In a December 2025 interview celebrating 15 years of Zelda collaboration, Nintendo’s Zelda producer says he wants Monolith Soft to take a central role creating a unique title in the series, marking a major shift from support studio to lead developer.

Valve’s annual holiday blowout runs December 18 through January 5, 2026, featuring thousands of PC games on deep discount. Steam Awards voting opens simultaneously, letting you nominate favorites while emptying your wallet.

Dambuster Studios’ financial statements reveal Dead Island 3 targets a Q1/Q2 2028 release with all 194 employees now dedicated to the project. Dead Island 2 sold 3 million copies and reached 7 million Game Pass players.

Valve dropped patch 7.40 on December 15, 2025, introducing Largo, Dota 2’s 127th hero and first bard character. This shamanic frog plays rhythm mini-games while buffing allies, pulling enemies with his tongue, and commanding froglings that stomp opponents.

Team Cherry dropped Sea of Sorrow on December 15, 2025, a free nautical expansion coming in 2026. The announcement revealed Silksong sold 7 million copies in three months despite launching day-one on Game Pass.

Team Cherry dropped Sea of Sorrow on December 15, 2025, a free nautical expansion coming in 2026. The announcement revealed Silksong sold 7 million copies in three months despite launching day-one on Game Pass.

Valve dropped patch 7.40 on December 15, 2025, introducing Largo, Dota 2’s 127th hero and first bard character. This shamanic frog plays rhythm mini-games while buffing allies, pulling enemies with his tongue, and commanding froglings that stomp opponents.

GSC Game World announced the Stories Untold update launching December 16, 2025, adding 8 free quests, 7 new locations, 6 characters, and a new rifle to STALKER 2. The Ukrainian developer keeps delivering despite developing the game during wartime.

Casey Hudson founded Arcanaut Studios in July 2025, just months after Humanoid Origin collapsed. At The Game Awards, he announced Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic, promising delivery before 2030 despite industry skepticism.

The Video Game History Foundation dropped a bombshell documentary revealing 144 recovered ROMs from Sega’s defunct cable game service, including lost exclusives like Garfield: The Lost Levels and a Genesis web browser that never launched.