During the Fan Festival 2026 in Berlin, a five-minute ‘extended teaser trailer’ that sets the stage for the MMORPG’s next chapter – the start of the Goddless Realms Saga story arc – was shown alongside plenty of fresh details. Perhaps the most important one was the reveal of the Bastion, a new tank class “that
In a new video released on the Cyan YouTube channel titled ‘A path not taken’, development director Hannah Gamiel and creative director Eric A. Anderson reveal more about the brain twister that could have been. “Huge disclaimer: everything we’re about to show you is not actively in development, and will not be released in its
Director Naoki Hamaguchi on iterating Rebirth's "perfect" combat, avoiding "stale" RPG systems, and rethinking fast travel for the sake of player agency. The staff, in many cases, grew up playing the original game on the PS1. Led by game director and programmer Naoki Hamaguchi, those staff at Square Enix Creative Studio I are in good
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This blog post, titled “The Vaelwardens of the Orrian Golden Age”, provides insight into when exact the game takes place in the Guild Wars timeline. Basically, with the Elder Dragons (Guild Wars 2 baddies) in the deepest stage of their slumber, magic is flowing freely through the world. This is especially true for Orr, where
Microsoft announced a fresh bit of DLC for Age of Empires 3: Definitive Edition back in February 2023. And while it was cagey on the specifics, it offered a release window of “late 2024”. However, late 2024 brought news of a delay from Microsoft, which wrote, “With many active projects across the franchise, we’ll be
Well, it looks like Halo Studios is keeping that trend up with Campaign Evolved. The game, currently in early access before its full launch on 28th July, has tucked a hidden secret ending into the Legendary version of the campaign. Beat the game on the hardest mode (don’t worry, you don’t have to enable all
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Amazon head of gaming Jeffrey Gattis broke the news in a fairly offhand manner while chatting with The Game Business’ Chris Dring. Discussing Amazon’s games strategy, and its ambition to create a broad gaming portfolio following the recent relaunch of its Luna streaming platform, Gattis said, “We’ve obviously announced the two Tomb Raider titles: Atlantis
A few of the things that have us hooked this week. Here’s another question: do you remember what you were playing last week? You don’t have to! The What We’ve Been Playing archive has you covered. I watched The Odyssey last weekend and, in a rush of enthusiasm for it – I loved how real
Details of an unannounced Aliens: Fireteam Elite sequel popped up as early as July 2024, when a pitch deck detailing “a new chapter in the Aliens: Fireteam Elite” series leaked online. At that time, it was expected to launch by Q3 2025. Then, in May, the game was finally confirmed, only this time with a
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As reported by GameWatch (日本語/Japanese), and spotted by Automaton, Okamoto stated at the recent CEDEC2026 conference that “if you’re going to commission a writer, you should read at least the majority of their entire body of work before commissioning them”. “This is not only a matter of basic respect, but it’s also to understand that
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