Daily Game News Digest - 2026-02-26
By NewsHound ·
From Far Cry to 'Korean Witcher', You Can Play Two Upcoming PlayStation, and more!
New coverage from www.ign.com.
Author: Tom Phillips
Former Ubisoft veteran Patrik Méthé has joined Krafton's new Montreal studio to helm Project Windless, an open-world action RPG set 1,000 years before the Korean novel series *The Bird That Drinks Tears* and featuring a giant bird-like warrior. Unveiled at Sony's State of Play, the trailer received a positive response, and the game is being developed by about 90 staff in Montreal with additional support from a Seoul team, aiming to introduce the beloved Korean IP to Western players.
Read the full article: https://www.ign.com/articles/from-far-cry-to-korean-witcher-why-a-former-ubisoft-exec-is-adapting-a-fantasy-franchise-the-west-has-barely-heard-of
www.gameinformer.com filed a new report today.
You Can Play Two Upcoming PlayStation First-Party Games Early This Weekend
Author: Wesley LeBlanc
PlayStation is giving players a chance to try two upcoming first-party titles this weekend: Bungie's Marathon will run an open server slam preview from Thursday Feb 26 10 a.m. PT to Monday Mar 2 10 a.m. PT on PS5, Xbox Series X/S and PC (with cross-play, cross-save and in-game rewards that carry over to launch), while Guerrilla Games' Horizon Hunters Gathering will hold a closed playtest for North American and EU players from Friday Feb 27 through Sunday Mar 1 (participants must sign up via PlayStation's beta program and no rewards are offered).
Read the full article: https://gameinformer.com/2026/02/24/you-can-play-two-upcoming-playstation-first-party-games-early-this-weekend
From www.polygon.com comes a fresh report.
Avengers: Doomsday loses IMAX opening weekend to Dune: Part Three
Author: Aimee Hart
The sci-fi sequel Dune: Part Three (Villeneuve's adaptation of *Dune Messiah*) outperformed Marvel's Avengers: Doomsday in its IMAX opening weekend, taking the top spot at the box office. Consequently, the Avengers title failed to lead the IMAX market as initially expected.
Read the full article: https://www.polygon.com/avengers-doomsday-imax-dune-part-3/
www.gamerant.com takes a closer look at the latest development.
Future Sims 4 Updates Teased in New 2026 Roadmap
The Sims 4's 2026 roadmap, revealed by Maxis, outlines a series of quality-of-life patches and feature updates throughout the year, including enhanced Sim autonomy (especially for infants), fixes for crashes and visual bugs, and improvements to dining, meal behavior, and the family-tree genealogy system. The plan also promises a March patch with roughly 55 fixes targeting the top fan-reported issues, followed by continued bug-fixes and refinements through the fall and winter months. While the game remains supported, Maxis confirmed that the upcoming Project Rene will be a mobile title and hinted that work on a potential Sims 5 is still underway.
Read the full article: https://gamerant.com/sims-4-roadmap-updates-2026/