November 2025

Activision’s camo-clad cash cow Call of Duty has ruled the shooter roost for almost 20 years in the US, consistently topping the charts for games involving guns since 2006. But according to games industry analyst Mat Piscatella, that might just change in 2025. Sharing some insights on Bluesky, (via GameSpot) Piscatella pointed out “the last…

Trials in Arc Raiders is effectively a ranking system where you compete against other players for high scores on five challenges each week. When you complete a task for this week’s challenges, you’ll earn points towards that objective and earn a place on the leaderboard. The competition can get intense, to say the least. But…

Intel’s long awaited Panther Lake CPU has made an appearance in the Geekbench results browser (via Videocardz). And the early numbers look, well, kind of okay. According to the Geekbench entry, we’re talking 2,849 single-core points and 15,434 multi-core points. Arguably, it’s the single-core result that’s most interesting as it theoretically allows for a direct…

The games industry’s biggest fire sale continues, as Embracer Group has sold Star Trek Online developer Cryptic Studio and publisher Arc Games, which also handled publishing duties for games like Remnant 2, Torchlight, and the recently released old-school MMO Fellowship. The buyer is Project Golden Arc, which is owned and led by members of Arc…