May 2026

It’s important to archive things for future generations—books, culture, music, film, and hey, absolutely videogames. The awareness of the very latter being a hot button topic per the Stop Killing Games movement. The British Film Institute (BFI)—a charity funded by our national lottery which, among many other things, maintains the world’s largest film archive—has similarly…

Subnautica 2 is now out in early access, and despite all the drama preceding it—so much drama—the game itself is actually great. Hurray! But hold on a second, because publisher Krafton is not done trying to stab itself in the foot. We’ve now got some post-launch drama to enjoy, courtesy of Subnautica 2’s ridiculously severe…

As my ancient PC gets ever older and my hopes of upgrading it someday grow ever dimmer, I spend a lot of time peering through skeptical eyes at upcoming game trailers. “Looks good, but will I be able to run it? I bet those slick graphics are going to set my GPU on fire. Reflective…

Tom Clancy’s The Division, to give it its full name, has a lot more staying power than anyone would have originally credited it with. The gloomy post-apocalyptic shooter spawned a sequel, a mobile spin-off, a third game is still in development, and there’s even a movie in the works—though the latter has been in limbo…

Last week Embark explained to players that it would be scaling down the frequency of major updates in Arc Raiders, citing the need to slow down to provide concise and “more impactful” changes. But now, just one week later, we’ve got another patch with quite a few highlights: a new weapon, durability adjustments, and a…