Arrowhead founder casually mentions that a Helldivers 2 ‘roguelite mode’ is in the prototype phase: ‘It changes the game fundamentally!’

Helldivers 2 is a deep, engrossing co-op shooter with no shortage of things to do, but I wouldn’t say no to additional modes that shake up its mission-based structure. According to Arrowhead founder Johan Pilestedt, such a mode is actively in the works for Helldivers 2. “Hey! We have a prototype of a rogue-lite mode—it…

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Legendary FPS developer John Romero says his studio ‘survived the cancellation of our huge game’ and its shooter project ‘will be new to people the way that going through Elden Ring was a really new experience’

In July, Romero Games, the game studio founded by industry legends Brenda and John Romero, announced in the midst of Microsoft’s mass layoffs of over 9,000 employees that it had lost funding for its in-development shooter project. While the developer said days later that it was “doing everything in our power to ensure” it stayed…

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Legendary FPS developer John Romero says his studio ‘survived the cancellation of our huge game’ and its shooter project ‘will be new to people the way that going through Elden Ring was a really new experience’

In July, Romero Games, the game studio founded by industry legends Brenda and John Romero, announced in the midst of Microsoft’s mass layoffs of over 9,000 employees that it had lost funding for its in-development shooter project. While the developer said days later that it was “doing everything in our power to ensure” it stayed…

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Not even the UK government knows why Rockstar fired more than 30 employees in October: MP says that after meeting with the studio, ‘I did not leave informed on exactly what these 31 people had done to warrant their immediate dismissal’

Grand Theft Auto 6 developer Rockstar Games fired more than 30 employees in October for reasons that still aren’t entirely clear. Rockstar says the employees were leaking confidential information in a public forum, but the Independent Workers’ Union of Great Britain called it “plain and simple union busting.” It was a big enough deal that…

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The demo of Moomintroll: Winter’s Warmth is only a bite-size piece of what’s to come, but I’m already in love with its world

Everyone grows up with those characters they just love. For me, Moomins were among that lot, so anything to do with those beloved white creatures has a special place in my heart. When Snufkin: Melody of Moominvalley released, I was practically first in line to play, and with the announcement of Moomintroll: Winter’s Warmth, I…

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King of Meat studio was reportedly expecting 100,000 concurrent players, but it peaked at 320 on Steam—and that was during a free weekend

An Insider Gaming report says Glowmade Games will lay off employees in January 2026 after its debut game, the Amazon-published King of Meat, flopped badly. While the number of employees being put out of work isn’t known, sources told the site that the process began earlier this month with discussions about voluntary redundancies that would…

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If 4K gaming is just too easy for your RTX 5090, then try it on Asus’ new 5K ROG Strix display and watch it weep

Monitors with resolutions higher than 4K certainly aren’t anything new, but they’ve mostly been the preserve of the professional/creator market. So it’s definitely newsworthy that Asus has just launched what appears to be its first-ever 5K gaming monitor. That’s right, 77% more pixels for your GPU to cope with. The display in question is the…

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