Anthem is finally, officially dead

Today at roughly 2:05 pm EST, almost seven years after launch, Anthem’s last few players were unceremoniously booted from whatever launch bays, strongholds, and freeplay zones they lingered in. A popup informed them they’d lost connection to EA’s servers. After a lengthy delay, any additional login attempts would fail, citing an “error retrieving Anthem live…

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Peter Molyneux’s final game is coming in April: ‘Masters of Albion is the culmination of my life’s work,’ he says, not that he’s overhyping it or anything

Peter Molyneux may have spent the last couple decades earning a reputation as the game industry’s biggest bullshitter, but to those of us of a certain age he will always rank among the greats (and the biggest bullshitter descriptor will always be deployed with a certain affection). The guy had a run through the 1990s…

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‘Steam is winning with its ease of use,’ GOG’s new owner says, but he’s not interested in picking a fight: ‘I think much can be done in GOG without losing its core values and the way it operates’

CD Projekt wrapped up 2025 by selling off GOG, its famously DRM-free digital storefront, to Michal Kiciński , a co-founder of both CD Projekt and GOG. In the years since it launched, GOG has expanded beyond ‘good old games’ to carry a selection of newer releases, but it remains relatively niche, and has never been…

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Embark dispels myths about Arc Raiders’ aggression-based matchmaking: ‘We don’t make any value or moral judgments … it’s a bit of a blunt instrument’

When an extraction shooter comes out and says it’s matchmaking people according to how much they decide to shoot, folks naturally have a lot of questions. Embark recently revealed that Arc Raiders is now using an “aggression-based matchmaking” system, as well as other unspecified parameters, to join players with similar playstyles. “So if your preference…

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