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Cosplayer AGflower has released a set of photos from a November shoot in which she portrays Sarah Louise Kerrigan from the StarCraft universe. Since its 1998 debut, the StarCraft series has captivated audiences with tense three-sided battles, iconic esports showdowns, and inventive fan-made mods. Photographer Mori and cosplayer AGflower offered fans a treat: they traveled...
The Horizon Steel Frontiers team is highly committed to using AI in development, and the technology is already being applied widely. Horizon Steel Frontiers is a newly announced MMORPG from PlayStation and NCSoft, planned for release on PC and mobile. A launch date hasn’t been announced yet, but details about the game’s development and AI...
Model Oichi donned the guise of the blacksmith Gemma from Monster Hunter Wilds and journeyed into the Forbidden Lands to forge striking armor and weapons for a monster hunter. Cosplayer Oichi recently revisited the action-RPG Monster Hunter Wilds, a title where players constantly clash with colossal beasts in the Forbidden Lands, survey diverse biomes, and...
The reveal of Horizon: Steel Frontiers took many by surprise. Developers have confirmed the game could eventually arrive on the PS5. This week PlayStation unveiled a new entry in Aloy’s universe. Horizon: Steel Frontiers turned out not to be a single-player experience but a full-fledged MMORPG for PC and mobile devices. The decision to omit...
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 has launched. Servers are already live, but early reactions to the campaign point to several problems. Earlier coverage from international outlets praised the game’s pacing and multiplayer, but hours after the global release regular players began sharing their impressions — and some of the shine faded. The multiplayer is...
The future of any Hi‑Fi Rush follow‑up now officially rests with Krafton. The publisher has completed the transfer of rights from Bethesda Softworks, as reflected in the game’s latest update. Hi‑Fi Rush was the last Tango Gameworks title released under Bethesda Softworks. While that once seemed like the end of the road for the studio,...
Ratchet & Clank: Ranger Rumble is the newest entry in the long-running series familiar to PlayStation fans. This installment departs from the franchise’s usual approach to target mobile audiences, and extended gameplay footage helps gauge whether it can win players over. An unexpected presentation of Ranger Rumble recently appeared online. Rather than an Insomniac Games...
November was expected to be the month Lollipop Chainsaw RePOP arrived on the Nintendo Switch 2, but the title has not launched yet. There’s no need to panic, however. Lollipop Chainsaw RePOP will not debut on the Switch 2 in the next few days, nor will it arrive before the end of this year. The...
Nintendo has released an updated trailer for Metroid Prime 4: Beyond — Nintendo Switch 2 Edition, a special version of Samus Aran’s return tailored for the new console. The trailer establishes the premise: Samus answers a distress signal from the Galactic Federation and soon finds herself at the center of a disaster after crash-landing on...
Crystal Dynamics has confirmed another round of staff reductions — 30 employees have been let go. Company leadership described the move as a “difficult but necessary restructuring.” A post on LinkedIn clarified that the layoffs affected “various departments and projects.” This marks the studio’s third reduction in 2025: seventeen people departed in March, and another...
