I know it sounds ridiculous given the entire point of the series, but dungeons were the last thing I wanted to do in Diablo 4 for the past several seasons. They're fussy, boringly easy, and strictly worse to run than any of the other dungeon-like activities Blizzard has added to the game.Most of the time, Diablo 4 players aren't even talking about those labyrinthian caves stuffed with monsters when they...

Dune: Awakening has only been out for about a month, but Funcom's survival MMO is already the target of some big changes. Today's patch, version 1.1.10.0, brings a bulleted list of changes so long it'll make your finger ache just scrolling through it.Which is great! Funcom is clearly listening to player feedback and quickly addressing concerns, which is especially important since the PvP-heavy endgame has been receiving, shall we say,...

Less than a year after making its debut on PC, the real-time strategy game Warcraft Rumble has reached the end of the line. Blizzard announced today that it's made the "extremely hard decision" to end new content releases for the game, although it promised that "updates focused on regular, systemic in-game events and bug fixes" will continue."Warcraft Rumble began development nine years ago as a love letter to Azeroth and...

Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer has probably not penned his last email thanking employees for their hard work while pointing them to the door.After Microsoft laid off around 9,000 employees today, including a number from Spencer's gaming division, a rumor began circulating that the Xbox head will step down after the next generation Xbox console comes out, but Microsoft says it's not true.The claim was made on X by Call...

From the outside, the vibes around Battlefield 6 (yet to be officially titled) are pretty good. Spurred by a creative direction that's essentially "let's do Battlefield 3 and 4 again," folks are liking what they're seeing from those playtests that keep leaking onto Reddit.From the inside, Battlefield 6 development could be going better. As detailed in a report published today at Ars Technica, EA's grand multi-studio strategy for the future...

Concluding trials that began last month, a French court has convicted three former Ubisoft executives based on accusations of systemic racism, bullying, and sexual misconduct that emerged in 2020 (via Courthouse News Service).Serge Hascoët, Tommy François, and Guillaume Patrux—all of whom had either resigned or been dismissed following the 2020 reports—have been found guilty of harassment charges. Each has received suspended sentences.François, former Ubisoft vice president of editorial and creative...

No matter how great a game is, there's always room for improvement. Launch day is no longer the finish line for games, it's just the start of a looooong process of bug fixes, tweaks, and patches.After years of skimming patch notes to see if the devs have fixed that one little issue that's been bugging you, you may consider yourself something of a patch notes expert. But do you think...

Matt Firor, president of ZeniMax Online Studios and game director of The Elder Scrolls Online, has announced that he is leaving the company."After more than 18 years leading ZeniMax Online Studios, I'll be stepping away later this month," says a message attributed to Firor on the official TESO X account. "The studio and The Elder Scrolls Online will be in great hands under the direction of new Studio Head Jo...