Xbox co-founder thinks Phil Spencer simply burned out trying to do right by games
Xbox co-founder Seamus Blackley thinks now-former Xbox boss Phil Spencer may have simply run out of steam trying to advocate for gaming inside Microsoft. But the person Blackley is most concerned about following the leadership...
Wielders of the Essence demo is now live on Steam – an incremental survivors-like from the Songs of Conquest studio
A demo for Wielders of the Essence is now available on Steam. It's a minimalist incremental survivors-like from Lavapotion – the studio behind the well-regarded turn-based tactics/RPG Songs of Conquest. The demo has already picked...
ARC Raiders players spotted a massive flying UFO hiding in the storm clouds
An ARC Raiders player on the Spaceport map during the Hurricane event caught something strange in the sky. Some think it was a Bombardier's spotters getting swept up by the wind, but most agree it...
Call of Duty team shuts down standalone Zombies game rumor
The Call of Duty team has officially denied rumors about a standalone Zombies project being in development. The claims originated from TheGhostofHope on Twitter, who alleged that the team was planning to release a standalone...
World of Warcraft players are getting banned on Pinterest because of the new housing feature
World of Warcraft is finally getting its long-awaited housing system with the Midnight expansion, launching in early March – though players with early access were already able to try it ahead of the official release....
Some crazy Besiege engineer built a realistic diesel-electric submarine in the medieval sandbox
YouTuber Silexion built a fully functional diesel-electric submarine in Besiege – a medieval siege machine sandbox – complete with a working engine, battery system, flywheel-powered torpedoes, and depth control. The video caught enough attention that...
Crimson Desert will be the second game to support AMD FSR Redstone Ray Regeneration
Crimson Desert launches next month and looks set to become the second game to support AMD FSR Redstone Ray Regeneration – great news for owners of AMD Radeon RX 9000 series GPUs. AMD FSR Redstone...
Demo of the first-person card roguelike from the Vampire Survivors creator draws thousands of players
Poncle released a free demo of Vampire Crawlers – the second game set in the Vampire Survivors universe – on PC and Xbox as part of Steam Next Fest 2026. The title shifts genre from...
Two new ARC Raiders threats are already in the wild
Players who've already updated ARC Raiders and dropped into their first runs are now running into two new machines Embark Studios added today – both showing up across all maps. Here's a look from the...
MOUSE: P.I. For Hire delayed by nearly a month
Three weeks before launch, Fumi Games and PlaySide announced a delay for MOUSE: P.I. For Hire. The shooter is now set to release on April 16 instead of March 19, with the developers citing the...
Anno 117: Pax Romana is free to play this weekend, and Ubisoft revealed its Year 1 DLC roadmap
Ubisoft is offering a free play period for Anno 117: Pax Romana from February 26 through March 2. The game puts you in the role of a newly appointed Roman governor tasked with building the...
Original Diablo 2 devs are proud their classic is still getting love, even as it competes with their new ARPG
Blizzard recently surprised players by adding a new Warlock class to Diablo 2 and bringing the 2021 remaster to Steam. For some of the original developers, seeing their decades-old game get fresh content is a...
New Cthulhu: The Cosmic Abyss trailer shows the opening minute of the Lovecraftian horror
A new trailer for Cthulhu: The Cosmic Abyss has dropped, showing off the game's opening moments. The Lovecraftian horror is set to launch in April on PS5, Xbox Series, and PC. Players step into the...
Bungie is handing out permanent bans for cheating in Marathon with no appeals
While ARC Raiders is still dealing with the fallout from its item duplication glitch that wrecked the in-game economy, Bungie is getting ahead of the problem by laying out its security stance for Marathon. The...
World of Warcraft players dream of $1,000 walking house mounts and recall a prophetic fan concept
With the housing system coming to World of Warcraft in the Midnight expansion, players on Reddit have sparked a lively discussion about when Blizzard will start selling truly absurd mounts. User Tastyapplepies posted a thread...
Hogwarts Legacy 2 may launch right alongside the HBO Harry Potter series
Hogwarts Legacy 2 is reportedly expected to release shortly after the premiere of the first season of the HBO Harry Potter series – putting the game somewhere in the January–April 2027 window. That's according to...
A fan added X-Men to Baldur's Gate 3 with Wolverine, Storm, and more mutants
Players are constantly adding new races and subclasses to Baldur's Gate 3. Some are based on official D&D rulebooks, others are homebrewed creations. One fan, however, took things further and turned Tav and companions into...
An artist is recreating Fallout TV show scenes in the style of the classic games, and the results are uncanny
A Twitter user going by Goat Boy (@goat_boy11) has been posting handcrafted animations and "dioramas" styled after Fallout 1 and Fallout 2 for a while now – and in 2026, it reads like a genuine...
No Man's Sky player dug a tunnel through a mountain instead of going around it
While some No Man's Sky travelers are out here building highways and underwater bridges to haul scrap metal, one player took a more direct approach – literally. Using the terrain leveling tool, they dug a...
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...
