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Gamers Bid Farewell to Need for Speed Rivals — EA Shuts Down the Racing Game’s Servers
Need for Speed: Rivals captivated fans for many years. Support for Need for Speed: Rivals’ online features has recently ended. Electronic Arts took the servers offline, and players bid farewell to the beloved title: keyur14: “Need for Speed Rivals’ online functions are shut down. It’s sad to part with you, friend — we’ll always miss...
White House Says Americans Disagree With Zach Bryan’s Lyrics Criticizing ICE
White House Responds After Zach Bryan Shares Snippet Containing ‘ICE’ Lyric Zach Bryan headlined the Great Oak Stage at BST Hyde Park on June 28, 2025, in London, England. Gus Stewart/Redferns Zach Bryan sparked criticism from the White House after posting a short excerpt of an unreleased track that includes a line about immigration enforcement...
Total War: Warhammer 3 Expansion Delayed Due to Critical Bug
The campaign AI has been behaving differently than the developers intended. The team behind the global strategy Total War: Warhammer 3 published a new developer diary describing the issues they encountered while working on the game’s artificial intelligence. They explained that, to allocate and spend resources effectively, the AI depends heavily on a set of...
Trailer Released for MiSide Zero — Fan-Made Prequel to the Much-Talked-About Horror
MiSide continues to inspire fans to pursue fresh creative endeavors. Modders recently unveiled a trailer for the alpha build of MiSide: Zero — an unofficial prequel to the MiSide horror experience. Developers Kojo and Nick (@sonnick3D) have secured formal approval to proceed. Their tale focuses on “Zero” — a troubled character who, unhappy in the...
Japanese Adult Game Store Launches Its Own Payment System in Response to Censorship by Visa and Mastercard
Not everyone is willing to accept the specific rules imposed by payment networks, and some are exploring alternative ways to sell adult games. In 2025, pressure from Visa and Mastercard on vendors of adult games intensified, and projects judged noncompliant began to be removed from sale. Calls for an alternative payment solution followed — and...
[STREAM] The Alien Emerged from VR — Alien Rogue Incursion: Evolved Edition
The team opted to free the project from VR constraints — a sensible move. Originally released for VR headsets, Rogue Incursion is now available to a much wider audience. The stream goes live at 21:00 Moscow time on our YouTube channel, as well as on VK Play and Twitch. Source: iXBT.games
Does the Dog in “Good Boy” Die? Director Explains the Ending and the Film’s Meaning
Photo: Danielle Freiberg/IFC Films Good Boy has quietly emerged as one of 2025’s most surprising indie successes. Ben Leonberg’s haunted-house film — which features his own Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever, Indy — pulled in over $2.25 million its opening weekend on a roughly $2.3 million production budget, and has been met with generally favorable...
Owlcat Supported the Developers of the Space RPG Starfinder: Afterlight
Epictellers Entertainment has drawn the attention of several well-known cRPG developers. Recently, Epictellers Entertainment unveiled the trailer for the spacefaring RPG Starfinder: Afterlight. Peers in the industry — including Owlcat Games, the studio behind the Pathfinder franchise — also responded to the announcement: “Paizo’s worlds have always held special meaning for us, and at Owlcat...
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Lead Writer Had Never Played Games Before Developing the Story
For some of the people involved in making the game, their first encounter with video games came only after they joined Sandfall. Lead writer Jennifer Svedberg-Yen recently told Lits Play about some of her inspirations and about her experience with games prior to working on Clair Obscur Expedition 33. As it turned out, she had...
Coming Soon to GTA Online: A New Enemy, a Submarine Maniac, and More
In GTA Online, Halloween is an entire month-long extravaganza, not just a single evening of fright. This October follows suit, with the first themed week already in full swing. However, the celebration truly escalates in just two days, when Rockstar rolls out additional missions and activities alongside a fresh GTA+ cycle. Patience for a New...
Blue Oyster Cult Addresses Donald Trump’s Use of ‘(Don’t Fear) The Reaper’ in AI Video Mocking Democrats
Blue Öyster Cult Says It Wasn’t Contacted After Trump Shares AI Video Using “(Don’t Fear) The Reaper” (L-R) Richie Castellano, Eric Bloom, Buck Dharma and Danny Miranda of Blue Öyster Cult at the Tempodrom on June 3, 2025. — Frank Hoensch/Redferns Blue Öyster Cult has issued a public clarification after former president Donald Trump shared...
Addison Rae Takes Over New York City With Two Tour Stops — See the Best Photos
Addison Rae Lights Up New York During First Headlining Tour Photographs by Christopher Polk for Billboard Addison Rae performing at the Brooklyn Paramount on October 1, 2025. Christopher Polk / Billboard Influencer-turned-pop artist Addison Rae made two spirited appearances in New York City as part of her inaugural headlining run. The 24-year-old brought The Addison...
Top-grossing gacha games of September 2025 — Genshin Impact and Honkai Star Rail saw revenue rise, while ZZZ’s continue to fall
The informal contest among gacha titles continues, and Zenless Zone Zero’s revenue dipped noticeably in September. Gacha enthusiasts remain attentive to the financial performance of genre entries. Sensor Tower’s figures for September 2025 were published recently. Three miHoYo (HoYoverse) titles appear in the ranking; their reported revenues are listed below: Genshin Impact — 2nd place;...
Taylor Swift Defends ‘The Life of a Showgirl’ Amid Criticism: ‘I Know What I Made’
Taylor Swift on The Life of a Showgirl: Embracing Praise and Criticism Trending on Billboard Taylor Swift’s new album, The Life of a Showgirl, is tracking toward what may be her largest release yet — even as it provokes a wide range of reactions. While many listeners have embraced the record immediately, others find certain...
Valve’s Free Hit Tops Battlefield 6 Preorders on Steam Chart; Last Week’s Best-Selling Products Revealed
Valve continues to monitor the commercial performance of titles on Steam. Valve has once again published its weekly financial summary for Steam. The data covers the period from September 30 to October 7, 2025. In the overall rankings, Battlefield 6 (pre-orders) was outranked by the free-to-play Counter-Strike 2, with Valve claiming a third spot as...
IGN’s Top 10 Battlefield Games — Battlefield 2042 Misses the Cut
The franchise is set to return with Battlefield 6, and IGN’s writers took a look back at the series’ previous releases. From that retrospective they put together a ranked top ten. IGN’s roundup spans both newer releases and classic entries from the franchise. The much-maligned Battlefield 2042, however, did not make the cut. IGN’s top...
Gamers Bid Farewell to Need for Speed Rivals — EA Shuts Down the Racing Game’s Servers
Need for Speed: Rivals captivated fans for many years. Support for Need for Speed: Rivals’ online features has recently ended. Electronic Arts took the servers offline, and players bid farewell to the beloved title: keyur14: “Need for Speed Rivals’ online functions are shut down. It’s sad to part with you, friend — we’ll always miss...
White House Says Americans Disagree With Zach Bryan’s Lyrics Criticizing ICE
White House Responds After Zach Bryan Shares Snippet Containing ‘ICE’ Lyric Zach Bryan headlined the Great Oak Stage at BST Hyde Park on June 28, 2025, in London, England. Gus Stewart/Redferns Zach Bryan sparked criticism from the White House after posting a short excerpt of an unreleased track that includes a line about immigration enforcement...
Total War: Warhammer 3 Expansion Delayed Due to Critical Bug
The campaign AI has been behaving differently than the developers intended. The team behind the global strategy Total War: Warhammer 3 published a new developer diary describing the issues they encountered while working on the game’s artificial intelligence. They explained that, to allocate and spend resources effectively, the AI depends heavily on a set of...
Trailer Released for MiSide Zero — Fan-Made Prequel to the Much-Talked-About Horror
MiSide continues to inspire fans to pursue fresh creative endeavors. Modders recently unveiled a trailer for the alpha build of MiSide: Zero — an unofficial prequel to the MiSide horror experience. Developers Kojo and Nick (@sonnick3D) have secured formal approval to proceed. Their tale focuses on “Zero” — a troubled character who, unhappy in the...
Japanese Adult Game Store Launches Its Own Payment System in Response to Censorship by Visa and Mastercard
Not everyone is willing to accept the specific rules imposed by payment networks, and some are exploring alternative ways to sell adult games. In 2025, pressure from Visa and Mastercard on vendors of adult games intensified, and projects judged noncompliant began to be removed from sale. Calls for an alternative payment solution followed — and...
[STREAM] The Alien Emerged from VR — Alien Rogue Incursion: Evolved Edition
The team opted to free the project from VR constraints — a sensible move. Originally released for VR headsets, Rogue Incursion is now available to a much wider audience. The stream goes live at 21:00 Moscow time on our YouTube channel, as well as on VK Play and Twitch. Source: iXBT.games
Does the Dog in “Good Boy” Die? Director Explains the Ending and the Film’s Meaning
Photo: Danielle Freiberg/IFC Films Good Boy has quietly emerged as one of 2025’s most surprising indie successes. Ben Leonberg’s haunted-house film — which features his own Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever, Indy — pulled in over $2.25 million its opening weekend on a roughly $2.3 million production budget, and has been met with generally favorable...
Owlcat Supported the Developers of the Space RPG Starfinder: Afterlight
Epictellers Entertainment has drawn the attention of several well-known cRPG developers. Recently, Epictellers Entertainment unveiled the trailer for the spacefaring RPG Starfinder: Afterlight. Peers in the industry — including Owlcat Games, the studio behind the Pathfinder franchise — also responded to the announcement: “Paizo’s worlds have always held special meaning for us, and at Owlcat...
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Lead Writer Had Never Played Games Before Developing the Story
For some of the people involved in making the game, their first encounter with video games came only after they joined Sandfall. Lead writer Jennifer Svedberg-Yen recently told Lits Play about some of her inspirations and about her experience with games prior to working on Clair Obscur Expedition 33. As it turned out, she had...