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The mists have finally lifted and the candles have burned down — the Witches of Brackenreach event has drawn to a close. A heartfelt thank you to every driver who joined this year’s Halloween expedition and helped unravel the secrets tucked away in Brackenreach’s marshes and moonlit lanes. Together, our community completed an astonishing 2,355,996...

Witches of Brackenreach — Event Wrap-Up The fog has finally lifted and the last candle has burned out — the Witches of Brackenreach event has concluded. We extend our heartfelt thanks to every driver who joined this year’s Halloween expedition and helped reveal the secrets tucked away in Brackenreach’s marshes and moonlit lanes. Scenes from...

Megabonk Withdraws from The Game Awards’ Best Debut Indie Category Megabonk — screenshot Megabonk rose to prominence in 2025 as one of the year’s most talked-about indie releases and was nominated for Best Debut Indie at The Game Awards. The game’s sole developer, however, has announced that he is withdrawing the title from that category....

Players will also be able to take part in riverine battles. The team behind Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord unveiled a new gameplay presentation for the War Sails expansion, confirming the addition of naval combat. In this demo, TaleWorlds Entertainment focuses on a nocturnal river engagement: vessels trade fire and attempt to ram one another,...

Some contemporary developers would benefit from looking to their predecessors and learning to resist the urge to pile a game full of features. Fallout creator Tim Cain recently published a new blog post. This time he shared his thoughts on modern games. In his view, many new projects suffer from an identity crisis. Older titles...

Image: KSS Inc./Movic/Animate/Madhouse Guillermo del Toro and James Cameron share a longstanding friendship rooted in mutual admiration — and apparently, late-night anime sessions. Del Toro recently recalled living in Cameron’s home for an extended period, during which they watched Japanese animation together. Cameron introduced del Toro to Patlabor; del Toro returned the favor by showing...

There’s still no new entry in the franchise, but fans are supplying their own content. This November marks the 27th anniversary of the original Half-Life. The shooter continues to receive active support from the community. A recently released multi-chapter campaign called Insecure features several chapters and borrows some elements from Opposing Force. This is far...

Image: Warner Bros. Pictures Most viewers anticipated that 2022’s DC film Black Adam, headlined by Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, wouldn’t fully match the weight of its marketing. What few expected was Pierce Brosnan’s Doctor Fate to make such an impression. So when Brosnan, in a recent GQ interview, indicated he’d be open to returning to...

Players will be able to slot additional abilities into their character builds. The Titan Quest 2 team revealed new content and shared gameplay teasers. The focus was on the fifth mastery, Forge. This mastery lets characters take on aspects of the god Hephaestus. Players will be able to deploy mechanical combat devices to deal damage...

Valve continues to monitor the financial performance of a variety of games. As is customary, Valve has published Steam’s financial summary for the past week. The data covers the period from November 11 to November 18, 2025. In the overall chart, the free-to-play Counter-Strike 2 sits at the top, while the new entry in the...

Community feedback is being taken into account during the game’s development. The team behind the Gothic remake published a development diary focused on the combat system and shared several clips showcasing character movement. Since August, they’ve tweaked certain mechanics and introduced new animations. The developers outlined the following changes: The wind-up animation has been shortened;...

Prepare your iris scan and get ready to engage the chevrons: Amazon MGM Studios is developing a new Prime Video series set in the Stargate universe. Martin Gero — who contributed to Stargate SG-1, Stargate: Atlantis, and Stargate Universe — will serve as showrunner. “I’m beyond thrilled that Amazon MGM Studios has entrusted me with...

Valve’s new hardware drew significant attention, yet the developers still managed to earn a little. A malfunction in Steam’s algorithms left the creators of Planet Centauri without release notifications — despite having 138,000 wishlists, they sold only 581 copies. Nearly a year later Valve admitted the mistake and, as compensation, offered to feature Planet Centauri...

Greetings — I’m Zwirbaum. This development diary outlines the features arriving in the update on November 20. There’s a great deal to cover, so I’ll move briskly and focus on the most important changes, especially where mechanics have been adjusted since earlier previews. Let’s get straight into the feature highlight run. Factions Overview The faction...

EFT servers should now perform better. The recent launch of Escape from Tarkov 1.0 didn’t go smoothly. The developers acknowledged the issues and have been rolling out fixes in stages. The third patch includes only a few items — a fix for texture rendering and an updated NVIDIA DLSS version. Battlestate Games also shared details...

A new Genshin update is imminent — miHoYo will unveil the upcoming additions ahead of time. Genshin Impact is set to receive a substantial 6.2 update, and the team intends to host a showcase to present the new content. miHoYo (HoYoverse) is also expected to release a batch of promo codes players can redeem for...