Castlevania: Belmont's Curse

$40 | Releases in 2026

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Castlevania fans have been waiting years for a new game to be announced, and at long last, the drought is finally over. During the PlayStation State of Play livestream, Castlevania: Belmont's Curse was officially revealed, and the game features some impressive developer pedigree behind it. Priced at $40, physical PS5, Switch, and Xbox Series X versions of the game are now available to preorder through Amazon and Best Buy ahead of its release later this year.

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Just two months ago at The Game Awards, host Geoff Keighley gave a show-closing preview to the raid shooter Highguard. But after struggling out of the gate, Highguard developer Wildlight was hit by massive layoffs, and some are pointing the finger at Keighley for creating high expectations that the dev team couldn't live up to. However, at least one prominent figure in the industry doesn't believe Keighley should shoulder the blame for any of this mess.

"The Highguard layoffs, like many others, are a sad reminder of the economic instability of an industry that asks the world, but promises little," wrote Baldur's Gate 3 director of publishing, Michael Douse on X. "That said, blaming one man for showing a trailer on his telly show is a sophomoric take that shows little understanding of industry!"

The Highguard layoffs, like many others, are a sad reminder of the economic instability of an industry that asks the world but promises little. That said, blaming one man for showing a trailer on his telly show is a sophomoric take that shows little understanding of industry!

— Very AFK (@Cromwelp) February 12, 2026

"If anything, [Keighley] gave Highguard the best chance it could have," added Critical Hits founder Eric Arraché. "The problem was that the game wasn't that good (map too big for 3v3) and I believe it had some server problems on PC on day one. Aside from that, companies seem to be pulling out much faster since the Concord fiasco."

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One of this year's big upcoming games is Saros, the next game from developer Housemarque. A spiritual sequel to Returnal, Saros builds on the foundation of that roguelike action game and is described as the "ultimate evolution" of the company's approach to gameplay-first adventures. Here's everything we know about the game so far, ahead of its arrival in April.

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When will Saros be released?

Saros will be released on April 30, 2026. The game was initially scheduled to launch on March 20, but the third-person shooter was pushed back to this new date.

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Preorders are now open for Saros. A standard edition of the game is priced at $70, and the Digital Deluxe Edition includes 48-hour early access starting April 28 and exclusive Enforcer armor sets. Preordering any physical or digital version of Saros gets you the in-game Hand of Shore Armor as a bonus

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Until recently, Little Saint James--the private island formerly owned by convicted sex criminal and alleged human trafficker Jeffrey Epstein--had a Pokemon Go Pokestop. But following an outcry among players, the Epstein Island Pokestop has been removed by Pokemon Go owner Scopely.

According to Polygon, it's unclear when the Pokestop was added to the island, although Ingress estimates that it was somewhere between 2020 and 2021. Epstein died in prison in 2019, and the island isn't easily accessible to the general public. That hasn't stopped players from fooling the game and letting Pokemon Go virtually place them on the island.

Per Kotaku, the number of virtual Pokemon Go visits to Little Saint James dramatically increased this month as a way to draw attention to the Pokestop that was originally noticed well over a year ago. The release of a new round of Epstein files appears to have spurred that surge, until Scopely quietly removed the Pokestop earlier this week.

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Highguard hasn't even been out a month yet, but the raid shooter has had an epic fall since that time. Earlier this week, a number of developers behind the game were hit by layoffs as the game's developer Wildlight left only a few with their jobs. Now, one of the remaining developers at Wildlight has shared his thoughts on what happened.

Jason McCord--the creative director of Highguard--confirmed on social media that he is still a part of the company. But he added that "yesterday was a kick to the head like nothing you can imagine. I am not affected by the layoffs, besides emotional damage."

McCord went on to offer contacts "for some amazing devs" if any other teams want to hire Wildlight's former employees.

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