Shrek 2 Remastered: Everything about the release
Shrek 2 Remastered launches on November 10, 2026 for PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch 2, Switch and PC – with co-op for up to four players.
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Mass Effect: Fans fight for the series' future with #SaveMassEffect
After BioWare’s closure, fans are fighting for Mass Effect with a petition, a Times Square billboard and more.
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Playable Archive: Free found-footage horror for PC released by surprise
Just before Halloween, The Mortuary Assistant studio DarkStone Digital released the free found-footage horror game Playable Archive on Steam.
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AC Black Flag Resynced: New Game+ and Nightmare mode arrive today with update 1.0.8
Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced gets its last big content update today: New Game+, Nightmare mode, new takedowns and community chests.
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Auroch Digital cuts around a quarter of its staff: Warhammer Survivors still on track
Auroch Digital has started a consultation affecting about a quarter of all jobs. Warhammer Survivors still launches on November 10, 2026.
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S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 gets Update 2.1: Here's what's new for players
The Zone is getting bigger, at least it feels that way: with Stalker 2 Update 2.1 „The Zone Lookout“, you can finally decide for yourself how far away you see other stalkers and mutants. On top of that, there’s a new fast travel option via squad leaders. I took a look at the offi
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EA restructures its game development: BioWare closes, focus on Apex, Battlefield and Project Gridiron
Electronic Arts is reorganizing: in an open letter from studio head Cam Weber and COO David Tinson, EA lays out where money and teams will go in the future. The hardest decision hits BioWare: the storied studio is being closed, and the new Mass Effect has been stopped.
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Shrek 2 Remastered announced: The cult classic returns with 4K graphics and co-op
Honestly, I didn’t expect the 2004 Shrek 2 game of all things to make a comeback. But that’s exactly what’s happening: Aspyr is releasing Shrek 2 Remastered on November 10, 2026 for PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch 2, Switch and PC.
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AI brings old games to Mac, browser and iPad: Xbox founds XBOX LABS, the decomp scene pulls the emergency brake
Old PC and console games are suddenly running on Mac, in the browser or on iPad, and AI is often helping. This isn’t just stirring up the fan scene: Xbox has founded its own team for it with XBOX LABS, while one of the most important sites in the decompilation scene is pulling th
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Dead by Daylight Diablo: Lilith, Mephisto and Belial in the Fog
Dead by Daylight Diablo: Behaviour Interactive brings Lilith, Mephisto and Belial into the Fog. The Diablo Collection adds six new outfits for three Killers and three Survivors. As someone who has spent far too many nights in Sanctuary, I was genuinely excited about this collabor
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Steam Next Fest: Community angry about flood of AI games
The October 2026 Steam Next Fest was supposed to be a stage for exciting indie demos. Instead, many players are mainly talking about one thing: the many games created with generative AI. On Reddit, in forums and on X, people are talking about „AI slop“, and calls for an AI filter
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Cyberpunk 2077 gets mod support on consoles for the first time
Cyberpunk 2077 gets mod support on consoles for the first time: with the Edgerunners 2 Update (2.5) from October 22, 2026, you can now install mods on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S too, straight from the game’s main menu.
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ATMOSFAR: Everything about the release
ATMOSFAR enters Early Access on October 29, 2026: a survival adventure on floating sky islands, solo or in co-op.
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The games industry's DLC policy: When does a game become a luxury product?
Buy a game, play it through, done. It used to be that simple. Today, next to the buy button there are deluxe editions, season passes, cosmetic bundles, time savers and expansions. The games industry’s DLC policy has long been a business of its own. The question that keeps bugging
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Live-service games have a problem: Nobody can play them all
Live-service games have a problem: nobody can play them all. Almost every big online game today wants to be played daily, with a battle pass, dailies and limited-time events. But players‘ free time isn’t growing along with them. An opinion piece.
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Concord wasn't an isolated case: Why publishers keep risking the next multiplayer flop
When Sony pulled Concord offline after just two weeks, many people laughed. I didn’t. Because Concord wasn’t an accident, but the most visible example of a pattern that has been repeating for years. One multiplayer flop after another, and yet publishers keep betting hundreds of m
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Squadron 42: Release in Q2 2027 and a trailer with a star-studded cast
Honestly, I’d stopped expecting it: Squadron 42 has a Steam page and a concrete release window.
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Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis: Story, release and features
Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis reimagines the 1996 original and launches on February 12, 2027 for PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X|S.
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Tape to Tape review: Arcade hockey meets roguelite
Tape to Tape left Early Access with version 1.0 – an arcade ice hockey game with a roguelite campaign by Excellent Rectangle.
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Modern Warfare 4 review: The best Call of Duty in years?
Since October 23, 2026, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 has been available worldwide for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PC and Nintendo Switch 2. I took a look at the campaign, multiplayer and DMZ, and in my Modern Warfare 4 review I’ll tell you why the new entry from
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FINAL FANTASY RESONANCE review: The first HD-2D Final Fantasy
With FINAL FANTASY RESONANCE, Square Enix takes the series back to its roots. The RPG came out on October 22, 2026 for PC on Steam and is the first Final Fantasy in HD-2D style, meaning pixel characters in front of detailed 3D backdrops. Square Enix developed it together with the
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Mycopunk review: Colorful co-op shooter against the fungal plague
Mycopunk is a colorful co-op shooter in which you, as a team of discarded robots, free a planet from a fungal plague. It was developed by the young studio Pigeons at Play and is published by Devolver Digital. After its Early Access launch on July 10, 2025, version 1.0 came out on
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Playrooms: All info on release, gameplay and horror
I’ve played a lot of horror games, but with Playrooms I had to look twice: no monster chases you through dark basements here, you’re just supposed to tidy up. Over 200,000 colorful plastic balls lie scattered across endless, abandoned Backrooms-style playrooms, and there’s nobody
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Black Myth: Zhong Kui: All info on release, gameplay and story
Black Myth: Zhong Kui is the second game in the Black Myth series from Game Science, the studio behind the global hit Black Myth: Wukong. Instead of the Monkey King, the focus this time is on Zhong Kui, the legendary ghost hunter of Chinese folklore. We’ve gathered all the offici
