Aion 2 producer says it’s good to have ‘friendly competition’ with Guild Wars 3 ‘during this period where MMOs are struggling’

Aion 2 didn’t have the most graceful launch in town—its release in Korea and Taiwan last year was notoriously pay-to-win and NCSoft’s stock price tanked immediately in the following days—but that hasn’t stopped it from preparing a launch overseas for this year. Thanks to a trailer from Friday’s Summer Game Fest, we finally know when:…

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Helldivers 2 will evolve major orders into galactic war campaigns later this month, with huge changes to mission distribution and Super Destroyers also in the works

Following yet another post-update drubbing from the Helldivers 2 community, Arrowhead has announced it is making sweeping changes to numerous parts of its sci-fi shooter. Of these, one of the studio’s more interesting plans is overhauling the sense of progression in its live-service experience, both for individual players and the wider galactic war. Arrowhead sketched…

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How to watch the Xbox Games Showcase

We’re a few days into the nonstop livestreams of Summer Game Fest 2026, and still have a couple of shows left to close out the weekend. The Xbox Games Showcase takes today’s first slot, then a Gears of War: E-Day Direct follows up immediately after with a closer look at the Marcus Fenix origin story….

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CD Projekt Red’s mysterious Project Hadar will be an ’emotional, open-world experience’ similar to The Witcher 3 and Cyberpunk

CD Projekt Red currently has more irons in the fire than Geralt of Rivia’s favourite blacksmith. There’s The Witcher 4 and Cyberpunk 2, which on their own are enough to keep the studio busy for the next decade. But there’s also the mysterious Project Hadar, which we know very little about despite it being in…

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Call of Duty: Black Ops 7, Season 4 adds a mode that removes OmniMovement and a gun that aims for you—perfect for players who can’t be bothered to play anymore

While I generally dislike describing games as being lazily designed, since they are tremendously hard to make, laziness does seem to be a running theme with Call of Duty: Black Ops 7. Its single-player campaign felt decidedly slapped together when it launched in October last year, while the post-launch support for its unambitious multiplayer has…

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Satisfactory’s first major update in a year brings back rain, adds fuel trucks and overhauls vehicle pathfinding, but Steam Deck players should approach with caution

It’s been a long, dry year since Satisfactory last received a major update. Version 1.1 of Coffee Stain’s hugely popular factory sim launched almost exactly twelve months ago, bringing proper controller support, an improved photo mode, better resource transportation, and more. Yet outside of a few hotfixes, that’s been it for fans of building enormously…

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