January 2026

The Russian government is prepared to support the development of a homegrown military shooter akin to Call of Duty through measures including reduced corporate tax rates and insurance premiums for developers who make it. Confirmation of those potential incentives comes a month after a Russian lawmaker called for a ban on the Call of Duty…

One of the most obnoxious traits of the AI slop era is the way any phrase you type into Google is now likely to prompt an AI overview speculating about what a sequence of words means, making up a bunch of stuff whole cloth, and being completely wrong. Last week while trying to find traces…

Survival MMO Dune: Awakening has just been patched to version 1.2.40.0, introducing a feature every sleeper has been waiting for: character transfers. You’re no longer tied down to the server you created your character on. You can pack up your things and find a new home—just make sure you pack all your things. “You can…

Even at a casual glance, it’s not hard to see the similarities between Minecraft and Hytale, its latest block-based sandbox competitor. As Hytale’s early modding scene flourishes, one modder is taking those similarities to their logical endpoint, deciding that if the games overlap so neatly, Minecraft and Hytale players might as well just play together…

Europe’s PEGI game rating body blew the surprise earlier this month, but now it’s official. Life is Strange: Reunion is reuniting Max Caulfield and Chloe Price for one last adventure. Max, now a photography instructor at Caledon University, is forced to use her time-reversing ‘Rewind’ power to escape an inferno that devastates the school, killing…

The Marathon info continues to come thick-and-fast: the last few days saw the release date of March 5 accidentally revealed by an Xbox store listing, quickly confirmed by Sony, followed by Bungie revealing the game’s stacked voice cast, featuring talent from pretty much every big game of the last decade. Now an update to the…