How the Azerothian Archives event works in World of Warcraft

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33’s director was ‘starving for new turn-based RPGs,’ and figured if he wanted them, there would be others out there who’d want to play his game

I had the chance to talk to Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 producer François Meurisse during the 2025 Game Developers Conference, and the Sandfall Interactive COO got down to brass tacks about how the game draws on JRPG history, the types of stories that can be told with these mechanics, and how the ambitious Expedition 33…

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Design lead on the first Elder Scrolls fondly recalls the days when Bethesda would finish a game, then the team would ‘assemble boxes, inserts and use the heat gun’ to get it shipped

The Elder Scrolls Arena launched in 1994 and, with the benefit of hindsight, you can see the beginnings of much that would come to define the series: here’s PC Gamer’s own 1994 review. It was the first game in a series that would go on to become Bethesda’s golden goose, and make the studio one…

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Ubisoft loses faith in free-to-play CoD competitor XDefiant, will shut it down in 2025: ‘Many free-to-play games take a long time to find their footing and become profitable’

XDefiant, Ubisoft’s free-to-play CoD-like, will close by June next year, the game’s official X account has confirmed. According to the announcement the “sunsetting” process will begin today, though the promised Season 3 content will still be rolled out ahead of the game’s June 3, 2025 D-Day. As of today, new players will not be able…

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