Bungie added two extra days to Marathon’s closed technical test for backend stress testing, wiping all player progress but compensating with 7,777 free credits and unlimited loot caches during the extended Dangerous Days period.

Valve faces multiple antitrust lawsuits alleging monopolistic practices, maintains notoriously poor customer service, and enforces pricing restrictions that keep games expensive, yet gamers continue defending the company. Here’s why that needs to change.

Kensuke Tanabe wants more players to experience Metroid Prime 2 Echoes’ multiplayer mode, dropping strong hints in a new retrospective artbook that a remaster could be coming after Metroid Prime 4 Beyond launches this December.

The Wachowskis personally asked Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima to develop a Matrix video game in 1999, but a Konami executive killed the collaboration instantly with a single response – no.

The Séance of Blake Manor earned a rare 5-star review from The Guardian for its gripping gothic detective gameplay set in 1897 Ireland, proving that indie mysteries can compete with big-budget releases this Halloween season.

Firaxis announces plans to let Civilization 7 players stick with one civilization through all three ages, addressing the game’s most controversial feature after player counts dropped below Civilization 6.

Arc Raiders launches October 30, 2025, bringing The Finals studio Embark’s ambitious extraction adventure to PS5, Xbox Series X and S, and PC after a record-breaking Server Slam beta proved players are hungry for something different.

The Séance of Blake Manor dropped on Steam October 27, 2025, bringing Victorian-era supernatural mystery to life with innovative time management mechanics that have critics calling it one of the year’s best indie surprises.

Battlefield RedSec, EA’s answer to Call of Duty Warzone, launched as a free-to-play battle royale mode on October 28, 2025, bringing destruction-heavy gameplay and classic Battlefield mechanics to the genre in a surprise release.

Pokemon Legends Z-A dominated retail in its first week with the strongest physical game launch in the US since Zelda Tears of the Kingdom in 2023, selling 5.8 million copies globally despite mixed player reception.