Jason Schreier has shared details about Payback, a canceled Bungie project that was envisioned as the future of Destiny. It was planned as a sandbox game featuring characters from the Destiny universe, with a focus on world exploration and puzzle-solving.
According to Insider Gaming's Tom Henderson, Ubisoft Milan previously pitched Nintendo an original The Legend of Zelda spin-off codenamed Goliath, which would have featured a completely new protagonist. Nintendo reportedly liked the concept and asked Ubisoft Milan to make the player character Ganondorf instead, but rejected the prototype in November 2023 for unclear reasons, and the project was cancelled with the team split across other Ubisoft projects. Henderson says the report is based on more than 18 months of research for his forthcoming book about cancelled games.
The Xbox PC App has reportedly been updated with a new Xbox Mythic Achievement, featuring a starred and laurelled symbol and a 15-second unlock sound, spotted by Xbox-watcher Klobrille. TrueAchievements says Mythic Achievements are worth zero Gamerscore and appear retroactive, but Microsoft has not officially confirmed the feature or whether it works like PlayStation's Platinum Trophy.
A stunt worker's resume listed motion capture work on Injustice 3, portraying Supergirl and Batwoman, before the mentions were removed. Supergirl's appearance is expected, while Batwoman would be a first for the series and is dead in the official Injustice comics. The game has not been announced and has no known release date.
An official Pokémon social media account posted a 30-second clip of Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire running in high resolution, prompting fans to speculate that Switch ports are coming. The clip's length matches the Switch and Switch 2's automatic 30-second gameplay capture, and official channels normally don't use emulated versions of older Pokémon games in promotional clips. Dataminers previously found that this year's Switch ports of Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen seemingly included ROM support for all third-gen mainline games, including Ruby, Sapphire and Emerald.
A weekly discussion thread on Reddit's Gaming Leaks and Rumours subreddit rounded up the past week's top stories, including a 200GB GTA V source code leak containing early GTA VI assets and The Blood of Dawnwalker's $40 million production cost. Twitch's CEO hinted in a Bloomberg interview that GTA VI multiplayer could launch in 2027, while a ResetEra moderator detailed upcoming Xbox Game Pass changes and Injustice 3 was seemingly the unannounced fighting game hosting playtests in California.
Naughty Dog has not announced Uncharted 5, but there are still hints about the franchise's future. In 2022, Naughty Dog veteran Shaun Escayg, who worked on Uncharted 4 and The Lost Legacy, said the team has a "never say never" attitude about making Uncharted 5. In February 2026, Escayg posted a vague Instagram photo of a cannon in a tropical environment captioned "research," fueling fan theories about a new Uncharted game.