Several major Final Fantasy XIV modding communities have taken steps to remove the work of a popular not-safe-for-work mod creator after chat logs were exposed in which the modder was seen participating in graphic discussions of illegal material. Content warning for discussion of child abuse sexual assault material (CSAM) On…

Within hours of the World of Warcraft: Forever beta launch on September 17, Blizzard’s servers were buckling under a crowd far larger than the studio had planned for. For some of Blizzard’s developers, the turnout was unlike anything they’d seen over years of running the MMO; given the product’s quality,…

After suing a former Reddit moderator in October 2025 for pirating Switch games, a Washington court has ordered the individual in question to pay Nintendo $4.5 million in damages. According to a September 25 TorrentFreak report, US District Judge Lauren King ordered former r/SwitchPirates moderator James “Archbox” Williams to cough…

After seven long years, Bandai Namco has finally cleared Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve for takeoff and judging from the reviews, it’s a worthy successor to Ace Combat 7, thrilling critics with high-flying dogfighting action and, perhaps for the first time, with great storytelling, too. Rather than relegate the…

The Ace Combat games never really appealed to me—many of these classic airplane-combat titles always came across as too technical, motion-sickness-inducing, and impersonal for my taste. Revisiting some older titles over the past few weeks, I think some of those beliefs hold true, but I’ll say this: they most certainly…

Steam users will have a chance to claim one of id Software’s best games, Doom (2016), for free on October 28. The game has earned overwhelmingly positive reviews on Steam, and its multiplayer mode remains somewhat active despite being a decade old. Now, those who missed the chance to play…