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‘All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain’ — Players bid farewell to Anthem as EA officially shuts down the game’s servers for good
Anthem‘s servers have officially been shut down by EA Players of BioWare’s 2019 online shooter are sharing their farewells online through final gameplay clips, memes, and memories Other players are hopeful the game will see a revival one day After almost seven years online, EA has officially shut down Anthem‘s servers for good. At some […]
New Arc Raiders update rewards players with free gift and nerfs “unfair” Kettle assault rifle
The Arc Raiders update 11.1.0 patch notes are out, and they include a free gift to players along with a nerf for the Kettle assault rifle.
Embark CEO: ARC Raiders Is Not About Shooting Other Players
Maybe this is the new normal for multiplayer online games. Embark Studios CEO Patrick Söderlund shared an interesting insight about ARC Raiders. In an interview with Dean Takahashi, he said this (edited for clarity): I think one of the beauties of this game is that we don’t have those leaderboards and it’s not competitive. We […]
ARC Raiders Players Complain of False Account Blocks and Bans
Earlier today, popular streamer ‘Tfue’ posted an image on social media of an ‘account blocked’ pop-up on ARC Raiders. He revealed that he’d received a 30-day ban from the new extraction adventure title from Embark Studios, seemingly for no reason. Tfue isn’t alone in his ban. Across social media, users have been complaining about false […]
GTA Online Players Keep Making Charlie Kirk Assassination Missions
Rockstar Games seems to be playing cat-and-mouse with some Grand Theft Auto Online players who are using newly added tools to recreate the assassination of Charlie Kirk in the extremely popular online open-world crime simulator. In September of last year, right-wing commentator Charlie Kirk was shot in the neck and killed during a public appearance […]
Pokémon players salty over new $910 LEGO collection aimed at adults
“Destiny doesn’t care about lower back pain.” Pokémon’s latest advertisement on X (formerly Twitter) shows a grown adult man giving in to his nostalgia after hearing about the existence of LEGO Pokémon. He is joined by other adults who are dressed in quasi-Pokemon gear, ready to go out and hunt down some overpriced LEGO sets. […]
10 Metroidvanias Designed for Players Who Love Exploring
I wonder whether video games are the only cultural medium where people enjoy feeling lost, but it’s a constant I’ve observed over time while writing about them. Regardless of the console generation, the player demographic, or the genres of the titles themselves, there’s a persistent desire to experience the feeling of being off-road without actually […]
Anthem players log in to say goodbye to the game they loved before it’s gone forever: ‘Strong alone, stronger together’
While Anthem wasn’t well-loved at launch, it wasn’t hated either. Steven Messner gave it a middling score of 55 in his review, which aligned with my own feeling of being a bit whelmed by a game with a clear identity crisis—a live service multiplayer game that wanted you and your friends to play strongholds together, […]
Code Violet Players Think PS Exclusivity Is To Avoid Refunds
By this point, we’re all aware that the first PlayStation “exclusive” of 2026, Code Violet, is, critically at least, a flop. The survival horror title that is intended to invoke memories of Dino Crisis currently sits at 40 on Metacritic, and after a brief honeymoon period that saw its developer, TeamKill Media, say it makes […]
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora – From the Ashes Finally Lets Players Bring the Heat
James Cameron’s big blue aliens are back in theatres in Avatar: Fire and Ash and Ubisoft is piggybacking on the film with some new Avatar content of their own. Not a full new game this time around, but rather a major expansion, Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora – From the Ashes. This DLC offers a new […]