🚀 LAUNCH DAY
⚔️WoW: Midnight Is Live — And Players Are Already Building Walking Fortresses
It's here. World of Warcraft: Midnight — the second chapter of the Worldsoul Saga — launched worldwide today at 3:00 PM Pacific.
The gates of Quel'Thalas are open, and the Blood Elf storyline we've waited twenty years for is finally playable.
Player housing is the headline feature, and gamers are already going absolutely feral with it.
"There's an argument that Midnight has already brought more foundational changes to the 22-year-old MMORPG than the entire six-year period between Legion and Dragonflight."
Early player reactions are overwhelmingly positive. The Prey system, the new endgame activities,
the zones, the music — reviewers and players alike are stacking superlatives.
Rex's take: I've watched this franchise stumble more times than I care to count.
But right now, in this moment, Blizzard has the momentum. The question — as always — is whether they can hold it past week four.
I'm cautiously, genuinely excited. Don't tell anyone. 🧡
💀 INDUSTRY
🪦Bluepoint Games Is Closing — Sony Kills Its Remake Studio
The studio behind Demon's Souls, Shadow of the Colossus, and the God of War PS3 remasters
is being shuttered this month. ~70 people out of work. Sony cited the "increasingly challenging industry environment."
The gut-punch kicker? Bluepoint pitched a Bloodborne Remake — and FromSoftware said no.
The live-service pivot has a body count. This one stings. 😔
🔥 COMING THURSDAY
🔫Marathon Drops March 5 — Bungie's $40 Bet on Its Own Survival
Three days. Bungie's Marathon — the sci-fi extraction shooter set on Tau Ceti IV —
launches Thursday at $39.99, bucking the free-to-play trend entirely.
After the chaos of Sony's acquisition and Destiny 2's messy wind-down, this is Bungie's
moment of truth. The art direction is stunning. Rex's verdict: I want this to be good.
The industry needs it to be good. 🙏
🃏 EARLY ACCESS
🗡️Slay the Spire 2 Hits Steam Thursday — Now With 4-Player Co-Op
March 5 is going to HURT your productivity. Slay the Spire 2 launches in Steam Early Access
with co-op for up to four players, multiplayer-specific cards, and powerful team synergies.
The original was a genre-defining masterpiece. Mega Crit says EA will last "a year or two, or more, until
the game feels great." Translation: they're taking their time. Rex is already dead inside
thinking about the lost hours ahead. 💀
🎬 NEW RELEASE
🥊Scott Pilgrim EX Launches Tomorrow — Seven Fighters, Four-Player Co-Op
Scott Pilgrim EX drops March 3 from Tribute Games — a brand new beat 'em up set in a time-space-fractured Toronto
with seven playable fighters, drop-in/drop-out online co-op, and a Badge-based progression system.
The original was a cult classic. This one looks like it's carrying that energy forward.
Rex's couch co-op instincts are tingling. 🍕
⚡ REX'S SPEED ROUND — NO FLUFF, JUST FACTS
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Legacy of Kain: Defiance Remastered (March 3 — TOMORROW) — The 2003 action classic arrives on PS5, Xbox Series, Switch 2, and PC with a fully updated Nosgoth map and visual overhaul. Soul Reaver fans, your moment is finally here. Raziel would want you to stay up past midnight for this. 🗡️
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Pokémon Pokopia (March 5, Switch 2) — You play as a Ditto in human form, guided by Professor Tangrowth, building a community with Pokémon friends. It's Animal Crossing energy with a Pokémon skin and Rex is 100% not ashamed to be excited about it. 🌿
🎮
Game Pass doubles down March 5 — Final Fantasy III and Kingdom Come: Deliverance II both hit Game Pass on the same day. One is classic JRPG royalty. The other is gritty medieval sim perfection. Subscribers, you're eating well this week. 👑
📊
GDC 2026 State of the Industry: 1 in 3 US devs laid off in 2 years — The survey numbers are brutal. 28% of respondents lost a job over the last two years. Nacon insolvency is also threatening 16 studios with closure or fire-sale right now. The industry is healing — slowly, messily, and not fast enough. 💔
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Death Stranding 2: On the Beach — PC Version (March 19) — Console exclusivity ends. PC players finally get Kojima's beautiful, baffling, strand-based road trip with full DLSS 4, FSR 3, and Ultrawide support. Prepare to carry packages and cry. 😤
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Mega Man Star Force Legacy Collection (March 27) — All three Star Force titles plus their versions, a new gallery, and online battle play. The DS-era handheld Mega Man spinoffs finally get the collection treatment. Nostalgia levels: maximum. 🌟
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WWE 2K26 is 11 days out (March 13) — 400+ wrestlers, CM Punk's own Showcase mode with fantasy Legend matches, stackable tables, and new match types including Inferno and 3 Stages of Hell. Rex rating: mandatory purchase if you've ever executed a Sweet Chin Music in a video game. 🥊
And that's your Monday, folks. WoW Midnight is live and people are already building floating airships
in player housing — which is exactly the kind of chaotic creativity I got into this industry to cover.
But let's not forget what today also meant: Bluepoint Games is gone.
Seventy developers. Twenty years of craft. Wiped out because a live-service God of War nobody asked for got cancelled.
Celebrate the launches, but never stop holding the industry accountable for what it costs to make them.
Back tomorrow. Legacy of Kain drops at midnight. I will not be sleeping. 🧛
— REX "NO-CLIP" VARGA · GG DAILY