It’s been a hell of a ride for Highguard, in all the wrong ways, and it crossed an ugly milestone last night when developer Wildlight Entertainment laid off “most of the staff” just 16 days after the game’s release. Doubtless, there are plenty of reasons for Highguard’s failure to catch fire: Morgan Park probably nailed…
Firm cites Switch 2 release of Shadows as a contributing factor. Ubisoft has released its financial report for Q3 2026, and despite expectations, it’s actually not all doom and gloom. In fact, the firm states that the Assassin’s Creed franchise has “overperformed” this quarter, noting that year-on-year growth in active users is in “double-digits”. The…
Category: Games How High On Life 2’s Skateboarding Kickflips the Shooter Genre on Its Head Mike Nelson, Xbox Wire Editor Published February 12, 2026 Summary Chief Design Officer Erich Meyr shares with us how the High On Life 2 team brought skateboarding to their hilarious first-person shooter. The team cites their experience working on games…
Despite what all the friendly matches would have you believe, Arc Raiders is a PvP-first extraction shooter. The Arc machines are simple, well-designed hazards that are basically just there to encourage PvP altercations or large-scale team-ups for loot that’ll eventually trickle down into even more PvP. I’ll admit though, having such unique interactions with other…
It’s every PC tinkerer’s worst nightmare: an electrical fire. One unlucky Chinese gamer recorded the moment they first powered on their rig with a freshly plugged-in Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090, only to capture the card sparking and igniting. The terrifying clip was first uploaded to BiliBili earlier this week and has since earned almost 100,000…
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Use your reimagination. Famitsu has published the latest weekly physical game sales in Japan, and if you know anything about video games, then you probably know that Japan loves some Dragon Quest, and that’s the big story this week. Dragon Quest VII: Reimagined has swept the top three spots across Switch 1, Switch 2, and…
MSI’s Lighting Z RTX 5090 is seemingly very impressive. With AIO liquid cooling and a huge screen, MSI says it is “Built to sustain 1000W loads with absolute stability.” I wouldn’t know personally, as I’m a mere mortal and not one of the 1,300 lucky enough to spend over $5,000 on one. However, we have…
Arc Raiders has, by all accounts, done rather quite well for itself. Shooting past 12 million players worldwide back in January, a recent investor presentation reveals that 2026 got off to a bang for the hottest extraction shooter on the block (thanks, Eurogamer). A slide relating to the game itself claims the following—firstly, that Arc…