This year’s Metacritic Game Publisher Rankings are out, and they hold a few surprises. For example, I didn’t expect Square Enix to be at the top. I also didn’t expect Nintendo to be outside the top 10, or that both Ubisoft and Xbox would beat out the Switch 2 maker,…

When one thinks of hero shooters, Overwatch is usually the first game that comes to mind, even if it wasn’t the origin of the term. In fact, Gearbox’s Battleborn was the first to call itself a hero shooter, and games like Team Fortress 2 and League of Legends heavily influenced…

Tekken 8 is yet again getting review-bombed after Season 3 repeated many of the same mistakes as the last one. The latest in the classic fighting game franchise has had a roller coaster of a time since its 2024 release, with impressive highs offset with equally massive waves of fan…

The developer of the popular game Crimson Desert has seen its stock price surge on the Korea Exchange, recovering the losses that came after reviews for the game came out.Crimson Desert has now exceeded 3 million copies sold, and it appears investors are happy about that, as developer Pearl Abyss…

An AI-generated copycat version of a work-in-progress indie game has generated a justifiable wave of outrage in Japan, as the ease with which the plagiarized game was generated has developers concerned about the future implications of sharing their projects online. In response, the creator, if you can technically call them…

Bungie announces a major change to when limited-time modes and maps, like Ranked and Cryo Archive, are available in Marathon as an attempt to address recent player feedback about the two content items having an unfortunate overlap. Feedback has been a key component for Bungie in developing and shaping Marathon.…