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After 3 years of attempts, the Lord of the Rings MMO's "Great Hobbit Run" is finally successful as a band of tutorial-level hobbits make it to Mount Doom, and celebrate by jumping into lava
By Scott McCrae published
News "I forget the ring back at the shire so we'll try again next year!"

Helldivers 2 devs know fans want tougher content, and Arrowhead is "looking for ways to provide more challenge" for Super Earth's finest
By Nathan Walters published
News Community manager Katherine "Baskinator" Baskin reassures Helldivers 2 fans that Arrowhead is listening

Death Stranding 2 players could use monorails to bypass cargo limits on big deliveries, but that's way less cool than this two-truck solution devised by an expert porter: "This is genius"
By Scott McCrae published
News My muscles, my muscles, involuntarily flex

Borderlands 4 will have a "very ambitious" endgame, but not everyone is happy about having less skill points as creative director argues "you lose build diversity" with too many
By Nathan Walters published
News Gearbox doubles down on a meaningful endgame and skill customisation, but not all fans are convinced that fewer points mean better builds

Hytale studio founder isn't giving up yet on reviving the canceled game, but says "suggestions to use another game or engine" to bring it back are "out of touch"
By Catherine Lewis published
News He claims that many people "don't understand all the early decisions, direction and vision" that went into Hytale

As Borderlands 4 fans create a skill tree planner months before launch, creative director issues a reminder that "the game isn't done yet" and their builds are "subject to change"
By Scott McCrae published
News The planner is only for Vex and Rafa though, so business as usual for the remaining characters

Hideo Kojima's favorite vtuber found herself in Death Stranding 2, and her immediate reaction was a mix of happiness and self-cringe: "I'm so embarrassed. She's still yapping"
By Jordan Gerblick published
News Watch Pekora talk to Pekora

$700,000 in Kickstarter booty says Sid Meier's Pirates! sickos are fully on board with this first-person, open world, and "most importantly - authentic" take on nautical history that's lacking in Sea of Thieves and Black Flag
By Jordan Gerblick published
news Capstan Games aims to release Ahoy's closed alpha in 2026

Valve "cracked the problem that Netflix was struggling with" using diehard gamers and their backlogs, Steam expert says: "You get access to a bunch of drunken sailors who spend money irresponsibly"
By Austin Wood published
News "Hobbyists buy stuff not because they actually want to consume it, but because they are collecting it"

EU publisher group addresses Stop Killing Games movement in early double down: killing online games "must be an option," and this proposal would make them "prohibitively expensive to create"
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Video Games Europe's board include executives from EA, Microsoft, and Warner Bros.
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