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Phantom Blade Zero is my most-anticipated action RPG, and looks like the biggest Chinese game since Black Myth: Wukong
Features Big in 2026 | Phantom Blade Zero continues the relay race of action hits coming from China
Baldur's Gate 3 was $60 in Early Access and "I never loved that approach," No Rest For the Wicked dev says of new price
News No Rest for the Wicked will be more expensive after update 1.0
"I really love the Persona series – especially Persona 3," says Dragon Quest 7 remake dev, director names Final Fantasy
News Who remembers The Last Remnant?
After 30,000 layoffs and a dead MMO, Amazon reportedly loses gaming exec who said games "don't really have acting"
News Amazon Game Studios head seemingly out
A terrifying 20,282 games were released on Steam in 2025, and just 608 managed to get 1,000 reviews, expert finds
News "The numbers are going in the right direction"
Slay the Spire 2 scares devs into early release after fearing losing fans to "an absolute juggernaut in our own genre"
News The creators of Omelet You Cook had a predicament
Embark nerfed looting speed in Arc Raiders, didn't put it in the patch notes, just now said we had "unintended" speed
News Update: Well that's even more confusing
"It's emboldened us to keep going": Arc Raiders dev dives deep on bigger updates and learning from players
Features Interview | Embark digs into PvP, gear fear, matchmaking, player trading, and a lot more
New Witcher spinoff was vetted "by multiple loremasters" at CD Projekt Red, so devs couldn't get away with everything
News Reigns: The Witcher devs had to reign it in
Geralt "dies a lot" in the new Witcher game out next month, a "Witcher fan-fiction simulator" from Dandelion the Bard
News Toss a card to your Witcher
Valves faces $900 million lawsuit, accused of abusing its dominance in PC gaming, as UK court says the case can proceed
Court rules the suit can go to trial
"I wish Highguard had been received better," CEO admits, after cancelling a planned Apex Legends-style shadow drop
News Highguard's reveal at The Game Awards did not have the desired effect, you could say
Arc Raiders' next big update is out tomorrow, and we were all wrong about the new map condition
News Arc Raiders' Headwinds update kicks off the 2026 roadmap
Arc Raiders' new matchmaking option is a big letdown that almost nobody will use: "Solos vs Squads"
News Thanks, I guess?
Old School RuneScape 2026 roadmap includes the MMO's first raid in 4 years and the end of a quest from 21 years ago
News Leagues 6 is also coming this year
Highguard will hold a launch showcase next week after 43 days of silence following odd Game Awards reveal
News Highguard is real, and about to come out
Gearbox is "avoiding nerfs" for Borderlands 4: "I wholeheartedly want to avoid ruining someone's countless hours"
News Ultimate Vault Hunter levels will increase dedicated loot drops going forward
Arc Raiders 2026 roadmap revealed: exclusive matchmaking for lvl 40+ players, "new large Arc," beach map teased
News As well as a Scrappy update, player projects, and a Raider Deck
Everything in Arc Raiders' Escalation and 2026 Roadmap
Guide The Escalation roadmap in Arc Raiders covers everything coming in January, February, March and April 2026
Minecraft creative lead plays Hytale and decides "I'd rather just play Minecraft," Hytale dev says he's "probably right"
News "In the coming years, you will see a major shift between Minecraft and Hytale"
New Fable developer Playground "got a treasure trove of documents" from original creator Lionhead "in storage"
News Fable is very different today, but Playground studied the old ways
Double Fine's next game is a PvP brawler with pottery-powered team battles and a full social hub, out this spring
News Kiln is secretly a mech game, I'm convinced
Arc Raiders devs have discussed special raids like high-value rounds where you have to bring in good gear, but "don't want to segment the player base too much"
News This is the high ante table, so pay up
