The launch of BioShock's beleaguered movie adaptation may now be accompanied by other BioShock projects — including the long-awaited next BioShock game.

Talking to Collider, BioShock movie producer Roy Lee confirmed that while the project's director Francis Lawrence is still tied up in post-production on The Hunger Games prequel Sunrise on the Reaping, the adaptation of 2K's blockbuster BioShock remains "next on the docket."

"We would have gotten it made a few years back, but then other movies got in the way, with one being The Long Walk and the other being The Hunger Games prequel, which comes out this December," Lee explained, before hinting that the film's eventual release may prove to be part of a wider BioShock push.

"We're just waiting for [Lawrence] to finish post-production, because he's going to be working on it through at least September, and then jump back into it," Lee continued. "I know that Netflix and Take-Two are very anxious to see the movie come out because they want to have the release coincide with some of the potential new incarnations of the game."

That latter sentence is particularly exciting, as it teases that publisher Take-Two is keen to see the film debut around the same time as a new BioShock game (or two). Exactly what is meant by "incarnations" remains to be seen, though.

When pressed for timescales, Lee cautiously said: "It's steadily on the path, but you know how it goes. It's... so many things could get in the way, but I know that the intent is to hopefully get in production next year."

Netflix announced plans for a BioShock adaptation back in 2022, though the project has stalled due to budget cuts impacting the scope of the movie and its script. Prior to that, Pirates of the Caribbean director Gore Verbinski was working on his own adaptation, though that ultimately came to nothing.

In September 2025, producer Roy Lee confirmed the project is still in active development, with director Francis Lawrence on board to direct.

"It's a tricky adaptation, so there's lots of things to figure out and to get right," Lawrence told IGN at the time. "There's regime changes at Netflix, and so things stall out and get re-energized and stall out and get re-energized, and I think we're in a pretty good place, honestly."

As for the long-awaited BioShock 4? After layoffs and a further delay to the project's release, former Gears of War head and Diablo franchise lead Rod Fergusson will now oversee Cloud Chamber and the project itself, which has been in development for the last decade.

Vikki Blake is a reporter for IGN, as well as a critic, columnist, and consultant with 15+ years experience working with some of the world's biggest gaming sites and publications. She's also a Guardian, Spartan, Silent Hillian, Legend, and perpetually High Chaos. Find her at BlueSky.

A familiar but unannounced name has popped up in a theater chain's description of The Super Mario Galaxy Movie.

UK-based luxury cinema chain Everyman has posted a new description of the movie leaves no room for ambiguity: "After defeating Bowser and saving Brooklyn, Mario faces Wario and Bowser Jr.'s evil alliance. Now, alongside his friends and Yoshi, he must stop their plans for world domination." Yes, Wario.

Previously, Jack Black had called for The Last of Us and Mandalorian actor Pedro Pascal to star as Mario's nemesis, but it remains to be seen if Black's (or mine, if I'm honest) wish have been granted.

Nintendo and Illumination are teaming up again for a sequel to The Super Mario Bros. Movie. With directors Aaron Horvath and Michael Jelenic back at the helm, the highly anticipated sequel is set to debut on April 1, meaning there's now just over a month left to go.

Along with Mario and Luigi, the upcoming animated sequel will also see Bowser Jr, Yoshi, Birdo, a T-Rex, and Rosalina joining the chaos, the latter of which is voiced by Marvel star and Nintendo fan Brie Larson. All of the same major cast members are back from the first movie, too, including Chris Pratt as Mario, Anya Taylor-Joy as Princess Peach, Charlie Day as Luigi, Jack Black as Bowser, Keegan-Michael Key as Toad, and Kevin Michael Richardson as Kamek.

In the meantime, you can see how a recently revealed toy set may have leaked the inclusion of another classic Nintendo character. You can also see why some fans believe the movie will revolve around time travel, and find out why some Nintendo fans believe a new trailer may be teasing a cameo from none other than Star Fox leader Fox McCloud.

The blink-and-you’ll-miss-it moment happens at the two-second mark and can be seen on the far-left side of the screen. If you pause, you’ll see what is believed to be a body wearing a green shirt, a white vest, and a very familiar blaster, leaving fans hoping that this unidentified figure is our first look at Fox in The Super Mario Galaxy Movie.

Vikki Blake is a reporter for IGN, as well as a critic, columnist, and consultant with 15+ years experience working with some of the world's biggest gaming sites and publications. She's also a Guardian, Spartan, Silent Hillian, Legend, and perpetually High Chaos. Find her at BlueSky.

Resident Evil 2's director and famed developer, Hideki Kamiya, has opened up on his thoughts about leaks and spoilers, suggesting those who revel in ruining surprises for others "deserve a thousand deaths" and "be cursed to never be able to play games again."

His thoughts come as Resident Evil Requiem spoilers flood the internet, even though Capcom has promised "firm action" against those responsible. The developer said it believed the "large number of gameplay videos" now floating around the internet — some of which contain huge spoilers and clips of the game's finale, which IGN verified as legitimate — originated from copies obtained "through illegal means."

Now, in a message posted to Twitter/X and translated by machine (which means there may be some inaccuracies or missing nuance), Kamiya reflected on how spoilers also impacted the release of Resident Evil 2.

"I'm sure the final developments of [Resident Evil 2] were also exposed in a weekly photo magazine…" he wrote. "For your own selfish satisfaction, you trample on the feelings of the users who were looking forward to the game, as well as the feelings of the creators who put all their effort into making it.

"It's a despicable act that destroys the happiness of everyone, and deserves a thousand deaths... May you be cursed to never be able to play games again..."

Capcom stressed the posting of these videos constitutes copyright infringement, as well as generally being "an act that offends other customers." However, the publisher seems somewhat limited in what it can actually do in response, suggesting it will simply delete the videos or issue "warnings."

Thankfully, we don't have long to wait now, as Resident Evil Requiem's February 27 release date is but a few short days away. "After getting hands-on with a total of about four hours of Resident Evil 9 Requiem at this point, and sharing that experience with colleagues, I’m more excited for the series than I have been in recent memory," IGN wrote after going hands-on with Resident Evil Requiem recently. "It’s the old mixed with the new, but all in a modern package with two protagonists I already like a lot."

Vikki Blake is a reporter for IGN, as well as a critic, columnist, and consultant with 15+ years experience working with some of the world's biggest gaming sites and publications. She's also a Guardian, Spartan, Silent Hillian, Legend, and perpetually High Chaos. Find her at BlueSky.

Tencent has shut down TiMi Montréal, the studio employing former Assassin's Creed creative director, Ashraf Ismail.

Ismail joined the studio after his high-profile exit from Ubisoft following an internal investigation into misconduct in 2020. Previously, he served as creative director on Assassin's Creed's most recent blockbusters made out of its Montreal hub, including Black Flag, Origins and Valhalla.

The five-year-old TiMi Montréal — which is part of the bigger multinational TiMi Studio Group — has not released any games in that time, but had been planning to create "AAA open-world, multi-platform games."

The wider TiMi group publishes a number of mobile games, including Call of Duty: Mobile (not to be confused with Call of Duty: Warzone Mobile, which shuts down in April), as well as shooter Delta Force.

Game File says sources had warned that a "shutdown was imminent," but the news was confirmed when a senior gameplay programmer wrote in a now-deleted/privated LinkedIn message that though the team "had been aware this was coming for some time, it doesn't make the reality any easier".

Responding to that message, a designer also affected by the closure wrote: "This team was exceptional not just in talent, but also in camaraderie. It’s one of those experiences that sticks with you for a very long time, and I feel privileged to have been part of it".