Embark Studios Unfazed by Shooter Sandwich: ARC Raiders CEO Says “Every Journey Must Begin Sometime”
Patrick Söderlund on Launching Between Battlefield 6 and Black Ops 7: “We’ve Analyzed It, And We’re Going For It” With ARC Raiders dropping tomorrow, October 30, 2025, on PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC (Steam/Epic) for $39.99 (Standard) or $59.99 (Deluxe), Embark Studios CEO Patrick Söderlund is staring down two FPS titans, Battlefield 6 (October 10) and Call of Duty: Black O...[Read More]
Call of Duty 2 turns 20: A Timeless Lesson in Pure Skill for Black Ops 7
Two Decades Later, Call of Duty 2 Still Schools the Chaos of Modern CoD As Call of Duty 2 celebrates its 20th anniversary, launched on October 25, 2005, it stands as a towering relic of what made Activision’s franchise a titan of first-person shooters. With Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 looming on October 27, 2025, poised to unleash its trademark sensory overload, Infinity Ward’s 2005 gem offers a sta...[Read More]
Escape the Backrooms 1.0 Drops on Steam: Whisper at Your Peril in This Voice-Aware Horror Maze
Three Years of Nightmares Culminate in a Full Launch, But the Walls Have Ears After three spine-chilling years in Early Access, Escape the Backrooms has clawed its way to version 1.0 on Steam as of October 23, 2025, courtesy of developer Fancy Games and publisher Secret Mode, the folks behind atmospheric gems like Still Wakes the Deep, A Little to the Left, and the serpentine antics of Snake Pass....[Read More]
First Look at Halo: Campaign Evolved: Stunning Unreal Engine 5 Remake Hits PS5, Xbox, and PC in 2026
Halo’s Iconic Debut Returns, And It’s Heading to PlayStation for the First Time In a reveal that’s sent shockwaves through the gaming world, Microsoft and Halo Studios dropped the bombshell at the Halo World Championship 2025: Halo: Campaign Evolved, a ground-up remake of the legendary Halo: Combat Evolved campaign, is coming to Xbox Series X|S, PC (via Steam and Microsoft Store)...[Read More]
MISERY Review
Sirens in the Zaslavie Silence When the world ends not with a bang but with a 60-second scramble to the bunker, MISERY doesn’t just simulate survival, it savors the suffering. Developed by Platens Entertainment, a nimble team drawing from STALKER‘s irradiated roots and DayZ‘s desperate dynamics, and published by Ytopia, this October 28, 2025, co-op rogue-lite survival opus ($29.9...[Read More]
MISERY
MISERY is a 1–5 player co-op survival game set in a nuclear disaster zone. Here, every day is a struggle: search radioactive ruins for resources, build your bunker, craft weapons, and explore a weird, procedurally-generated world with your friends. Beware of anomalies, monsters, and armed bandits.
Embark Studios Eyes a Decade of ARC Raiders: A Bold 10-Year Vision for the Extraction Shooter Phenomenon
From Server Slam Smash to Long-Haul Legend: ARC Raiders’ Ambitious Roadmap With ARC Raiders just four days from its October 30, 2025, launch on PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC (Steam and Epic Games Store), Swedish powerhouse Embark Studios is doubling down on their futuristic extraction shooter as more than a one-season wonder, it’s a “10-year game.” Design director Virgil Wat...[Read More]
Marathon’s Alpha Woes Became ARC Raiders’ Secret Weapon: An Unplanned “A/B Test” in Extraction Shooter Design
Bungie’s Stumbles, Embark’s Gains: How Rival Feedback Shaped ARC Raiders In the cutthroat arena of extraction shooters, where every loot drop and player betrayal can make or break a title, timing is everything. Just ask Embark Studios, the Swedish team behind ARC Raiders. Their PvPvE looter-shooter, fresh off a blockbuster “Server Slam” open test that peaked at 189,668 conc...[Read More]
Amanda the Adventurer 2 Review
Creeping Back to the Attic’s Aftermath Once upon a time in the dim glow of a CRT screen, a deceptively cheery cartoon rabbit lured you into a web of wrongness that left you questioning every educational VHS you’d ever trusted. Now, Amanda the Adventurer 2 rewinds the tape with a sequel that’s as unsettling as finding your childhood teddy bear with a switchblade. Developed by MANG...[Read More]
Amanda the Adventurer 2
In Amanda the Adventurer 2, the story continues as Riley encounters a mysterious masked figure after destroying the TV in the attic. Travel to the Kensdale Public Library and dig deeper into the mystery of Amanda the Adventurer.
Farthest Frontier Review
Awakening on the Wilderness Edge In the frost-kissed fringes where the known world kneels to the untamed, Farthest Frontier beckons like a beckoning bonfire amid the biting blizzard, a city-builder survival saga that simmers with the sweat of settlers and the sting of scarcity. Developed and self-published by Crate Entertainment, the Boston-based blacksmiths who hammered Grim Dawn‘s ARPG anv...[Read More]
THE GOOD OLD DAYS Review
Arostia’s Awkward Adolescence In the pixelated pastiche of 19XX, where CRT glows birthed basement legends and every NES cart was a covenant with childhood, The Good Old Days materializes like a mislaid Metroid manual unearthed from a time capsule. Developed by Yokogosystems, a Tokyo tandem of retro revivalists who’ve honed their hand-drawn homage since the 2023 demo dazzle, and publish...[Read More]