Ryan McCaffrey

Replaced Final Preview: You Might Think You Know What It Is, But I Promise You Don’t - IGN You might think you know what Replaced is, but I promise you don't. Here's our final preview of one of 2026's most exciting games.

Our final preview of the sublime-looking @replacedgame.bsky.social is now online, courtesy of my colleague @cardy.bsky.social. I'm glad to see that I'm not the only one crazy-excited for this 2.5D pixel-art beauty after getting a chance to play it. Check it out: www.ign.com/articles/rep...

YouTube video by IGN Carmageddon: Rogue Shift - Official Launch Trailer

The Carmageddon series has had its ups and downs, but Carmageddon 2 is one of my favorite arcade racing games ever (it had a DeLorean-like called the "DeGory'un"!). This out-of-nowhere new one looks like a nice mix of Twisted Pixel & Burnout IMHO: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1y65...

Appreciate you listening, Jay! And I did say they could have those ideas for free, LOL. Maybe I shouldn't sell myself short! 😜

Catherine O'Hara, Beloved Actress Best-known for Schitt's Creek and Home Alone, Has Died at 71 - IGN Catherine O'Hara, the beloved actress best known for her roles as Moira Rose in Schitt's Creek and Kate McCallister in Home Alone, has reportedly died at the age of 71.

Aww man. RIP Catherine O'Hara. www.ign.com/articles/cat...

Heck yeah Rob!

YouTube video by IGN Huntdown: Overtime – Official Reveal Trailer

I confess I wasn't familiar with the first Huntdown, but this upcoming prequel, Huntdown: Overtime, looks really awesome IMHO. Love the intentional '80's-style cheese and pixel-art gore: www.youtube.com/watch?v=awVf...

I say this not as an attempt to hate or dunk on it, but I can genuinely say that even though it's only been out for four months, I rarely hear about – or see – the iPhone Air anymore.

For those that bought one, how are you feeling about it 100+ days later?

YouTube video by IGN Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War 4 – Official Orks Faction Trailer | IGN First

I may have posted this before but IMO whoever is managing the Warhammer 40K IP is doing a stellar job. They always seem to pick devs who are a great fit. From Space Marine to Boltgun to Dawn of War and more, the WH40K games always seem to be really good. New DoW4 vid: www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUHw...

Haha no worries -- I didn't even notice until this follow-up post. I think my brain autocorrected it when I read it (ironically, just as your phone's autocorrect betrayed you when you typed your initial post 😜).

If you heard me talking about Full Spectrum Warrior on our Top 100 Xbox Games of All Time (Part 1) episode of Unlocked we posted over the weekend, thanks to @artynintendoguy.bsky.social for letting me know that it's on sale for $3.74 this week. That's about as close to free as you can get!

Also, I'm just now seeing that it was steeply discounted for you. So at least if you don't like it, you're out less than $4. 😜

YouTube video by IGN Emberville: Official Announcement Trailer

A touch of Diablo and a bit of Stardew Valley, maybe?

We formally revealed a new game called Emberville on IGN today and it looks pretty cool IMO. Check it out if you're interested: www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnJ2...

I'm being genuine and sincere when I say this: I'd love to know what you think after you check it out.

One commenter on YouTube said it totally holds up, but as I said on Unlocked I haven't played it in over a decade.

I hope you enjoy it!

Sweet, glad to see it! You'd think Microsoft would be in that mix, since they're all about putting games everywhere now.

Resident Evil Requiem - The Final Preview - IGN Not only does combining Resident Evil 4 and 7 gameplay really work in Resident Evil Requiem, but with a host of new stalkers and talking zombies, there’s a lot more going on than just a merging of Res...

Big new final preview of Resident Evil Requiem on IGN today if you're interested: www.ign.com/articles/res...

I'm not aware of MacOS support, sadly. Are many major publishers supporting it? I genuinely don't know since I've always been a Windows-based PC gamer.

Seems like mobile isn't in the cards yet -- I guess maybe except through Xbox Cloud Gaming.

This still lives rent-free in my head. #FreeRavenSoftware

'We've Been Working on This Game for a Really, Really Long Time' — the Big Fable Interview With Microsoft Developer Playground - IGN IGN interviews Playground Games' founder and general manager, Ralph Fulton, on Microsoft's upcoming Fable reboot.

If you'd like to get a few more details on Fable, I interviewed game director and studio head Ralph Fulton about things like the dog (or lack thereof), the size of the game world, the project's origins, and more! Full interview text on IGN: www.ign.com/articles/wev...

Ubisoft Cancels 6 Projects Including Prince of Persia: Sands of Time Remake, Closes 2 Studios and Confirms Further Layoffs in Major Company Restructure - IGN Ubisoft has announced a sweeping company restructure that will result in the cancelation of six games including its Prince of Persia: Sands of Time remake, and a delay to a further seven titles. Two U...

WTF? Prince of Persia: Sands of Time Remake canceled? Ubisoft NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.

And it was only one of six cancellations. So help me God if one of the other cancellations was the Splinter Cell remake... www.ign.com/articles/ubi...

YouTube video by IGN AI Is Already Ruining the PS6 - Next-Gen Console Watch

We're talking about how AI is already ruining the Xbox Next/PlayStation 6 generation on this week's new episode of Next-Gen Console Watch. Check it out if you're interested: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gkse...

Kathleen Kennedy Leaves Lucasfilm After 14 Years, Dave Filoni and Lynwen Brennan Named New Star Wars Overlords - IGN After months of rumors, Kathleen Kennedy is officially stepping down as the President of Lucasfilm after 14 years and will be replaced by Dave Filoni and Lynwen Brennan, Walt Disney Studios announced ...

First, for all the crap Kathleen Kennedy took, we did get Andor and The Mandalorian under her watch. She deserves credit for those as much as criticism for other stuff.

Now, I feel great that Lucasfilm has put Dave Filoni and Lynwen Brennan in charge:
www.ign.com/articles/kat...

I get weird emails at my job sometimes.

YouTube video by IGN Masters of Albion - Official Release Date Trailer

I'm kinda digging Peter Molyneux's new God game, Masters of Albion, after this new release date trailer. Take a look if you're curious: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gu-p...

The latter.

The first one blew me away, truly. The second one refined it (and brought Yoshi into it!), but my lasting memory of them both is how floored I was when I played Galaxy 1.

I'd be super down for that as well!

(And I'd normally be the guy arguing against making something open-world, LOL.)

Yeah but I wouldn't call it a mainline 3D Mario game, as mentioned in the piece.

Thanks for reading it, Christopher!