Arc Raiders is adding a camera mode as part of October’s major update, but some fans need more proof that the game’s not going to wither away

We’re getting dribs and drabs of news about Arc Raiders‘ upcoming major update which is scheduled for October. A new “high-level” challenge has been promised to returning players, alongside a frozen map full of new arcs, plus there’ll also be the small addition of a photo mode. “Time to remember your raids, cameras are coming…

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Xbox discs will now grant digital access to games as part of Microsoft’s self-proclaimed ‘broader commitment to game preservation’

Microsoft has dabbled in dubious DRM over the years, having previously announced then unannounced disc-based DRM for the Xbox One back in 2013. Sony scored some free public praise on that blunder. Yet it seems like the pendulum has finally swung the other way. Sony has announced it is ending support for physical games entirely,…

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Holy crap, it’s happening: Dwarf Fortress gets its first Myth and Magic update later this year, bringing each player’s world its own procedural magic system

Even as it achieved fractal complexity by modeling feline alcohol poisoning, procedural bardic traditions, and delayed-action thermonuclear dragonfire, the creators of Dwarf Fortress—brothers Tarn and Zach Adams—have maintained still loftier ambitions for their legendary fantasy sim. In recent years, that effort has been guided by one goal: Creating magic. Procedural, universe-specific magic, interwoven with the…

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Almost 20 years later, Arkane’s founder says he understands why Valve cancelled the Ravenholm game that never was: ‘It all came down to the economics’

One of the quiet tragedies of Valve’s game library is a standalone Ravenholm game that never came to fruition—it was being worked on by Arkane Studios in the late 2000s, and it would’ve probably been pretty damn good if Valve had the moolah to make it. Over a decade later, an entire hour of footage…

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