Defect lead Emanuel Palalic thinks leaning into this mindset from early development will leave the game optimized as well as pretty.

It's actually the Pioneer Saloon in our non-retro-futuristic (boring) timeline.

But as for the Concord fans, they will be consigned to the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death.

Only difference is, we still need a new game to prove 'em wrong.

How CoD embraced the future, before backlash brought it back down to earth.

There's a magic in the myths that wikis have taken from us.

Tarkov's long-awaited launch on Steam is being hamstrung by error codes, authentication issues, and more.

It ain't easy being green.

"I still remember how bombed we were."

Developer Lavaboots Studios will " continue expanding" the game after launch.

Also adds a new dungeon and extra combat moves.

Doesn't do much to improve the writing, though.

"I don't ever plan on making a sequel to Blue Prince," said developer Tonda Ros.

"Come on, Blizzard. You gotta reel it in."

It was the first question.

At this stage, it's buggy—but it works.

It's been a long wait, but here's when you can play Escape from Tarkov 1.0 in your timezone.

The mysterious mansion still hasn't been completely figured out.

Level-5 has finally released Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road and everyone loves it.

FOV 90: Call of Duty's "minimal SBMM" experiment makes a good impression.

I can't swear if this is generative AI in action, but I'm pretty sure it is.

COD fatigue might finally be taking its toll.

"We knew we were asking for unusual things," says Newell, "and Oceanco embraced it with open arms."

And apparently Epic Games will be making games for it, too.