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Helldivers 2 is a massive success, and while that’s come at a cost—former Arrowhead CEO Johan Pilestedt, who’s now moved into a mainly creative role, told GamesIndustry that they received “horrifying” threats from some players—it’s also helped inspire some major ambitions for the future of Arrowhead. Pilestedt isn’t looking to take the studio public, though,…

After nearly two years of waiting, we’ve finally got our first proper look at Liam Hemsworth as Geralt in Netflix’s The Witcher, and you know what? It’s not bad. Not bad at all. Hemsworth stepped into the role following the surprise departure of original Geralt-portrayer Henry Cavill, who left the series in October 2022 to…

More than six months after it was announced, Crytek revealed today that Hunt: Showdown’s move to the current version of CryEngine will happen on August 15. The big update will also bring with it a new map and biome, performance improvements, a new UI design, and—in less good news—the official end of support on Xbox…

Helldiving hero Harvey Randall said last week that things need to change at Arrowhead, because the blistering pace of Helldivers 2 updates is starting to take a visible toll on developers and players alike. Apparently Arrowhead agrees: In response to an inquiry about the release of the next patch, community manager Twinbeard said it’ll be…

Stellar Blade was originally introduced in 2019 as Project Eve, after which it fell off our radar until 2021, when we said it looked like a cross between Nier and Bayonetta. A year later it got a new name—Stellar Blade—and became a PlayStation 5 exclusive, and that was pretty much that for us. But it…

It took more than 165 hours of struggling and 1,700 brutal, sometimes funny, deaths, but Kai Cenat—one of the biggest streamers on Twitch—has finally beaten Elden Ring. I became aware of Cenat’s Herculean effort last night, when a cryptic, single-line message appeared in my Twitter feed: “Kai Cenat has been fighting Melania for 10 hours…

Last week’s closure of Arkane Austin (along with Tango Gameworks, Alpha Dog Games, and Roundhouse Games) spelled the end of the line for its not particularly well-received co-op FPS Redfall, and any shot it may have had at a Cyberpunk 2077-style redemption tour. But it’s getting one final update before the end comes, which among…

The UK government has issued a response to a petition filed by the Stop Killing Games campaign, and it’s probably not what organizers were hoping to hear. The Department of Culture, Media and Sport said videogame companies must comply with existing consumer laws, but also noted that there is no law compelling them to support…