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Ubisoft closes its recently-unionized Halifax studio, says it's not because of the unionizing
News Ubisoft said it made the "difficult decision" in an effort to "streamline operations, improve efficiency, and reduce costs."
'The game isn't about shooting other players': Embark CEO says Arc Raiders is unlikely to get a PvP leaderboard because the devs 'don't necessarily want to foster that kind of gameplay'
News You can't have a murder leaderboard without a murder competition.
After 200 hours of intensive worm punching, Rubicon Karate master melees Armored Core 6's Ice Worm to death without taking damage
News Practice makes perfect.
Rockstar still hasn't offered a convincing reason for firing over 30 GTA 6 developers
News Rockstar's alleged union busting has provoked protests and drawn skepticism from legislators.
'I'm a medieval otaku, after all': Legendary Final Fantasy composer Nobuo Uematsu says FF9's soundtrack is some of his best work—even if it's more popular overseas
News It's not a phase!
League of Legends players worldwide couldn't login for hours because Riot forgot to renew the client's SSL certificate—just like it did 10 years ago
News Happy new year!
In 2025, Monster Hunter fell prey to profit
carved up There's no predator more vicious than infinite growth.
Arc Raiders roadmap: All upcoming content and updates
On The Horizon New maps, quests, guns, and, of course, horrible robots that'll mess you up.
Disney's embarrassing AI-generated Star Wars video of scrambled-up animals was the opening salvo in a year full of AI humiliation
Tragic Kingdom 2025 was the year of creative bankruptcy.
3 months before launch, Marathon art director Joseph Cross departs from Bungie: 'I'm incredibly proud of the visual world we built'
News Cross said leaving the studio was his decision.
This birdwatching take on Pokémon Snap says my awful Junco photography is worth $6000 and I'm not about to argue
News Good luck getting a refund. I already bought a cool hat.
World's most powerful 92-year-old wins Tekken 8 tournament for the elderly
News Move over, Evo.
Analyst firm says the games market is expected to reach a record-breaking $197 billion by the end of 2025, 'driven primarily by stronger-than-expected performance on PC and mobile'
News Number go up.
Ace Combat 8 will feature custom cloud tech, but not just for prettier skies: 'I personally am not particularly interested in improved visuals without improved functionality'
News AC8's new Cloudly engine skies will help pilots parse the dogfight happening around them.
More than 19,000 games launched on Steam this year—but almost half have fewer than 10 reviews
News More than 10% of games from this year haven't been reviewed at all.
The 5 biggest announcements and trailers from The Game Awards 2025
Reveals Reel If you missed the live show, here's the biggest stuff you missed—assuming the group chat hasn't already been typing in all caps to give you the news.
The true highlight of The Game Awards was Werner Herzog explaining Warframe
News What could be better than this?
I'm sad to report that you cannot romance the space octopus in Exodus, the Matthew McConaughey-starring space opera RPG from former BioWare devs
News Don't shoot the messenger.
Decrepit is a 'dark fantasy first person soulslike' in a castle full of zombies who'll repeatedly drag your clobbered body back to the dungeons until you get good enough to escape
News I simply wouldn't be in the horrible castle to begin with. Seems like a skill issue.
Capcom says Monster Hunter Wilds performance improvements are arriving next week, but more PC-focused fixes will be coming in January
News Fingers crossed.
Legendary FPS developer John Romero says his studio 'survived the cancellation of our huge game' and its shooter project 'will be new to people the way that going through Elden Ring was a really new experience'
News Romero said he's "never played a game like it before—other than it's a shooter."
Everything we know about Crimson Desert
Blood Red The new open world action game isn't a direct sequel to Black Desert Online, but expect some similarities.
Why not: Mad wizard modder turns Red Dead Redemption 2 into Super Monkey Ball, complete with gyro controls
Great news for anyone who's wanted to capture Arthur Morgan in an orb.
