October 17, 2025

The Arc Raiders server slam playtest kicked off today, offering one last free weekend testing session before the game launches on October 30. And it’s putting up serious numbers, with more than 185,000 people playing right now—on Steam alone. That number, courtesy of SteamDB, is good enough to put Arc Raiders in the number four…

OpenAI has said it will stop its AI video-generating app Sora from creating videos featuring the likeness of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., after receiving a request from his estate. The minister and civil rights leader, who was assassinated in April 1968, was known in his lifetime for his advocacy of nonviolent resistance, civil disobedience,…

When Tencent unveiled its upcoming Light of Motiram survival game in late 2024, we (and a lot of other places and people) called out its many similarities to Sony’s Horizon series, and idly wondered whether it was tempting fate and SIE’s legal team. The answer came in July 2025 when Sony filed suit, shortly after…

In 2024, we witnessed the rise of the retail sim: games like Supermarket Simulator, Supermarket Together, and TCG Card Shop Simulator that lured players, streamers, and YouTubers with the unparalleled power fantasy of putting stuff on shelves. While the genre’s overnight emergence was surprising, its success makes sense. There’s joy to be found in mundane…

Ahead of launch, Obsidian (sarcastically) predicted that The Outer Worlds 2 companions are “the part of the game you’ll remember more than the ending.” Hey, in an action-RPG that just might be true. The companions in the first game of its not-Fallout space corporation tech dystopia were certainly one of its high points. As is…

A whole lot is riding on Football Manager 26 which, after the late cancellation of FM 25, has to deliver a major leap forward for the beloved management sim. The early signs are positive, with showcases of the new-look match engine, overhauled tactics, a reimagined UI and the debut of the women’s game all going…