As a live-service experience, ARC Raiders has had one of the most successful launch periods in years, with the multiplayer extraction shooter selling over 12 million copies since its launch back in October 2025, while maintaining a consistent playerbase of around 300-400k concurrent players on Steam each day. It appears the team at Embark are just as enthusiastic as its fans, with the next 3 months set to introduce a ton of new additions.

Taking to their blog to make the announcement, the team at Embark Studios officially detailed what they are calling their Escalation Roadmap. Tomorrow marks the release of January's major ‘Headwinds’ update which is set to introduce:

• New matchmaking option for level 40+ players
• New minor map condition
• Player project

February’s ‘Shrouded Sky’ update meanwhile includes:

• New map condition
• New ARC threat
• Player project
• Raider deck
• Map update
• Expedition window

March’s update ‘Flashpoint’ will then add the following:

• New map condition
• New ARC threat
• Player project
• Scrappy update

Finally, April’s Riven Tides updates will include:

• New map
• New large ARC
• New map condition
• Expedition window

In addition, the team confirmed that these updates will arrive alongside other smaller enhancements, including new quests; feats; trials; events; gameplay items; cosmetics; QoL features and more.

One of the biggest issues which live-service games suffer from is a lack of consistent updates. Fortunately for fans of ARC Raiders, it appears as though Embark are escalating the rate of content additions throughout 2026. Hopefully they can maintain this current cadence.

KitGuru says: Are you still actively playing ARC Raiders? What do you think of the updates released so far? Will 2026 be an even bigger year for the game? Let us know your thoughts down below.

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2025 was a big deal for Ubisoft, with the game publisher’s future being determined somewhat by the success of its releases throughout the year. After analysing their performance, Ubisoft made the surprise announcement that they would be engaging in a “major organizational, operational and portfolio reset” – which included the cancellation of the long-awaited Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Remake among others. It appears as though this new reset does not have space for Watch Dogs, with one insider claiming the franchise to be “completely dead.”

During the latest episode of the Insider Gaming podcast, known industry leaker Tom Henderson spoke briefly on the future of the Watch Dogs franchise in the wake of Ubisoft’s ‘portfolio reset’ claiming:

“Instantly following the release of [Watch Dogs Legion], they moved on to another project that was in development for 3 or 4 years, and it got cancelled. It wasn't Watch Dogs. And as far as I'm aware at this moment in time, the Watch Dogs IP is completely dead.”

This isn’t too surprising, with a report from back in 2024 claiming at the time that the series was “dead and buried”. That said, in the wake of Henderson’s latest comments, another insider ‘Shinobi602’ suggested that the franchise’s death is “not exactly” true.

Though little else was offered in the way of additional details, the insider did reveal that their comments were not in reference to the upcoming Watch Dogs film.

Even so, fans of the franchise shouldn’t get their hopes up too much. With Ubisoft being one of the few publishers to continue going back to patch their previous titles with 60fps updates on current-gen consoles, upcoming Watch Dogs content will likely be relegated to similar enhancements and little else. We will have to wait and see, but the future of Ubisoft overall isn’t looking too positive.

KitGuru says: What do you think of Ubisoft’s recent restructure? Will it benefit the publisher in the long term? If you were in charge of Ubisoft, what franchises would you focus on? Let us know down below.

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Xbox’s Developer Direct showcase is a somewhat unique platform within the industry, with the event focusing on offering deep-dives into a select number of upcoming games as opposed to an onslaught of trailers for titles which could be many years away. That said, 2026 looks to be a pretty big year for Microsoft when it comes to video game releases – necessitating a second Xbox Developer Direct according to one insider.

As reported by known Xbox insider Jez Corden, Microsoft is said to be “exploring doing another [Developer Direct] this year,” adding that “if there’s a year to do it, it’s this year…so like don’t be surprised if we get another [Dev Direct] at some point.”

In case you missed it, the recent Xbox Developer Direct focused on 4 titles in total:

• Kiln (Spring 2026)
• Forza Horizon 6 (May 2026)
• Beast of Reincarnation (Summer 2026)
• Fable (Autumn 2026)

That said, as a publisher Microsoft has tons of other games planned to release throughout 2026, and so it makes sense that they would host a second showcase some time later this year. As of now, just some of the first-party Xbox titles set to arrive in 2026 include:

• Call of Duty 2026 (likely Modern Warfare 4)
• Gears of War: E-Day
• Halo: Campaign Evolved

Other games which we know are in development but have yet to receive release windows include:

• State of Decay 3
• Clockwork Revolution
• Grounded 2 (available now in Early Access)

Additionally, 2026 marks a number of major anniversaries for Microsoft, with the Xbox itself celebrating 25 years, Blizzard hitting its 35th anniversary and Bethesda reaching its 40th. As such, it is expected that we will receive announcements related to all these major moments and more.

That said, Xbox has been rather fickle in recent years, and so their plans could change at the drop of a hat. We will have to wait and see.

KitGuru says: What do you think of Xbox’s Developer Direct format? Do you prefer it over Nintendo’s Directs and PlayStation’s State of Play? What do you hope will be shown off at the next showcase? Let us know down below.

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Capcom has long been a fan of remaking its classic titles, with the Resident Evil series in particular seeing various remakes/re-imaginings over the years. Following the release of RE4 Remake, insiders have claimed that the lesser-appreciated Code Veronica is next in line for such a treatment – with additional details having now been shared.

Last week, known Capcom leaker DuskGolem commented on recent rumours suggesting that following RE4, Resident Evil 5 will be next in line to be remade, writing at the time:

“No, there is NOT a Resident Evil 5 Remake that's going to be announced this year. Instead, later this year a RE Remake that starts with ‘(C)’ & ends ‘(ode Veronica)’ is going to be announced, I promise you.”

Since then, another insider has offered additional details on this Code Veronica remake, with NateTheHate taking to Twitter to ‘confirm’: “Yes, Code Veronica is being remade & deep in development. Target of release is first half 2027.”

Assuming this to be true, Capcom is planning to announce the Resident Evil Code Veronica Remake some time later this year, with a release date then set for the first half of 2027.

Ever since the franchise saw a major resurgence with the release of Resident Evil 7: Biohazard in 2017, Capcom has kept to its RE releases being early on in the year, with 2021’s RE Village being the only title to launch later than April.

Assuming they continue with their current release strategy, expect there to be only a few months in-between the remake’s official announcement and release.

KitGuru says: Are you looking forward to Code Veronica? What month do you think it will be released? Let us know down below.

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