I spent a few days playing Section 9 Interactive’s creepy metroidvania and writing my End of Abyss review, and ultimately concluded it was a fun but inconsistent experience hindered by a few particular issues. Now, just a day after it launched on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via…

World of Warcraft: Forever‘s beta just got a major update late yesterday. As with most beta updates, it fixed a lot of bugs, tweaked a lot of percentages, tried to balance some classes, and introduced a few new fun issues (as updates are wont to do). But there were also…

The latest Fallout 76 roadmap makes one thing clear: Bethesda isn’t finished experimenting with the wasteland. The Appalachian roadmap teases World Pets, expanded Bounty Hunting, Hideouts, and a Raven Rock expansion coming in 2027, giving Fallout 76 plenty of new ways to build on its online RPG formula. While none…

Karolina Stachyra, a rising luminary in European game development, is returning to CD Projekt Red after spending a few years with Dying Light developer Techland, and then another year with S.T.A.L.K.E.R. creator GSC Game World. Across all these companies, Stachyra worked as a writer, acting as Narrative Director at Techland…

Here lately, I’ve found myself increasingly interested in metroidvanias. Maybe it has something to do with the fact that a good friend of mine is currently obsessed with them, so we’re constantly talking about them. But something else to consider is that there have been quite a few decent ones…

Final Fantasy has never been particularly shy about revisiting its own history, which is why one of the best Final Fantasy protagonists, Lightning, is relevant in October 2026. Characters, worlds, and ideas from across the franchise have repeatedly found their way into new games, even when their original stories were…