Toby Fox drops a surprise Winter 2025 newsletter revealing Deltarune Chapter 5 is nearly complete, with localization underway and a realistic release window of several months away.

Yuka Kitamura, the composer behind Dark Souls, Bloodborne, and Elden Ring’s most iconic soundtracks, reveals how she creates boss music in debug mode because she can’t beat them herself.

Publisher ININ Games seemingly confirmed rumors about Nintendo offering lower-capacity Switch 2 cartridges before deleting the announcement and backtracking on their statement.

Joanna Dark actress reveals the cancelled Perfect Dark reboot had entire chapters recorded and hit milestones Microsoft was happy with, making its cancellation even more shocking.

GuileWinQuote reveals December 16 how Sega experimented with fake hologram cabinets for Time Traveller in 1991 and fighting game Holosseum in 1992, two years before Virtua Fighter invented actual 3D polygonal fighting using optical illusions with curved mirrors and LaserDisc FMV that cost a fortune and barely worked.

EA delisted Real Racing 3 from App Store and Google Play on December 18, 2025 with full server shutdown March 19, 2026, killing the iconic mobile racer after 12 years and millions in player spending while giving everyone 1000 Gold and two free cars as consolation prizes before everything disappears forever.

Frost Giant Studios releases another community update December 18 for struggling RTS Stormgate adding 30 new maps, 4 units, and ranked 2v2 while openly acknowledging the game’s uncertain future after player counts collapsed from thousands to hundreds following a disastrous Early Access-to-launch transition that burned through crowdfunding money faster than anyone expected.

Elder Game LLC releases December 18 update for Project Gorgon featuring version 2 of the character model creator with dozens of new color options, adjustable sliders, and finalized hairstyles, plus the annual Ri-Shin winter holiday event where NPCs give Friends gifts and Fire Magic gets massive buffs for the 16-year-old sandbox MMORPG that somehow still exists.

Little Orbit confirms APB Reloaded survives another year with December 18 update addressing October network disasters, announcing Christmas Mega Event with 1500 G1C compensation for 100 missions, new Streamer Mode beta, and apologizing for delayed Legends patch while the 15-year-old GTA-style MMO refuses to die.

Six One Indie crowned the best independent games December 18 with Citizen Sleeper 2 winning Narrative, and Roger taking Emotional Impact, Blue Prince grabbing Innovation, PEAK dominating Community Management, and Tall Trails representing Solo Development at a ceremony celebrating indies over AAA blockbusters.