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New Battlefield 6 update extends one of its best modes, and fixes a challenging issue

Connor Makar — Wed, 19 Nov 2025 10:01:30 +0000

A new Battlefield 6 update has extended the time required to capture objectives in one of its major game modes, and has gone back to fix an ongoing issue with its challenge system. In addition, somehow, many players had their controls reset. Accidentally, one assumes.

Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 underperforms on Steam during launch weekend, but does that mean the game's sold badly?

Connor Makar — Mon, 17 Nov 2025 15:46:37 +0000

Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 has been out for a few days, and has enjoyed its first weekend released into the hands of eager players. However, current concurrent player counts have many fans asking: Is Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 underperforming?

Arc Raiders breaks its PC record yet again as it inches towards half a million concurrent players

Connor Makar — Mon, 17 Nov 2025 12:08:25 +0000

Arc Raiders has blown past its concurrent player count on Steam yet again, hitting close to half a million PC players online at the same time over the weekend.

Even members of the US Congress are pushing back against Call of Duty: Black Ops 7's AI use

Connor Makar — Mon, 17 Nov 2025 10:13:23 +0000

US Congressman Ro Khanna has responded to Activision Blizzard's AI use in Call of Duty: Black Ops 7, highlighting the need for AI regulations in the United States of America.

Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 players call out "awful" apparent use of generative AI for in-game calling cards

Connor Makar — Fri, 14 Nov 2025 17:06:14 +0000

With the release of Call of Duty: Black Ops 7, eager fans have criticised Activision for its in-game calling cards seemingly created using generative AI.

Arc Raiders players finish community event and unlock a new map in just one day

Connor Makar — Fri, 14 Nov 2025 14:12:32 +0000

Arc Raiders players have come together to unlock the Stella Montis map through a community donation event, which they completed in just one day.

"$400 with a controller. This would really send a message" One analyst on how Valve's Steam Machine could make the biggest impact on the games industry

Connor Makar — Fri, 14 Nov 2025 11:23:54 +0000

The Steam Machine has been announced, and already chatter is loud regarding the potential impact Valve's new hardware could have on the console space. But the scope of its success, and what role it'll play in the future of the video game hardware market remains a mystery. That's what's so exciting about the whole affair.

Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 campaign cannot be paused by solo players, has no checkpoints, and requires an online connection at all times

Connor Makar — Fri, 14 Nov 2025 10:37:14 +0000

Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is out today, and as such swarms of people are trying out the new campaign to see the latest development in the beloved Black Ops narrative. To their surprise, they're discovering a few quirks proving to be a tad frustrating.

Fallout Season 2 goes full New Vegas with a new trailer showing a Deathclaw, The Kings, and Macaulay Culkin

Connor Makar — Thu, 13 Nov 2025 16:08:07 +0000

A new trailer for Fallout Season 2 has been released, giving us a quick peak at what'll be going down in and around New Vegas. Moments of note include a fight with a Deathclaw, a glimpse of The Kings, and a close up of Macaulay Culkin.

Arc Raiders' first major community unlock event has been made harder mere hours after launch, as players were completing it too fast

Connor Makar — Thu, 13 Nov 2025 15:11:33 +0000

The first Arc Raiders community event, which asks players to contribute resources to unlock a new explorable area of the game, has been made substantially harder mere hours after launch as the playerbase was completing it too quickly.

Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 owners are migrating to New Zealand ahead of launch, as is tradition

Connor Makar — Thu, 13 Nov 2025 11:56:52 +0000

It's that time of year again. As a new Call of Duty is about to be released, FPS lovers are coming together in a long-lived and important cultural tradition. To play Black Ops 7 early, thousands of fans are digitally migrating to New Zealand.

Arc Raiders update opens up the North Line towards new Stella Montis map in massive community event

Connor Makar — Thu, 13 Nov 2025 10:15:10 +0000

Arc Raiders has suddenly announced a new update in which a new map will be unlocked. It's out right now, and requires the Arc Raiders community as a whole to pull together and open the way.

Will Battlefield 6 work on Steam Machine? Valve hopes its new hardware will prompt a fresh discussion with developers over kernel-level anti-cheat

Connor Makar — Wed, 12 Nov 2025 18:00:00 +0000

The Steam Machine has been revealed, a new plug-and-play PC with SteamOS that's the latest push from Valve into the hardware space. It's also, Valve hopes, a game-changer when it comes to bringing some of the few remaining incompatible PC titles to Valve's platform.

Jagex announces removal date for Treasure Hunter microtransactions, following overwhelming community vote

Connor Makar — Wed, 12 Nov 2025 17:01:45 +0000

Jagex has announced it's removing Treasure Hunter microtransactions from RuneScape 3, after over 120,000 players voted for their swift destruction in a community poll. These microtransactions will be removed early next year.

Arc Raiders has secretly had duo queue for days, will be fully supported going forward

Connor Makar — Wed, 12 Nov 2025 15:22:52 +0000

Embark Studios has announced it has been quietly testing out duo queue in Arc Raiders this week, and has now announced the option officially on its official website for pairs of pals to enjoy at their leisure.

Nexon CEO believes "it's important to assume that every game company is now using AI" following Arc Raiders launch

Connor Makar — Wed, 12 Nov 2025 11:26:41 +0000

The CEO of Nexon, publisher of Embark Studios' latest popular extraction shooter Arc Raiders, has come forward to further elaborate on his thoughts on AI use in video game development.

Pocketpair published Never Grave: The Witch and The Curse gets a release date at last, launching on PlayStation early next year

Connor Makar — Tue, 11 Nov 2025 23:20:47 +0000

Never Grave: The Witch and The Curse has finally got a release date. Announced during tonight's State of Play event, the side scrolling action game will be coming out on the 5th March, 2026 on the PS5 and PS4.

Elden Ring: Nightreign's The Forsaken Hollows DLC will see an iconic Dark Souls boss return

Connor Makar — Tue, 11 Nov 2025 22:55:55 +0000

Elden Ring: Nightreign's new major DLC update has finally been revealed. Titled The Forsaken Hollows, the DLC was announced during tonight's Sony State of Play livestream through a new trailer.

Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls is getting a second closed beta, with Ghost Rider and Spider-Man playable and this time, no interruptions

Connor Makar — Tue, 11 Nov 2025 22:55:52 +0000

Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls is getting another closed beta, this time with two new stages as well as Ghost Rider and Spider-Man playable. It'll be available starting the 5th of December, and will run interrupted for 72-hours.

Former Sony president Shuhei Yoshida reveals why the original PlayStation ultimately led to Bloodborne

Connor Makar — Tue, 11 Nov 2025 15:06:02 +0000

Sony's bold entrance into the console market back in the '90s heralded the use of CD-ROMs instead of cartridges, which convinced several companies to jump on board the PlayStation train. It turns out FromSoftware was one of those companies lured in by the appeal of discs.

Why are Arc Raiders players so averse to PvP? To find out, we spoke to a sociologist

Connor Makar — Tue, 11 Nov 2025 13:45:37 +0000

You may have heard tales of the friendliness of Arc Raiders players. How in this high-stakes PvP environment people are coming together and helping each other out rather than shooting each other in the face and / or body. The reason why remains a mystery: why are Arc Raiders players so keen to lend a helping hand, and so frustrated when others decide to shoot them for their own benefit?

Battlefield 6 update fixes recon drone exploit letting players ride them into the sky without a care in the world

Connor Makar — Tue, 11 Nov 2025 10:13:27 +0000

A major Battlefield 6 update introduced today has fixed a bug allowing players to fly into the sky on top of a recon drone by hitting it over and over again with a sledgehammer. This had allowed players to reach otherwise inaccessible positions on maps, to the dismay of ground-bound fighters.

Believe it or not, upcoming open-world RPG Where Winds Meet has over 10 million pre-registrations, here's why you should care

Connor Makar — Mon, 10 Nov 2025 16:59:45 +0000

Where Winds Meet, an upcoming open world action RPG, has reached 10 million pre-registered players. This comes as the game nears its 14th November release date.

As the community continues to grow, Arc Raiders players are begging for duo queues

Connor Makar — Mon, 10 Nov 2025 12:00:19 +0000

As Arc Raiders continues to grow increasingly popular this Winter, the demands for duo queue are only getting louder as pairs of players are getting a little tired of getting wiped out by teams of three.

Arc Raiders adds new map conditions to mix things up, including a mysterious bunker with an unsolved puzzle

Connor Makar — Mon, 10 Nov 2025 10:11:00 +0000

Arc Raiders has received a selection of new map conditions that are mixing up the typical experience significantly for players. As part of these new conditions, an underground bunker on Spaceport has been introduced, with a mysterious puzzle that still appears unsolved.

In the midst of EA's controversial acquisition, Bioware moves to reassure fans that a new Mass Effect is definitely still in development

Connor Makar — Fri, 07 Nov 2025 16:56:40 +0000

Bioware has released a blog post today to mark N7 day to reassure fans that the next Mass Effect game is still in development, stating the team "remain committed to telling more stories in this universe".

miHoYo releases first tease for new Unreal Engine 5 fantasy MMO, and yes, it uses AI

Connor Makar — Fri, 07 Nov 2025 15:40:45 +0000

miHoYo, the developer behind Genshin Impact, Honkai: Star Rail, and other gacha titles, has released a teaser video for its upcoming Unreal Engine 5 project. It's a fantasy MMO which, you guessed it, makes use of AI.

Arc Raiders may have already sold 2.5m copies, according to industry analyst

Connor Makar — Fri, 07 Nov 2025 14:45:50 +0000

Arc Raiders may have sold over 2.5m copies, according to data from industry analyst Rhy Elliott from Alinea Analytics.

GTA fans in disarray as release date clock reset following GTA6 release day delay

Connor Makar — Fri, 07 Nov 2025 12:11:33 +0000

The vast community of Grand Theft Auto 6 fans have found themselves in shambles, as the GTA release date countdown timer has been bumped up to a whopping 376 days following news of GTA6's delay.

Don't feel sad for Take Two's shareholders over GTA 6 delay: GTA 5 has now sold more copies than the entire population of Brazil

Connor Makar — Fri, 07 Nov 2025 10:13:01 +0000

CEO of Take Two Strauss Zelnick has revealed that GTA5 and GTA Online continues its monumental growth twelve years after its release, with GTA5 selling more than the entire population of Brazil.

Dispatch's original soundtrack is coming to streaming services, though a certain song from Episode 5 sadly won't make the cut

Connor Makar — Thu, 06 Nov 2025 16:54:52 +0000

The Dispatch original soundtrack will be coming to music streaming services in late November / December of this year. However, a certain special song present in the latest batch of episodes won't be present.

After chasing NFTs and the metaverse, Square Enix wants generative AI to do 70% of its QA by 2027

Connor Makar — Thu, 06 Nov 2025 14:25:24 +0000

Square Enix wants 70% of its QA work to be handled by generative AI by the end of 2027, in partnership with the University of Tokyo's Matsuo-Iwasawa Laboratory.

Arc Raiders trials are the perfect way to do ranked in extraction shooters

Connor Makar — Thu, 06 Nov 2025 13:00:30 +0000

How do you determine skill in an extraction shooter like Arc Raiders? Your first reaction might be to judge someone by their skill in PvP, but who wins an encounter in PvP can depend on a wide spread of variables. Oftentimes, the measure of a player's aptitude in an extraction shooter is murky at best.

Netease shutters another studio, as Bad Brain Studios announces closure later this month

Connor Makar — Thu, 06 Nov 2025 10:56:12 +0000

Bad Brain Game Studios, founded by former Ubisoft developers including those who worked on Watch Dogs: Legion, will be shutting down on the 17th November. The studio has been unable to acquire necessary funding after Netease pulled the plug.

Football Manager 26 launches on Steam with "mostly negative" reviews

Connor Makar — Wed, 05 Nov 2025 17:03:50 +0000

Football Manager 26 launched in full on Steam yesterday, and has been met with "mostly negative" reviews from users of the popular PC gaming platform.

Battlefield 6 challenges are being made far easier following intense community feedback

Connor Makar — Wed, 05 Nov 2025 15:06:49 +0000

EA and Battlefield Studios has made sweeping changes to challenges today, reducing the required milestones for class assignments, weapon assignments, gameplay and mastery assignments, and more.

Fortnite x Simpsons caused a spike in new, and returning, players

Connor Makar — Wed, 05 Nov 2025 14:04:17 +0000

Fortnite saw a surge of players with the new Simpsons' themed season, which according to Epic Games hasn't been seen since the last holiday season.

Battlefield 6 players are editing game files to turn off crossplay

Connor Makar — Wed, 05 Nov 2025 11:59:39 +0000

Battlefield 6 players on PC are editing their game files to force crossplay off, in an attempt to avoid console players.

Arc Raiders players are waging war over a controversial topic: Are PvPers ruining the experience?

Connor Makar — Wed, 05 Nov 2025 11:11:54 +0000

Arc Raiders players are waging a war of words online, in addition an actual war in-game. This war is focused on the matter of violence itself, or more specifically, is violence between players in Arc Raiders bad form?

Steam Deck finally has a low-power, display-off download mode

Connor Makar — Wed, 05 Nov 2025 09:56:22 +0000

The Steam Deck now has a low-power, display off download mode, a feature that's been dearly sought after by users for a good while - since launch over three years ago, in fact.

Ever wanted to see Samus do the 'Akira slide?' Metroid Prime 4: Beyond gets a new gameplay trailer

Connor Makar — Tue, 04 Nov 2025 16:36:45 +0000

Nintendo has released a new trailer for Metroid Prime 4: Beyond, which shows off more gameplay for the game on the Nintendo Switch 2.

Here are your Xbox Game Pass games for November

Connor Makar — Tue, 04 Nov 2025 15:26:46 +0000

Microsoft has just announced the newest roster of games coming to Xbox Game Pass in November. Take down those halloween decorations already, October is donezo.

Warhammer Survivors is an officially licensed Vampire Survivors game, coming 2026

Connor Makar — Tue, 04 Nov 2025 14:01:11 +0000

Auroch Digital has just announced Warhammer Survivors, a new Rogue-Like Survivors game created with the blessing of both Warhammer and Poncle (Vampire Survivors). It's set to release sometime in 2026.

EA will "retain creative control" of its projects if controversial Saudi acquisition goes ahead, publisher states

Connor Makar — Tue, 04 Nov 2025 12:36:32 +0000

Electronic Arts has told employees it'll retain full creative control in the event the acquisition of the publisher led by a partnership between the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund and private equity groups goes ahead.

Arc Raiders players get free in-game currency as the devs say sorry for overwhelmed servers

Connor Makar — Tue, 04 Nov 2025 10:07:36 +0000

Arc Raiders players are getting free in-game currency following server problems earlier this week. These problems were caused by an influx of players that broke launch-day figures.

Concord's sudden shutdown is such a big deal, it's been brought up during UK government debates on video game consumer laws

Connor Makar — Mon, 03 Nov 2025 17:12:02 +0000

The UK's House of Commons has debated the need for improved video game consumer protections as well as video game preservation. In this debate, Concord's sudden shutdown was used as an example of a game shut down suddenly, and the requirement for strong consumer protections in such a case.

Japanese publishers like Bandai Namco and Square Enix are requesting Sora 2 is no longer trained on their creative works

Connor Makar — Mon, 03 Nov 2025 15:39:28 +0000

A collection of Japanese publishers including Bandai Namco, Square Enix, and others have come together as part of CODA (Content Overseas Distribution Association) to request Open AI cease training AI video generation tool Sora 2 on their collective creative works.

Battlefield 6 maps are smaller compared to the rest of the series, community discovers

Connor Makar — Mon, 03 Nov 2025 11:40:25 +0000

A member of the Battlefield community has made a visual and graphical comparison of Battlefield 6's maps with the rest of the series, showing the latest release's maps are smaller than prior entries.

Arc Raiders has an impressive 2025 roadmap, and it's bringing a new map, new events, and other game-changers

Connor Makar — Mon, 03 Nov 2025 09:50:32 +0000

Arc Raiders now has an official roadmap for the rest of 2025, and considering there's only two months left in the year, it's slammed full of a substantial amount of new experiences for players to try out.

Nintendo wins lawsuit against streamer of unreleased games

Connor Makar — Fri, 31 Oct 2025 16:01:57 +0000

Nintendo has won a lawsuit against streamer Jesse Keighin, who was sued by the Japanese video game giant for allegedly streaming pirated games before they were released.

Rumours and theories swirl as Battlefield 6 players break into a secret room

Connor Makar — Fri, 31 Oct 2025 14:10:43 +0000

The Battlefield 6 community is on the hunt for Easter eggs, with one persistent player managing to clip inside a hidden room attached to the in-game shooting range.

Fortnite is getting pets at last, including a banana puppy you can dance with

Connor Makar — Fri, 31 Oct 2025 13:33:04 +0000

Epic Games has announced that Sidekicks are coming to Fortnite, little pets that you can bring with you into the battle royale as well as other in-game experiences within the Fortnite platform.

Arc Raiders passes 250,000 concurrent players on Steam alone, breaking records for the extraction shooter genre

Connor Makar — Fri, 31 Oct 2025 12:12:38 +0000

Arc Raiders has surpassed a peak concurrent player count of 250,000 on Steam, only a day after its release. This makes it the most popular Steam release for a PvP extraction shooter to date.

Is Arc Raiders one of the most pleasant multiplayer shooter experiences on the market? Early adopters seem to think so

Connor Makar — Fri, 31 Oct 2025 10:28:35 +0000

Arc Raiders came out yesterday, and as such hordes of players have been jumping in and discovering the mysteries of this new extraction shooter. However, it turns out something truly special has been uncovered by Topside raiders: the literal power of friendship.

"There's no shortcut to making great games" Embark Studios CCO responds to, and defends, AI use in Arc Raiders

Connor Makar — Thu, 30 Oct 2025 15:15:18 +0000

Arc Raiders is out today, and while a wild number of players have flocked to the game to celebrate its launch, it's no secret that the extraction shooter shared a familiar point of controversy to Embark Studio's prior game The Finals. That sore spot for many gaming enthusiasts is AI, a technology Embark has made no secret of exploring.

Arc Raiders Online connection errors are causing havoc, as 130,000+ players flood the servers minutes after launch

Connor Makar — Thu, 30 Oct 2025 10:59:23 +0000

Arc Raiders servers have gone live, and following the historical trend of massive releases and server woes, players are running into an Online Connection Error as thousands across PC and consoles flood in.

What comes after the Xbox Series consoles? Well, it's pretty much just a PC - even the Microsoft CEO has said so

Connor Makar — Thu, 30 Oct 2025 10:15:37 +0000

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has provided yet another hint that the next Xbox console will, in essence, be a PC, in a recent interview.

Here are the PlayStation Plus monthly games for November

Connor Makar — Wed, 29 Oct 2025 16:37:10 +0000

A new selection of downloadable games are coming to PlayStation Plus this November, as a modern horror classic gets cycled out alongside the Halloween season.

Monster Hunter: Wilds sales have plummeted, lagging behind even the last game's DLC and a two-year-old Street Fighter game

Connor Makar — Wed, 29 Oct 2025 16:05:42 +0000

Capcom has released its latest bi-annual financial report, revealing among other interesting tidbits that Monster Hunter: Wilds sales have drastically fallen. In fact, it has fallen so much that Monster Hunter: Rise outsold it in recent months.

After 40 hours and counting, Arc Raiders has me convinced: extraction shooters are brilliant

Connor Makar — Wed, 29 Oct 2025 15:00:00 +0000

There's a rare experience with video games when an entire genre just clicks for you. A moment when the appeal makes sense. Crawling onto an elevator with a backpack full of loot, hastily initiating the extraction sequence with seconds left to live, Arc Raiders did exactly that. It let off a firework in my head. How was I ever not a fan of this?

The X-Files: Resist or Serve is a forgotten fright, and the type of tie-in gem we sadly don't see anymore

Connor Makar — Wed, 29 Oct 2025 14:18:25 +0000

It's 2004, you've created a Facebook account, and you've heard whispers of something called the Nintendo DS dancing on the wind. You're a fan of scary video games and, like everyone, Gillian Anderson. If only there was a video game for you…

Battlefield 6 players are dejected as the live service model arrives in force with Season One and the Redsec Battle Royale

Connor Makar — Wed, 29 Oct 2025 13:08:52 +0000

Battlefield 6 received both its Season One update yesterday, as well as the Redsec battle royale mode in a massive content update for the popular military FPS. Not everyone is happy though.

"It needs to start somewhere" Arc Raiders dev really doesn't seem to be concerned about launching between Call of Duty and Battlefield

Connor Makar — Wed, 29 Oct 2025 10:16:31 +0000

Embark Studios CEO Patrick Soderlund isn't worried about Arc Raiders releasing between Battlefield 6 and Call of Duty: Black Ops 7.

Battlefield 6 has login queues again, thanks to Season One and the Redsec battle royale release

Connor Makar — Tue, 28 Oct 2025 15:55:21 +0000

If you're booting up Battlefield 6 right now, you may notice the return of login queues for EA's latest AAA military shooter. The reason? Well, it's the release of Battlefield 6 Season One and the sudden release of the Redsec battle royale.

Fan made Bully Online mod enters early access this December

Connor Makar — Tue, 28 Oct 2025 13:07:11 +0000

A fan-made Bully Online mod is not only real, it's entering Early Access starting this December to those who support the project on Ko-Fi.

The Battlefield 6 battle royale mode is coming out tomorrow, and it finally has a proper name

Connor Makar — Mon, 27 Oct 2025 16:47:48 +0000

EA and Battlefield Studios have just revealed that Battlefield Redsec - the game's free-to-play Battle Royale mode - will be available tomorrow on the 28th October.

Almost two weeks from release, Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 isn't in Steam's top 150 wishlisted games. Is it time for Activison to worry?

Connor Makar — Mon, 27 Oct 2025 16:20:25 +0000

Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 currently has less wishlists on Steam than the Palworld dating sim. It's ranked 173rd as of writing, behind the Killer Bean game at 73rd, and the Gothic remake in 17th place. Battlefield 6 seems to be hogging the spotlight right now, and with Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 set to come out in roughly two weeks, should Treyarch and Activision Blizzard be worried?

Cooperative indie darling RV There Yet cruises past 1.3 million sales

Connor Makar — Mon, 27 Oct 2025 12:21:27 +0000

RV There Yet, the first release from indie studio Nuggets Entertainment, has passed 1.3m sales.

Battlefield 6's next patch will address the game's most frustrating problem ahead of Season One's release

Connor Makar — Mon, 27 Oct 2025 09:41:02 +0000

Battlefield 6's update 1.1.1.0 is set to go live tomorrow, a day before the Season 1 launch, and it's taking a sledgehammer to one of the biggest problems players have had with the game since launch.

You can play Football Manager 26 now in early access if you pre-order on PC

Connor Makar — Fri, 24 Oct 2025 13:31:04 +0000

Football Manager 26 has launched into early access on PC, available to those who pre-order the game on that platform. For those on consoles or mobile, the game will become available to play a little later on the 4th November.

Pokémon Legends: Z-A sold more in a week than Pokémon X/Y - 5.8m copies, with roughly half on Switch 2

Connor Makar — Fri, 24 Oct 2025 10:52:57 +0000

Pokémon Legends: Z-A has sold 5.8m copies so far in its first week, according to the official Pokémon company website.

Ace road trip mystery, Pacific Drive, arrives on Xbox Game Pass, and there's a new expansion too

Connor Makar — Fri, 24 Oct 2025 08:57:28 +0000

Pacific Drive has finally come to Xbox and it's also been added to Game Pass, available to those who sub to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, Game Pass Premium, or PC Game Pass. In addition, Xbox players can also check out the Whispers in the Woods expansion which also launched today.

Counter Strike 2 update wipes nearly $2 billion off skin market value by making fancy knives and gloves easier to get

Connor Makar — Thu, 23 Oct 2025 15:10:55 +0000

Valve has taken a sledgehammer to the Counter Strike 2 skins market in a "small update", which allows players to trade five regular Covert skins for a fairly rare cosmetic for your knives and gloves.

Battlefield 6 finally has its Season One trailer, showing new weapons, maps, and a tactical game mode

Connor Makar — Wed, 22 Oct 2025 15:14:31 +0000

EA and Battlefield Studios have just released a trailer for the first season of Battlefield 6 post-launch content, including a peek at the massive Blackwell Fields map and a new game mode.

Here are more Xbox Game Pass games coming this October

Connor Makar — Wed, 22 Oct 2025 13:48:18 +0000

Microsoft has announced the next batch of games coming to its Xbox Game Pass subscription this month.

2XKO champion designer on the game's ambitious promise to deliver more new characters a year than Street Fighter 6

Connor Makar — Wed, 22 Oct 2025 13:00:06 +0000

2XKO is out right now in Early Access, with a healthy eleven-character roster and a gaggle of stages available for its first wave of players. This, obviously, is only the beginning for the 2v2 fighting game, with Riot promising five new characters a year starting in 2026. That's more than Street Fighter 6 and Tekken 8 offer in their annual season passes.

Borderlands 4 crit knife build will soon be nerfed alongside Horrors of Kairos event

Connor Makar — Wed, 22 Oct 2025 12:01:19 +0000

Borderlands 4's most infamous build will soon be nerfed in an upcoming patch, which will be launching during the Horrors of Kairos in-game event.

Mortal Kombat 2 movie shimmies forward a week in May, avoiding klash with The Mandalorian

Connor Makar — Wed, 22 Oct 2025 10:05:11 +0000

Mortal Kombat 2 - the upcoming action movie based on the famous gory video game series - will now be releasing a week earlier than planned. You'll be able to sit down (back) and check it out on the 8th May.

Escape From Duckov waddles into the extraction shooter space with over 200,000 concurrent players

Connor Makar — Tue, 21 Oct 2025 15:54:36 +0000

It seems as though everyone is fighting to create the most popular extraction game right now, with games like Arc Raiders, Marathon, Escape from Tarkov and more battling each other for the crown. However, another challenger has waddled in from out of nowhere: Escape from Duckov.

Battlefield 6 default settings may be throwing off your aim on PC, here's how you fix it

Connor Makar — Tue, 21 Oct 2025 09:24:47 +0000

It turns out that Battlefield 6 may be messing with the aim of PC users playing on mouse and keyboard. Thankfully, by adjusting a few settings, you should be able to improve your ability to hit your shots in EA's massive military shooter.

Arc Raiders is a loot gremlin's dream, but it's the social interaction that might make it special

Connor Makar — Mon, 20 Oct 2025 16:00:02 +0000

I'm sitting inside a small storage room, neighbouring an elevator that'll whisk me to safety and a massive payday. I'm cranking open one last storage locker before I head home, then bam: disaster. Another player sprints towards my location with murder in their heart and a bullet in the chamber. I turn around just as the door opens and we trade fire, each heavily injured and ducking behind cover.

Arc Raiders players were terrorised by a terrifying foe over the beta weekend: tumbleweeds

Connor Makar — Mon, 20 Oct 2025 13:44:17 +0000

With the conclusion of the Arc Raiders server slam, players came away telling tales of their daring escapes and close calls. But one shared experience linked many jumpy raiders together: getting spooked by tumbleweeds.

Marathon's disastrous beta test was "a very great A/B test" for Arc Raiders, according to technical director

Connor Makar — Mon, 20 Oct 2025 09:22:02 +0000

Arc Raiders technical director Virgil Watkins has said that Arc Raiders's April playtest coinciding with Marathon's previous closed beta was a coincidence, but acted as "a very great A/B test" for Embark Studios' own extraction shooter.

Arc Raiders already has servers slammed by almost 100,000 players in two hours, as weekend playtest starts

Connor Makar — Fri, 17 Oct 2025 16:09:18 +0000

The Arc Raiders server slam has begun. The much-anticipated third-person extraction shooter has only been available to play for roughly two hours (at time of writing), and it's already nearing 100,000 concurrent players.

Pokémon Legends: Z-A players have a complicated love for a new Mega Evolution

Connor Makar — Fri, 17 Oct 2025 14:37:50 +0000

Pokémon Legends: Z-A players are downright infatuated with one of the more bizarre Mega Evolutions tucked away in the later portion of the game. A Mega Evolution that is making strides in general memery and ridiculous-factor.

Battlefield 6 developers U-turn on a multiplayer adjustment following community feedback

Connor Makar — Fri, 17 Oct 2025 13:12:15 +0000

EA and Battlefield Studios have done a major U-turn on a drastic Battlefield 6 change made earlier this week, following community feedback.

Former Call of Duty lead "immensely worried" about series under Microsoft

Connor Makar — Fri, 17 Oct 2025 09:14:01 +0000

Former Call of Duty series lead Glen Schofield has expressed he's "immensely worried" at the state of the modern FPS series under Microsoft, in a recent interview.

EA confirms Battlefield 6 is the best-selling entry in the series, with over 7m copies sold and 172m online matches played

Connor Makar — Thu, 16 Oct 2025 15:52:31 +0000

EA and Battlefield Studios have confirmed Battlefield 6 has sold over 7m copies since launch, breaking records for the series.

Battlefield 6 players are being given Phantom Edition rewards, without paying for the Phantom Edition

Connor Makar — Thu, 16 Oct 2025 15:04:15 +0000

Battlefield 6 players have woken up to find certain special cosmetics on their account; skins that they absolutely should not have.

Your Conquest matches in Battlefield 6 will be getting shorter, here's why

Connor Makar — Thu, 16 Oct 2025 14:06:21 +0000

You may have noticed your Conquest matches in Battlefield 6 have been getting shorter recently. Well, you're not imagining things! As part of an intentional tweak by Battlefield Studios, the starting ticket counter has been significantly reduced across the board for the popular game mode.

As long as its new owners don’t meddle with the formula, Evo France could be the first step in a brilliant new era for fighting game events

Connor Makar — Thu, 16 Oct 2025 09:53:12 +0000

Evo - the largest fighting game tournament series - landed in Nice, France last weekend for the inaugural European wing of the eagerly expanding event. A vaporous dream for thousands of genre fanatics for untold years, navigating the Palais des Expositions felt like a major triumph for the event series, a strong first step in a new era of expansion. I walked the floor with conflicting feelings; giddiness tainted with palpable concern.

Dead or Alive and Ninja Gaiden creator Tomonobu Itagaki has died, age 58

Connor Makar — Thu, 16 Oct 2025 09:21:25 +0000

Tomonobu Itagaki, responsible for creating both the Dead or Alive and 3D Ninja Gaiden series, has died.

Battlefield 6 has sold over seven million copies in five days, data analyst company claims

Connor Makar — Wed, 15 Oct 2025 14:00:32 +0000

Battlefield 6 has sold over seven million copies in just five days, new data estimates have revealed.

Missing shots in Battlefield 6? Well, you might not be bad, a bug might be throwing your shots off

Connor Makar — Wed, 15 Oct 2025 11:09:17 +0000

Have you been struggling to hit other players in Battlefield 6, especially when shooting for extended periods of time? Well, it turns out it may not be a skill issue, as a bug related to bullet dispersion is causing shots to go wide.

Battlefield 6 "ladder launching" - one of the game's funnest bugs - will soon be gone

Connor Makar — Wed, 15 Oct 2025 10:24:23 +0000

Ladder launching will soon be removed in an upcoming Battlefield 6 patch, according to lead producer David Sirland.

Assassin's Creed franchise lead leaves Ubisoft following formation of Tencent subsidiary

Connor Makar — Tue, 14 Oct 2025 16:08:30 +0000

Assassin's Creed series lead Marc-Alexis Côté is leaving Ubisoft, shortly after the formation of Vantage Studios, the Ubisoft / Tencent subsidiary which will develop future Assassin's Creed games.

Evo France proves the younger generation of fighting game pros aren't just here, they're thriving

Connor Makar — Tue, 14 Oct 2025 16:00:09 +0000

Evo France came and went this weekend, as fighting game players from across Europe and the wider world flocked to Nice, France. However, while veteran champions were crowned and a milestone was passed for European fighting game players, younger talent showed up in force.

Call of Duty only exists because "EA were dicks", claims Battlefield lead Vince Zampella

Connor Makar — Tue, 14 Oct 2025 13:50:48 +0000

Head of Battlefield Vince Zampella has given his opinion on the creation of the Call of Duty franchise, stating the series only exists "because EA were dicks".

Are Cronus Zen cheaters being banned in droves from Battlefield 6? It's more complex a question than you'd think

Connor Makar — Tue, 14 Oct 2025 10:52:16 +0000

As spotted by members of the Battlefield 6 community online, reports from users of the Cronus Zen getting temporary bans for using the cheating hardware are circulating online, but the full scope of how effective the game is at banning users of this hardware remains unclear.

Soulframe is getting Founders packs, offering gear and an opportunity to make a "permanent mark" on the game for eager fans

Connor Makar — Tue, 14 Oct 2025 08:39:32 +0000

Digital Extremes has announced that its upcoming action MMORPG Soulframe will be receiving a founders pack that eager fans can purchase for exclusive items, gear, and a way to make a "permanent mark" on the game.