S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl launched to overwhelmingly positive reviews on Steam, initially boasting over 85% positive ratings. However, the game's score dipped to 78% within a few days. Following the release of several patches, the positive reviews have begun to climb again.

New gameplay footage for the survival game Road to Vostok has been released, offering a glimpse at various weapons, a faction boss model, player items, weapon customization, new environments, and more.

The TIGA Awards ceremony took place in the UK, celebrating the best games of 2024 across various categories. The coveted Game of the Year award went to the co-op shooter, Helldivers 2.

The Panasonic Group announced that it had developed an AI copy of the brand's founder, Konosuke Matsushita, who died in 1989. The digital twin will train new employees, and in the future will even be able to make management decisions — just like the head of the Arasaka corporation in Cyberpunk 2077.

The developers of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl have released the second patch 1.0.2 in the wake of the first major update. This time, they fixed several bugs that interfered with the completion of quests.

Gladiator 2, a sequel to the original 2000 film directed by Ridley Scott, recently premiered. However, the film crew was unhappy with the process of creating the film, accusing the director of laziness.

The developers of The Thing: Remastered, a re-release of the original 2002 horror shooter, shared new information about the project. In particular, the creators have reworked the infection mechanics — it will become more realistic.

Recently, two games were announced at once — the action game War of the Worlds: Siberia and the flight simulator IL-2: Korea. Both projects seemed extremely unique to us by the standards of the gaming industry. You can find out all the details in our article.

Raven Forge and Ubisoft have announced a full-scale replica of Altair's sword from Assassin's Creed. The collector's edition has already been demonstrated to the public — it is made of real steel.

On November 30, 2004, Prince of Persia: Warrior Within was released on PC and all current consoles. The game competently developed the ideas of The Sands of Time, but at the same time looked fresh due to the new dark visual style and brutal cruelty. In this article, we will recall why slasher fans liked this project so much and whether it is worth playing today.

GOG has started giving away Oaken, a tactical roguelike with turn-based strategy elements. The promotion will last until December 2, after which the game will become paid.

Yesterday, a new book by Polish writer Andrzej Sapkowski about the Witcher universe debuted. The work became a pleasant gift for both fans of the literary saga and games — the author canonized one of the witcher schools The Witcher.

The Game Kitchen has released the Android version of the grim Metroidvania, Blasphemous, initially launched on PC and consoles. It's available on Google Play.

The Witcher 4 recently entered the active production stage, as reported by CD Projekt RED. Eurogamer talked to the studio's developers, learning a few new details about the creation of the game.

The developers of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl have released the first major patch 1.0.1, which should fix an impressive number of bugs and errors. The 14 GB update improves optimization, animations, game balance, and much more.

Today, sales of Andrzej Sapkowski's new novel about Geralt of Rivia started in Poland. The book, titled Raven's Crossing, will tell about the witcher's youth.

This week, a controversy erupted online involving Matt Hansen, the art director at Obsidian currently working on Avowed. Hansen clashed with Elon Musk over the use of pronouns in the fantasy RPG, leading users to resurface Hansen's previous comments about favoring Black employees. Musk later accused the studio of discriminatory hiring practices, and Hansen subsequently deleted his account on X (formerly Twitter).

As Insider Gaming writes, the studio that developed the long-term project Star Citizen is not doing well again. According to some reports, Cloud Imperium Games fired some of its employees without compensation after overtime.

At one time, Half-Life 2 became one of the most popular games for speedrunning thanks to the physics of the Source engine. However, Valve recently almost ruined the speedrun by releasing a fixed anniversary edition.

Developing remakes is not an easy task, since you need to find the perfect balance between the original and new ideas. Alkimia Interactive, the studio working on Gothic 1 Remake, decided to play a little with the image of orcs.