Routine: Meet the Megazone arcade and playable mini-games – IGN First
Blog Andrew Joseph 07 Nov , 2025 0
What if the 1980s were the starting point for the future? Like this year's Fantastic Four movie is a 50s version of the future? ROUTINE is coming soon, a first-person sci-fi horror game set on a moon base. Like all good horror games, silence and loneliness are your worst enemies, and it's no different in Everyday – except for the part where you find out an enemy thinks the main threat is actually you. Piece together the events that occurred before your arrival and try to survive.
ROUTINE is our first “Cover Story” game at IGN for November, launching on PC (Steam and Xbox on PC) and Xbox (Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One and Xbox Cloud) on December 4th – including day one with Xbox Game Pass. This exclusive video (watch it above) introduces you to the Moon Base's Megazone Arcade area, including playable mini-games.
The development story of ROUTINE is quite rich, having originally been announced over a decade ago. It turned out to be Revealed again 2022, and we finally played for the first time earlier this year. Stay tuned throughout November for more exclusive IGN First coverage, like our CAT Ultraview Gaming Tool Revealed This kicks off our coverage. In the meantime, you can wish list If you're interested, you can check out ROUTINE on Steam.