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League of Legends Patch 25.21 – what changed and how it affects solo queue
Patch 25.21 is live with targeted champion buffs, nerfs, and item tweaks that should shift solo queue priorities while Worlds remains on 25.20.
The Sinking City 2 delayed to 2026 as Frogwares cites war and survival-horror design demands
Frogwares says the Ukrainian studio pushed The Sinking City 2 from 2025 into 2026 after power outages and drone attacks slowed work, and because shifting to survival horror required new...
Smite 2 Open Beta 21 adds Eset, Moonlight Conquest, and yes, Fat Loki Cabrakan is real
The Goddess of Magic update for Smite 2 adds a new god Eset, a rotating Moonlight Phase for Conquest, new Travelers including Fat Loki Cabrakan, plus items, balance changes, and...
Over 500 Steam Next Fest demos disclosed generative AI use
504 demos in the October Steam Next Fest disclosed generative AI usage, covering store and in-game art, audio, writing, translation, and other assets.
Why Arc Raiders won’t get a first‑person mode
Embark Studios says Arc Raiders was built around an over‑the‑shoulder perspective and converting it to first‑person would break level design and sight lines.
Square Enix says Dragon Quest 7 Reimagined is next, citing the game’s darker, sorrowful episodes
Producer Takeshi Ichikawa says the remake will lean into Dragon Quest 7’s darker tone and trims subplots; the project was announced during the September 2025 Nintendo Direct.
Silent Hill producer says Konami announced three games at once to prove the series had a future
Motoi Okamoto says Konami’s 2022 ‘Silent Hill Transmission’ unveiled multiple Silent Hill projects at once so players would know the franchise wasn’t a one-off
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora will add a free third-person mode and New Game+
Massive Entertainment’s 2023 open-world FPS gains on-the-fly third-person switching and a New Game+ mode in a free December 5 update.
Arc Raiders play test: an extraction game that actually clicked
Arc Raiders heads to PC, PS5 and Xbox on October 30, following a Server Slam play test that drew almost 190,000 Steam players; third-person extraction meets base-building in a $40...
Embark calls ARC Raiders a 10-year game and won’t publish a public roadmap before launch
Design director Virgil Watkins says Embark is planning long-term live support and is avoiding a roadmap to prevent broken promises; ARC Raiders launches Oct 31 on PC, PS5 and Xbox...
