Arc Raiders almost had an auction house like Escape From Tarkov, but Embark nixed it because the game became ‘just about coins’

Embark is enjoying the organic trading culture that’s emerged in Arc Raiders, but when it expands on trading in the future, it won’t be in the form of an Escape From Tarkov-style auction house. That’s because, according to design lead Virgil Watkins in an interview with GamesRadar+, they tried it during development and found that…

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Quarantine Zone: The Last Check review

need to know What is it? A first-person sim where you’re a zombie plague “doctor”Release date: January 12, 2026Expect to pay: $20/£17Developer: Brigada GamesPublisher: Devolver DigitalReviewed on: Intel i7 9700K, RTX 4070 Ti, 16GB RAMSteam Deck: PlayableLink: Steam Don’t try to hide a hand grenade in your butt. That may sound like advice so obvious…

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Quarantine Zone: The Last Check review

need to know What is it? A first-person sim where you’re a zombie plague “doctor”Release date: January 12, 2026Expect to pay: $20/£17Developer: Brigada GamesPublisher: Devolver DigitalReviewed on: Intel i7 9700K, RTX 4070 Ti, 16GB RAMSteam Deck: PlayableLink: Steam Don’t try to hide a hand grenade in your butt. That may sound like advice so obvious…

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I don’t know why everyone’s suddenly making games inspired by Spore, but this roguelike twin-stick shooter might be the best attempt yet at realising the lost potential of the cell stage

There must be some stray DNA in the water lately. In November, disappointing 2008 everything sim Spore inexplicably popped back up in the news. Then in December, I checked out Everything is Crab, a clever roguelike that turned out to realise some of that game’s lost potential. Now I’m playing Pathogenic, another game that pulls…

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Sony Inzone H9 II review

You can get a lot of gaming headset for under $300. Or, if you’re willing to max out that figure, you can scoop up our top audiophile headphones pick, the Audeze Maxwell, complete with its pricey-yet-stunning planar magnetic drivers. Or, for $50 more, you can buy the Sony Inzone H9 II. Having seen the $350…

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