January 18, 2026

Remember when Apex Legends was shadow dropped? It’s a risky move for such a high-profile game to skip all the pre-release marketing hype entirely, but it paid off, and it’s clear why Respawn went that route—”photoreal PvP hero shooter” was an eyeroll-inducing prospect even back in 2019, so letting the game speak for itself short-circuited…

As reported by Tom’s Hardware, the ubiquitous, nonprofit, user-driven reference site Wikipedia celebrated its 25th anniversary on January 15. Though threatened by AI and censorious repression in the US and UK, Wikipedia remains a staggering achievement and a rare bright spot on the modern internet. As Tom’s Hardware pointed out, Wikipedia founder and public face…

Former Assassin’s Creed boss Marc-Alexis Côté left Ubisoft just 7 months after the release of Shadows, one of the most successful games in the series’ history. He stood up for the game as public figures like Elon Musk derided it, and the day after Ubisoft announced his exit from the company, he said it wasn’t…

If Steam’s big draw is the seasonal sale with an avalanche of ludicrous discounts, the Epic Games Store’s big draw is the freebie. Games are free to keep on the platform so often that the folks at PC Gamer maintain a living list with the latest offerings, and even though Epic CEO Tim Sweeney has…

2025 may have been a mixed bag overall, but as far as videogames are concerned, it was pretty great. If you’re a PC gamer, your cup runneth over so much that you may still be catching up on the year’s biggest hits even now, and you’re not alone. In fact, one industry analysis group reckons…

Videogame art is gorgeous. Year after year, we collect special editions, design works books like those from Lost In Cult, or videogame vinyl soundtracks, all flush with lots of lovely concept art. Hell, the reason I decided to hold this discussion is because I was leafing through my records and lingered a long time admiring…

FromSoftware is one of the most influential game developers in recent history, though most games inspired by the studio borrow the ideas of its post-Demon’s Souls output. For dark fantasy RPG Lunacid, however, developer Kira LLC took inspiration from the Japanese studio’s far lesser-known series King’s Field, which first appeared on the PlayStation 1. Despite…