We named Caves of Qud our best roguelike of 2024 based on the merits of its singular atmosphere, arresting procedural systems, and the fact that you can play as a psionic, railgun-wielding bird-ape infected with a sentient fungus. You can imagine, then, how thrilled we were to learn that Qud’s co-creators, Brian Bucklew and Jason…

Following a rough launch in June 2025 and poor sales ever since, Remedy Entertainment is ending support for its co-op shooter FBC: Firebreak, and the big “Open House” update that went live today will be its last. Remedy said the game will remain online and playable, and it’s also permanently lowered the price and added…

MindsEye developer Build a Rocket Boy has announced the end of its publishing deal with IO Interactive under the IOI Partnership program, and says that as a result, the Hitman crossover mission announced in 2025 will not be happening. Build a Rocket Boy said the change does not signal the end of MindsEye. The previously…

I’ve been enjoying Slay the Spire 2, even if I agree with PCG’s Robin Valentine that it sometimes feels like more of a remake than a sequel. But there’s plenty of time for that to change: the game has only just launched in early access, and developer Mega Crit says it expects to spend one…

Marathon’s fourth map, the Cryo Archive, is close. So close, in fact, that Bungie comes right out and says it’s already in the game as of today’s update 1.0.5, but we can’t yet access it: “Cryo Archive has been added to the game. Good luck getting there.” Community secret hunters have been hot on the…

Arc Raiders developer Embark Studios has “mutually agreed to part ways” with co-founder and chief content officer Rob Runesson, according to an IGN report, following allegations of sexual misconduct with a streamer. Embark said its investigation did not substantiate the claim, but that the decision to part ways was made because the situation had proven…

At the Nvidia GTC 2026 keynote, leather-clad CEO, Jen-Hsun Huang introduced an almost entirely context-free sizzle reel for its new DLSS 5 technology, coming to GPUs near you this Fall. And the reaction has been… probably not what Nvidia expected. In some quarters it’s seen as transformative, in others it’s seen as transformative. On the…