In early January, 22-year BioWare veteran James Ohlen suddenly left Archetype Entertainment, the Wizards of the Coast-backed studio he founded years earlier to create the Mass Effect-like sci-fi action RPG EXODUS. With the game now less than a year away from its early 2027 launch window, Ohlen's departure rang like an ominous bell for many fans, who feared something was wrong with the project. However, an interview published a few hours ago on PC Gamer should go a long way toward assuaging those concerns. Ohlen revealed that he suffered severe burnout while serving as both head of Archetype and creative director […]

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The long-awaited Subnautica 2 has made a truly explosive debut. Shortly after the game's early access launch on PC and Xbox Series S|X, Unknown Worlds announced it had become a million-seller. Now, the survival exploration game has already sailed past the striking milestone of 2 million copies sold worldwide within just 12 hours of launch, holding the No. 1 spot on Steam's global top sellers charts across multiple countries. Peak concurrent players across Steam, the Epic Games Store, and Xbox exceeded 651,000, with Steam alone accounting for more than 467,000 of those. To put that into perspective, that figure is […]

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The much-anticipated underwater survival exploration game Subnautica 2 finally launches today in early access on PC (Steam, Epic Games Store) and Game Preview (also available via Game Pass) on Xbox Series S and X, following an ongoing querelle between the founders of Unknown Worlds and KRAFTON that turned into an active lawsuit. After the court's decision to reinstate the former Unknown Worlds CEO, Ted Gill, the studio quickly communicated the early access launch date. Ahead of the debut, awaited by over five million users on Steam alone, Wccftech was invited to a remote media presentation featuring lead game designer Anthony […]

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