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Netflix’s live-action adaptation of Assassin’s Creed has started filming, Ubisoft has confirmed.As posted on the official Ubisoft account on X, the series will take place in Ancient Rome in the year 64 AD.The show’s cast has also been confirmed, and will include Toby Wallace (Babyteeth) and Lola Petticrew (Say Nothing).Netflix greenlit the series in July 2025. It will be produced and run by Emmy nominees Roberto Patino (DMZ, Westworld, Sons of Anarchy) and David Wiener (Halo, Homecoming, The Killing).Last year Netflix described the series as “a high-octane thriller centered on the secret war between two shadowy factions”, and according to…

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It sounds like Arc Raiders developers should have been more worried about each other than monstrous Arc in the PvPvE game’s playtesting phase, according to Embark Studios production director Caio Braga.He explained during his Game Developers Conference 2026 panel When Your AAA Game Isn’t Fun: The ARC Raiders Story of Starting Over with Intent, attended by GamesRadar+. It seems that playtesting Arc Raiders developers couldn’t stand when one production faction’s idea outshone another, so they solemnly initiated “the playtest battles.””We had this autonomy that everyone in the team could do what they believe the game was – and each one…

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Creative Assembly’s Total War games offer up a wide spread of factions, from rampaging Gauls to furtive and disgusting Wood Elves, but they’re all a little beholden to the ancient game of rock-paper-scissors: spears beat cavalry, cavalry beat swords, swords beat spears. I think Creative Assembly generally do an impressive job of softening that triangular countering logic by means of terrain considerations, flanking, morale and other supporting mechanics. Cavalry won’t necessarily beat swords if the cavalry are all tuckered out and spooked. And then you have wildcards, like heroes and war machines, who can mess with the logic more dramatically:…

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How do you play The Silent in Slay the Spire 2? Originally from the Foglands, a region haunted by tormented souls, The Silent hunted down the cursed entity plaguing the land and now wears its skull as a trophy. After ascending the Spire and defeating The Heart, she brought a piece of it to her sisters, but her trophy ended up poisoning her. The Silent heads back to the Spire upon its reopening, searching for a cure. The Silent brings her assassination talents back to the card game, and like the rest of the returning Slay the Spire 2 characters,…

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The System Shock remake has received a new update which “significantly improves” performance on Nintendo Switch and Switch 2, according to developer Nightdive Studios.The remake of the 1994 cyberpunk FPS was released on PC in 2023, with PlayStation and Xbox versions following in 2024.The game then received Switch and Switch 2 ports in December 2025, but critical reception was mixed, with the consensus being that the underlying game was good but performance on Nintendo‘s consoles was lacking.The new version 2.1 patch, which Nightdive is naming the Parity Patch, attempts to address these issues by improving the game’s performance on Switch…

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Final Fantasy 14 director and longtime Square Enix employee Naoki “Yoshi-P” Yoshida has admitted the JRPG series’ longer release interval is making it hard for younger players to connect with the series.Square Enix has a lot on its hands with the Final Fantasy series alone, with the third and final entry in the Final Fantasy 7 Remake trilogy still in development and Final Fantasy 17 presumably in the very early, conceptual stages. That said, the most recent mainline installment, Final Fantasy 16, is already almost three years old without a follow-up in sight. Compare that to the two-year interval between…

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Crimson Desert’s controls aren’t a pain in the bum. You just need to get used to them. You also need to get used to not being able to run the game if you’ve got an Intel Arc graphics card. You instead need to get used to asking for a refund on this game you can’t run. These are all things Pearl Abyss have said about their huge MMO-ish RPG today, March 20th.

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How do you play The Defect in Slay the Spire 2? After a deadly battle against The Heart, The Defect was forced to retreat to the scrapyard after sustaining critical damage. It quickly made friends with another robot named Flaw, and together they entered the Spire to take out some bugs lurking within. The pair were overwhelmed by a toxic wasp colony, forcing Neow to bring the defective construct back to life after the fateful clash. The Defect climbs the Spire once again in hopes of meeting its creator, The Architect, and asking him to repair it once and for…

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This is a blog post, where VGC writers post irreverent and (occasionally) entertaining coverage of video game culture.The latest episode of VGC: The Video Game Podcast is now live, featuring insight on the week’s biggest gaming stories from our team of journalists.This week, VGC’s Jordan Middler, Chris Scullion, and Andy Robinson are joined by RPG Site boss Alex Donaldson to chat about the biggest news stories of the week.Headlines this week include backlash to Nvidia’s DLSS 5, Ubisoft’s ongoing challenges, and additional layoffs at Crystal Dynamics. Plus, Alex tells us what it was like at this year’s GDC, and Chris…

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Working out how to open the New Sanctuary vault in Fortnite is a conundrum that has left many players stuck, as this location deep within the triangular base was a great place to stock up on rare loot during the previous season. However, now that Fortnite Season 2 of Chapter 7 has rolled around something has changed, which means the method that previously unlocked this door is no longer available. To find out what the current situation is, here’s everything you need to know about opening the Fortnite New Sanctuary vault.Where is the Fortnite New Sanctuary vault (Image credit: Epic…

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