gaming articles published February 20, 2026
February 20 articles
- New Microsoft Gaming CEO Asha Sharma on What Makes a ‘Great Game,’ Having ‘No Tolerance for Bad AI’ and Replacing Phil Spencer
- Roblox matches Steam, PlayStation, and Fortnite combined in engagement
- Find Out if Your Friends are Confident Enough to Hide a Body in 'We are So Cooked'
- Monster Hunter Stories 3 will take 30-50 hours to finish the main story, and the JRPG's devs want you to "feel satisfied" with the plot instead of just dragging you straight to the endgame
- New Xbox boss promises no 'soulless AI slop' after moving over from Microsoft's CoreAI products division
- "I can't type as fast as you're funding": Solo dev buried in over $250,000 learns there's a huge appetite for deep open-world RPGs inspired by early '00s classics like Gothic, Fable, and the anime Berserk
- Warlocks have taken the throne as Diablo 2's best class 26 years later, and Blizzard seems to be OK with letting them have their fun for now
- New Xbox CEO, a former Meta and Instacart exec brought in from Microsoft's AI division, says "we will not chase short-term efficiency or flood our ecosystem with soulless AI slop"
- Who Wants To Race Commercial Trucks With Me In Tokyo Xtreme Racer?
- DICE agrees that some Battlefield 6 vehicles are 'death traps' and is planning a Labs test dedicated to 'vehicle improvements'
- Resident Evil 9 Spoilers Hit the Web Ahead of Release
- 180Hz and DisplayHDR 600: The minimum specs your next gaming monitor actually needs
- $20 for a Pokémon ROM? Not If You Have a Mac and Some Time on Your Hands
- Man builds Tetris console inside cardboard box
- Remember HQ? ‘Quiz Daddy’ Scott Rogowsky is back with TextSavvy, a daily mobile game show
- Todd Howard says The Elder Scrolls 6 launch is "a while" off, so fans are doing the rational thing and looking for body language experts to analyze his face when he says that
- If you want to keep some blueprints in Arc Raiders after each Expedition, the devs have good news and bad news: it's not "off the table," but it is "tricky" to do
- New Game About Monster Politicians Somehow Less Evil Than The Real Thing
- Preorders Are Live For The Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition Switch 2 Physical Release
- Phil Spencer Retiring, Sarah Bond Out, Matt Booty Promoted as Microsoft AI Exec Asha Sharma Named New Xbox Boss – EXCLUSIVE
- Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O. World Stage Open Beta Now Live on Nintendo Switch 2
- Ubisoft CEO confirms new Assassin's Creed and Far Cry games are coming, denies that putting his son in charge of them was nepotism
- Amazon Prime Members: You Can Play These Games for Free
- Resident Evil 9 Major Spoilers Leak Just Days Before Launch
- Is Steam down right now? Over 11,000 outage reports as users unable to sync
- Imagine if politics were full of monsters! Haha, no, I mean fun monsters like vampires, orcs, and goblins who use cards to hurl insults and smears at each other
- Nier: Automata Has Now Sold 10 Million Copies
- Skate Players Unload On EA Over Broken Promise About Not Paywalling Maps
- Rayman's 30th Anniversary Edition Is Just The "First Step" In Franchise's Comeback, Ubisoft Says
- Nothing beats putting all my little stuff on my many little shelves in a super cozy shop sim like Thrifty Business
- League of Legends threatens a new circle of MOBA hell with public voice chat, and I'm already worried for my fellow junglers
- GOTY-Winning PS4 RPG Finally Getting PS5 Sequel
- Baldur's Gate 3 Fans Will Be Very Happy With One Of Solasta 2's Big Improvements
- EA invents new microtransaction nightmare as it breaks paywall promise on Skate: rent a playable area for 24 hours or buy a premium pass, bucko
- 2 Classic Pokémon Video Games Return Next Week on Nintendo Switch 1 & 2
- ESAC Reveals Top Selling Games In Canada in 2025, With Many Made in Canada
- It's Zelda's 40th anniversary – if you only ever play one game, it should (controversially) be this one
- Trails boss tells players intimidated by nearly 1,000 hours of JRPG catch-up to "just start with whichever title catches your interest," which is true if you're also willing to start One Piece at episode 1,155
- It took 25 years for Diablo 2 to get a new class, and less than 2 weeks for players to figure out how to become invincible Warlocks with demon meat shields
- Arc Raiders proves it has one of the most wholesome fanbases once again, as a stranger spends 15 minutes painstakingly escorting a downed raider to safety
- Capcom Pledges 'Firm Action' Following Widespread Resident Evil Requiem Leaks, Begs Fans Not to 'Ruin' Excitement for Others
- Rayman remaster is just "the first step in the brand's comeback" says Ubisoft boss, who says "we're looking forward to talking more" about the series "soon"
- Solo dev who worked "80 hours a week for 8 years straight" to finish roguelike puzzle hit Blue Prince says he "physically" cannot make another game this "ambitious"
- Pokémon FireRed Version and Pokémon LeafGreen Version Head to Nintendo Switch
- Bluepoint Is Yet Another PlayStation Acquisition Horror Story
- After breaking Winston's heart last week, Overwatch players have abandoned Talon in this week's vote, and it's all down to the cat
- After cutting down World of Warcraft classes, Blizzard "heard loud and clear from players that it was not what they were looking for," so it has already walked back some changes
- Capcom pleads with its community once again to avoid sharing Resident Evil Requiem leaks: 'We really want everyone to enjoy the game's story and experience as much as possible'
- Baldur's Gate 3 marketing lead hands Sony some advice after its live-service fails, saying "pretty much every game" is effectively multiplayer now: "Every experience is a shared experience"
- "Are you serious?": Dev claims Sony lawyers killed their Bloodborne ARPG, and now they're extra devastated with hopes for a Bluepoint remake crushed by its closure
