Games

Popular titles are being ported to consoles. The teams behind the truck-driving simulators Euro Truck Simulator 2 and American Truck Simulator have released a new developer diary. This time SCS Software focuses on work for the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S console versions: “Although we’re already at an advanced stage, there’s still a long...

Fans of Red Dead Redemption 2’s multiplayer haven’t been forgotten. In October, Rockstar released an update for Red Dead Online that brings back Halloween-themed content. Players can earn bonuses across several activities — for example, rewards are tripled for participating in the “To Arms — Eve” mode; selected Featured Series will also award increased payouts....

Exploration of the game’s realms continues. The creators of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 have tucked away a number of secrets. Players are uncovering them gradually, though some mysteries may yet remain undiscovered. In a recent interview with Eurogamer, game director Guillaume Brosh said: “There are still secrets in the game, but I don’t want to...

Retailers told developers those kinds of games had no audience. Recently, Josh Sawyer — the creator behind Icewind Dale, Pillars of Eternity, and Fallout: New Vegas — spoke at GCAP 2025. He pointed to retailers as a key reason classic cRPGs vanished from store shelves in the 2000s: merchants were claiming there simply wasn’t a...

You can now play a Wordle-style game in Night City. A modder going by the name MisterChedda adapted the popular Wordle concept and introduced a Cyberpunk 2077 counterpart called Gonkle. Each day the player character receives a new puzzle by SMS — the objective is to guess the hidden word. MisterChedda built the word list...

A system flaw allowed fraudsters to profit by producing rare items. Valve recently rolled out the 7.39e update for Dota 2. The developers have introduced a ban on selling certain skins. Items that are trade-locked until a specific date can no longer be listed for sale on the marketplace. Previously, scammers exploited a vulnerability in...

In the latest entry of the franchise, the diplomacy mechanics have been reworked. The team behind the grand strategy Europa Universalis 5 published a new development diary. This edition turns the spotlight on diplomacy. Diplomacy in EU5 has been redesigned: previously it relied on a fixed pool of diplomats, each capable of performing a single...

The number of issues facing players who use dishonest tactics keeps growing. Riot Games has released a new League of Legends developer diary focused on combating smurfing — when experienced players hop onto fresh accounts to face off against newcomers and less experienced opponents. Over the coming months, the League team plans to increase penalties...

The game’s milestone anniversary is being celebrated in grand style. In October 2025, fans mark the 20th anniversary of Serious Sam 2. The developers have joined the celebration of the “meat shooter.” Croteam has released the “20th Anniversary Update” for Serious Sam 2: Steam community items: emoticons, profile backgrounds, trading cards, avatar frames, and animated...

Admiring the city’s beauty turned into the realization of Night City’s apparent artifice. Years after its release, Cyberpunk 2077 still manages to surprise. Recently, a player drew attention to a technical choice made by CD Projekt Red. Kamil_Montana took a bird’s-eye view of Night City and zoomed in tightly. While inspecting the traffic, he noticed...