Software giant Adobe sees many of its popular programs, such as Photoshop, InDesign, and Premiere used in the creation of games and other popular entertainment media. Their programs factor into many different development pipelines, and are so ubiquitous as to be almost unavoidable--which is why many developers were extremely dismayed to wake up to an email from Adobe announcing the program's discontinuation on March 1.

"We’re contacting you to let you know that Adobe will be discontinuing Adobe Animate on March 1, 2026. As an existing Animate user, you may continue to use Animate, but please note that technical support will no longer be available after March 1, 2027," states part of the email sent to users.

The email suggests alternative Adobe programs for certain functionality, and also notes that "access to your Animate files and project data will end on March 1, 2027."

Ubisoft Montreal veteran David Michaud-Cromp--who most recently worked on Assassin's Creed Shadows--has confirmed that he was terminated by the company after a 13-year run. While Michaud-Cromp didn't disclose a reason for his dismissal, he spoke out against Ubisoft's return-to-work mandate in January.

"Today, I was terminated by Ubisoft, effective immediately," wrote Michaud-Cromp on his LinkedIn account. "This was not my decision. I won't be discussing internal details or circumstances. I'm taking time to regroup and will share next steps when appropriate."

Last week, Michaud-Cromp disclosed that he had been suspended for three days without pay. He added that Ubisoft told him that it was "related to public comments I expressed regarding the company's return-to-office policy, and based on an alleged breach of the duty of loyalty."

Chad Grenier, the studio head at Wildlight Entertainment and director of the free-to-play raid shooter Highguard, has said it "doesn't matter" how many people play the game.

Speaking to Polygon, Grenier said, "Whether it gets a thousand people or a hundred million people, it doesn't matter. What matters most is that the game is loved by the people who played it."

He added that his hope is that Highguard becomes a game that "people love and becomes part of them."

Nearly seven years ago, People Playground debuted on Steam and invited players to terrorize their ragdoll stick-figure creations. Now, someone has created a malicious mod that's wrecking havoc on People Playground's saves and other files.

People Playground's solo developer, mestiez, shared an urgent message on the game's Steam page warning players about what happened and how they should handle it. The steps are reproduced below:

• Update the game by verifying game files
• Go to your game directory and delete the "mods" folder.
• Go to "Steam\steamapps\workshop\content\1118200" and delete the folder.
• Unsubscribe from mods that were updated/uploaded after January 30.
• If you have any uploaded mods, check if they were recently updated without your consent.

As explained by mestiez, the offending code was added through People Playground's workshop, which has now been temporarily disabled. According to mestiez's description, the mod removes the Contraptions folder as well as other PPG-related files. It also overwrites any mods and replaces them with itself.

World of Warcraft secret hunters now have a place to call home, as an over a decade-old mystery dating back to the Cataclysm expansion now has a new purpose.

As discovered by the WoW Secret Finding & Collections Discord community (via Icy Veins), a strange pearl on the very edge of the Vash'jir map that has perplexed players since 2010 now serves a peculiar new function. Bumping into the pearl teleports players to a mysterious location that looks to be an alternate version of the Seat of Knowledge from Pandaria, one where a secret group called the Cabal of the Mind-Seekers meets.

This secret room essentially serves as a display room for all of the game's unlockable "secrets" that have been added to Blizzard's MMORPG over the years. There are locations for 30 of the game's secrets to each be displayed, once a player has personally completed the corresponding secret.

Polish developer Bloober Team has launched a teaser website pointing to some kind of reveal this month, and while it remains a mystery, the studio has now ruled out a few possibilities for what it could be.

Responding to speculation that the project might be a remake, or more specifically a remake of 2006's horror game Rule of Rose, Bloober CEO Piotr Babieno said, "Nice guess, but no."

"It definitely doesn't refer to any remake," the executive added in a post on LinkedIn (via TheGamer). It's also not related in any way to Rule of Rose, and it's not a new Observer game.

The Resident Evil franchise has a mixed track record in the cinematic landscape, and a new live-action short film promoting Resident Evil Requiem may put all previous efforts to shame.

Titled "Evil Has Always Had A Name," the roughly three-and-a-half-minute-long film features Maika Monroe, who starred in horror films It Follows and Longlegs. Monroe portrays the mother of a young girl, and the two appear to be living a happy life--unfortunately, they were living in Raccoon City amidst the T-virus outbreak depicted in Resident Evil 2 and 3.

You can probably see where this short film is going without us telling you, and it ends in a somber yet heartfelt fashion. The video provides glimpses of the city during the chaos and destruction, and some viewers even believe they heard Nemesis yell his famous "STARS" line in the background.

World of Warcraft's two most iconic cities, the Alliance capital Stormwind and the Horde capital Orgrimmar, could be receiving major revamps in the future.

In an interview with PC Gamer, associate game director Paul Kubit and manager for visual development Gabriel Gonzalez said reimaginings of the two major cities are something Blizzard would like to tackle.

First, however, the team is waiting to see how its revamp of the Blood Elf capital of Silvermoon, coming as part of the new Midnight expansion, is received. The updates to Silvermoon and the surrounding areas are substantial, with massively improved visuals and reworked locations. Many of the old locations players know and love, like Murder Row, the Royal Exchange, and the Bazaar, are all still there, but expanded on with updated architecture and lighting.

Season 2 of Call of Duty is packed with new content, including Ranked Play modes for both Black Ops 7 multiplayer and Warzone's battle royale. Activision has revealed the big update will also include improvements to Call of Duty's Ricochet anti-cheat.

In a new blog post, the publisher says its top priority is "launching Ranked Play with the strongest protections possible" to ensure matches are decided by player skill and not exploits. Part of this focus is targeting unapproved third-party hardware, such as Cronus Zen and XIM Matrix devices that can be used to alter player inputs and obtain an unfair advantage.

"We know what an unfair match looks like: losing a close gunfight to aim that never seems to miss, recoil that never kicks, or reactions that don't feel human," Activision says.

Diablo 4 is getting a popular gameplay system from Diablo 3 for its upcoming Season 12--killstreaks.

Originally introduced in Diablo 3, killstreaks reward players for racking up a large number of kills in quick succession, with stacking XP bonuses for how high a player's killstreak climbs.

The system will be largely the same in Diablo 4 (minus rewards for destroying breakable objects or killing enemies with the environment, as in Diablo 3). There will be five tiers of killstreaks players will be able to earn, with increased XP and seasonal reputation bonuses based on the highest tier achieved during the streak. Those five tiers are: