Arc Raiders branded ‘blockbuster’ franchise after hitting 14 million sales
The extraction shooter peaked at 960,000 concurrent users in January.
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Fortnite adds more anti-cheat requirements, including Secure Boot and TPM, so it might be time to get tinkering in that BIOS
Come February 19, Epic Games says Fortnite will require additional hardware features to help prevent cheating. Two of these you probably already know about, these being Secure Boot and TPM, but the third you might not be so familiar with.…
I’ve tested three free Discord alternatives in a desperate attempt not to offer up my personal data just to talk to my favorite weirdos
As a UK-based PC gamer, I feel like I’m constantly dodging age verification checks. For just one particularly annoying example, X alternative BlueSky won’t let me back into my Direct Messages until I’ve allowed the Epic Games-owned KWS to take…
Video: Lego Pokémon Review Gives Us Our Best Look Yet
Take a Pik-achu. Lego’s new Pokémon sets are right around the corner, launching on 27th February 2026, A.K.A. Pokémon Day. If you’re a little unsure as to whether these sets are right for you, Lego reviewer Tiago Catarino has recently…
Arc Raiders Publisher Boasts That the Game Has ‘Significantly Exceeded Expectations’ and Now Sold 14 Million Copies
Arc Raiders continues to be an enormous hit for publisher Nexon, with 14 million copies sold and almost a million concurrent players online at one point last month. In Nexon’s latest financial results, the Korean publisher boasted that its sticky…
Mewgenics has its very own Mr. Resetti that’ll make ‘a brain slushie’ out of you and curse your cats if you save scum: ‘No, seriously, I dish out IRL curses’
Mr. Resetti is one of gaming’s most infamous characters, mostly because he’s a bit of a meta jumpscare—if you quit without saving properly in Animal Crossing, he’ll pop out of the ground to berate you like the Lorax. Turns out…
Blizzard says it’s open to even more Diablo 2 expansions and reworks unless people get really mad at it about this one: ‘We’re going to have to see what the players say’
I woke up this morning to learn that Diablo 2 had gotten a new expansion and—for a brief, glorious second—I was right back in the early aughts, carefree and full of the irrepressible potential of childhood. And then I was…
Amazon Has an Excellent New Sale on Magic: The Gathering Cards Today, Including on Discounts Boosters, Precons, and More
Magic: The Gathering is set to have another big year in 2026, and there’s already some excellent new deals to check out now that we’ve got a good chunk of this year’s sets up for preorder. My favorite deal in…
‘I do not have enough self-preservation. Send help’: This streamer hacked her own balance to ‘feel’ racing games
If you aren’t the type to physically lean as you play driving games but want that immersion factor, turns out you can just zap your brain to “make you fall in that direction.” Streamer, content creator, and owner of a…
Cult of the Lamb may be a murder-happy fever dream, but the devs have principles: ‘We wouldn’t want to fleece players’
Cult of the Lamb is one of my all-time favourite games for a lot of reasons. The dungeon runs are brilliantly fun, the cultists are adorable, and I always have time for a good farming sim. But something I’ve always…