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After months of quiet, Last Epoch is back with a bang, and an exciting new face in charge
Last Epoch Season 5, Rage of the Frostborn, adds a new event, new pinnacle boss, and chase uniques, landing between Diablo 4 and PoE 2. Read Full Article read more
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World of Warcraft Forever will "very aggressively punish gold buyers," as Blizzard admits the MMORPG has been "too lenient"
Blizzard will punish gold buying and forbid GDKP in World of Warcraft Forever, as the developer aims to preserve its new MMORPG’s economy. Read Full Article read more
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VR shooter Forefront adds Steam Frame support
Forefront is a multiplayer first-person shooter from Triangle Factory, and now they've upgraded it with support for Valve's Steam Frame.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux. Read Full Article read more
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Denuvo are suing a prolific cracker for bypassing their DRM on 26 videogames, despite not knowing their real identity
Digital rights management software provider Denuvo are taking a prolific anonymous game cracker to court in the USA, accusing them of violating the Digital Millennium Copyright Act by circumventing the anti-tamper technology on 26 games, including Black Myth: Wukong, Resident Evil Requiem and Doom: The Dark Ages. Read more Read Full Article read more
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HoYoverse's Nodusfall might look like Elden Ring, but there's a promising dark fantasy action game here that took me by surprise
Nodusfall, aesthetically at least, is about as far from a typical HoYoverse game as you can get. Gone are the bright colours, cute creatures, and bountiful anime women. In their place, we get all the familiar trappings of dark fantasy: mysterious magics, vicious monsters, and a dingier kind of realism that – and I'm sure… read more
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"Publishers are afraid of certain parts of the world": Saber Interactive's message to North American studios is to get their head out of their own geography
Layoffs have been a constant drumbeat in gaming industry news since 2022. Even if the cadence of layoffs seems to have slowed in 2026, the severity of those cuts has not lessened. In July, Microsoft made 1600 staff redundant as part of its great reset, and promised investors they would let 1600 more staff go… read more
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Wardogs Season 2 is just weeks away, and it already looks "sick"
Bulkhead CEO Joe Brammer is teasing Wardogs Season 2, which will include features that were cut from the initial early access launch. Read Full Article read more
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Why do Japanese studios suffer fewer layoffs? Because they have smaller teams and don't pay their execs $30m, says one expert
It's been a pretty grim year for video games. Aside from the "return of Xbox" new CEO Asha Sharma promised awhen taking over, which enacted the announcement of 3,200 layoffs and four studio departures, we've also seen mass layoffs in other studios, too: Bungie, EA, PUBG Productions, Take-Two, Warner Bros., Epic, and many, many more… read more
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Single player games might require age verification if they use Steam under EU Kids Act's current draft, according to MEP's senior policy adviser
The European Commission proposed new rules around how under-15s access the likes of social media, AI chatbots, and online video games earlier this week. The draft legislation is called the EU Kids Act and calls for the setting up of a tiered system governing the types of accounts children under 15 can create to access… read more
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Bolstered by Switch 2 sales and Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake's reveal, Nintendo of America COO promises: "This is just the beginning"
Nintendo is having a pretty good time of it at the moment. Last year, we learned that the Switch 2 became the fastest selling video game hardware device in US history, usurping the PS4's golden record. Then, earlier this year, we learned that Switch 2 sales reached nearly 20m almost one year after release, making… read more
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Doom joins Call of Duty Black Ops 7 as its final season kicks off a horror show
Call of Duty Black Ops 7 Season 6 is here, and The Haunting returns with new maps and weapons, alongside a Doom crossover for the FPS. Read Full Article read more
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New 200GB GTA 5 leak suggests Rockstar Games scrapped a massive Liberty City DLC, and reportedly includes very early GTA 6 work
Rockstar Games' latest leak seemingly includes a nearly 200GB version of GTA 5's source code, suggesting the developer started and then scrapped plans for a Liberty City DLC, alongside very early files related to GTA 6. Read more Read Full Article read more