Easy Trigger Games and Coffee Stain Publishing have announced Huntdown: Overtime, a roguelite prequel to their 2020 run-and-gun action game Huntdown.

The game directly follows the origins of John Sawyer, one of the playable characters in Huntdown, as he's transformed into a cyborg bounty hunter. Players fight through the game's cyberpunk criminal underworld in procedurally generated runs, and upgrade John Sawyer with new cybernetics after each death.

That reveal trailer and the game at large are intentionally going for a tone that Art Director Tommy Gustafsson says is inspired by "the badass spirits of '80s cinema," according to a press release. It doesn't seem like Huntdown: Overtime will take itself too seriously, and definitely stands out from its predecessor and other Coffee Stain Publishing games quite a bit.

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Return to Silent Hill director Christophe Gans has confirmed that an alternate, longer cut of the film exists, but there's no guarantee this version will see the light of day.

That's according to a fan who attended the Return to Silent Hill premiere and a Q&A session with Gans (via Reddit), who says the filmmaker originally submitted a longer version of the movie. Gans described this cut as longer and allowing the story more room to breathe, but he was instructed by his producers to trim the movie down to two hours. This version also gave a key character from Silent Hill 2--the game the movie is adapted from--more screen time and a death scene.

According to the fan, "Gans said he struggled to find the right place for it in the edit," and it's unclear if the scene will appear in a potential director's cut version of Return to Silent Hill. The film has gotten off to a poor start at the box office, grossing just $3.2 million from US theaters. This pales in comparison to the opening US weekends for 2006's Silent Hill ($20.2 million) and Silent Hill: Revelation ($8 million), and reviews have not been kind.

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Metal Gear protagonist and stealth-action game icon Solid Snake is making his Rainbow Six Siege debut very soon for one of the most obvious crossovers in video game history. The official announcement came shortly after leakers teased the upcoming crossover.

Rainbow Six Siege leaker Shiny claimed in an X post that a Metal Gear Solid collaboration will debut in Siege's Year 11, Season 1, saying that the event is "not just a skin collaboration" and teased that it includes a new operator. Insider Gaming corroborated the leak, reporting that Solid Snake will indeed be added as an operator when the next season begins in March.

Ubisoft later confirmed the news, teasing a February 15 Roadmap Reveal event that will shed more light.

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A Split Fiction movie is in development now with Sydney Sweeney attached to star in it, but how is the movie coming along and will it ever actually get made? That remains to be seen, but game director Josef Fares gave an update on it recently, saying in an interview that he just recently got a first draft of the movie script.

He told Moviezine (via Dexerto) that even getting a script in the first place was notable because, "There's so much talk in Hollywood" for projects that have a lot of buzz but never materialize. But the Split Fiction movie is indeed moving ahead with a new script from Deadpool writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick.

Also in the interview, Fares said he met with Sweeney and remarked that she seems "super chill." Fares added that it's his belief that Sweeney is "hyped" to make the movie.

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Yahoo Games is relaunching in 2026 with new original games and licensed titles. The first one out of the gate is Crushable, a new daily puzzle game from Candy Crush publisher King. It's meant to be a title that can be played for just a few minutes per day. To get the word out about Crushable's launch, Yahoo has lined up Malcolm in the Middle star Frankie Muniz to appear as its celebrity pitchman in the new ad below.

Candy Crush players should be able to pick up Crushable fairly quickly. The "candified puzzles" of this game start with a tray of candies that need to placed in the correct order. Players will have to think quickly as they strategize their winning moves, which will be recorded in their sharable stats.

"Candy Crush has always been about creating joyful moments that fit naturally into everyday life," said Candy Crush Saga vice president of marketing Luken Aragon in a statement. "With Crushable, we are introducing a new way to play that feels fresh, rewarding and made for daily play. Partnering with Yahoo Games helps us bring this new experience to players at tremendous scale, tapping into a brand with a loyal audience."

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A few hours into my climb, I hit the first of Cairn's seemingly insurmountable walls. The cave formation I'd descended into housed surfaces denser than anything I'd encountered on the face of the mountain. It was impossible to sink a piton into, meaning I'd have to effectively do a free solo climb to overcome it and progress.

At least, that's what I told myself. And so I threw myself at the jagged and uneven edges of that crystalline cavern. I tried and failed to find decent handholds and steady footing in the cracks of the walls. I slipped and fell a lot. Aava, Cairn's protagonist, slipped and fell a lot too, and as she did she scraped the bandaging off her digits, bloodied her feet, and screamed in frustration and contempt. Contempt at the choice I had made to stick her in this cave, and maybe even the choice that she'd made to climb Mt. Kami in the first place.

I think Aava and I are made of the same stuff, though, because we both bullishly pushed on. Eventually, we cleared that cave. We climbed its walls and came out on top. And you know what we were greeted by? An alternate path. One that appeared a whole hell of a lot easier than the path I'd made Aava take up. And you know? Deep down, I had known there must've been some other way up. I had known that Cairn threw down this gauntlet as an option and--perhaps because the game's development team understands the kind of masochistic, self-flagellating person who would play a game this demanding--they knew I'd pick it up and run with it rather than look for a way around.

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Facebook parent company Meta has released its latest earnings report, and while the company made many billions of dollars in profit, not every business unit at the technology giant is profitable.

The company's Reality Labs division--which comprises virtual and augmented reality consumer hardware, software, and content--continued to be a sore spot for Meta. For the quarter that ended on December 31, Reality Labs recorded revenue of $955 million, down from $1.083 billion during the same period last year. Income for the quarter was non-existent--Reality Labs posted quarterly loss of $6.021 billion.

For the full year, Reality Labs pulled in revenue of $2.207 billion, which was an increase from the previous year's $2.146 billion. However, the increased revenue did not lead to increased profit. Instead, Reality Labs booked a $19.193 billion loss for the full year, compared to a loss of $17.729 billion during the previous year.

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Earlier this week, Arc Raiders players encountered an enemy that they couldn't shoot or destroy. Embark Studios has confirmed that its wildly popular Arc Raiders and The Finals were targeted by "extensive, coordinated" distributed denial-of-service attacks that left the games' servers in an unstable state with some players unable to reconnect.

Per Eurogamer, community manager Ossen informed players that Arc Raiders and The Finals had been the target of DDoS attacks in a message on the former's Discord server. "The strike team has been working hard on mitigations and solutions to fix the problem, and we are making good progress," wrote Ossen. "But at this point in time, the attacks are still ongoing."

In a follow-up statement on Discord, Ossen noted that the team has noticed that the "servers are recovering." But it's unknown if the DDoS attacks have stopped or if Embark has been able to find a way to counter them.

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Will Bloodborne ever receive a modern remaster, remake, or PC port? For now, it looks like the game is trapped in PS4 purgatory, but it is getting a new release--technically. If you don't mind a fresh print of Bloodborne being ridiculously tiny and incompatible with your PS4 or PS5 console, then you can pick this minute replica up along with several extra accessories that are designed for Figma action figures. After all, why not spread the doom and gloom of Bloodborne to your collectibles?

Toy manufacturer Good Smile Company has announced a new bundle of replica PlayStation toys, including consoles, handhelds, and games. Essentially, these are small replicas of PlayStation consoles, and each one is accompanied by games like Ape Escape, Shadow of the Colossus, Everybody's Golf, Freedom Wars, Astro Bot, and of course, Bloodborne. You'll also get interchangeable hands, so your Figma figures can hold onto a controller or a handheld like the PS Vita, making it easy to pose them with the gaming hardware.

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Other nods to the past include memory cards and a PocketStation for the PlayStation, a black memory card for the PS2, and both of the older consoles have wired controllers. Pricing and US release date have not yet been announced, but this bundle will likely be available through retailers like Amazon, Entertainment Earth, and Crunchyroll soon.

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The head of Amazon Game Studios, Christoph Hartmann, is parting ways with the company amidst layoffs that have cut around 16,000 jobs across Amazon. The move comes as Amazon winds down its gaming ambitions, shifting focus to its cloud gaming service Luna.

Hartmann's departure was reported by Bloomberg's Jason Schreier, on the same day as Amazon announced a massive round of layoffs that will impact around 16,000 people company-wide. The move follows a previous round of layoffs last October that cut 14,000 jobs, hitting Amazon Game Studios particularly hard as the company scaled back its AAA development projects.

Christoph Hartmann has a long history in the games industry, from working on the original Grand Theft Auto to co-founding 2K Games in the early 2000s, and he was brought on board by Amazon Games in 2018. More recently, Hartmann may be more notorious for saying that AI wouldn't take jobs in games as they "don't really have acting."

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Microsoft has posted its earnings results for the latest quarter and while it's been a strong period for the company as a whole, the Xbox gaming division is struggling. Though Microsoft posted an overall revenue increase of 17% year-on-year, gaming revenue is down 9%--with console sales making up a large part of that decline.

Microsoft's Q2 FY26 results generally look great for the tech behemoth, with the company boasting a staggering $81.3 billion revenue largely driven by its cloud and business divisions, but Xbox isn't looking so healthy right now.

Microsoft's gaming division revenue declined 9% as a whole, with a 5% decrease in revenue from content and services, which includes Game Pass. Microsoft explains that this decline can be mostly attributed to strong first party content the year prior, and predicts that Q3 will see a similar decline in the single digits for the same reason.

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A survival adventure game in the Antarctic. A small child lands on the frozen earth and sets out alone to reach the South Pole. For an important appointment.

John finds himself trapped in a mysterious world, as it can happen to all of us from time to time. He can see a glow in the distance, though. It's not clear where it comes from, but it looks like that's the beginning of his adventure. And yours. Start your emotional odyssey, a journey during which you'll have to create your own path and face the consequences of the choices you make. Everything will depend on them, your choices. Help John on his journey of personal growth. Unravel the nuances of human reactions to fear. Surprising exploration, fast paced combat, complex choices and allegorical characters, all intertwined with a psychological narrative in this hand-drawn 2D action-platformer.

The game is a mystery adventure centering on the idea of a historical figure having surreptitiously bequeathed a fictitious estate, following the drama that plays out among the characters faced with an enigma extending all the way into their modern world. The tale unfolds in an ancient castle in 1981, 36 years after Hitler's death. 18-year-old protagonist Noah is determined not to turn out like his father, but, beyond that, he has no idea of the kind of person he wants to be. Noah takes part in a mysterious auction held at the old castle, and, as someone living in the 1980s, comes to terms with the absurdity of the trauma the war left behind, learning of the truths hidden deep within those affected, ultimately closing in on the big secret his father has been concealing.

Reach a summit never climbed before in this survival-climber from the creators of Furi and Haven. As pro climber Aava, you embark on the ascent of Mount Kami, a summit that has never been reached. Along the journey, meet unexpected companions and hear from those left on the ground. Discover the mountain's history and decide what Aava is willing to sacrifice to achieve her dream. Explore the mountain, read the rock face from the ground and plan your route carefully to reach the top. Solve problems while on the wall to navigate difficult sections. You can climb on anything, so choose your path wisely!