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We didn’t have to seek inspiration — it came to us. ARC Raiders includes Plushkin (Scrappy) — a rooster that scavenges resources for players to use in crafting. Recently, the developers opened up about how this charismatic assistant came to be. It turned out the rooster was real. Johan, a 3D artist on ARC Raiders,...

LISA Debuts as Fortnite Festival Season 12 Icon — A Personal, Cat-Inspired Collaboration Launch date: Saturday, Nov. 29 — Starlux Music Pass LISA x Fortnite — Epic Games LISA will headline Fortnite Festival season 12 as an Icon, arriving on Saturday, Nov. 29 as part of the Starlux Music Pass. Her collaboration includes an in‑game...

Battlefield 6 has officially launched — and what a remarkable debut. During the record-breaking launch period and the weeks that followed, players worldwide completed millions of matches while conversation around cheating and our responses to it remained a major focus. In a previous Javelin update we explained how we quantify cheating with the Match Infection...

The global racing community is currently buzzing with intense speculation as a prominent industry insider has officially revealed an approximate release window for the highly anticipated Forza Horizon 6. Following the massive critical and commercial success of the fifth installment which took the festival to the vibrant landscapes of Mexico the continuation is set to...

Detroit Police Department headquarters issued a confidential communication regarding RoboCop. Reports show that RoboCop began a siege on the Omni-Tower in 2025. Because the Omni-Tower is outside DPD jurisdiction, RoboCop operates alone. Players can support the game in the Steam Awards. Fans can nominate RoboCop: Rogue City – Unfinished Business for Game of the Year...

Image: Rafael Albuquerque / DC Comics Over a 15-year span at DC Comics, Scott Snyder has become one of the most influential modern voices in Batman lore. He co-created the chilling multiversal antagonist known as the Batman Who Laughs, reconceived elements of the Dark Knight’s beginnings in Absolute Batman, and — together with Greg Capullo...

Players on the global version are urging the feature be added to international servers — but it seems they’ll have to wait quite a while. The Chinese version of Where Winds Meet has received a major new feature — a machine-building system inspired by The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. The update released...

Gabimaru’s tale continues as it joins a packed winter lineup. Studio MAPPA has revealed the premiere date for the second season of the anime Hell’s Paradise — the new episodes are scheduled to debut on January 11, 2026. The first season, which aired in spring 2023, earned praise for its kinetic action, striking visuals, and...

Hello, Space Marines 👋 With the year winding down, we’ve got a handful of Patch 12 teases for you — plus a concise recap of what’s arrived in Space Marine 2 recently. A Small Tease (Because Why Not?) As we move closer to the end of the year, the Techmarine draws near. Here’s a first...

Linus Sebastian had earlier proposed that Valve price the device at $500, but the suggestion was met with little enthusiasm within the company. Well-known tech creator Linus Sebastian (Linus Tech Tips) expects the Steam Machine to debut at around $699. Without access to Valve’s internal meetings it’s impossible to be certain. What they’ve told us...

Image: WBD The latest episode of Fionna and Cake, “The Bird in the Clock,” propels viewers through a kaleidoscope of dreamscapes and concludes with a startling death that could profoundly affect the series’ mythology. When I spoke with Adam Muto — the veteran Adventure Time showrunner now at the helm of Fionna and Cake —...

The heroines of NieR: Automata continue to appear across various franchises. Characters from NieR: Automata frequently turn up in a wide range of projects — recent appearances include titles from the Final Fantasy series, The First Descendant, Stellar Blade, Soulcalibur, Rainbow Six Siege, Guilty Gear, and many others. Now the crossover has arrived in the...

The company has been involved in the development of hundreds of games, yet is seldom credited in the credits. Japanese firm Tose Co., Ltd — one of the longest-standing and most respected “ghost” contractors in the games industry — has published its financial report for the year ended August 2025. The filing illuminates the company’s...

Steam’s rules have amused the head of Epic Games. Tim Sweeney quips that Valve could go even further and require developers to disclose which shampoo they use. Valve artist Ayi Sanchez used a simple, relatable example to explain why Steam introduced a rule requiring developers to state whether generative AI was used in a particular...

Graphic: Polygon | Source images: Wizards of the Coast / Clyde Caldwell / Ben Oliver If you polled tabletop fans about Dungeons & Dragons’ most recognizable figure, the contest would likely come down to Drizzt Do’Urden — the drow ranger who dominated fantasy fiction — and Strahd von Zarovich, the brooding vampire sovereign of Barovia....

The long-suffering mobile adaptation of Dark and Darker will not reach a global launch and is being discontinued. Publisher Krafton has announced the shutdown of the mobile title Abyss of Dungeons — a project created as a smartphone adaptation of Dark and Darker. The game had been available in early access under its new name...