This review contains full spoilers for this week’s episode of A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms.

“Are there no true knights among you?!,” Dunk bellows at the assembled nobles late in this week’s episode, titled “Seven”. With the last-minute arrival of Prince Baelor Targaryen, who will fight on Dunk’s side against his own kin, Dunk would seem to have his answer. And, boy, does he sure need the help.

“Seven” is the gloomiest, literally and figuratively, episode so far, with the colorful palette of the previous episodes replaced by a muddy, grim aesthetic. And with the exception of one brief exchange between Dunk and Raymun Fossoway, there’s none of the playful banter or humor that’s been a highlight of the previous episodes.

That’s because “Seven” is what would be considered Plot Point 2 in a movie script, the part of the story close to the end where the hero is at his lowest point and with seemingly no way out of the jam he’s in. (This is the second-to-last episode of the season.)

Dunk must confront his fate after coming to Tanselle’s rescue in Episode 3 and beating up Aerion. The reasonable Baelor understands why Dunk did what he did, but he still assaulted a Targaryen prince so he must face some punishment (Baelor has already prevented Dunk from simply being executed).

Baelor reads Dunk his rights, if you will, and the latter faces Aerion, Maekar, and their lords to demand a trial by combat. But, of course, Aerion finds a way to weasel around it by calling for a trial of seven, an ancient custom where each side enlists seven knights to fight each other and the gods will decide who wins. (Even Maekar thinks his son is just trying to wuss out of fighting Dunk one-on-one by employing this tactic.)

Unfortunately, Dunk doesn’t know enough knights let alone six good ones willing to help him. Eventually, thanks to Egg, he assembles six knights – we should’ve known it was too good to be true that Ser Steffon Fossoway would keep his word! – and it’s not until Baelor’s arrival that a trial of seven can commence. Bertie Carvel instills in Baelor a kind but firm authority and a compassion and honor missing from many other Targaryens.

Another big highlight of “Seven” is seeing Egg in his full Prince Aegon regalia. The opening scene where Egg apologizes to Dunk for deceiving him is moving, especially when Egg tears up as Dunk scolds him. He was just a kid who wanted to go to the tourney so badly that he hatched a half-assed scheme to be anyone’s squire after his drunken brother Daeron decided to sit it out.

Speaking of Daeron, the one gift he does seem to possess beyond his capacity for alcohol consumption is prophetic dreams. He’s dreamt of Ser Duncan the Tall with a slain dragon, which adds an additional layer of morbid curiosity to the fortune teller’s grim prophecy about Egg’s future in Episode 3.

Other observations:

• Egg’s horrifying story about Aerion threatening to castrate him so then he’d have a sister he could marry. Those freakin’ Targaryens, man.
• Dunk’s vision of Ser Arlan shrugging was hilarious.
• Tanselle – who did a fine job repainting the sigil on Dunk’s shield – has fled, so there goes Dunk’s one romantic hope.
• Animal lover Dunk petting the mouse in his cell window and later talking to his horses.
• Aerion demeaning a nobleman by making him climb under the table to fetch his walnut.
• It was nice to see armorer Steely Pate have another good scene with Dunk.
• Ser Lyonel knighting Raymun Fossoway. Congrats on your promotion, Raymun!
• That big jerk who humiliated Dunk before the nobles by farting.
• Daeron knows he’s a coward who will end up in a hell without wine for lying to Maekar that Dunk kidnapped Egg.
• The Game of Thrones theme kicking in at the very end. Let’s gooooo!

Prime Video has announced that The Grand Tour will be returning to screens in 2026, albeit with one very major change: a new trio of hosts.

The new presenters of The Grand Tour will be Thomas Holland and James Engelsman, from YouTube channel Throttle House, as well as trainspotting social media personality Francis Bourgeois.

A six-episode series, set to return to Prime Video “later this year”, will see the new trio in a variety of locations, from the Angolan desert, to Malaysia, and on to California.

“I’ve worked with Thomas for almost a decade making car films,” said Engelsman in a statement published alongside the announcement. “Who knew that all this time, the one ingredient that was missing was a Francis Bourgeois? Let the car adventures commence.”

“When I first heard they were rebooting The Grand Tour and replacing Clarkson, Hammond, and May, I said, ‘Only a moron would take that job,’” added Holland.

The Winter Olympics have returned for 2026. Hosted in Milan Cortina, this year’s event technically already started with some qualifying curling events earlier this week. However, we’ve still got an Opening Ceremony to really kick things off.

Like previous Olympics, this year’s events will be broadcast by NBC and will stream exclusively on Peacock. If you’re already subscribed to Peacock or a cable provider, you’re covered! If not, there happens to be a free trial of the service available through Walmart+ that can get you streaming access.

When Is the 2026 Opening Ceremony?

This year’s opening ceremony will kick off at 2pm ET, which is 8pm local time in Italy, on February 6, 2026. The ceremony will likely run for a total of three hours, and will be broadcast again during primetime at 8pm ET.

The ceremony will include the Parade of Nations as well as performances from artists like Mariah Carey. This will be the first Opening Ceremony to feature the lighting of two separate cauldrons: one in Milan, and one in Cortina d’Ampezzo.

Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony Streaming Options

Let’s get to the heart of the matter. In general, the Winter Olympics, including the Opening Ceremony, are being streamed exclusively on Peacock. If you don't already have a Peacock Premium subcription, maybe this is the motivating factor to pick one up. If so, it's worth noting that the service now has a pretty reasonably priced bundle with Apple TV.

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Warning: This review contains full spoilers for The Pitt Season 2, Episode 5!

We’re now five episodes and a third of the way into The Pitt Season 2. Most other shows these days would have rounded the halfway mark by now, but that’s the joy of watching something that hearkens back to the pre-streaming era of television. There’s still plenty of room left on this runway. Even so, the tone of the series is definitely intensifying as the situation at the Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Center grows more dire, resulting in what is easily the strongest chapter of Season 2 to date.

Episode 5 is great about addressing some of the niggling problems with previous installments, most notably when it comes to the relative lack of focus on Patrick Ball’s Dr. Langdon. As I’ve said before, if this season were to have a main focal character, it should be Langdon, but he’s been purposely relegated to the sidelines by his old mentor. But now Langdon is back in the thick of things, and we start to see the simmering tension between him and Noah Wyle’s Dr. Robby start to boil over.

It’s great watching that mostly silent feud play out in Episode 5, as Robby does everything within his power not to talk to Langdon or be in the same room with him. You can easily sympathize with both men. Robby’s angry dismissal of Langdon was one of the standout scenes of Season 1, and it’s easy to recall the sheer pain and disbelief he felt in that moment. But at the same time, Langdon has paid his dues, and you can understand his frustration at being flatly rejected by a thoroughly unsympathetic Robby.

That all comes to a head in the final moments of Episode 5, as Louie (Ernest Harden Jr.) fittingly becomes the catalyst that forces both men to work together. There’s been the sense all along that the affable Louie’s long string of luck is about to run out, and that finally happens here. Not a bad cliffhanger on which to end the week.

Elsewhere in the ER, Dr. Santos (Isa Briones) is really the star of the show in Episode 5, as the series takes a slightly more humorous approach to her particular plight. The running gag of Santos getting one or two sentences deeper into her dictation, only to be interrupted again by Whitaker (Gerran Howell) or Ogilvie (James Howell), never gets old. But it’s also nice seeing her on the backfoot so much this season, after Season 1 really played up her crusading, righteous doctor side. Paperwork is the bane of us all.

By the same token, it’s fun to watch the insufferable know-it-all Ogilvie continue to get his just desserts. Last week it was almost killing a patient with a reckless extraction; this week, it’s being forced to clean out an elderly woman’s impacted colon.

Ogilvie’s fellow student Joy (Irene Choi) also gets a nice little bit of added attention in this episode. Up until now, Joy has been a fairly one-note character. She’s the scowling, disaffected med student who (understandably) can barely tolerate being paired with Ogilvie. But we get a chance to see a different side of the character when she swoops in to offer a solution to the family shuddering under the burden of crushing medical debt. It’s a happy ending to a depressing subplot, and one that tells us a lot more about who Joy is and why she’s seemingly so detached from it all.

Finally, this episode makes some inroads with Dr. Al-Hashimi (Sepideh Moafi), a character who so far has been played a little more antagonistically than I’d like. She’s the newcomer disrupting the carefully oiled machine that is the ER, and we’ve been left to sympathize with Robby on that front. But the two characters share a strong scene together where Al-Hashimi rightfully berates Robby for treating her like an underling rather than a colleague. It’s subtle, but it helps turn the character in a more favorable direction. Hopefully, that trend continues in the coming episodes.

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Anyone who reads my stuff on the reg knows I'm an absolute sucker for the gaming axiom that is "friends who slay together, stay together." Horizon Hunters Gathering already looks like my jam as a (PC or PS5) co-op action spin-off set in the Horizon universe. Three like-minded players must team up to cull droves of Dinobots in hunts that lean hard into coordination, roles, and replayability. Think: tactical encounters, rotating mission types like machine incursions and cauldron dives, and a progression system that encourages experimentation rather than rote grinding.

Apparently, there is also a fully canon story campaign and a shared hub where squads prep, customise and plan their next machine (read: monster) hunt. Cross-play and cross-progression are mercifully a thing. If the idea of Terminator taxidermy with mates sounds even remotely appealing, there's an upcoming beta you can sign up for right now. Do it. I'll see you in the mix.

Larian Studios’ multi-award-winning fantasy RPG, Baldur’s Gate 3, is set for its own TV series on HBO, and will be helmed by The Last of Us co-creator Craig Mazin.

As reported by Deadline, a television adaptation of the acclaimed game set in the Dungeons & Dragons universe is in development at the network, and interestingly, will be a continuation of the story from the Baldur's Gate 3 game. The television show will reportedly take place after the events of Larian's RPG and follow the characters players grew to love over time as they grapple with the aftermath of its world-changing ending.

The series will be helmed by Craig Mazin, no stranger to adapting video games to live action, following his work co-creating HBO's The Last of Us with Naughty Dog's Neil Druckmann. A huge fan of Baldur's Gate 3, Mazin told Deadline that "After putting nearly 1000 hours into the incredible world of Baldur’s Gate 3, it is a dream come true to be able to continue the story that Larian and Wizards of The Coast created".

"I am a devoted fan of D&D and the brilliant way that Swen Vincke and his gifted team adapted it", he continued. "I can’t wait to help bring Baldur’s Gate and all of its incredible characters to life with as much respect and love as we can, and I’m deeply grateful to Gabe Marano and his team at Hasbro for entrusting me with this incredibly important property."

By taking on this project that has no ties to any other Baldur's Gate game in the pipeline, Mazin will have free rein over what story he wishes to tell, but we do know that it will include both existing and brand new members of the BG3 cast. Shadowheart? Karlach? Astarion? Who are you most looking forward to seeing on your television screen? Mazin reportedly plans to reach out to the cast of the games to sound out how best to approach their roles in the TV show, and if they'd want to be involved, something The Last of Us did with Merle Dandridge reprising her role as Marlene, for example.

Of course, the ending of Larian's multiple game of the year award-winning RPG can vary massively depending on how you chose to play the game, so it will be highly intriguing to see how Mazin and co. go about choosing which ending is canon for them.

It may well be a while yet before we see Baldur's Gate arrive on the small screen, with Mazin still attached to complete production on The Last of Us, which is gearing up for its third, and maybe final, season.

Simon Cardy is a Senior Editor at IGN who can mainly be found skulking around open world games, indulging in Korean cinema, or despairing at the state of Tottenham Hotspur and the New York Jets. Follow him on Bluesky at @cardy.bsky.social.

Whether you’ve been playing PC games for years or you’re building your first gaming PC, picking the right graphics card is probably one of the most consequential choices. It doesn’t help that now there’s three companies making graphics cards, which means there are more options out there than ever before.

But there are a lot of reasons to pick an Nvidia graphics card over one made by AMD or Intel. For one, whether you love it or hate it, Nvidia has plenty of software and features that are exclusive to its graphics cards, whereas things like FSR (FidelityFX Super Resolution) from AMD will work no matter what GPU is in your system. Features like DLSS, or Deep Learning Super Sampling, make an Nvidia graphics card an attractive choice.

Nvidia also has the most powerful graphics cards on the market right now, especially at the high-end. There simply is not another graphics card that can match the RTX 5090 in pure performance. But even when it comes to more affordable graphics cards like the RTX 4060 Ti, the AI upscaling offered by DLSS can really help stretch the performance, and can even push into higher resolutions than you would otherwise be able to.

It's still important to figure out what resolution you want to play games at, because that’s going to change what type of graphics card you want to go for. If you want to play all the newest PC games at 4K with all the settings maxed, you’re going to need a much more powerful card than someone that just wants to play World of Warcraft at 1080p.

TL;DR: These Are Best GPUs

Graphics Cards Basics

While graphics cards are extremely complicated devices, shopping for one doesn’t need to be that much of a hassle. As long as you keep an eye out for some simple specs, you should have a pretty good idea of what you’re getting into.

The most obvious thing to look for is whether or not your graphics card is actually part of the current generation. You don’t want to miss out on performance or features, especially if you’re spending hundreds of dollars on just one part of your computer. With Nvidia graphics cards, this is actually extremely easy, just look at the two numbers following the ‘RTX’ or ‘GTX’ in the graphics card’s name. Nvidia just launched its newest generation of graphics cards, which are labeled with '50.' If it’s ‘40,’ that’s the previous generation from 2022; ‘30’ and ‘20’ are the two generations before that.

Don’t get me wrong, getting a 30-series or 20-series card will still provide an excellent gaming experience, with the RTX 3080 still able to power most games at 4K without breaking a sweat.

But what about the second two numbers? Well, take a look at the RTX 5090, the top-end graphics card on the market. Then, take a look at the RTX 4050, which is only a laptop GPU, but is way weaker. The scale typically goes from 50-90, with the higher number meaning a more powerful graphics card. Nvidia does sometimes add extra letters or words at the end of its graphics cards, with ‘Ti’ and ‘Super’ being common variants. This typically means a slightly more powerful card. For instance, the Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Ti is going to be slightly more powerful than the RTX 5070. The basic rule of thumb is that, after the number, any extra letters or words typically indicate a faster graphics card.

When it comes to specs, graphics cards have a lot of numbers and lingo to swallow, which can definitely be overwhelming. But if you just want to slot a GPU in your rig and forget about it, you don’t need to pay attention to every little detail.

The amount of VRAM you need is going to largely depend on what resolution you want to play your games at. If you want to play games at 4K, you’re going to want as much video memory as you can afford. There are games that will eat up upwards of 20GB of VRAM at that resolution if you let them, so the sky really is the limit. For lower resolutions like 1080p, however, you can get by with 8GB of RAM, though I would recommend going with a 12GB or 16GB card if it’s in your budget. An 8GB card will get you through most games, but there is a growing number of AAA PC games that need more memory.

There are some other specs you can look at if you really want to, like clock speed, CUDA core count and Streaming Multiprocessors – what Nvidia calls its compute units – but those largely just get better as you get a more high-end graphics card either way. Compute Units are essentially the same as CPU cores on a processor, and each one contains 128 CUDA cores. So, the RTX 5080 with its 84 Compute Units, contains a total of 10,752 CUDA cores. Just keep in mind that directly comparing two graphics cards of different generations by the core counts alone won’t tell you how much of a performance jump it’ll be.

Once you’ve picked the graphics card you want, you need to make sure you have a power supply that can handle it. You can usually check the box your graphics card comes in to get an idea of how much power the card requires, and if not, Nvidia has it listed out on its website. My advice would be to check the required power for your graphics cards and then get a power supply that can provide just a bit more wattage. For instance, if your graphics card recommends a 450W power supply, I’d get a 550 or a 650W unit just to be on the safe side.

1. If You Just Want the Best: RTX 5090

2. Best for 4K (for Most People): RTX 5080

3. Best for 1440p: RTX 4070 Super

4. Best for 1080p: RTX 4060 Ti

5. Best on a Budget: GeForce GTX 1660 Super

Upcoming Nvidia Graphics Cards

The first wave of Nvidia Blackwell graphics cards are all here, and it seems like that's all we're going to get for now. Usually, Team Green would follow up its first wave of graphics cards with refreshed "Super" variants. However, nothing in the world of PC gaming hardware is normal right now, and it looks like the Super lineup has been canceled in the face of high RAM prices and AI datacenter demand. Right now, it looks like we'll be waiting for the RTX 6090 whenever that comes out – likely sometime in the second half of 2027.

What Is DLSS?

Deep Learning Super Sampling, or DLSS is an AI upscaling method that uses Nvidia’s Tensor Cores to improve image quality. The Tensor Core will take visual data from the frame being rendered, along with motion vector data, in order to accurately upscale the image to a higher resolution. This process results in an image that looks pretty close to the native resolution, but with a much higher frame rate.

In its early days, DLSS needed to train the AI model on each game it would support, with developers needing to upload data to Nvidia. However, DLSS has gone through several iterations, and now it does not need to be trained on individual games. Instead, if a developer wants to include DLSS in their game, they can just inject Nvidia’s API into the game. This means more games can support the technology, without having to wait for Nvidia’s training on each game.

With DLSS 3.0, Nvidia added Frame Generation to the equation. This technology takes the visual data from two frames, along with motion vector data from the game engine and motion information from its own hardware, and creates an entirely new frame that’s sandwiched between the two original frames. This would introduce a lot of latency, but Nvidia requires its Reflex technology to be enabled before Frame Generation can happen. Reflex essentially syncs the graphics card and the processor, eliminating the need for the CPU to queue up frames for the GPU to render later.

Nvidia updated to DLSS 4.0, then later 4.5, which introduced multi-frame generation and a new upscaling model. The new frame generation lets RTX 5000 graphics cards use AI to generate up to three frames per rendered frame, greatly improving framerates. The new DLSS also moves the upscaling algorithm to a transformer model, which allows for much better image quality, though with a slight hit to performance. But, hey – that's what frame generation is for, I guess.

Together, Frame Generation and Reflex greatly improve your frame rate, but there’s a catch. Because so much of it relies on motion data, you already need to have a decent frame rate for Frame Generation to work smoothly. So, this technology is best used for folks that can already get 60fps or more and just want to push to a higher frame rate.

What Is Ray Tracing?

Ray tracing is just a way to render light realistically. It does this by taking a light source, then simulating each ray of light as it bounces around the scene. It’s a simple concept to be sure, but it ends up requiring a ton of compute power to pull off. Any light being cast potentially has thousands of rays of light, each of which will bounce around hundreds of times, multiply that by needing a new frame 60 times a second, and you can imagine how much power you need to pull it off.

That’s why ray tracing in video games needs specialized hardware to pull this lighting method off without grinding your framerate to a standstill. Luckily, Nvidia has been working this hardware into its graphics cards since the RTX 2080 in 2018.

Fast forward to today, and even with that dedicated ray tracing hardware being built into every mainstream graphics card – not just from Nvidia – we still need to limit ray tracing in order to maximize performance. There are only a few games that support full ray tracing, or ‘path tracing,’ with most other games limiting the ray tracing elements to a certain part of the scene, like shadows or reflections, and also limiting the amount of bounces calculated for each ray of light.

It’s an expensive way to generate lighting, but it looks incredible, especially in games that rely on lighting for atmosphere. In Metro Exodus, for instance, the accurate lighting often leads to darker environments, amplifying the intense atmosphere the game already has.

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Embark Studios has opened up about how it will make the second Expedition in Arc Raiders more enticing after the first left its community wanting more.

The developer behind the popular sci-fi extraction shooter updated fans with a blog post on its website. Included are a February 25 sign-up date and a March 1 departure date for the account reset event, as players are told to look forward to more worthwhile rewards before sending their beloved Raiders into the unknown and starting from scratch.

Even if you were someone who accidentally stumbled into a showing of Stray Kids : The Dominate Experience at an IMAX theater, by the end of it you'll come away with either a K-pop catchy melody carved into your frontal lobe, a newfound respect for concert stagecraft, or a new and unnerving crush on at least one of the band's members. Quite possibly all three. Whether you're a new arrival on K-pop island, or own 263 photo cards and have an Instagram account devoted to Hyunlix theories, Stray Kids : The Dominate Experience delivers.

The real audience for this is the army of Stray Kids fans, known as Stay, and recognition of that is threaded through every song and soundbite. Stray Kids : The Dominate Experience is a concert movie meticulously put together from footage from the K-pop group's 2025 SoFi stadium performances, together with short interviews with each of the eight members and just a dash of behind the scenes footage. It's not a glimpse into the dark underbelly of the K-pop industry, there's no grand narrative beyond “Stray Kids work really damn hard and it's paying off,” and for anyone who says there's not enough grit and too much polish, well, I like my diamonds to shine.

Whoever your bias is, you won't be disappointed. My beloved Felix showcases his deeper than the Mariana Trench vocals and bares his soul, bias wrecker Hyunjin is saucier than a whole condiment aisle in a grocery store, Changbin's rapping is even more impressive on stage, Han continues to be cuter than a bucket of squirrels, and Lee Know and Seungmin's Cinema performance is a standout moment. Someone in the otherwise well behaved screening audience couldn't help but shout "daddy!" as Bang Chan talked about looking after the rest of the members, and there was an audible pained groan at one point while I.N was wearing a crop top. Each member spotlight is a mix of prepared gloss and earnestness that you don't often see from Western groups, and that ultimately managed to disarm even this cynical Brit.

I'm not going to spoil the entire set list for anyone who hasn't found it online (or was even lucky enough to see it live) but it's the rollercoaster ride through the many moods and styles of SKZ you want it to be. Maniac and LALALALA were particular highlights, but I also got a new appreciation for some of the more neglected tracks on my personal Stray Kids Bangers playlist. Domino, I did you dirty and I apologize.

By the time the encore hit the IMAX theater I was watching in, it was hard to differentiate the cheers and singing from screen to seat. The front rows got up and danced, and the light sticks were brandished with pride like a sword salute to a beloved general. Even if you think this is just a masterclass in marketing for the upcoming tours for Karma, then well played, because I am now willing to commit actual felonies to secure tickets to one of their North American shows.

Stray Kids : The Dominate Experience arrives in theaters on February 6.

Rachel Weber is the Head of Editorial Development at IGN and an elder millennial. She's been a professional nerd since 2006 when she got her start on Official PlayStation Magazine in the UK, and has since worked for GamesIndustry.Biz, Rolling Stone and GamesRadar. She loves horror, horror movies, horror games, Red Dead Redemption 2, and her Love and Deepspace boyfriends.

Amazon just wrapped up its second season of Fallout on Prime Video earlier this week. That means you can finally binge all of the episodes now if you've been waiting to do so. Unlike the first season, however, Amazon has quickly followed up season 2 with a 4K steelbook preorder. The artwork and product details aren't final yet, but you can already put your order in for the steelbook or the DVD.

Amazon has yet to announce any sort of release date for the physical editions of season 2.

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Ubisoft has reportedly canceled a multiplayer, cooperative Assassin's Creed title that has been in development at French studio Ubisoft Annecy.

This comes from a report by French publication Origami, which IGN has independently translated. According to the report, the project was codenamed "AC League", was originally conceived as a DLC for Assassin's Creed Shadows, and would have potentially taken place in the same feudal Japan era. The DLC would have involved four assassins joining forces to take on a series of scripted missions with up to four players that would have ultimately concluded the story told in the game's (canceled) Season Pass. You may have already heard of AC League if you pay close attention to Assassin's Creed gossip, as it was previously rumored last year in a report from Insider Gaming.

The project, Origami reports, was apparently fairly ambitious and was intended to serve as a baseline for future multiplayer features throughout the series, such as a return to a hybrid solo/multiplayer playstyle as existed in Assassin's Creed Unity or Black Flag (a remake of which has been rumored for some time now). However, as the AC League project progressed, directors at Ubisoft Annecy reportedly began to question whether it made sense to attach League to Shadows, as they worried it would take too long to make, and came up with a different plan that turned it into a small, standalone title borrowing pieces of the Assassin's Creed: Shadows open world. Development on this progressed with an intended invite-only alpha planned for May of 2026.

Unfortunately, AC League was allegedly just the latest victim of the ongoing upheaval at Ubisoft. For several months now, the company has been undergoing a massive restructure alongside major cost-cutting measures, canceling numerous projects, closing studios, and reorganizing its creative houses. It was to this restructuring that AC League fell victim, with leadership at Ubisoft Annecy being informed just last week that AC League was being canceled.

However, there is still a sliver of hope for the project, Origami reports. Apparently, a handful of Annecy employees have been selected to transfer the technical advancements the team made back into the company's proprietary Anvil engine, with the goal of eventually making it easier to add replayable multiplayer modes to future Assassin's Creed titles that would be less expensive to develop. Unfortunately, that leaves more than a quarter of the 270 individuals working at Annecy without a project at the moment, leaving a lot of lingering anxiety that layoffs may be coming next.

IGN has reached out to Ubisoft for comment.

Ubisoft's quarterly earnings will be reported next week, and all eyes are on the company to see if it can pull itself together amid some drastic financial times. Upon last reporting, the company had thrown out its previous fiscal year guidance for new, significantly reduced financial expectations, reflective of the fact that the company just closed two stories, laid off a lot of employees, and canceled six projects. It's also handed off its three biggest franchises to Vantage Studios, a newly-created business entity owned by Ubisoft but with a 25% stake from Tencent to help keep the lights on.

Rebekah Valentine is a senior reporter for IGN. Got a story tip? Send it to rvalentine@ign.com.

Article translation courtesy of Blythe Dujardin.

Valentine’s Day is a little over a week away, so why not grab some fun gifts for everyone you love in your life? A Van Gogh Sunflower LEGO set is seeing a nice discount, making for a great couples activity, while A Nightmare on Elm Street: 7-Film Collection 4K UHD screams romance. Plus, plenty of other deals are worth checking out today.

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The Nintendo Switch 2 has been out for almost a year now, while Nintendo seems a little disappointed with its sales, it was still the best-selling console of the year. If you're one of the many people who has grabbed a Switch 2 in the last year you've probably noticed that it doesn't quite have enough storage, with only 256GB of space to fit all your games. Luckily that storage is expandable, but you will need a special MicroSD Express card to do it. And, well, they're more expensive than regular SD cards.

The Best MicroSD Express Cards for Switch 2 Right Now

MicroSD Express cards have been around for a while, but there are only a few on the market as creative professionals haven’t really found much of a use for them. However, with the Switch 2 launch, there's been a deluge of Express cards to fill that gap.

My colleagues and I are in the process of testing these cards – including that super cheap Walmart-brand one, which is fine – but if we were to recommend any based on experience, these are the MicroSD Express cards (an essential Switch 2 accessory!) we'd say to buy right now. These come from reputable manufacturers that have a track record of making excellent storage expansion cards. We'll be updating this as we play around with the Switch 2 and SD cards.

Why MicroSD Express?

Unlike many devices, the Nintendo Switch 2 is mandating a MicroSD Express card for storage expansion. Nintendo hasn’t really explained its reasoning behind the decision, but it’s not hard to see why it might want to require faster storage.

For one, the flash storage built into the system is the same kind of UFS flash that powers most smartphones. This storage is much faster than the eMMC drive in the original Switch, and it’s likely Nintendo wanted its developers to be able to count on that kind of storage speed, no matter if the game is being stored internally or on an expansion card.

The only thing you can use a regular old MicroSD card for is loading screenshots and videos you took on your first-gen Switch. That means unlike something like the PS5, which allows you to store last-generation games on slower external drives, Nintendo isn’t allowing for any wiggle room here. If you want to expand the Nintendo Switch 2 storage, you’re going to need a MicroSD Express card.

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Disneyland Paris is set to have a very big year in 2026, led by the transformation of Walt Disney Studios Park into Disney Adventure World and the opening of World of Frozen. Beyond that, the park is planning tons of upgrades to existing attractions, new restaurants, and many more changes that should make a stroll through these magical lands something truly special.

With the help of Disney Parks Blog, this Disneyland Paris in 2026 Guide will be a place to see all the fun headed to the parks this year. It's still early, so we will be updating this article as more details are revealed, but this should give you a good idea of what to expect!

We'd love you to let us know what you are most excited for, and we'd love for you to also check out our 2026 guides for Walt Disney World and Disneyland.

We now have our hands on the Nintendo Switch 2, a new console from one of the biggest names in gaming. Alas, a new console is only as valuable as the library of games you can build on it.

Thankfully, Nintendo hasn't been shy about planned releases over the next year, which include a mix of Switch 2 exclusives, third-party releases, and the benefit of backward compatibility with any games still launching on the original Switch. Without further ado, here are all of the new Switch 2 games we can look forward to in 2026.

All Upcoming Switch 2 Games With Release Dates

PGA Tour 2K25 (February 6, 2026)

If you found Wii Sports golf to be a little too easy, here you go. PGA Tour, 2K's golf series, is coming to a Nintendo console for the first time since 2K21. Take on tournaments as your favorite pro player or build up your own character through the MyCareer mode. IGN's 8/10 review gave the game some solid praise, highlighting that "new swing mechanics, paired with the significantly improved graphics, makes for a much more realistic ambiance." Let's hope that performance holds up on the Switch 2.

Tokyo Scramble (February 11, 2026)

Tokyo has been destroyed in a massive cave-in. In the aftermath, Anne wakes up underground to find a subterranean organization filled with creatures called Zeno. If they catch you, they’ll kill you. To escape, you’ll have to focus on stealth. Announced during the February Nintendo Partner Direct, Tokyo Scramble is launching on Switch 2 pretty darn soon.

Mario Tennis Fever (February 12, 2026)*

Mario Tennis is making its return with the first new release since 2018’s Mario Tennis Aces. The sports game will continue the more recent tradition of a Story Mode alongside Tournament, Trial Towers, and Mix It Up modes, all while featuring a whopping 38 playable characters.

A new island just came to Fortnite that features a digital reimagining of Qatar’s capital city, Doha, as well as Hamad International Airport and a Qatar Airways aircraft. Called QVerse Island, it’s meant to give travelers an immersive way to experience the sights of the city and its airport. There are lots of minigames, a glimpse at some of the city’s unique architecture, and a hidden golden ticket that you can find for a chance to win a free Qatar Airways flight.

You can reach QVerse Island within Fortnite by searching for “QVerse” or using code 6020-0265-6735. When you arrive on the island, you’ll pull up to Hamad International Airport and get a look at the skyline of Doha with re-creations of its real-life skyscrapers. You’ll be greeted by Sama, Qatar Airways’ digital cabin crew member, who will give you five quests to complete.

After you’ve talked to her, you’re free to explore the city and do things in whatever order you choose. Right off the bat, you’ll see floating coins that give you 10 gold each. You can spend that gold at the airport vending machines for things like faster running speed, a jetpack that lets you double jump, or consumable items. You can also look for a hidden door that takes you inside the Business Class cabin of a Qatar Airways aircraft, where you’ll join other Fortnite characters as passengers.

Once you exit the airport and make your way to the street, you’ll see you can summon a car with one button press, making traversal of the city quick and easy. Your HUD will have icons for the island’s biggest attractions, which is also where you can complete the quests Sama gave you. These are some of real-life Qatar’s most recognizable landmarks, like the National Museum of Qatar, West Bay, Katara Towers, and The Pearl Island. And QVerse Island has a persistent day/night cycle, so you can watch the sunset around these locations and see the whole city light up at night.

Each location has a minigame associated with it. At the National Museum of Qatar, you’re given a scavenger hunt to find five lost artifacts that lie scattered around the city. At West Bay, you can use your summoned car to complete a time trial race. At Katara Towers, you’ll need to cross between the towers, high in the air, while a rotating bar tries to knock you off. And at The Pearl Island, you can take on a parkour obstacle course that runs across the rooftops of the city.

While you’re exploring, you’ll notice a timer counting down to the next departure. Once the countdown finishes, you’ll be transported to a multiplayer minigame with other people currently on the island. There are four minigames in all: Wild Wheels Safari, Neon City Drop, Jumpus Maximus, and Home Run Rush. For all four, the last person standing wins.

In Wild Wheels Safari, you drive cars around a desert arena while floor tiles gradually fall away. If you fall into a hole, you’re eliminated. Neon City Drop is a similar concept, but you’re on foot and the floor is made up of brightly colored panels that fall away over time. Jumpus Maximus puts you on a giant spinning wheel in the air while rotating bars of different heights try to knock you off. And Home Run Rush gives everyone a superpowered baseball bat that can launch other players out of the stadium.

In between all the fun and games, you can explore QVerse Island to find the golden ticket. You’ll get an on-screen alert letting you know in what area of the map it just spawned, and then it’s up to you to find it. It only stays in one place for a few minutes, so you need to hurry before it moves again.

Once you find it, take a screenshot of your in-game character with it. Then post that photo to Instagram, Facebook, or X/Twitter with the hashtag #FlyWithQR, follow Qatar Airways on Instagram, and you’ll be entered in a drawing. A winning entry will be randomly selected, and that person will win a Qatar Airways flight ticket. There will be a new drawing each week and the contest will run for 10 weeks. If you don’t win one week, you can try again the next.

QVerse Island is available to explore now, and between February 7–20, gaming content creators around the world will join in on the fun, too. So be sure to check that out. Who knows who you’ll get to face off against in all those minigames? To keep up with the latest news and updates from Qatar Airways, you can follow them on Instagram, Facebook, or X/Twitter.

Project Hail Mary is one of the most anticipated movies of 2026. The upcoming film is currently set to hit theaters on March 20 and stars Ryan Gosling in the lead role of Ryland Grace. If you're not already familiar with the story, Project Hail Mary is being adapted from Andy Weir's best-selling novel of the same name. Weir is mostly known in the entertainment world for writing The Martian, which was a triumph both as a both a book and a movie (see IGN's glowing review).

As a book-to-movie adaptation, Project Hail Mary has been getting a lot of attention lately. Just today it was announced that the final movie trailer will be played during the Super Bowl this Sunday. What I didn't expect to see was any sort of LEGO announcement. Nevertheless, the plastic brick company has thrown its weight behind the film and we're officially getting the very first LEGO Project Hail Mary set ahead of the movie's release, on March 1.

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Nvidia Blackwell graphics cards launched more than a year ago, starting with the RTX 5090. And while this generation had a controversial launch, the RTX 5080 Super could have redeemed the generation. But that's probably not going to happen.

Thanks to its immense success with AI hardware, it seems like Nvidia has both scaled back production of existing 50-series cards and cancelled its mid-generation refresh of Blackwell, according to a report from The Information (via Insider Gaming). At the same time, known hardware leaker @kopite7kimi suggests that the next generation of GPUs, likely led by the RTX 6090, won't be out until the second half of 2027.

Just like with the RAM shortage that's affecting all kinds of gaming hardware right now, this is thanks to the AI industry's demand for computer hardware. Nvidia has reported huge growth, thanks to the AI boom, leading to the company being the most valuable in the world, at $4.24 trillion. It wouldn't be surprising, then, if Team Green wanted to focus on the enterprise market.

Nvidia issued IGN the following comment: "Demand for GeForce RTX GPUs is strong, and memory supply is constrained. We continue to ship all GeForce SKUs and are working closely with our suppliers to maximize memory availability." That doesn't sound like a denial, so we'll just have to wait and see how the year plays out.

The State of PC Gaming

Nvidia isn't the only company that has been mysteriously silent on mid-generation releases. AMD also hasn't released a new consumer graphics card since the Radeon RX 9060 in August 2025. And it's likely for the exact same reason that Nvidia isn't releasing its super cards: the AI demand is just too high right now.

AMD just had its earnings call as well, and while CEO Lisa Su used it as a chance to reassure gamers that the Steam Machine is still coming soon – which was followed by a delay from Valve – the company also reported $16.6 billion in revenue from its datacenter business last year. Team Red's gaming business, on the other hand, brought in $3.9 billion, and that seems like it was largely driven by the custom chips in devices like the Xbox Ally X and the Steam Machine.

Instead, both Nvidia and AMD have been focused on improving the software that runs on their graphics cards. AMD launched FSR Redstone in December 2025, which improves frame generation and ray tracing, while Nvidia launched DLSS 4.5, which gives a noticeable boost to image quality – though with a performance cost.

If both companies are indeed skipping their mid-generation GPU launches, we'll probably have to make do with these software improvements. And while I would prefer to have an RTX 5080 Super that actually performs better than the RTX 4090, I can make do with better upscaling.

Jackie Thomas is the Hardware and Buying Guides Editor at IGN and the PC components queen. You can follow her @Jackiecobra

There's still time to set yourself up with a banging home theater set before the big football game. Best Buy recently kicked off an outstanding deal on the Sonos Premium Entertainment Set, which includes the Arc Ultra soundbar and Sub 4 sub.

Normally this bundle retails for $1,998 and there's a Sonos sale going on right now that drops it to $1,599. However, Best Buy currently has it for just $1459 shipped. That is the best price I've ever seen and beats out last year's very popular Black Friday deal by $40. You may still have the chance to get it delivered before Sunday, February 8, or for peace of mind you can choose in-store pickup at your local Best Buy store.

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A new report has shed light on Microsoft’s Xbox plans for 2026, while confirming one unannounced game is still in the works.

As Microsoft announced last month, Playground's Forza Horizon 6 is out in May. The Verge said Halo: Campaign Evolved is tentatively targeting a release in the summer. Gears of War: E-Day, meanwhile, is set for the second half of the year. Playground's Fable, as we know, is due out in the fall. Microsoft reportedly wants both Gears of War: E-Day and Fable to avoid GTA 6’s gargantuan November launch.

According to the report, the Fallout 3 remaster fans are desperate to see announced is still in “active development,” three years after it appeared in FTC documents as part of Microsoft’s bid to buy Activision Blizzard. The Verge said Bethesda is keen to ensure the game is polished enough to enjoy a successful launch similar to last year’s The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered, which Bethesda chief Todd Howard recently told IGN he was "really, really pleased" with.

Amazon's Fallout TV show countdown turned out not to be Fallout 3 or Fallout: New Vegas Remastered, so news that the Fallout 3 release is still happening will be of some comfort to fans. The Verge did not provide an update on the potential Fallout: New Vegas remaster.

Bethesda's space RPG Starfield, meanwhile, is reportedly set for new content soon, and it looks like we’ll hear about the heavily rumored PlayStation 5 version soon, too. Double Fine's recently revealed Kiln is reportedly out in April.

In terms of hardware, The Verge said Microsoft will release a new Xbox controller this year. It will reportedly include Wi-Fi connectivity to reduce Xbox Cloud Gaming latency. There's no suggestion Microsoft will release its next-gen Xbox this year, which tallies with recent comments from the boss of AMD. However, The Verge expressed hope that Microsoft will talk more about its next-gen console plans later this year.

Last month, Microsoft held an Xbox Developer Direct Showcase where it revealed new information and gameplay on everything from Forza Horizon 6 to Fable. Check out everything announced here.

Wesley is Director, News at IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at wesley_yinpoole@ign.com or confidentially at wyp100@proton.me.

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Bethesda has trumpeted the news that Indiana Jones and the Great Circle will be squeezed onto a proper Switch 2 Game Card for its physical release — though other titles coming to the console will just be codes in a box.

During today's Partner Direct broadcast focusing on upcoming games coming to Nintendo Switch and Switch 2, Bethesda boss Todd Howard briefly appeared to welcome a swathe of games coming to Nintendo's newest console.

In a press release sent to IGN following the broadcast, Bethesda has now detailed its launch plans further, and announced on social media that Indiana Jones and the Great Circle would get a full-fat cartridge launch, rather than on one of Nintendo's widely-disliked Game-Key Cards.

And yes, the game is on Game Card.#IndianaJones https://t.co/jJ0cTDKLLL

— Bethesda (@bethesda) February 5, 2026

Bethesda's social post has received a string of praise, with many fans wondering how the game has been made to fit onto a Switch 2 cartridge. "Wow, totally unexpected," wrote Digital Foundry veteran and game preservation fan John Linneman in response.

Late last year, one Switch 2 developer initially suggested that Nintendo was preparing to make more sizes of Game Cartridge available for manufacturers to ship titles on, rather than relying on Game-Key cards. However, the developer then scrubbed most of this information from the internet, and implied it was unable to announce anything that Nintendo itself had not confirmed officially.

Bethesda's other three titles getting physical launches on Switch 2 this year will not be on Game Cartridges, or even Game-Key cards. Instead, Fallout 4: Anniversary Edition, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Anniversary Edition will all have physical editions that are "code-in-a-box," Bethesda has said. Of course, all of these games will be available via digital download too, via the Switch 2's eShop.

As announced (and leaked) earlier today, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle will launch digitally and physically on May 12. The game's DLC, The Order of Giants, will also be available download separately on that date.

Fallout 4: Anniversary Edition launches digitally on February 24 and physically on April 28. Skyrim Anniversary Edition is available digitally already, and will come in a box on April 28. Finally, Oblivion Remastered has a vague "2026" launch window for now.

For much more, here's everything else announced in today's Nintendo Partner Direct.

Tom Phillips is IGN's News Editor. You can reach Tom at tom_phillips@ign.com or find him on Bluesky @tomphillipseg.bsky.social

Project Hail Mary is almost here, but before the highly-anticipated film can grace us with its presence, it has to drop a final trailer. Well, according to a new TV spot teaser, below, both the film’s final trailer and a Super Bowl spot are coming very soon.

The new teaser confirmed that both of the film’s seemingly final promotional drops will happen on Sunday, February 8 — which makes Project Hail Mary one of several films that will reportedly have trailers during the big game. Fans can reportedly anticipate new trailers for Scream 7 and the upcoming Michael Jackson biopic Michael, as well as Toy Story 5, The Mandalorian and Grogu, The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, and Minions 3.

Something’s coming this Sunday…
I cannot wait for you all to see Project Hail Mary in cinemas March 20. pic.twitter.com/5h8NHpzOmp

— Christopher Miller (@chrizmillr) February 5, 2026

It seems as though we will also get a trailer for the new Steven Spielberg epic Disclosure Day, which might just be my most anticipated trailer of the game personally. One thing to note is that it's looking like there won't be any Marvel trailers this year, meaning no sneak peaks at Spider-Man: Brand New Day or Avengers: Doomsday just yet.

There’s going to be a lot of interesting pop culture events, so to speak, happening during Super Bowl LX. Pokemon will be airing a special video in celebration of their 30th anniversary featuring Jigglypuff (excellent choice, right?) during their spot, while Xfinity will have their own spot featuring an uncannily de-aged Sam Neil, Laura Dern, and Jeff Goldblum in Jurassic Park. Hey, I didn’t say whether the events would be good or bad, I just said there would be pop culture events.

Project Hail Mary was directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller from a script by Drew Goddard based on the 2021 novel by Andy Weir. It stars Ryan Gosling alongside Sandra Hüller, Lionel Boyce, Ken Leung, and Milana Vayntrub.

The film is set to be released in theaters on March 20, just under two months from Super Bowl weekend.

Lex Briscuso is a film and television critic and a freelance entertainment writer for IGN. You can follow her on Twitter at @nikonamerica.