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Fran Ruiz

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Avowed - wizard companion

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Grounded 2 thrived whilst Avowed and The Outer Worlds 2 under-performed, so now Obsidian may target shorter development cycles

The path forward.

Feb. 3, 2026 Fran Ruiz

Arc Raiders - Buried City rubber duck

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Arc Raiders is all about collecting rubber ducks right now, so Embark has boosted the Bird City map condition

Birb runs.

Feb. 3, 2026 Fran Ruiz

Helldivers 2 - Siege Breakers rocket launcher

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Helldivers 2 gets much-needed heavy weaponry with Bastion Tank and Siege Breakers warbond

Breaking the threat.

Feb. 3, 2026 Fran Ruiz

Gilgamesh in Civilization 7

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Civilization 7 solidifies its course-correction plans with massive expansion-sized spring update

Through the eras.

Feb. 3, 2026 Fran Ruiz

Highguard - firing assault rifle

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As player numbers fall, Highguard makes the actually-quite-good 5v5 mode permanent

Faster and noisier.

Feb. 3, 2026 Fran Ruiz

Starsand Island - dock fishing

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Relaxing anime-inspired life sim Starsand Island sets February early access launch on PC and Xbox, full multi-platform release coming in summer

Feel the breeze.

Feb. 2, 2026 Fran Ruiz

Silent Hill f village

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Two Silent Hill f actors are now tourism ambassadors for the city that inspired the game's rural Japanese village

No surprise marriage here.

Feb. 2, 2026 Fran Ruiz

Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds - Sonic against red blurry background

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Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds blasts past 1m copies sold, and Sega is expecting another million "within this fiscal year"

Get those rings.

Feb. 2, 2026 Fran Ruiz

Borderlands 4 - Rafa custom image on purple screenshot

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Borderlands 4 locks and loads busy 2026 roadmap with free and paid content, cross-platform saves, and better endgame

Upping the grind.

Feb. 2, 2026 Fran Ruiz

Ben Quadinaros on Star Wars: Galactic Racer background

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Star Wars: Galactic Racer presents "multiple expressions of speed" through different vehicles, and podracing hasn't been left behind

Road rage.

Feb. 2, 2026 Fran Ruiz

Cairn - climb

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Indie critical darling Cairn climbs Steam charts, reaches 200k copies sold on PC and PS5 in first weekend

Rapid ascent.

Feb. 2, 2026 Fran Ruiz

Scott Pilgrim EX new key art

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Scott Pilgrim EX sets early March release, unveils two new playable characters, and gets a brand-new gameplay trailer

Second go.

Jan. 28, 2026 Fran Ruiz

RE Requiem - Leon on blurred hall background

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"A design that would make anyone's heart throb" How Capcom turned Resident Evil Requiem's Leon S. Kennedy into a "hot uncle"

Seasoned veteran.

Jan. 28, 2026 Fran Ruiz

PS5 on blue PlayStation background

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PlayStation is encouraging PS4 players to upgrade to PS5 as analyst predicts PS6 won't arrive until after 2028

Holding off.

Jan. 28, 2026 Fran Ruiz

AC4 Black Flag - Edward Kenway on ships background

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The Assassin's Creed: Black Flag remake leaks saga continues

The Unhidden Ones.

Jan. 28, 2026 Fran Ruiz

Monster Hunter Wilds - hunter with shield and lance on blue settings background

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We tested Monster Hunter Wilds' PC-exclusive January performance update and found significant frame rate improvements and less stuttering

Sharpened.

Jan. 28, 2026 Fran Ruiz

Helldivers 2 - Siege Breakers

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Helldivers 2 is getting explosive hammers, while a new trailer teases the return of an old menace from the original game

Making some noise.

Jan. 27, 2026 Fran Ruiz

Virtual Boy Nintendo Classics official image

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Virtual Boy Nintendo Classics launch on Switch and Switch 2 soon, and we're getting an unreleased F-Zero game by the end of 2026

Red pixels.

Jan. 27, 2026 Fran Ruiz

Splatoon 3 rifler on orange screenshot background

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Three and a half years after release, Switch hit Splatoon 3 gets meta-shaking big update

Splat 'em all.

Jan. 27, 2026 Fran Ruiz

Hytale warrior on purple Fortnite storm screenshot

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Hytale modder creates Fortnite storm to get battle royale modes started, with Hunger Games-like experiment already underway

Hey, I've seen this one!

Jan. 27, 2026 Fran Ruiz

Kirby Air Riders - Kirby on purple screenshot background

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Kirby Air Riders receives GameShare support, a new mode, and more via surprise patch after talk of disbanding the dev team

Push it to the limit.

Jan. 27, 2026 Fran Ruiz

Fallout S2 Vault Boy custom image

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Fallout Season 2's last two episodes on Prime Video to air earlier than originally planned so Americans can go to bed thinking about New Vegas

End of the road.

Jan. 27, 2026 Fran Ruiz

Fable monster encounter

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Fable studio Playground Games wanted to step out of Forza Horizon as far back as 2017 to "learn and grow as developers"

New playground.

Jan. 26, 2026 Fran Ruiz

Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream - Mii party

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Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream is getting its own Nintendo Direct later this week

Did you want to talk?

Jan. 26, 2026 Fran Ruiz

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Stop Killing Games' EU initiative clears almost 1.3m signatures, prepares for official submission to European Commission next month

"The handover is planned for mid to late February."

Jan. 26, 2026 Fran Ruiz