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PvP discourse will likely be a constant in Arc Raiders conversation for years to come. But while the more antagonistic raiders among us might wish for more acknowledgment of their dark deeds, it doesn’t sound like Embark will be prioritizing additional PvP systems any time soon. In a recent interview with GamesBeat’s Dean Takahashi, Embark…

Schedule 1 was one of the big surprises of 2025, for two reasons. One, it’s a lo-fi drug dealing simulator created by a solo developer that blasted to the top of Steam’s best-selling games chart when it launched; and two, despite not looking like much, it’s actually a really good game, “with engaging systems and…

There’s a vibe shift happening in multiplayer shooters. The shine of free-to-play has thoroughly faded, and it’s now fashionable to buy games again—a trend partially fueled by the howling success of Arc Raiders last year. The extraction shooter has sold millions over a few months and maintained a huge audience over the holiday break. But…

It’s not a huge surprise because we saw this happen in 2024, but Prime Video’s Fallout series has once again led to a huge uptick in people playing the Fallout games on Steam. Fallout 4, Fallout: New Vegas, and even Fallout 3 and the original Fallouts have essentially doubled their daily concurrent players on Steam…

While Armored Core 6 is a game packed with FromSoft spectacle, its most memorable mission might be the battle against the Ice Worm, which sees the player pilot and Rubicon’s competing mercenary companies join forces to destroy a rampant, robotic behemoth. Typically players are expected to use a weapon specifically designed to pierce the Worm’s…

A team of would-be heroes working together to take down a powerful bad guy that none of them could handle on their own is hardly a novel concept. One might think of the Super Friends, for instance, or the time Kiss battled an evil genius to save an amusement park. So it’s maybe a bit,…

Food service is hard enough as it is, but you can redeem Road-side Shawarma codes for extra chances to fix any orders gone terribly wrong in the Roblox horror sim. It’s not the only way to earn revives—the fast food truck survival experience incentivizes players to group up by offering one free revive to folks…

Arc Raiders is one of the most exciting surprises of 2025: the chilled-out extraction shooter that somehow managed to get everything right. Embark Studios now has the considerable job of building out the game’s world and delivering the kind of ongoing content that keeps players interested, but so far it’s managed the task well, and…