RPG
Elden Ring Switch 2 Port and the 30-Million Baseline
Elden Ring hits Nintendo Switch 2 on August 28 — what the port means for a 30-million-selling open world, and how portable play rewrites the rune loop.
FromSoftware Impact: 8/10
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RPG
Metaphor: ReFantazio Switch 2 Port: November 12, 2026
Developed by Studio Zero and published by Sega internationally (Atlus in Japan), released October 11, 2024 for PS4, PS5, Windows, and Xbox Series X/S.
Studio Zero Impact: 8/10
RPG
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth on Switch 2 and Xbox in 2026
It is the sequel to Final Fantasy VII Remake (2020) and the second in a planned trilogy of games remaking the 1997 PlayStation game Final Fantasy VII.
Square Enix Creative Business Unit I Impact: 8/10
MMO
Throne and Liberty: 107 Servers to 25 After Launch
Throne and Liberty drew over 3 million players in week one, then cut its servers from 107 to 25 — what that consolidation says about launch economics.
NCSoft Impact: 8/10
RTS
Stormgate Offline Mode: Hathora Shutdown and Steam P2P
Stormgate has shut off Versus and Co-op as server partner Hathora winds down, leaving offline Campaign and Skirmish play plus a Steam P2P rebuild to come.
Frost Giant Studios Impact: 9/10
RPG
Hades II: Two Routes, a Hex Tree and a Magick Bar
Hades II is a roguelike action role-playing game developed and published by Supergiant Games, serving as the studio's first sequel to Hades (2020).
Supergiant Games Impact: 8/10
RPG
Crimson Desert: BlackSpace Engine and the Switch 2 Port
Crimson Desert is a single-player action-adventure game developed and published by Pearl Abyss using the proprietary BlackSpace Engine.
Pearl Abyss Impact: 8/10
RTS
Stormgate Community Update: Ranked 2v2 and 40 Maps
Stormgate's Community Update adds four units, ranked 2v2 and 40-plus maps, and full editor access, built with volunteer designers over four months.
Frost Giant Studios Impact: 8/10
MMO
Ashes of Creation's Steam Early Access and Phase III Wipe
Ashes of Creation's Steam Early Access launch and Phase III wipe: the two new races and regions, and the Q1 2026 roadmap testers are weighing.
Intrepid Studios Impact: 8/10
HARDWARE
Intel Panther Lake: Core Ultra 3 Mobile, Xe3 and 18A
Panther Lake is a codename for Core Ultra Series 3 mobile processors developed by Intel.
Intel Impact: 8/10
RPG
Where Winds Meet: Weapon Arts in a Free Wuxia RPG
Where Winds Meet is a wuxia action-adventure role-playing game developed by Everstone Studio and published by NetEase Games.
Everstone Studio Impact: 8/10
RTS
Anno 117 Pax Romana: Latium, Albion and City Building
Eighth installment in the Anno series, set during the Pax Romana period of the Roman Empire
Ubisoft Mainz Impact: 8/10
RTS
Age of Empires IV on PS5: The 23-Civilization Roster
Age of Empires IV is a real-time strategy game developed by Relic Entertainment in partnership with World's Edge and published by Xbox Game Studios.
Relic Entertainment, World's Edge Impact: 8/10
RPG
The Outer Worlds 2: Third-Person Toggle and Weapons
Standalone sequel to The Outer Worlds (2019), set in the Arcadia planetary system invaded by a megacorporation
Obsidian Entertainment Impact: 8/10
HARDWARE
Intel Nova Lake: Core Ultra 4, LGA 1954 and 18A
Nova Lake is a codename for Core Ultra Series 4 desktop and mobile processors developed by Intel.
Intel Impact: 8/10
RPG
Bloodlines 2: Six Clans in a Five-District Seattle
Action RPG set in World of Darkness following Elder vampire Phyre in early 21st-century Seattle across five open-world districts.
The Chinese Room Impact: 8/10
MMO
Pax Dei: Player-Run Economy and October 2025 Launch
Pax Dei is a social sandbox MMO set in a fantasy medieval era with a fully player-driven economy where all items are player-crafted.
Mainframe Industries Impact: 8/10
MMO
Blue Protocol: Star Resonance and Its Gacha Monetization
Free-to-play action-combat MMORPG with party-based roles (DPS, tank, healer) and open-world exploration.
Shanghai Bokura Network Technology Impact: 8/10
RPG
Borderlands 4: Kairos, Vault Hunters, Grappling Hook
Borderlands 4 is an action role-playing first-person looter shooter developed by Gearbox Software and published by 2K
Gearbox Software Impact: 8/10
HARDWARE
Zen 5 and Ryzen 9000: Branch Prediction and N4X
What Zen 5's two-ahead branch prediction, wider front-end, and N4X node change for Ryzen 9000 and why branch-dense RTS and MMO code benefits most.
AMD Impact: 8/10
RPG
Black Myth: Wukong: Game Science's Unreal Engine 5 Debut
Developed and published by Chinese studio Game Science using Unreal Engine 5
Game Science Impact: 8/10
RTS
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War IV Factions on Kronus
Developed by King Art Games (known for Iron Harvest) and published by Deep Silver, it is the fourth installment in the Dawn of War series.
King Art Games Impact: 8/10
RPG
Wuchang: Fallen Feathers Reaches 5 Million Players
Soulslike action role-playing game developed by Leenzee and published by 505 Games
Leenzee Impact: 8/10
MMO
Dune: Awakening MMO: Weather PvP and Console Release
Survival multiplayer game developed and published by Funcom, released for Windows on June 10, 2025 with early access beginning June 5.
Funcom Impact: 8/10
RTS
War for Westeros: Four Factions, 2027 and Gamescom
Real-time strategy game based on the Game of Thrones television series, developed and published by PlaySide Studios
PlaySide Studios Impact: 8/10
RPG
The Witcher IV: Ciri as Lead on Unreal Engine 5
The Witcher IV features Ciri as the protagonist, replacing Geralt of Rivia from the original trilogy.
CD Projekt Red Impact: 8/10
RPG
Baldur's Gate 3 Patch 8: Cross-Play and Photo Mode
Baldur's Gate 3 Patch 8 adds Photo Mode, cross-play, and twelve subclasses — the final major update before Larian turns to a new Divinity RPG.
Larian Studios Impact: 9/10
HARDWARE
GeForce RTX 50: Blackwell, GDDR7 and DLSS 4 at CES
GeForce RTX 50 series is based on Nvidia's Blackwell architecture with fourth-generation RT cores and fifth-generation Tensor Cores
Nvidia Impact: 8/10
HARDWARE
RDNA 4: RX 9000, 32-Thread Wavefronts, Open Docs
The fourth and latest iteration of RDNA was unveiled on January 6, 2025, at CES.
AMD Impact: 8/10
RPG
Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake: 1988 RPG Rebuilt
Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake uses the HD-2D graphical style introduced with Octopath Traveler (2018)
Chunsoft (original); Square Enix (remake) Impact: 8/10