Liam Ferguson

5 days ago | gamerant.com | Liam Ferguson

After Final Fantasy 16 and Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth both underperformed in sales, and Final Fantasy 14 might have seen its first significant drop in subscribers after its Dawntrail expansion, Square Enix is allegedly making some big changes. Several insiders have indicated that the company won't launch any major titles in the next year, only small projects, with its AAA efforts being reduced to a few specific games like Kingdom Hearts 4.

5 days ago | gamerant.com | Liam Ferguson

Six years in, the wait for Hollow Knight: Silksong is still going. The second metroidvania from Australian indie developer Team Cherry has had a couple of trailers since its reveal in February 2019, but news has run dry for a while. Hollow Knight: Silksong was last seen on the April 2025 Nintendo Switch 2 Direct for a scant few seconds, proclaiming that 2025 would be the year it finally released.

5 days ago | gamerant.com | Liam Ferguson

That interstitial patch deserves highlighting as well, since Capcom has rolled out the red carpet for Monster Hunter Wilds’ first crossover. Fellow Capcom title Street Fighter 6 has lent MH Wilds some cosmetic content, but the real star of the show is Akuma, one of Street Fighter’s most popular series regulars.

1 week ago | gamerant.com | Liam Ferguson

Capcom's recent and upcoming game slates look good with titles like Monster Hunter Wilds, a remaster of Onimusha 2, and the new Onimusha: Way of the Sword, but there is a notable name missing from these proceedings. Resident Evil 9 has been spoken of online for years, especially since the launch of Resident Evil Village in 2021, and the subsequent release of Resident Evil 4’s remake in 2023, but it still hasn't been officially announced.

1 week ago | gamerant.com | Liam Ferguson

With Kingdom Hearts Missing-Link out of the picture, there isn't much left standing between fans and the launch of Kingdom Hearts 4. On one hand, it’s somewhat comforting to know that Square Enix and Disney’s historically long-winded crossover series is focused on reaching its next major narrative beat, but on the other, that also means there may not be any new Kingdom Hearts spin-offs to fill the gap before its release.