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It's been a very good year for indie titles on Steam, even in the aftermath of Hollow Knight: Silksong's blockbuster success. Last week, Escape From Duckov somehow briefly outgunned Battlefield 6. Now, another indie game, RV There Yet, has raced past 1.3 million sales in a single week. RV There Yet is the debut game of Nuggets Entertainment, and up to four players can join this co-op experience as they get behind the wheel of an RV home while attempting a very perilous side route through...
The Halo: Combat Evolved remake, Campaign Evolved, updates the 2001 sci-fi FPS for modern times, and it appears Halo Studios went to significant lengths to touch up the visuals for the Unreal Engine 5-developed game. Game director Greg Hermann said during a roundtable interview attended by Polygon, that "Every asset has been touched or modified or reviewed in some way as we brought it forward." Many wondered if Halo Studios employed some kind of artificial intelligence tool to help with...
Video game crossovers and collabs are nothing new, but in many cases, they are predictable. That is not the case with the latest gaming crossover, as 2K has announced that Borderlands 4 is invading PGA Tour 2K25. These two franchises having the same owner is about all they have in common. Season 4 of PGA Tour 2K25 will include a "Mayhem on the Greens" event that brings Borderlands to the golf sim. "Mayhem on the green incoming!!" Borderlands developer Gearbox said. The Mayhem on the Greens...
It's been three years since God of War: Ragnarok was released, and if there's a follow-up game on the horizon then Sony's done a good job keeping it under wraps. It seems like a safe bet that there will eventually be another God of War game, and if there is, Christopher Judge wants it to take place in Egypt. Judge--who first rose to fame for starring in Stargate SG-1 as Teal'c--has voiced Kratos since God of War in 2018. The original games set Kratos against the Greek pantheon of gods...
It's been almost two-and-a-half years since a video game has made as big of a splash at US retail as Pokemon Legends: Z-A. A new report states the RPG put up unit and dollar sales for a boxed game that haven't been seen since The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom in May 2023. Circana's Mat Piscatella pointed out Pokemon Legends: Z-A's "massive US launch at retail" on BlueSky. This comes just days after The Pokemon Company announced the game had sold 5.8 millions copies in its first...
Obsidian Entertainment's space-RPG The Outer Worlds 2 launches on October 29 for consoles and PC, but if you shelled out $100 for the Premium Edition, you're probably playing the game right now. You also probably got an in-game message mocking you for your consumerist habits, with the game citing a "flaw" in you. As spotted by GamesRadar, Redditor disenchantor took to the game's subreddit to share a hilarious pop-up they got. For buying the Premium Edition, disenchantor revealed they have a...
Microsoft revolutionized online multiplayer in the console space with Xbox Live in 2002. And ever since then, playing games online has come at a cost for Xbox owners. But that might not be the case going forward with the next-gen Xbox system, according to a new report. Windows Central states that "the current plan is for the next Xbox specifically to have no paywall for multiplayer." This would be a notable change, as an (at least) Xbox Game Pass Essential subscription is needed for online...
The new Battlefield battle royale game has been officially confirmed. The game, called Battlefield: Redsec, will launch on October 28 at 8 AM PT / 11 AM ET. As rumored, it will be free-to-play. Battlefield Studios announced a battle royale game or mode based on Battlefield 6 a long time ago, and has allowed testers to play it already, but this is the first time the developer is revealing its name, release date, and business model. All of these key details leaked already. The name Redsec...
Next month's PlayStation Plus games for November 2025 are expected to be revealed on October 29, but it looks like one of them may have leaked early. According to Dealabs' billbil-kun, PS Plus subscribers who missed out on grabbing Stray the last time it was available through the subscription service will have a new chance to do so from next week. The Annapurna Interactive-published game was a day-one release for PS Plus Extra in July 2022, and it was removed from the PS Plus library one...
Fortnite's long-awaited and heavily rumored collaboration with The Simpsons is seemingly right around the corner. The official Simpsons account posted a video today of the fictional aliens Kang and Kodos invading the world of Fortnite, reminding people to look out for an in-game event on November 1 at 8 AM PT / 11 AM ET. This is just the latest tease for the upcoming Simpsons collaboration. The official Fortnite social media channels recently posted an image of the Fortnitemares logo, but...
With the reveal of Halo: Campaign Evolved arriving next year for consoles and PC, developer Halo Studios has come forward to say that, while no one on the development team was required to use generative AI, they're not opposed to using it as the "tool" that it is. In an October 24 interview with Rolling Stone, executive producer Damon Conn and game director Greg Hermann spoke about the development of Halo: Campaign Evolved. When asked whether Halo Studios used AI in any capacity, whether...
Halo coming to PlayStation 5 is "a win for the future" of the series, according to one Xbox employee. Senior social marketing manager Josh Stein made this remark after Halo: Campaign Evolved was announced recently for PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC. He added, "More Spartans = More Fun." "Halo on PlayStation means bigger battles, stronger community, and more love for the franchise. This is a win for the future of Halo and those that love it, new and old," Stein said, sharing green and blue...
Activision has released a new entry in its "Replacer" series of Call of Duty ads, this one featuring Terry Crews and Nikki Glaser play forensic agents who attend a crime scene because the real forensic teams is off playing Black Ops 7. Actor Peter Stormare originally brought the Replacer character to life, but a previous ad shot him into space with Jake Paul, so Crews and Glaser are stepping in for the time being. Things go pretty sideways in this new video, as the characters played by...
Marcus Lehto, who co-created the Halo universe and designed Master Chief himself, has weighed in on the recently announced Halo 1 remake. In short, he's loving what he's seeing. For Lehto, he said the game is "gorgeous" and "feels genuine" to the original, which was released back in 2001 for the Xbox. "My honest impression of seeing the new Halo Campaign Evolved is this: I absolutely love where this is going. The game looks and feels genuine. It's gorgeous in a way I wish we could have...
Following the announcement that Halo: Campaign Evolved will be coming to PS5 as well as Xbox Series X|S and PC, GameStop has leveraged its position as a "Neutral Entity" to declare the decades-long console wars officially over. According to a tongue-in-cheek statement posted to X by GameStop, the company attributes the beginning of the "ongoing and increasingly petty conflict known as The Console Wars" to the release of Halo: Combat Evolved as an Xbox-exclusive title in 2001. Now that...
Last week, a major AWS outage took down gaming behemoths like Fortnite and Roblox and caused wide chaos by also impacting important services and programs outside of the gaming world. The cause of the outage has now been identified, revealing that the massive outage was the result of a single software bug. As initially reported while Amazon was trying to figure out the cause of the 15-hour outage, the problem originated in DynamoDB, AWS's DNS management system. As reported by PC Gamer, the...
The Halo franchise is turning 25 next year, and Halo Fest is being revived with a convention and concert to celebrate the milestone. The event is set to take place next December in Seattle, with tickets going on sale soon. Halo Studios announced the event at this year's Halo World Championship, promising a convention that will cater for twice as many attendees as the HWC usually allows for. Halo Fest has been held three times before: the first in 2010 as an event hosted by GameStop to...
In a move that would have shocked the gaming world just a few years ago, Microsoft has announced that the upcoming Halo remake, Halo: Campaign Evolved, will be available on its rival console, the PS5, and Halo will be on PlayStation moving forward. An Xbox exec explained that the decision is the result of a changing media landscape, where TikTok provides stiffer competition for the Xbox platform than other consoles do. President of Xbox game content and studios Matt Booty told The New York...
The PlayStation 2 is celebrating its 25-year anniversary today, October 26, 2025. Below, we remember the diversity of its library, the qualities that have lived on beyond it, and the ones that were exclusive to that moment in time. In a certain light, games are more expansive than they have ever been. Forums like Itch proliferate game jams and niche sub-cultures, and give aspiring developers a place to share their work. Steam is home to a wider catalogue of games than has ever been...
Mega Man Legends 2 is celebrating its 25-year anniversary today, October 25, 2025. Below, we look back at how its unresolved cliffhanger ending still overshadows its memory. Mega Man Legends 2 is an unfinished promise. The anime-inspired adventure series was beloved by fans of the blue bomber for its inventive, Zelda-like spin on the classic formula. It was filled with lovable characters who have endured long past the series itself, like Tron Bonne, the Servbots, and the hero, Mega Man...