Path of Exile 2 director isn't worried about ARPG competition, in part thanks to seasons: 'So long as people are willing to come back and play our game for a month four times a year, then I'm good'

Path of Exile 2 director isn’t worried about ARPG competition, in part thanks to seasons: ‘So long as people are willing to come back and play our game for a month four times a year, then I’m good’

When Path of Exile first emerged on the ARPG scene, it was like an oasis in the desert. Diablo 2 had long reigned as the genre go-to and Diablo 3 was still shaking off the worst aspects of its notoriously rocky launch. Over 10 years later, it’s a very different story: Diablo 4 got a…

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Romero Games Hit With Layoffs Following Microsoft Xbox Cuts

Funding for its unannounced FPS has been “cancelled”. Romero Games, the studio co-founded by DOOM co-creator and his wife, John & Brenda Romero, has been hit with layoffs after funding for an unannounced FPS was “cancelled”. VideoGamer reports that the upcoming shooter was being funded by Microsoft, specifically Bethesda — which works on the current…

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Review: Adventure Of Samsara (Switch) – Atari’s Throwback Metroidvania Embraces Cycles Of Life, Death, And More Death

Not all songs are silky. Spare a thought for Adventure of Samsara, Atari’s newest retro-styled Metroidvania. Developed for over a decade by the Brazilian studio Ilex Games, it has the unlucky distinction of releasing on the very same day as ultra-anticipated Hollow Knight: Silksong, which is bound to take all the oxygen out of the…

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Editorial: Happy New Year From Nintendo Life

’26 mix. Good news, everyone! No need to bother with all that GOTY rigmarole next year, as it’s already wrapped and bagged. Commiserations to the losers, and congratulations to Rhythm Heaven Groove! Catch you all again in ’27… Okay, okay. That’s a little premature, but the fact that we’re getting a brand new Rhythm Heaven/Paradise…

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