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Path of Exile 2 Exits Early Access in December, Goes Free-to-Play
Two years after launching in paid early access, Path of Exile 2 is set to hit full release in December 2026, with a free-to-play transition in tow. For Grinding Gear Games, it's a calculated bet: open the floodgates to a wider audience precisely when the action-RPG market remains under pressure. The stakes extend far beyond a simple business model shift.
Warlock D&D Shows First Gameplay at Gamescom, License Finally Emerges
Announced at The Game Awards 2025, Warlock Dungeons & Dragons finally steps into the spotlight with its first gameplay footage at Gamescom 2026. The project aims to restore weight to the D&D license in gaming, a space where recent attempts have been timid at best. What the studio reveals today will determine whether this adaptation holds up or remains a soulless licensed product.
Red Dead 2 Mexico Mod Launches September 16 on PC
A modding team is about to deliver what Rockstar never officially offered in Red Dead Redemption 2: Mexico, the iconic territory from the first game. The release is set for September 16, 2026, exclusively on PC. A second trailer just confirmed the project's ambition. This isn't a cosmetic add-on — it's an entire region players have been demanding since the game's 2018 launch.
Cavill Defends Witcher Fans: Passion or Denial?
Henry Cavill speaks out to reframe how fans of The Witcher are perceived, calling their vehemence passion rather than toxicity. A sincere defense from an actor who left the Netflix series on bad terms with production—and who voices aloud what many think privately about the gap between the source material and its adaptation.
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Panzer Dragoon Saga: The Masterpiece SEGA Sabotaged Itself
Released in 1998 on Saturn with only 1,000 copies distributed in Europe, Panzer Dragoon Saga is one of the most acclaimed RPGs in history — 19/20 in the specialist press, impossible to find in stores. Twenty-eight years later, this retrospective review examines a game SEGA undermined before it even had a chance. An editorial scandal and a major work of art.
Sovereign Tower: Wild Wits Games Finally Delivers
A year after Crown Gambit, the Breton studio Wild Wits Games returns with Sovereign Tower, a management game that fixes most of its predecessor's flaws. Stronger writing, clearer mechanics, measured but executed ambition: it's confirmation that the studio knows how to learn from its mistakes. Is that enough to stand out in a genre where competition shows no mercy?
Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game - Heart Over Execution
Resurrected by Gameplay Group after cancellation, Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game arrives burdened by constraints: limited budget, hand-drawn animation, controversy surrounding Mike Zaimont, and demanding gameplay that isn't for everyone. The result is a sincere fighting game, technically original, but clearly unfinished. Not a disaster, not a clear success—an endearing project that deserved better in terms of both development and circumstances.
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Gamescom ONL 2026: The Witcher, Metro 2039, and Silent Hill Townfall Confirmed
Gamescom 2026's Opening Night Live shapes up as a packed affair: additional content for The Witcher, a confirmed appearance by Metro 2039, and fresh footage of Silent Hill Townfall headline the slate. This is no ordinary lineup—three franchises with heavyweight nostalgia and demanding fanbases, all on the same stage. The pressure on publishers is real, and managing expectations without disappointing audiences will be a high-wire act.
Tides of Annihilation: Eclipse Glow Games' Arthurian Gamble
A studio founded by veterans of Assassin's Creed, Persona 5, and Yakuza 0 is betting on London and Arthurian legend instead of Chinese mythology: Tides of Annihilation is an anomaly in the Chinese AAA gaming landscape. Lumnix digs into what we know about the project. Real potential or slick marketing? The answer is more complicated than we'd like.
Fortnite Chapter 7 Season 4: Sonic, Ryu, Lara, and Sora Together
Epic Games just confirmed Fortnite Chapter 7 Season 4's roster: Sonic the Hedgehog, Ryu from Street Fighter, Lara Croft, and Sora from Kingdom Hearts are joining the same season. Four major franchises, four separate publishers, one Battle Pass. It's Epic's usual gamble taken to a rarely seen level. Before launch, we break down what this lineup reveals about the game's crossover strategy and what players can reasonably expect.
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Dead by Daylight at 10: How an Unlikely Game Invented an Entire Genre
A decade after its chaotic launch, Dead by Daylight still reigns unchallenged in asymmetrical multiplayer gaming. This isn't accident or default longevity—it's the result of a radical economic model, brutally honest community relations, and an ability to absorb pop culture without dissolving into it. A look back at ten years of a game that set the rules for a genre no one else has managed to dethrone.
Rockstar Unionizes: When GTA 6 Developers Say Enough
Rockstar Games developers just announced the formation of a union. Behind this social footnote lies a deep fracture in the industry: between studios selling billion-dollar dreams and teams burning out making them. GTA 6 is the perfect symbol of this contradiction. Analysis of a seismic shift that far exceeds Rockstar and questions the entire AAA model.
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2XKO Canceled: Riot Games Exposes Fighting Game Industry Crisis
Riot Games halted 2XKO development in December 2026, citing economic nonviability. This isn't just another free-to-play fighter collapsing—it's a symptom of an entire genre under pressure, unable to balance competitive ambition with sustainable business models. Only Capcom seems to have cracked the code everyone's been searching for.
After Black Myth Wukong, Chinese action games emerge as a new global force
Black Myth: Wukong shattered sales records in 2024, but it wasn't an isolated accident. Behind this worldwide success lies a Chinese action game industry that spent twenty years structuring itself, drawing inspiration, digesting foreign influences, and forging its own identity. The next major title from China is no longer a promise: it's an industry certainty. An analysis of a shift that will redraw the map of global action gaming.
Hitman World of Assassination: Three Years Later, Still on Top?
IO Interactive consolidated its stealth trilogy into a single edition in 2023. Three years on, as the studio prepares 007 First Light, it's the perfect time to settle this: Is Hitman World of Assassination the definitive achievement of modern infiltration gaming, or a monument showing signs of age? We replayed it all. From the start. No safety net.
Edgerunners 2: Night City Returns to Netflix with Trigger
Netflix, CD Projekt Red, and studio Trigger confirm a second season of Edgerunners, the animated series drawn from the Cyberpunk 2077 universe. The first season spectacularly boosted game sales in 2022, transforming a failed launch into a lasting cultural phenomenon. This sequel arrives laden with contradictory expectations: reproduce the impact without simply recycling what worked. What we know already sketches the outline of an ambitious project — or a risky gamble.
The Witcher 3: When NPC Fear Was Too Realistic to Work
CD Projekt Red designed a fear reaction system for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt NPCs—a mechanic meant to make Geralt as intimidating in villages as he is on monster contracts. The feature was cut before the game's 2015 release, and the reason for abandoning it reveals as much about game design limitations as it does about the Polish studio's initial ambition.
Helldivers 2 Invades Warhammer 40,000 Without the Heavy Armor
Helldivers 2 welcomes a Warhammer 40,000 cosmetics pack, available since late July 2026. The third major collaboration for the game after Killzone and Halo ODST, this foray into Games Workshop's grimdark universe raises a fundamental question: can Arrowhead dress its Helldivers in the colors of the Imperium without betraying what each of these two franchises says about the expendable soldier?