Wardogs developers acknowledged balance issues and the blue team's constant losses
Tactical FPS Wardogs has been out in early access for just over a week, and players the world over have been putting it through its paces. The uber-popular game has garnered a community that's already...
Wardogs online player count dropped by 100 thousand in a week, so the developers are asking gamers for advice
It's been one week since Wardogs launched in early access and only three days since the 100-person firefight reached its peak number of players on Steam, but that figure has already dropped by over 100,000...
Gamers crashed Wardogs servers on the very first day of early access – developers partially blame Valve
Wardogs, a 100-player milsim FPS, launched in Steam early access and instantly became a hit. The game topped Steam's global sales chart, and its player count blew past 300,000 concurrent users right away. Not everyone...
New Minecraft addon simulates multiplayer without friends or internet
Gamemode One, an official Mojang partner, has announced AI Players, an add-on that fills a single-player Minecraft world with bots behaving like real players. The multiplayer illusion works entirely offline, with no internet connection needed....
Multiplayer in STALKER 2 is not cancelled – developers confirmed work on a free update
GSC Game World is still working on a free multiplayer update for STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl. Ievgen and Maria Grygorovych shared the update with Insider Gaming during a conversation at gamescom 2026. The promise...
Modern Warfare 4 developers will fix balding Captain Price – players nicknamed him "Lieutenant Receding"
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 developers have promised to fix Captain Price's look, whose haircut became a target for jokes during the beta test. The beta kicked off on August 21, and throughout it,...
Hidetaka Miyazaki didn't want to create ordinary vampires, so the creatures from The Duskbloods will have their own unique design and story
Hidetaka Miyazaki, legendary FromSoftware director, talked about the principles behind character creation in The Duskbloods. According to the developer, the studio is deliberately moving away from traditional notions of vampires and monsters, favoring a broader...
Arrowhead doesn't have a dedicated balance team for Helldivers 2
One of Helldivers 2 support staffers has shed some light on how Arrowhead operates internally, pushing back against a widespread misconception about a dedicated balancing team. Arrowhead staffer B Vitamin wrote on Discord that there...
Fallout 76 finally adds Bigfoot, and he's furious
The Backwoods update for Fallout 76 launched on March 3, and its headline addition is Bigfoot. Somehow, the legendary creature from American folklore had never appeared in a game built entirely around mythological beasts and...
Helldivers 2 fan offers Arrowhead $1,000 to beat the game's hardest challenge
A Helldivers 2 fan is throwing down a real-money challenge at Arrowhead Game Studios. Reddit user Key_Complex_150 posted what they're calling a "serious offer" – a pledge to donate $1,000 to Arrowhead's charity of choice,...
Highguard's failure came down to leadership hubris and a misplaced belief they had the next Apex Legends
The story of Highguard reads like a string of missteps: an oddly timed Game Awards trailer, decent launch numbers, a round of major updates – and then, just weeks after release, the sudden layoff of...
Teardown is getting 12-player multiplayer in March
Tuxedo Labs has announced a release date for the biggest free update to Teardown since launch. The multiplayer update arrives on March 12 and has been one of the most requested features in the game's...
REPO cosmetic update has grown way beyond hats and outfits for the Semibots
Semiwork posted a video on their YouTube channel revealing details about the upcoming Cosmetic Update for REPO. The name might suggest it's just new skins and accessories for the Semibots, but the developers themselves admitted...
DICE promises to fix Battlefield 6's useless light vehicles in upcoming tests
Battlefield 6 has a serious problem with its light ground transport. The LGT is so useless that players routinely ignore entire fleets of available jeeps and choose to run across the map on foot instead....
Den of Wolves developer 10 Chambers lays off dozens of employees, including studio co-founders
10 Chambers, the studio behind cooperative shooter GTFO and the upcoming extraction shooter Den of Wolves, has announced major layoffs. The cuts affected not only regular developers but also several company co-founders. News of the...
Marathon server testing begins February 26 – everything you need to know
Bungie announced a Server Slam for Marathon – a test weekend running from February 26 to March 2 across all platforms. The event lets players worldwide experience the survival extraction shooter and earn rewards for...
ARC Raiders duplication glitch lets players spam grenades and ziplines
Extraction shooter ARC Raiders is facing a serious problem – players are massively exploiting an item duplication bug, making the game nearly unbearable in some cases. While such glitches are common in extraction games, the...
Players keep finding dead raiders surrounded by mountains of rubber ducks in ARC Raiders
Finding the item you need in ARC Raiders is always satisfying, whether it's a blueprint or a simple spring. However, after the Headwinds update, players seem interested in only one thing – rubber ducks. The...
Blizzard announces biggest Overwatch update ever – Vendetta cinematic, 10 heroes per year, and rebranding without the 2
Blizzard held its second annual Overwatch Spotlight presentation, unveiling massive changes coming to the hero shooter in 2026. The next season is positioned as a complete overhaul – so significant that Blizzard is calling it...
No Man's Sky player witnesses AFK character kidnapping right off the station
The No Man's Sky community discovered a new way to entertain themselves in multiplayer – kidnapping AFK players right off the Anomaly station. One Reddit user captured video of another traveler methodically dragging an idle...
