The studio behind Star Wars Zero Company furloughed up to 80 percent of its staff in the lead up to the RPG's launch, a Game File report reveals. That means affected staff are technically still employed by the company, but will receive no wage during the furlough period.A representative from Bit Reactor confirmed the furloughs to Game File, though didn't indicate how many employees are affected. The rep said uncertainty...
Longtime FromSoftware dataminer Zullie the Witch has come out with a new video showing off the close-up details of Elden Ring's two new NPC invaders. Knight Leontiel and Noble Broken Mask were both added to the game as part of Elden Ring's Tarnished Edition DLC.Knight Leontiel is a straight "hey, I know them" reference to Lucatiel of Mirrah from Dark Souls 2, boasting an HD remaster of her signature conquistador...
Blizzard is scrubbing through its new World of Warcraft Mythic Plus Dungeon top-1% rankings for people who paid for carries, World of Warcraft game director Ion Hazzikostas says.The timed dungeon mode offered its first-ever rewards at that level this past season in the Midnight expansion, which ended August 11. Unlike similar high-end rewards in PvP combat, this ranking level in Mythic Plus dungeons was a flat percentage of players, rather...
On Friday, August 28, indie developer Ryan Laley posted a video on X to say his Gamescom 2026 attendance was being cut short after discovering that all his team's laptops had been stolen from its booth during an alleged overnight theft. In the post, the visibly distraught dev called the incident "a huge blow financially and mentally," and confirmed that police reports had been filed.Laley's post earned an outpouring of...
Just two months after the release of the PvP arena shooter Empulse, 1047 Games is halting work on the game and its predecessor, Splitgate: Arena Reloaded, saying that neither is making enough money to support their operating costs. The studio itself will remain but its "focus is changing," and its next game "may look very different from what people expect."The original Splitgate: Arena Warfare was something of a phenom when...
Miyamoto Musashi, the legend goes, defeated his rival Sasaki Ganryu with a single blow to the head using nothing but a crude wooden sword carved from an oar.Need to KnowWhat is it? The art of swordplay, revolutionized after the discovery of physicsRelease date September 3, 2026Expect to pay $70/£60Developer CapcomPublisher CapcomReviewed on Radeon RX 9070 XT, Intel i5-13600K, 64GB DDR5Steam Deck PlayableLink Official siteThis is, of course, ridiculous: In truth...
Need to knowWhat is it? A Witchery vampire RPG with a dark heartRelease date September 3, 2026Expect to pay $70 / £60Developer Rebel WolvesPublisher Bandai NamcoReviewed on RTX 3060 (laptop), Ryzen 5 5600H, 16GB RAMSteam Deck TBC, but unlikely to be a good experienceLink Steam35 hours into The Blood of Dawnwalker I'd already witnessed the aftermath of many barbaric slayings and village razings. I'd cleared out a site of industrial-scale...
The early access RPG Entropy would be cool enough in a vacuum: Experimental, JRPG-style combat in a bizarre, fallen world. But it's also a second outing from the devs of one of my favorite RPGs in recent memory, Dread Delusion.Dread Delusion was a first-person homage to the Elder Scrolls that, true to its inspirations, had some absolutely killer sidequests, like an ethical dilemma surrounding vegetarian zombies or a seemingly Blade...
Star Wars Galaxies Legends, one of many community servers offering a version of the defunct MMO with custom additions, reportedly had its assets decrypted by a hacker with the username levarrishawk (via Massively OP). In a post on the Star Wars Galaxies subreddit, Levarris confirmed the details of a Discord post shared by the server's development team."[W]e’ve confirmed that Levarris, aka levarrishawk from r/swg, used AI tools to decrypt our...
When Total War: Warhammer first debuted, I was much more into the wargame setting's sci-fi counterpart. This would be cool if Space Marines were in it, I remember thinking, somehow unaware that Total War: Warhammer would end up being one of the best strategy games on PC. Not that my theory was wrong: Space Marines are finally in Total War, and it is, in fact, cool. Just ask the folks...