Podcast: Forza and Fable look like GOTY contenders, and can Ubisoft recover?
The VGC team discuss the Xbox Developer Direct, Ubisoft's cancellations and Kensuke Tanabe's retirement
VGC January 23, 2026
23rd Jan 2026
In Brief
VGC Newsletter for January 23
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Nintendo confirms Nintendo Direct this weekend for Mario Galaxy Movie
Nintendo and Illumination are set to reveal new details on the sequel
Sonic boss says he’s open to adding ‘deep cut’ Sonic characters as CrossWorlds DLC
“We want Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds to represent all eras of Sonic.”
Game Freak says its Beast of Reincarnation team is ‘relatively small’ but it’s outsourcing to a wide number of partner studios
The Pokémon studio is taking a central direction and management role
Megami Tensei author says devs must take inspiration from other media if they want to invent new gameplay systems
If creators draw inspiration from games, they'll just make the same games, he says