Excited for The Witcher to finally wrap up? No, I'm not talking about that Witcher 3 playthrough you abandoned after 70 hours of wandering around, I'm talking about the Netflix show probably best known for its prominent recast of Geralt and for being very different from the books and games. Well, it's been delayed (via What's on Netflix).

Even though it reportedly wrapped filming late last year, the story from What's on Netflix says that "a little digging" confirms "that the release has indeed shifted to next year, though Netflix has neither confirmed this publicly nor is thought to have locked in a specific 2027 release window just yet."

The article speculates that this is to brush up the VFX before release and move the show's finale away from other big releases, but there's no explicit confirmation as to why this delay has happened. It's a bummer if you've been chomping at the bit to see Liam Hemsworth totally witch all over the place, but since no major reshoots or further recasts have been confirmed, it's at least less grief than the God of War series is experiencing right now.

In the meantime, there are famously a lot of Witcher things you probably have to catch up on. Check out, for instance, our guide to reading the acclaimed novels by Andrzej Sapkowski and the associated comics—I have admittedly only read The Last Wish, but I recommend it for the short story where a goat man throws metal balls at Geralt while heckling him.

There's also, as you may have heard, a videogame series. I assume if you've gotten this far into this article you already like those games (at least more than Sapkowski does), so I'll recommend the Witcher let's play series by original lead story designer Artur Ganszyniec. Squint really hard, and mid-aughts CG Geralt probably looks a bit like Liam Hemsworth.

Blizzard Entertainment is reportedly Xbox's best-performing studio and is enjoying its first back-to-back years of growth in almost a decade, and it's mainly thanks to Diablo 4: Lord of Hatred and Overwatch's big resurgence.

In an internal email seen by Windows Central, Blizzard President Johanna Faries reportedly told staff that the company "ended the year as the top-performing studio in Xbox's studios division, and this past year has marked our third highest fiscal for top line revenue in Blizzard's history."

That puts the World of Warcraft and Diablo maker above of Activision (Call of Duty), King (Candy Crush), and Bethesda (Fallout, The Elder Scrolls).

Blizzard's 2026 and 2027 fiscal years also marked the company's "first back-to-back years of growth since" fiscal year 2027, shortly after the first incarnation of Overwatch came out.

"Diablo 4: Lord of Hatred and Overwatch drove exceptional performance in particular, with Overwatch delivering its strongest quarter since 2022," Faries says.

Overwatch kickstarted its big comeback at the start of the year with five new playable heroes, a seasonal reset, and smaller changes to almost every corner of the shooter. A jetpacking cat was sure to drive tons of hype, but since then, the team's put out exciting heroes and solid updates in every season. I'm sure collabs with Hello Kitty, Persona, and K-pop group Le Sserafim moved a bunch of players unable to control their wallets - it's me, I'm players. Blizzard's next tank is another mech-based fighter with a sick-looking sword and shield, for example.

Still, the comeback story comes during a pretty grim time for parent company Xbox. The console maker recently cut 1,600 jobs across its studios, with plans to cut another 1,600 roles within the next year.

Blizzard ends support for Overwatch's MOBA-inspired Stadium mode, no more heroes or maps to be added