ccdf15390ce78b9b6a8d30fb43e80f10

Our final episode of 2020 is a special one! Ryan welcomes Tim Schafer, the head of Double Fine (aka one of the newest Xbox Game Studios), for a 40-minute conversation about life since being acquired by Microsoft. But don't fret – that very much includes an update on Psychonauts 2 as well! P.S. We're off next week but we'll be back with new episodes of Unlocked starting January 5. Happy […]

I’ve waited a long time to say this with confidence: Microsoft is finally – finally – set up for sustained first-party success. Xbox Studios’ on-paper portfolio was capped off by The Game Awards’ riveting reveal of Perfect Dark, which will revive a beloved N64-era franchise that has been dormant for 15 years. It’s been entrusted to The Initiative, Microsoft’s lone new homegrown studio located in the development hotbed of Santa […]

As 2020 winds down (thank goodness), our monthly IGN First series is looking ahead to 2021 and some of the games we'll be keeping our eyes on – and think you should too. This isn't a comprehensive list of all of 2021's big games (or our most-anticipated games ranking), by any stretch, but it's a fun sampling of some of the stuff we're excited about and are able to show […]