Kingdom crew.

McDonald’s and Mario go way back to 1990 with the release of Super Mario Bros. 3 for the NES, and only had four toys in the set: Raccoon Mario, a Goomba, a Koopa Paratroopa, and Luigi with a starman. The previous movie tie-in toys came out in late 2022 when the movie was originally supposed to be released, but was moved to Spring 2023. Then there was the Mario Kart 8 set from 2024, which had 10 pieces to collect, including a metallic pink Peach and golden Mario.

2021's Kena: Bridge of Spirits, which was originally released on PlayStation consoles and PC, is headed to Nintendo Switch 2 very soon. Developer Ember Lab has announced that Bridge of Spirits will hit Nintendo's console on March 26, with preorders opening today from the eShop.

The Switch 2 version of Bridge of Spirits includes the game's previously released Anniversary DLC, which comes with new outfits and accessibility features. Players also get the New Game+ mode.

Bridge of Spirits is also available on Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S, having released on those platforms in 2024. A sequel, Kena: Scars of Kosmora, is set for release later this year on PS5 and PC.

Ubisoft subsidiary Red Storm Entertainment has just laid off over 100 developers and is ceasing game development, according to new reports.

Both VGC and GamesIndustry.biz reported on the layoffs at the North Carolina game studio on Thursday morning. There were 105 jobs cut as part of Ubisoft's latest round of layoffs, and Red Storm Entertainment will now be a support studio working on the Snowdrop game engine, IT services, and customer relations rather than active game development.

It's a sad end for a studio that played a major role in making Ubisoft what it is today. Red Storm Entertainment, co-founded by Tom Clancy himself, created the Rainbow Six series in 1998 and was acquired by Ubisoft in 2000. Over the next two decades, it would help build up the Ghost Recon series and The Division in addition to spearheading Ubisoft's VR development with Werewolves Within and Star Trek: Bridge Crew.