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Arc Raiders’ matchmaking optimisation is live as Embark warns players they may experience longer queues than usual ‘since it’s now working harder’

The biggest thing to happen in Arc Raiders recently (if you don’t count the Expedition near miss) was Embark’s decision to rework the matchmaking to be more attuned to players’ actions in solo, duo, and trio queues. The only problem with having better matchmaking is having to wait a bit longer in queue for the

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Blizzard’s calling time on Overwatch’s hero customising Stadium mode, and I may well be the only person that’s sad about that

Stadium isn’t a MOBA – don’t be fooled by that. There are no lanes or PvE enemies or anything of the kind. The MOBA link relates to abilities and equipment you buy for your character between rounds in order to power them up. That’s especially notable because you don’t do this anywhere else in Overwatch;

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ZeroSpace is an impressively ambitious RTS-RPG featuring a Helldivers 2-inspired Galactic War, but the streamer pandering is a real bummer

It’s dangerous to get too excited about a new RTS. Just look at what happened to Stormgate. So I’ve been cautious with ZeroSpace. It’s an RTS built in the classic mould—think StarCraft 2—featuring proper basebuilding and potent hero units. So far, pretty familiar. But there’s more. ZeroSpace also boasts an RPG campaign with dialogue trees

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I’m very into this Papers, Please-esque puzzle game about identifying traitors to the socialist motherland

Citizens! We live in times of unprecedented danger! We are beset on all sides by traitors and saboteurs. Reactionaries whisper treason in dimly lit rooms. Their mouths spew poison and lies that eat away at the foundations of the worker-peasant revolution, at the root of the world revolution itself. And, worst of all, no one

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Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Wildlands appears to be getting a PS5 and Xbox Series X/S Definitive Edition, but is it a remaster or a bog standard re-release?

News by Sherif Saed Senior Contributor Published on July 21, 2026 Follow Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Breakpoint If you’ve been itching to replay Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Wildlands, for some reason, you may soon have a reason to. The open-world co-op shooter will be 10 years old next March and it looks like Ubisoft is

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007 First Light’s secret best character was a perfect way for IO Interactive to celebrate British writing and “restrained emotion”

"Not necessarily the stiff upper lip." The idea of having a mentor figure in the game was always part of the plan, 007 First Light’s main writer Michael Vogt told me at IO Interactive’s office in Brighton last week. “Since it’s an origin story and he’s entering MI6, there always was a mentor figure,” he

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The next major moment for Marathon arrives today with a new update and the debut of its PvE mode, Vault Breaker

The Vault Breaker mode will be available for two weeks, ending 4th August. It takes place in the Cryo Archive map and supports solo, duos and trios. Anyone can jump in, regardless of their Runner level. As seen in the latest gameplay trailer, Vault Breaker plays out like a roguelite where you increase your power

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