Warhammer Dark Omen vanished from digital storefronts years ago. Now GOG and SNEG brought the 1998 real-time tactics masterpiece back, updated for modern PCs. This is the game that essentially invented Total War Warhammer’s formula.

The Reckoning update dropped December 12 for the dark fantasy extraction shooter, adding dedicated melee combat, World Corruption that evolves maps with brutal modifiers, and Torments mode for masochists. The Astronauts say this brings the game close to its final form.

Steel Effigy is a hack-and-slash roguelite where you’re a rabbit-shaped war machine fighting enslaved automatons. The twist? You only heal by attacking within 5 seconds of taking damage. Hesitate and you’re dead.

A Redditor analyzed the Highguard reveal trailer and figured out the mystery game mode: structured Rust-style base raiding where teams compete for a Shieldbreaker weapon, then assault custom-built enemy fortresses. It launches January 26.

Australia’s groundbreaking social media ban took effect December 10, blocking kids under 16 from Instagram, TikTok, and Snapchat. But Roblox, Fortnite, and Minecraft are completely exempt, and critics say that makes zero sense.

The cozy MMO Bitcraft Online dropped its Midwinter Begins 2025 patch on December 12, adding scattered ancient surface ruins with loot, snow piles for crafting winter decorations, and new Twitch drops for festive cosmetics.

One week after launch, Octopath Traveler 0 sits at 84 on Metacritic. It’s a reworked mobile game with the gacha stripped out, 36 characters to recruit, and town rebuilding mechanics. Players are divided on whether the cohesive story makes up for shallower characters.

Dawnless Days, the massive LOTR total conversion mod for Total War Attila, launched December 12 with nine playable factions. Gondor’s campaign is a desperate fight against economic collapse, dwindling armies, and Mordor’s relentless invasion.

Xcavator 2025 was rejected by every publisher in 1991 and forgotten for 34 years. Now the Video Game History Foundation finished it using only tools from the ’90s, and it’s getting a physical NES cartridge release.

The Ninth Circuit ruled Apple willfully violated court orders and acted in bad faith during the Epic Games fight. But the court also gave Apple a tiny opening to keep charging fees on external purchases.