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News · Game releases · Sales Dispatch, an episodic superhero narrative adventure, has quickly become a critical darling following the release of its opening pair of episodes on October 22, 2025. Developer AdHoc Studios reports that the game exceeded one million copies sold within its first ten days on sale — a striking early commercial...

Takeshi Ichikawa: The Producer Guiding Dragon Quest VII Reimagined Takeshi Ichikawa, producer of Dragon Quest VII Reimagined. When Square Enix revealed Dragon Quest VII Reimagined during the Nintendo Direct in September, it generated plenty of speculation. After spending time at Square Enix’s Tokyo studio for our cover feature, we gathered new information about the remake...

Sony monitors player activity on PlayStation consoles and highlights the most-played titles. Sony routinely summarizes the previous month’s gaming activity. Download figures for October 2025 were recently published. The compiled lists cover premium releases for PS5 and PS4, and include a ranking of free-to-play titles. Data are shown for the “US/Canada” and “Europe” (EU) regions....

You can now set off on an adventure as the hero you’ve always envisioned. The team behind the ARPG Titan Quest 2 has released an enhanced character editor that enables detailed customization of your hero’s model. The days of choosing from a handful of presets are over — you can now unleash your imagination and...

The franchise’s newest installment left many fans disappointed. Football Manager 26 recently launched in full. Players who pre-ordered had early access and reported numerous issues; by release, those problems remained unresolved. As a result, Football Manager 26 received “Overwhelmingly Negative” reviews on Steam — roughly 82% of feedback was unfavorable. Critics point not only to...

The developers intended to adopt an approach inspired by Uncharted 2. Players have recently been reminded of Dante’s Inferno after IGN published a feature about a sequel that never made it to release. The project was expected to be called “Dante’s Inferno 2: Purgatorio” (or simply Dante’s Purgatorio). IGN obtained a set of internal materials,...

The developers have acknowledged reports of glitches in the VATS system. Fallout 4 Anniversary Edition will launch soon. Bethesda has announced a special update that brings a range of fixes and improvements. Technical maintenance is scheduled from November 6 through November 10; during this period, Fallout 4 Mods and the Creation Club will be unavailable....

The main heroine has gained an unexpected rival. Recently, Japanese illustrator mellco recalled working on Atelier Lulua: The Scion of Arland. During the cover design they encountered an unusual problem. It turned out the horse was depicted so meticulously that it drew more attention than the anime-style heroine. In an early version of the artwork...

Valve continues to track the financial performance of games on Steam. As is customary, Valve publishes a weekly financial summary for Steam. The data covers the period from October 28 to November 4, 2025. The new extraction shooter ARC Raiders managed to surpass Battlefield 6, while Valve’s blockbuster Counter-Strike 2 completed the top three in...

Graphic: Polygon I images: Toei Animation/Eiichiro Oda Spoilers for One Piece chapter #1164. The maxim “history is written by the victors” recurs throughout Eiichiro Oda’s One Piece, and chapter #1164 brings that theme into sharp focus. Myths and official records often flatten complicated lives into caricatures: Oden isn’t merely a theatrical patriot, Kuma isn’t simply...