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Brian Raffel, who co-founded Raven Software in 1990, is retiring after more than three decades with the studio that helped shape Call of Duty and a long list of earlier classics.
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Season 3’s balance pass knocked down the Voyak KR-3, but the MXR-17 got a significant buff that could push it to the top of Warzone’s long-range meta.
A gossip newsletter claims Grand Theft Auto 6 may be facing another delay because a supposedly essential feature is “completely broken,” though the report should be taken with a healthy amount of caution.
Pearl Abyss says Crimson Desert has sold 4 million copies, and Alinea Analytics believes the game has already generated roughly $200 million, with PlayStation 5 sales making up nearly half of that total.
Fortnite’s Cyberpunk 2077 crossover has already brought in Johnny Silverhand, but Adam Smasher was supposed to follow and did not show up in the March 24 shop update. Leaks point to an April 2026 window, though even that is far from certain.
Beloth is one of Crimson Desert’s nastier optional bosses, with heavy ice damage, periodic freezing and a few attacks that can end the fight in one hit. The upside is that the right prep turns the encounter into a much more manageable duel, and the reward is the full Shadow Armor set, including Beloth’s ice-breathing helmet.
Rare says Sea of Thieves' current release model has failed to meet player expectations, and the studio is preparing a broad reshuffle that includes giving its Custom Seas ruleset to everyone in Season 20.
The 2019 reboot of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare has quietly landed a hefty new patch, but with no patch notes and no explanation, players are left doing what they always do: reverse-engineering the mystery themselves.
With Season 7 still underway, Marvel Rivals has already started looking ahead to Season 8 by teasing a familiar supervillain during its latest Lower Manhattan map reveal.
Nexon used its capital markets briefing to outline a busy pipeline for Dungeon & Fighter, note progress on several other games, and unveil Mono Lake, an AI system meant to feed player data back to developers.
Blizzard’s latest Diablo 4 gag swaps the usual reward pile for a feathered world boss named Chik’han, complete with absurd loot like the Cluckonomicon and Eggcecutioner.
A new Blizzard hiring post describes an unannounced AAA open-world shooter and appears to point toward Unreal Engine, which has naturally set off speculation about a possible new StarCraft project. That said, Blizzard has also recently canceled a long-running game, so the road from job listing to finished release remains, as ever, annoyingly uncertain.