The free loadout: a unique feature of extraction shooters that allows down-on-their-luck players to get back on their feet with complimentary gear and minimal risk. Every extraction shooter has their own take on the catch-up mechanic—typically balancing the free stuff by giving you crappy guns or limited armor. Depending on your point of view, Bungie’s…
“Forever fast”. Believe it or not, Sonic the Hedgehog is celebrating his 35th anniversary in 2026, and Sega is clearly planning something as it dropped a nostalgia blast of a trailer celebrating the blue blur’s life and times. The trailer highlights the range of Sonic over the franchise’s storied history, from his pixel perfect start…
The closest I ever came to ascending to godhood was on Christmas day in 2003. I was nine and a half years old, and I had been given a weapon. Beyblade was at the height of its popularity in my hometown, and I’d asked my parents for an imported Driger V2 from a website selling…
The Fallout TV series is a hit, and so Prime is taking the obvious next step and firing up a “reality competition series” called, and based on, Fallout Shelter, a popular 2015 mobile game (that later came to PC and consoles) in which players design and manage one of Fallout’s underground Vaults, where the survivors…
Category: ID@Xbox January 15, 2026 Ultimate General: Civil War is coming to Xbox on March 4 Anton Vinogradov, Founder, Samustai Summary Launching on Xbox consoles and XPA. A playable demo will be released February 9, 2026. Intuitive control scheme designed specifically for controllers. I am incredibly excited to announce that Ultimate General: Civil War is officially coming…
You and amiiboth. If there was one name I wasn’t expecting to see crop up in the Nintendo Switch 2 reveal Direct, it was Kirby Air Riders amiibo. Smash Ultimate and its DLC fighters had propped up the amiibo release schedule for the best part of five years, and its conclusion lined up so neatly…
Bethesda RPGs are so big and take such a long time to develop that there’s naturally a lot left on the cutting room floor, leaving them to be discovered by modders and given a second life. One such dropped idea was Skyrim’s fully dynamic civil war, co-lead designer and former Elder Scrolls loremaster Kurt Kuhlmann…
The chilled-out extraction shooter Arc Raiders was one of 2025’s surprise hits, and for my money is a game that works because it gets so many small things right. The length of runs is perfect, there’s the perfect amount of distractions to regularly pull you away from the best-laid plans, and the exhilaration of making…
Category: Games January 15, 2026 EA Play: Usher in the New Year with Rewards for Battlefield 6 and More Juliet Niczewicz, Senior Director, Corporate Communications, EA Usher in the new year with new member rewards for Battlefield 6, Madden NFL 26, Apex Legends, and more! January Member Rewards A new year comes with endless possibility…
Category: Games January 15, 2026 EA Play: Usher in the New Year with Rewards for Battlefield 6 and More Juliet Niczewicz, Senior Director, Corporate Communications, EA Usher in the new year with new member rewards for Battlefield 6, Madden NFL 26, Apex Legends, and more! January Member Rewards A new year comes with endless possibility…