Yesterday, Epic published the Epic Games Store year-in-review post, revealing new records for sales of third-party games (+57% over last year), total PC users (over 317 million), and monthly active users (MAUs; 78 million in December 2025, when the giveaway of Hogwarts Legacy added around six million users). That said, while playtime spent with third-party games increased by 4%, total engagement across all Epic Games Store titles dropped by 14%, signaling a decrease in first-party engagement of games like Fortnite and Rocket League. Website GamesIndustry.biz was able to interview Epic Games Store General Manager Steve Allison, who admitted that the […]

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The Nintendo Switch 2 version of Borderlands 4 has been officially canceled. The news was shared yesterday, when Take-Two Interactive deleted the game from its updated list of upcoming releases found in its latest quarterly report. Alan Lewis, a spokesperson for Take-Two, shared the following statement with Variety: We made the difficult decision to pause development on that SKU. Our focus continues to be delivering quality post-launch content for players on the ongoing improvements to optimize the game. We’re continuing to collaborate closely with our friends at Nintendo. We have ‘PGA Tour 2K25’ and ‘WWE 2K26’ coming out for Nintendo […]

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South Korean developer Pearl Abyss announced today that the upcoming open world action/adventure game Crimson Desert has been wishlisted by over two million users across all platforms. It is yet another strong confirmation of the mounting hype behind Crimson Desert. It's been a while since the market got a fantasy triple-A open world game of this scale (the world is said to be twice as big as Skyrim's), after all, and fans can't wait to get their hands on the game after many years of development. Thankfully, in addition to celebrating wishlist milestones, Pearl Abyss is still sharing little nuggets […]

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Funcom has announced that Dune: Awakening Chapter 3, the game's biggest update yet, is live now. This patch continues the main story following the events of Chapter 2 and significantly revamps the previously lackluster endgame content, introducing numerous new locations, systems, and gear. Wccftech watched a remote presentation by the developer to learn the key details and features of Chapter 3; you can read our in-depth report below. In This Article: New Landsraad Mission System To start, the Landsraad system has been completely overhauled. It is now a contest between the Atreides and the Harkonnen to gain support from minor […]

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The announcement of Star Wars: Galactic Racer at The Game Awards 2025 was among the most unexpected. It had been many years since there was a Star Wars-themed racing game, so many gamers were overjoyed at the news. At the same time, it was not clear based on the released footage, screenshots, and info whether the game would include Podracing, the high-speed fictional sport featured prominently in the movie Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, in which a very young Anakin Skywalker enters and wins a podrace. The most popular older racing games, Star Wars Episode I: Racer, Star Wars: Racer […]

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Today, Nintendo reported its Q3 financial results, revealing that the Nintendo Switch 2 console has already sold 17.37 million units as of December 31, 2025. As a reminder, the hybrid console debuted in stores on June 5, 2025, and immediately set new sales records. Last quarter, the game developer, publisher, and console manufacturer announced that the Switch 2 had reached 10.36 million units. This means that in the last three months, Nintendo added 7.01 million units. Sure, it was the Holiday quarter, but the figure remains nonetheless impressive. The company's forecast of 19 million units sold by the end of […]

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As we mentioned in our Nioh 3 info roundup article, this third entry in Koei Tecmo and Team Ninja's fantasy action RPG series is the first one not published by Sony and, as such, releases day and date on PC alongside PlayStation 5. What we did not know exactly were the terms of a console-specific timed exclusivity. The lack of any mention of an Xbox Series S|X version was a dead giveaway that it would not be available at launch, and indeed, Sony was still likely to have secured some sort of temporal exclusivity. Now, more information on this matter […]

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Today, Chinese developer Seed Sparkle Lab confirmed that its debut game, the anime-inspired life/farming simulation Starsand Island, will launch on Wednesday, February 11, on Steam Early Access and Xbox Game Preview. Starsand Island will be available in two editions. The Standard one includes the base game and all Early Access content. Players who purchase the game during the launch period will also receive an exclusive Chinese New Year bonus featuring festive outfits and furniture inspired by traditional Chinese patterns. Those players seeking greater customization options may purchase the pricier Deluxe Edition, which includes all the content of the Standard Edition, as well […]

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Following the release of the first video in a series dedicated to the game's mechanics, Crimson Desert developer Pearl Abyss also conducted an interview with Destin Legarie, in which PR Director Will Powers discussed the game's length. Powers refused to provide a specific number, claiming that it only fostered negative discussion from both ends of the spectrum (those who don't have much time to play and those who have more free time). However, he did share some interesting tidbits: the main campaign is apparently just a very small percentage of the overall content available in Crimson Desert, and he said there's lots to […]

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Japanese developer Game Freak shared the first proper look at their new franchise, Beast of Reincarnation, during the recent Xbox Developer Direct Show 2026. Following that appearance, several gamers noted the apparent similarities with the Soulslike genre. However, in an interview with Famitsu, Game Director Kota Furushima revealed several key differences, such as the design goal of making the game completable even for those who are not action game experts, and the ability for players to lower the difficulty. This is famously absent in most Soulslike games. We're trying to make it so that even people who aren't good at […]

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Fantasy MMORPG Ashes of Creation, developed by Intrepid Studios, has suddenly imploded: with several key members already resigned and mass layoffs incoming, the game's future seems dead. A few hours ago, people started noticing that many employees had changed their LinkedIn status to 'open for work', including Director of Communications and Marketing Margaret Krohn, who only hinted at the circumstances in a LinkedIn blog post: As for how this all ended… I don’t really have the words. It wasn’t what I expected. But I’m holding onto the good because there was so much of it. More information came to light […]

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Google's latest AI-based experiment, Project Genie, has made a massive impression on users and investors alike. Google calls it a 'general purpose model' capable of swiftly creating photorealistic three-dimensional environments that can then be explored in a game-like fashion. Anyone can test it out simply by writing a prompt. Of course, interaction is extremely limited: you can only move around and jump in these environments. Still, it is very impressive, to the point that it caused the stocks of many video game companies to crash as investors suddenly believed games would soon be made entirely with AI. Unity Technologies, the […]

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