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Our Favorite Quest, PC VR, PS VR2 & Apple Vision Pro Games Of 2025

23 décembre 2025 à 19:00

2025 is nearly over, and this year's seen us explore many new locations across VR and mixed reality. Today, we're highlighting some of our favorites.

Like last year, we're splitting the UploadVR editorial team's top picks for 2025's best titles across three articles. This first one looks toward the best games across four platforms: Apple Vision Pro, PC VR, PlayStation VR2, and Meta Quest. We're also discussing our top immersive entertainment experiences beyond gaming, too.

The next article will focus on mixed reality apps and games, alongside a focus on this year's best uses of hand tracking. Because only fully released games normally count, tomorrow will also include our early access categories.

Finally, our last article features our biggest awards for 2025. In line with last year, this includes the Best VR Game Of The Year across any platform, Best VR Hardware, Best Developer, Best Multiplayer, Best Virtual Place, and Most Anticipated VR Game for 2026.

So, let's begin with the first round for our best of 2025 awards.


Best Exploratory Experience

2025's been another eye-opener in how filmmakers use immersive tech to deliver compelling narratives. On Apple Vision Pro in particular, Apple Immersive Video saw projects like the Metallica concert experience, Bono: Stories of Surrender, MotoGP Tour De Force, and D-Day: The Camera Soldier.

Some experiences touch upon heavier themes: The Reality of Hope used VRChat to cover a life-saving friendship, Reflections of Little Red Dot examined Singapore's history, while Soul Paint encourages introspection. Other notable projects include Touching The Sky, Alien Perspective, and Black Cats & Chequered Flags.

This year's award goes to The Clouds Are Two Thousand Meters Up, a free-roaming VR experience based on a Taiwanese short story. While you can't influence what happens, most scenes are fully explorable as you witness the narrative unfold. It feels like walking into a movie, going that extra immersive mile while backing that up with a compelling narrative.

The Clouds Are Two Thousand Meters Up Feels Like Walking Into A Movie
The Clouds Are Two Thousand Meters Up adapts the Taiwanese short story into a free-roaming VR experience.
UploadVRHenry Stockdale

Favorite New Apple Vision Pro Game

Apple developers only started supporting tracked controllers near the end of 2025 as games like Pickle Pro started supporting the input method. Big name title Glassbreakers made its way to Apple Vision Pro in 2025, alongside the winner of Apple's own selection for best of the year, puzzler Porta Nubi.

Gears & Goo from Resolution Games is our winner for Best New Apple Vision Pro Game. Resolution's developers adapted tower defense to Apple's gaze and pinch interface with a challenging multi-hour campaign, and we'd love to see more Gears & Goo in the future.

Gears & Goo Reimagines Tower Defense For Hand & Eye Tracking On Apple Vision Pro
Gears & Goo is out now on Apple Arcade for Vision Pro, and it’s a must-play for subscribers and strategy fans.
UploadVRIan Hamilton

Favorite New Quest Game

Even without a new Quest headset launch, this year certainly hasn't lacked for games across Meta's standalone ecosystem.

Many of 2025's best Quest games left it late. Alongside big names like Marvel’s Deadpool VR and Thief VR, these last few months also saw Glassbreakers, Arken Age, Hotel Infinity, Reach, Of Lies and Rain, Demeo x D&D, Titan Isles, and Memoreum arrive. Still, Alien: Rogue Incursion, Pixel Dungeon, and GORN 2 ensured the rest of the year had its fill too.

There can only be one winner, and Ghost Town is 2025's Quest Game of the Year. Fireproof Games delivered what we considered to be an “utterly engrossing supernatural VR adventure” with strong gameplay design and some of the best visuals we've seen yet on Quest 3.

It's a highly worthy follow-up to Fireproof's previous hit, The Room VR: A Dark Matter, and we'd dearly love to see more of this world in the future.

Ghost Town Review: An Utterly Engrossing Supernatural VR Adventure
Ghost Town is a brilliant supernatural puzzle adventure from The Room VR studio that you won’t want to miss.
UploadVRHenry Stockdale

Favorite New PC VR Game

All eyes might be on Valve with next year's Steam Frame launch, but 2025's still seen some great PC VR releases. Leading a handful of exclusives were Vertigo 2: Into The Aether, BattleGroupVR2, and Lushfoil Photography Sim.

They were joined by multiplatform hits like Of Lies and Rain, Lumines Arise, Demeo x D&D, Arken Age, Reach, Thief VR, Ghost Town, and The Midnight Walk. That's before mentioning slightly older games coming to PC VR like Vendetta Forever, Zero Caliber 2, and Dungeons of Eternity.

For 2025, Roboquest VR is our PC VR Game of the Year. Flat2VR Studios' exhilarating conversion of RyseUp Studios' 2023 FPS roguelite feels like it was natively designed for the platform, and we called it “an instant classic” in our review.

Roboquest VR Review: An Instant Classic
Roboquest VR takes an already exhilarating FPS roguelite and delivers a near-flawless VR adaptation.
UploadVRJames Galizio

Favorite New PlayStation VR2 Game

It's another year when PlayStation VR2 relied on third party publishers - Climate Station aside - and the hits continued coming. 2025 provided a strong library like Hitman, Maestro, Of Lies and Rain, Demeo x D&D, Reach, Lumines Arise, UNDERDOGS, and Roboquest VR. We're also not forgetting Wanderer: The Fragments of Fate, which has gradually improved with updates.

For 2025, Arken Age is our PlayStation VR2 Game of the Year. VitruviusVR delivered a strong sci-fi action-adventure with tactile VR-first gameplay design. While it's also a solid PC VR and Quest 3 game, Arken Age benefits from Sony's headset with strong haptic feedback and PS5 Pro enhancements. Our appreciation's grown since launch and if you love action titles, it's an essential buy.

Arken Age Review: Satisfying Sci-Fi Adventure With Great VR Design
Arken Age delivers a satisfying sci-fi adventure with clever VR-oriented design, and it’s out now on PlayStation VR2 and Steam.
UploadVRHenry Stockdale

NATO Warns Russia Is Building A Weapon To Obliterate Elon Musk’s Starlink Satellites

23 décembre 2025 à 16:48
NATO Warns Russia Is Building A Weapon To Obliterate Elon Musk’s Starlink Satellites Two intelligence services from at least two NATO nations have raised alarms over a potential "weapon of fear" currently under development by Russia. This anti-satellite system is reportedly being developed to target Elon Musk’s Starlink constellation, which has become a critical backbone for Ukrainian military communications and battlefield

Lenovo Yoga 7 OLED Ryzen Laptop Drops To $499 — Don't Miss This Deal

23 décembre 2025 à 16:44
Lenovo Yoga 7 OLED Ryzen Laptop Drops To $499 — Don't Miss This Deal Are you still shopping for a holiday gift? First and foremost, check out our staff picks of ho-ho-hot tech selections, then have a gander at our roundup of last minute stocking stuffer deals. Of course, it's a bit late in the game with Christmas now just two days away, but if you're shopping for yourself (or are okay with printing a picture

Astronomers Stunned To Witness Black Hole Twisting Fabric Of Spacetime

23 décembre 2025 à 16:09
Astronomers Stunned To Witness Black Hole Twisting Fabric Of Spacetime Astronomers have finally captured a black hole twisting the very fabric of spacetime. This phenomenon, known as frame-dragging or Lense-Thirring precession, confirms a cornerstone of Einstein’s general theory of relativity by showing that massive, rotating objects don’t just spin in situ—they drag it along with them like a spoon stirring honey

Nintendo Ends Switch 2 Mario Kart World Bundle — Score One While You Still Can

23 décembre 2025 à 15:43
Nintendo Ends Switch 2 Mario Kart World Bundle — Score One While You Still Can Nintendo confirmed in a roundabout way that it is discontinuing its Switch 2 + Mario Kart World bundle after an internal GameStop memo stating as much was leaked on X. However, it's not all bad news. If you're quick, you can still find the bundle in stock, and at a great discount to boot. More on that in a moment. CONFIRMED: the Switch

Star Citizen had its biggest year ever funding-wise as project nears $1 Billion

23 décembre 2025 à 15:00

Star Citizen is undoubtedly one of the most ambitious projects currently in development, with the space sim having raised hundreds of millions in funding since its initial announcement back in 2012. Well over a decade since its reveal and a solid 8 years on from its Early Access launch, Star Citizen continues to receive new levels of support from fans – with 2025 said to have been their best year yet, raising over $150 million.

As part of Star Citizen’s 2025 recap, the team at Robert Space Industries looked back at all the progress which has been made over the past 12 months.

While Star Citizen still has a ways to go, 2025 saw many welcome additions introduced, including almost 100 new locations, two-dozen ships and multiple live events across 11 ‘major’ updates.

By far the most interesting revelation however is the fact that in 2025 alone, Star Citizen raised over $152 million in funding.

For context, this represents a 35% increase over their previous best year funding-wise and brings the total amount raised so far to a whopping $926 million – all of which is said to be going “directly to the game's development.”

When all is said and done, it is very possible that Star Citizen will be the most expensive game ever made. While video game budgets are typically kept hidden, we do know that Call of Duty Black Ops Cold War cost over $700 million to develop.

With GTA VI being the only other game to potentially rival Star Citizen’s budget, it will be interesting to see how the space sim progresses over the coming years and how much it will have raised in total by the time the game finally releases.

KitGuru says: What do you think of the game? Will it ever hit 1.0? Have you contributed any money to the project? Let us know down below.

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Cronos: The New Dawn to get ‘Temporal Diver’ difficulty mode in early 2026 

23 décembre 2025 à 14:00

Starting off as a bit of a mixed bag of a developer, Bloober Team have slowly but surely proven themselves in the horror genre, with their most recent original release ‘Cronos: The New Dawn’ receiving high praise from players while exceeding half a million copies sold since its launch back in September. While intended to be a rather daunting experience, the developers at Bloober Team have confirmed that Cronos will be getting a new easier difficulty mode early next year.

Making the announcement via a humorous skit published to their YouTube channel, Bloober Team confirmed that Cronos: The New Dawn will be getting an easier difficulty option in the form of the Temporal Diver Mode.

Arriving in early 2026, the developers explained their mentality behind the upcoming addition, stating:

“Hey there travellers. Cronos: The New Dawn was a game developed to challenge the players. But we’ve heard your voices, and we know that some of us want to explore the story behind the game in your own pace. So right now, we are working on a new difficulty setting that will be introduced in early 2026. Such is our calling.”

For the uninitiated, Cronos: The New Dawn is a 3rd person horror experience in which players must “survive the brutal wastelands of the future, fight nightmarish merging creatures and jump back in time to harvest souls as you seek to uncover the origins of the apocalypse that wiped out humanity.”

Being a survival horror game, Cronos is understandably not the easiest of experiences. That said, it is encouraging to see a new option being added which should allow more people to check out the game while not taking away from other players’ personal stories. It will be interesting to see whether anything else is added alongside the new difficulty mode.

KitGuru says: Have you played Cronos: The New Dawn yet? What do you think? Would you have appreciated an easier mode? Let us know down below.

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Persona 3 Reload on Switch 2 updated with 60fps performance mode when docked

23 décembre 2025 à 13:00

The Nintendo Switch 2 has been a bit of a mixed bag when it comes to 3rd-party support so far. While some publishers have released impressive ports, others have seemingly done the bare minimum to get the game running on Nintendo’s latest and greatest. One title which seemed to come out of the oven a bit too hot was Persona 3 Reload – being limited to just 30fps. Thanks to further optimisations however, a new update for the Switch 2 version now allows it to run at 60fps (in docked mode at least).

As shared by the publication rpgsite, ATLUS have released a new patch for Persona 3 Reload on Switch 2. Though the list of changes is rather light, patch 1.03 brings with it support for 60fps via a new performance mode alongside improved frame rate stability across the board.

Persona 60fps

While a relatively uncommon practice so far, this new performance mode is being limited to those playing in docked mode – meaning you will still have to make do with 30fps in handheld.

Given the Switch 2’s 120hz screen, it would have been nice if ATLUS were able to get the handheld version to hit 40fps at the very least. Regardless, having a performance mode option is welcome to see, even if it is limited to docked mode.

KitGuru says: Are you bothered by Persona 3 Reload’s framerate on Switch 2? Is 30fps acceptable for a turn-based game? Should the handheld and docked modes have more parity with one another? Let us know your thoughts down below.

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KitGuru Advent Calendar Day 23: Win an Arctic hardware bundle!

23 décembre 2025 à 12:00

For Day 23 of the KitGuru Advent Calendar, we have teamed up with Arctic to give one lucky reader a massive cooling upgrade. One winner today will receive the panoramic Arctic Xtender VG case, as well as a massive Liquid Freezer III Pro 420mm AIO liquid cooler.

The winner won't have to worry about space. The Arctic Xtender VG chassis actually has space for two 420mm liquid cooling radiators. The Liquid Freezer Pro 3 will pair well with high-end CPUs, bringing temperatures down to a minimum.

How to Enter:

To enter this giveaway, all you have to do is head over to our competition announcement post on Facebook, HERE. In the comments, leave an answer to the following question – What CPU cooler are you currently using? 

This competition is open worldwide.

The winner will be picked randomly shortly after 11AM GMT December 24th, and a new competition will be announced for Day 24. The chosen winner has 48 hours to respond, if we do not hear from them, a new winner will be picked.

Terms and ConditionsThis competition is open worldwide, starting at 11AM GMT on December 23rd and ending at 10:59AM GMT on December 24th. Due to the busy Christmas season, prize deliveries could take longer than usual, and some prizes may not ship until January. In compliance with GDPR, we will not collect or store any personal information as part of this competition. Once the winner has been contacted and their prize received, personal details will be deleted from our email servers. Your details will not be shared, we respect your privacy.

KitGuru Says: Good luck to all who enter, we'll be back tomorrow morning to announce a winner and turn the calendar over to Day 24!

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NVIDIA's New 591.67 GPU Hotfix Solves Multiple Gaming Display Quirks

23 décembre 2025 à 15:03
NVIDIA's New 591.67 GPU Hotfix Solves Multiple Gaming Display Quirks NVIDIA has made available a new out-of-band hotfix driver for GeForce GPU owners that aims to resolve a trio of quirky issues, one of which addresses slight banding that is sometimes observed on gradients in SDR color mode. As is always the case, you really should only install the hotfix if you're affected by any of the specific issues it

Asus GPU Tweak 3: Update 2.0.7.3 fixes driver problems with Geforce graphics cards

23 décembre 2025 à 06:00
Version 2.0.7.3 of the Asus GPU Tweak 3 software has been released. With this update, Asus is responding to a specific compatibility problem that could occur in conjunction with current Geforce graphics drivers of the 591.x version series. After installing these drivers, individual systems experienced malfunctions within the tool, which could result in unstable behavior […]

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Bambu Lab H2D AMS 2 Pro 3D printer in test – Two nozzles in long-term perspective

23 décembre 2025 à 05:30
I deliberately took some time to look at Bambu Lab’s now not-so-new flagship. Apart from the fact that you can’t lure anyone away from the stove with the umpteenth post on the same topic on release day, experience has shown that 3D printers in particular can either mature like fine wine or be forgotten like […]

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Spotify Responds To Unauthorized 300TB Archive Of 256 Million Tracks

22 décembre 2025 à 21:21
Spotify Responds To Unauthorized 300TB Archive Of 256 Million Tracks Spotify is the victim of what may be the greatest act of music piracy in history and the company is not happy. Recently, Anna's Archive released a massive 300 TB of torrents, which reportedly includes the metadata of 265 million tracks, 186 million unique IRSCs, and 86 million songs. The metadata composes "99.9% of tracks", while the 86 million

This Hidden Windows 11 NVMe Driver May Give SSD Performance A Huge Speed Boost

22 décembre 2025 à 20:32
This Hidden Windows 11 NVMe Driver May Give SSD Performance A Huge Speed Boost The headline sounds like one of those things that's way too good to be true. Like a scam you'd find on a shady website; "install this SSD driver for huge speed gains!" It's real, though, and it's because one of the unfortunate realities of using NVMe SSDs on Windows is that Windows hasn't actually supported NVMe natively until this October. First,

Sony's EV Partnership With Honda Turns Road Trips Into PS5 Gaming Sessions

22 décembre 2025 à 20:25
Sony's EV Partnership With Honda Turns Road Trips Into PS5 Gaming Sessions Sony Honda Mobility is a joint venture between industry titans Sony and Honda, and its AFEELA line of cars will be offering in-vehicle PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 Remote Play functionality. Per Izumi Kawanishi, President and COO of Sony Honda Mobility, "The introduction of PS Remote Play embodies AFEELA's vision for mobility: transforming

5 Last Minute Holiday Stocking Stuffer Deals For Geeks Under $100

22 décembre 2025 à 17:16
5 Last Minute Holiday Stocking Stuffer Deals For Geeks Under $100 Call it a Christmas miracle, but there's actually still time to order a gift online and have it arrive in time for the holiday. That's not the case for every product out there, but we found a bunch of great gift ideas are suitable candidates for a stocking stuffer (also check out our staff roundup of ho-ho-hot tech gifts). And by that, we

Cougar Poseidon Vistek Pro ARGB 360 Review

22 décembre 2025 à 20:03
The Poseidon Vistek Pro ARGB 360 from Cougar is a treat for the eyes. Its 3.95-inch 60 Hz IPS panel offers a crisp 720×720 resolution, for the best AIO display we've seen yet. This standout design with a unified fan setup is paired with solid performance and dependable support, resulting in an appealing AIO.

18,000 hour-long torture test reveals OLEDs are more reliable than LCDs

22 décembre 2025 à 18:30

The team at RTINGS has been running a multi-year longevity experiment. This grueling torture test has seen 102 televisions pushed to their absolute limits over the last three years. The latest data drop confirms that while the majority of modern displays can survive the 10,000-hour milestone unscathed, a number of units have succumbed to the pressure, with 20 TVs dying completely.

When looking at which manufacturers are delivering long-term durability in this test, LG and TCL have emerged as the frontrunners. Despite the perceived gap in market positioning, both brands showed remarkably low failure rates throughout the testing period. Only a single LG OLED succumbed to a total hardware failure out of nearly two dozen tested units. Similarly, TCL proved that budget-friendly pricing doesn’t always necessitate poor quality control, with only one unit failing right at the finish line of this latest update. It is worth noting that while LG did experience some partial failures, these were largely concentrated in their LCD offerings rather than their premium OLED panels.

However, it's important to note that a necessary caveat to these findings is the inherent sample size limitation. Since RTINGS tests only one unit per model, individual defects can skew the perception of an entire brand. This explains why manufacturers with fewer entries, such as Insignia or Toshiba, currently sit at a 100% failure rate. As such, don't take this as a definitive statement on the quality control standards of every unit leaving the factory floor.

The data also highlights a technical trend: the less complex the backlight system, the more likely the TV is to survive. OLED displays (WOLED and QD-OLED included) proved to be the most resilient precisely because they lack a traditional backlight. On the other hand, edge-lit LED arrays are the most frequent culprits for catastrophic failure. Displays utilizing Full-Array Local Dimming (FALD), such as high-end Mini-LED models, performed significantly better. While about a third of these units still encountered issues, the increased complexity of the backlight management seems to offer better redundancy and thermal protection compared to their direct- and edge-lit counterparts.

In terms of panel technology, IPS displays surprisingly occupied the bottom of the charts, with 15 out of 24 units suffering defects. However, this might not be because of the technology itself, but due to current market trends. Manufacturers rarely pair IPS panels with advanced local dimming solutions, pairing these TVs with cheaper and more fragile backlighting systems.

Another takeaway is that price is no guarantee of longevity. Several flagship, high-cost televisions performed poorly under stress, while some of the most durable units were found in the budget sector. Moreover, repairability remains a major hurdle. Modern assembly techniques make it nearly impossible to service a unit without causing further damage. Of the 20 total failures in the RTINGS lab, only two were successfully repaired, suggesting that for most users, a failure within the warranty period is the only real safety net.

KitGuru says: Were you surprised by the results? Will you consider these findings when you need to buy a TV or a monitor?

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Analyst forecasts further price increases in 2026 due to memory shortages

22 décembre 2025 à 18:00

Market analysts at IDC have updated their outlook for the global memory sector, and the forecast is grim for PC builders and enthusiasts. What began as a tightening of supply is rapidly evolving into a full-blown crisis, with new data suggesting that the PC market could contract significantly in 2026 as component costs continue to skyrocket.

While IDC (via Wccftech) initially predicted in November a manageable 2.4% dip in the PC market for 2026, the analytics firm has now modeled two far more concerning scenarios based on deteriorating DRAM and NAND availability. A moderate outlook suggests a sales decline of 4.9%, while a pessimistic model warns of an 8.9% drop.

Image credit: IDC

This scenario is being driven by a sharp rise in acquisition costs. Under the moderate scenario, component prices could climb by 4-6%, but if the supply chain fractures further, we could see spikes of up to 8%. The industry giants are already passing these costs down the chain, with reports indicating that Dell and Lenovo are preparing to hike pre-built system prices by as much as 15%. In the DIY space, the situation has become so volatile that modular laptop maker Framework has ceased selling standalone RAM entirely to prevent scalpers from stripping their stock.

The root cause of this meltdown is the industry's pivot to High Bandwidth Memory (HBM) to feed the appetite of AI data centers. Semiconductor manufacturers are reallocating their limited wafer capacity to these high-margin AI chips, leaving traditional consumer memory on the back burner. Despite the shortage, vendors are hesitant to break ground on new fabrication plants, fearing that the current AI explosion might be a bubble that bursts before new facilities can come online.

KitGuru says: Of the three scenarios shown by IDC, which one do you believe 2026 will follow?

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Indie Game Awards strips Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 of titles over GenAI use

22 décembre 2025 à 17:45

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is getting awards from all sides, but something unexpected happened to two of them. Although the game was awarded the Debut Game and Game of the Year awards over at the Indie Game Awards on December 18th, Sandfall Interactive’s Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has been retroactively disqualified from these accolades due to the use of genAI, violating the ceremony's strict eligibility criteria.

The disqualification comes just days after the title secured both awards on December 18th. According to a formal statement from the committee (via Eurogamer), the move was triggered when Sandfall Interactive confirmed the use of generative AI assets on the awards premiere. This disclosure reportedly contradicted earlier declarations made during the submission process, where representatives had allegedly stated that no such tools were used in the creation of the RPG.

Six One Indie has maintained a public firm position against the integration of generative AI within independent projects, citing it as a core factor in their nomination vetting process. While reports suggest that the AI-generated assets in question were limited to placeholder textures that were subsequently removed after the game's April launch, the organisers clarified that any use of these tools renders a title ineligible. The committee noted that while Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 remains a high-quality production, the breach of regulations left them with no choice but to retract the honours to preserve the integrity of the awards.

As a result of the disqualification, the awards have been passed down to the respective runners-up in each category. The puzzle-adventure title Blue Prince has now been officially named the Indie Game Awards' Game of the Year 2025. Similarly, the Debut Game trophy has been awarded to Sorry We’re Closed, the survival horror title.

Sandfall Interactive has yet to issue a detailed public rebuttal regarding the discrepancy in their submission claims.

KitGuru says: Do you agree with the Indie Game Awards committee decision? What's your take on using genAI in games?

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Studio Wildcard now expecting to launch Ark 2 in 2028

22 décembre 2025 à 17:00

It has been five years since Studio Wildcard announced Ark 2 but unfortunately, we are still quite a ways off from seeing the game in action. This week, the studio revealed that Ark 2 is now not expected to release until 2028. 

When Ark 2 was first announced in late 2020, the launch had been planned for 2023. Then that 2023 release window became 2024 and since then, we've not really had a definitive update. That changed recently with Studio Wildcard revealing its new roadmap, which will see the release calendar filled with new expansions and updates for Ark Survival Ascended, followed by Ark 2 in 2028.

Ark Survival Ascended is the Unreal Engine 5 remake of the original game and the only version to continue getting new content. This month, the game received its first properly new expansion, Lost Colony. In 2026, there will be a major update every quarter. In 2027, there will be another major expansion released.

Apparently, this major expansion, titled Legacy of Santiago, will serve as a trial run for mechanics Studio Wildcard wants to include in Ark 2. If all goes well, then Ark 2 will release in 2028.

KitGuru Says: Do you think Ark 2 will end up releasing in 2028 as planned, or do you think there will be more delays down the line? 

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Microsoft was reportedly “really happy” with Perfect Dark prior to its cancellation

22 décembre 2025 à 16:00

One of the biggest video game projects to have been cancelled in 2025 was Perfect Dark. Announced all the way back in 2020 as a reboot to the classic series, the title struggled with development issues, lay-offs, turnover and much more. That said, up until the game’s surprise cancellation earlier this year, Perfect Dark seemed to be in a much more stable state, with the game’s lead actor now weighing in on the matter.

In an interview conducted by publication TheGamer, Alix Wilton-Regan (the VA for Joanna Dark) spoke on the ill-fated Perfect Dark reboot and their reaction to the news, stating:

“I was as shocked, surprised, and devastated as everyone else was when the funding was pulled, and the studio was closed. I did not see it coming. I was absolutely blindsided when the project was defunded.”

Perfect Dark Reboot

As mentioned, Perfect Dark had been in varying states of development between its announcement in 2020 and cancellation in 2025. According to Wilton-Regan however the project seemed to be finally coming together, revealing:

“We were basically recording bits and bobs throughout '23. We were also doing lots of performance capture for it in '24, and we were even recording more stuff for it in '25. To my knowledge, we were pretty far along. I'd done entire chapters of this universe,” adding that the project had “delivered several milestones that the client was really happy with.”

Based on this, it is quite clear that Microsoft’s decision to cancel Perfect Dark (alongside other in-development projects) was a rather impulsive one which took seemingly everyone by surprise. It remains a shame that we will never see the fruits of The Initiative’s half-a-decade worth of work.

KitGuru says: What do you think of the whole Perfect Dark situation? Why did Microsoft cancel the game? Should they have given the developers a heads-up? Let us know down below.

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Valve officially ends production on LCD Steam Deck model

22 décembre 2025 à 15:00

The launch of the Steam Deck back in 2022 helped to usher in a new age of PC gaming handhelds. While Valve is shying away from releasing a new version every year, the arrival of the Steam Deck OLED in late 2023 did make the original LCD model feel somewhat outdated. Valve continued to sell both models at the same time, but only the 256GB variant of the LCD Deck was kept available. Finally however, the LCD Steam Deck is being fully discontinued.

In going to the official store page for the Steam Deck, 3 models of the handheld can be purchased: the 256GB LCD model; 512GB OLED model and the 1TB OLED model.

That said, those wanting to purchase the LCD variant are now being met with a message from Valve, which states: “Note: We are no longer producing the Steam Deck LCD 256GB model. Once sold out, it will no longer be available.”

Valve LCD Steam

While the LCD Steam Deck did serve well as the cheapest version of the handheld, its drawbacks in comparison to the refreshed OLED model made it a tougher sell as time progressed – with the latter introducing a far better display with HDR; higher refresh rates; improved WIFI; a bigger battery and more.

Still, if you were wanting to get your hands on an LCD Steam Deck, now is your last chance to do so.

KitGuru says: What do you think of the LCD Steam Deck compared to the OLED model? Is it worth the sacrifices? When do you expect we’ll get a proper Steam Deck 2? Let us know down below.

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