Summary Better looks at games we knew were coming combined with some very big surprises made last week’s Game Awards one of its best showings in recent memory. One of the bigger reveals was thatFromSoftware is giving us more Elden Ring in 2025.Elden Ring Nightreignis an online co-op game a lucky few will be able to take for a test drive in February, but only if you do your gaming on certain platforms....
Dynasty Warriors: Originsshakes up the usual series formula by following a single character instead of letting you choose a fighter for each battle. Many classic heroes make guest appearances as semi-playable companions, though. If you’re fighting a battle on the same side as one of these legendary personalities, you have the option of choosing them as a companion and even swapping over to them briefly. Late in the game, and especially after you’ve finished the main story, you’ll have lots of options for companions in a given battle....
Summary Final Fantasy 14has had a Pictomancer problem ever since the job was introduced at the start of Dawntrail. It’s widely believed that it’s a fun, goofy job that actually feels a little unique compared to the rest of the game’s DPS roles, but its damage has been way overtuned ever since its introduction, outclassing heavy-hitting jobs like Black Mage and Samurai. Yoshi-P himself has commented on the sheer amount of damage a good Pictomancer can dish out, promising to buff every other job to that level rather than nerf and punish Pictomancer players....
Summary Square Enixrevealed three characters fromFinal Fantasy 7 Rebirthwould bejoining its high-end Masterline statue collectionlast month -Cloud, Sephiroth, and Zack. What it didn’t reveal is how much those statues are going to cost, but now pre-orders have opened for the Cloud and Sephiroth statues, how much they’re going to cost is now public knowledge, and it’s as bad, if not a little worse, than we all feared. Square’s Masterline statues are not only the most high-quality collectibles the studio makes, but they’re up there with the highest quality video game collectibles money can buy....
Summary The concept of a save import is an older idea, though one is that quite uncommon nowadays. The basic idea has typically been used to let you carry over data, typically characters and items, to the next game in the series. With games taking so long to make now, these forms of save importing have become much rarer. Some games, both new and old, used saves in a different way....
Summary Layoffs have becomea distressingly frequent occurrence in the games industryover the past couple of years, with a publisher or studio being hit almost every week. Around 11,000 people were laid off in 2023, and even more in 2024, which saw a whopping estimated total of around 14,600 people losing their jobs. We’re already underway in 2025 too, withSuicide Squad developer Rocksteady reportedly hit with layoffs earlier this month. We saw multiple studios closed, whether it was those like Firewalk Studios thatcrashed and burned after chasing the live-service gravy train, or the likes of Tango Gameworks, which released a critically successful and beloved game, only to be closed by Microsoft shortly after....
The Half-Life series has been receiving a lot of attention over the past month or so. While Half-Life 3 rumours are usually to be ignored, thelatest series of them seem to be more solid than ever. Then there’s theHalf-Life 2: 20th Anniversary Documentarywhich revealed a lot about the development cycle and plans for the unreleased Episode 3. Of course, the most interesting part of the documentary was the never before seen footage of Half-Life 2: Episode 3, which revealed an arctic setting and an ice gun....
Helldivers 2players have a love-hate relationship with the game. It was absolutely adored at launch, until Arrowhead started nerfing fan-favourite weapons. Things were back to normal after the developer’s60-day update planand went downhill again after theDSS turned out to be a bust. Among all this is thelong-awaited arrival of the Illuminate, which players are getting tired of. It’s safe to say that fans are happiest whenever the devs add something new to the game....
Summary Merry Christmas! What has dear ol' Saint Nick left under the tree for theHelldivers 2community this year? Oh… that’s a giant wormhole at Meridia. “Top astrophysicists from the Ministry of Science have convened there to closely study the Meridian Singularity,” the announcement reads, as pointed out by Reddit user Murderboi. “The Singularity is not, as many uninformed laypeople have assumed,a typical black hole. “It is, in fact, the first observed instance of a wormhole: a tunnel in spacetime connecting two disparate points in space....
Quick Links The Rinacita region that came with theWuthering Waves2.0 update brought with it four new bosses: three Overlord class and one Calamity class. The first of these you’ll face is Lorelei, a watery, mermaid-like spirit corrupted by the Lycoris flower. Like all the bosses, she has a lot more going on than anything from the 1.0 content. Fighting Lorelei takes place across two distinct phases, with her second phase ramping up the difficulty with new attacks and buffs the boss can summon....
Quick Links You may have noticed over the past few days inFortnitethat there have been some Minato Hakaru quests with Daily Bonus Goals. If, like me, you wondered who this character was and how their skin would unlock, Epic has now added the Let’s Hunt Vampires Quest Pack to the store. This pack is only available for a limited time, but it’ll cost you $13.79/£10.49 if you want to get your hands on it....
Quick Links Greyhawk is one of the most famous settings inDungeons & Dragons.Known for being the invention of D&D creator Gary Gygax, Greyhawk is a richly imaginative campaign setting that includes the free city of Greyhawk and the surrounding lands. These storied locales can lay the stage for many grand adventures. But, with a setting as rich as Greyhawk, it can be hard to know where to start. Without a solid entry point into the world, it’s easy to get lost in pages and pages of lore and rules....
Quick Links Aloftfeatures a vast world with many floating islands that you can explore. These islands may hold important knowledge or might be full of resources that you have yet to encounter. Some resources are much rarer, and you’ll have to look a little harder in order to get your hands on them. The Hardstone is a crafting resource that can be used in multiple recipes and is an integral ingredient for strengthening your sailing equipment early on....
