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Final Fantasy 14 has sent my unintimidating, run-of-the-mill-looking cat girl on all manner of world-saving missions. She’s squared up with a dying god on the moon, fist fought an alien super weapon, and even confronted the literal embodiment of nihilism at the ends of the universe. My girl has been through a lot, but the…

Japanese fans of the mega-franchise Love Live!, which spans anime, manga, live performances, and games, recently spotted that the domain for the official fan club of Aqours expired and is now up at auction. Top bid? 97.14 billion yen, or $615 million dollars to you, sir. There are various iterations of Love Live!, all of…

The Overwatch gang has finally arrived in Fortnite, and you know what that means. That’s right, we’re talking about Tracer’s butt again. Fans are convinced that Tracer’s backside got buffed in her Fortnite incarnation, and you know, I think they might be right. Some quick history, for those who either weren’t around 10 years ago,…

When a pirated version of early access survival game Subnautica 2 started going around before its release, some took to bragging about dodging the game’s $30 price tag directly in the official Discord channel. “Thanks for pirating a game that I’ve spent years working on,” game design lead Anthony Gallegos replied to one such self-reported…

Overwatch players expected a lot more for its 10th anniversary in-game event. For many, grinding for loot boxes that contain old skins with new colorways and some sprays didn’t feel worthy of such a significant milestone, not to mention the huge amount of games you have to play to earn them in the first place….

After a long and legally tumultuous development, Subnautica 2 made its splashdown into early access yesterday with an impressive launch, drawing hundreds of thousands of players in its first 30 minutes and selling more than 2 million copies before 12 hours were up. Today, Unknown Worlds is following up that triumphant launch day with its…

While Deadlock’s sort-of-launch last year was proof that Valve does, in fact, still make videogames, its immaculate vibes served as a different sort of reminder: That the studio remains among the best in the business of characterful animation. From Meet the Heavy’s moments of tender minigun affection to the cyclopean gesticulation of Portal 2’s Wheatley,…

Readers, games media’s quest to bring you word of the latest, greatest, dearest and weirdest videogames has once again taken it to distant shores. Also taking it to distant shores: an unslakeable lust for fried squid. That’s why our pals at GamesRadar+ are bringing you a new showcase from Japan’s BitSummit Punch 2026: the BitSummit…

Game developers are burning through genres, high concepts, and even annoying machines that scammed you on the boardwalk as a child to fuel quick-hit Balatro-likes or Vampire Survivors-likes at the same rate the smartphone industry’s sucking down rare earth minerals. I get why: compulsive play is core to the design, they can be made relatively…