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...
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 soundtrack has been spoiling the game from the very first track – intentionally
The music in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 turned out to be far more deceptive than it might seem. At a Game Developer's Conference 2026 panel, Sandfall audio lead and music designer Raphael Joffres confirmed that...
Monster Hunter Stories 3 review roundup – critics call it one of the best in the franchise
Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection launches March 13, 2026 on PC, PS5, Xbox Series, and Nintendo Switch 2, and reviews are already in. The JRPG is sitting at an 85 average on OpenCritic, with...
Xbox Helix won't have exclusives and isn't a next-gen console – it's basically a PC that could kill the platform
Questions about whether Microsoft might return to exclusivity are back in the spotlight, this time fueled by mixed signals from the company's new leadership. Xbox CEO Asha Sharma wrote "hear you" on X in response...
A fan gave Leon from Resident Evil Requiem a realistic baldness – and he's barely recognizable
Leon Kennedy has survived zombie apocalypses, bioweapons, cults, and government conspiracies – but there's one enemy he'd have no answer for: age-related hair loss. A user named Maquinaremos posted a series of images showing Leon...
A toy listing just leaked Fallout 3 Remastered, and Oblivion Remastered's first anniversary is almost here
A pre-order listing for a collectible figure has appeared online, tagged with an interesting label – "Fallout 3 Remastered." Bethesda keeps acting like nobody's figured anything out, but the one-year anniversary of Oblivion Remastered is...
IRON NEST lets you manually operate a 5,000-ton artillery turret in alternate-history 1920s Spain
A pair of indie developers is working on a new immersive sim title that draws clear inspiration from the not-yet-released PVKK. IRON NEST: Heavy Turret Simulator is a first-person dieselpunk heavy artillery simulator where the...
A Resident Evil Requiem player scared himself with his own reflection thanks to ray tracing
Ray tracing in Resident Evil Requiem is realistic enough to scare you just as much as any zombie. A Thai gamer found this out firsthand, and the clip of his reaction went viral on Twitter,...
EA lays off staff across Battlefield studios despite record-breaking launch of Battlefield 6
EA has laid off an unspecified number of staff across its Battlefield studios, despite a record-breaking launch for Battlefield 6 late last year that saw it top Steam charts and sell 7 million copies in...
Cyberpunk 2077 is now fully fixed – you can die of embarrassment thanks to an unexpectedly well-designed bathroom mod
More than five years after launch and a long road to redemption, Cyberpunk 2077 is finally, completely fixed. The last remaining flaw has been patched – V can now soil themselves to death. Literally. A...
Fallout 4 lead designer on how Todd Howard helped nail the game's paranoia theme
Fallout 4 has its fair share of synth detectives and food paste, but something was still missing during early development. Lead designer Emil Pagliarulo opened up about it in a new interview with Rock Paper...
Resident Evil Requiem players have spent 11,000 years in-game and killed nearly 4 billion zombies in ten days
Capcom has launched a website Resident Evil Net, where you can compare your stats in Resident Evil Requiem against the global totals. The combined numbers from the game's first ten days on sale are staggering...
New Fatekeeper concept art reveals underground civilization and the world of Solace
Max Bedulenko, a concept artist who worked on Fatekeeper, has shared a new batch of concept illustrations on social media. The artwork depicts locations from the game's underground world, and Bedulenko paired the posts with...
Sol Cesto quietly hit 100,000 wishlists and a 93% rating on Steam – and most people haven't heard of it
Most of the gaming world's attention goes to big announcements and blockbusters. But quietly, in the background, small studios can rack up serious numbers without anyone noticing. That's exactly what happened with the French roguelite...
Slay the Spire 2 players love the MS Paint placeholder art – and want it kept in the final game
Slay the Spire 2 launched into Steam Early Access on March 5, 2026 – and one of the first things players noticed was a set of charming MS Paint-style drawings used as temporary placeholders for...
Activision sent a legal demand to a prominent Call of Duty leaker over "viral misinformation"
Activision has publicly addressed the situation around Call of Duty leaks after taking legal action against one of the most prominent sources of such information. The comment appeared under a video on the TDAWG YouTube...
Ashbane is a turn-based tactics RPG about running a mercenary guild, with permadeath and six-player co-op
Ottawa-based indie studio Shiverblade Studios is developing Ashbane – a turn-based tactics RPG where you build a mercenary guild from nothing and turn a handful of fighters into a force to be reckoned with. The...
A player stumbled upon one of the rarest bugs in ARC Raiders – completely frozen ARCs
In ARC Raiders, one of the strangest bugs seen since the game launched has been caught on video. After a server error, a player found themselves in a situation that's probably never happened before –...
Valve added an x-ray scanner for CS2 cases in Germany, but it's more of a loophole than a fix
Case openings in Counter-Strike 2 have long been compared to slot machines – buying a key in hopes of landing a rare skin isn't all that different from dropping a coin and pulling the lever....
Fallout: The New West mod resurrects the cancelled Van Buren inside Fallout: New Vegas
The first version of Fallout: The New West – a total conversion mod for Fallout: New Vegas inspired by the cancelled Fallout: Van Buren – is now available for download. The project was announced last...
