Amazon Games Confirms 2027 Shutdown for New World: Aeternum

Amazon Games Confirms 2027 Shutdown for New World: Aeternum

It’s a tough week for the New World community. After years of exploring Aeternum, the end of the road has officially been marked on the map. Amazon Games has confirmed that the servers for New World: Aeternum will permanently go dark on January 31, 2027. For those of...
Styx: Blades of Greed Demo Available Now

Styx: Blades of Greed Demo Available Now

If you’ve been waiting to see what Styx has been up to, there’s good news. NACON and Cyanide Studio have dropped a free demo for Styx: Blades of Greed on Steam, giving players an early look at the goblin’s next stealth-heavy adventure. The demo is available for a...
Fallout Titles See Sales Boost Following Season 2 Premiere

Fallout Titles See Sales Boost Following Season 2 Premiere

The Fallout franchise saw a big holiday boost after season two of Amazon’s Fallout series premiered. Video Game Insights reported noticeable jumps in both sales and player activity across Steam, PlayStation, and Xbox. Fallout 4 led the surge, selling over 12,000 copies on December 29 and later hitting...
Ubisoft Announces More Layoffs

Ubisoft Announces More Layoffs

According to IGN, Ubisoft is cutting 55 jobs across its Swedish studios, Massive Entertainment and Ubisoft Stockholm, after deciding that more reductions were needed following a review of future plans. This comes after a voluntary redundancy program earlier in 2025, which reduced some staff but not enough. The...
Vince Zampella’s Frustration with EA

Vince Zampella’s Frustration with EA

In a 2025 interview with GQ, renowned game developer Vince Zampella discussed a range of topics, but none more harshly than EA, whom he exited from and later founded Infinity Ward. While Zampella famously has created or worked on the two largest first-person war games in gaming history...
Reggie Fils-Aime on the Silent Console War

Reggie Fils-Aime on the Silent Console War

In an interview with The Game Business, Retired President of Nintendo of America Reggie Fils-Aime covered a variety of topics, including the validity of the "console wars." He stated that while the console wars are over in such that direct competition is no longer in the forefront of...
This Day in Gaming History: Shenmue III Released

This Day in Gaming History: Shenmue III Released

The Shenmue series, first introduced for Sega Dreamcast on in North America in 2000, became one of those series where while not selling huge numbers, gained a rather sizable cult following. At the time of release, Shenmue was a groundbreaking title which allowed for very detailed gameplay. Some...