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When a video game series goes on for a long time, it raises a question for newcomers: Just where is the best place to jump in? In the case of Dragon Quest, there are nearly a dozen mainline titles, not to mention copious spinoffs and ports that span four decades of history. Of late, though, publisher Square Enix has been releasing a number of remakes that serve as almost ideal entry points for beginners who are intimidated by all of that baggage.

Cairn has also entered Steam's Top Sellers chart and is currently on the eighth spot, behind the likes of Nioh 3, Arc Raiders, and Dead by Daylight. As per SteamDB charts, Cairn reached a peak concurrent player count of 14,996 over the weekend. At the time of writing, nearly 7,000 Steam users were in the game. PS5 sales figures for the game aren't available. On PC, Cairn is available via Steam, Epic Games Store, and GOG.

punishing dodge and parry windows are one of the RPG's defining characteristics . Enemies basically do a little dance before they bring their weapon down on your party, and you're expected to memorize and dodge every pattern lest you end up dead before your Gommage. Naturally, fans took this as a challenge, and one person has finally beaten Sandfall Interactive's GOTY sweeper without taking any damage.

For Civilization VII-which launched just shy of one year ago-the struggles seemed to go deeper, with some players saying it didn't feel like a Civilization game. Civ VII' s developers, Firaxis Games, announced today it is planning an update this spring called "Test of Time" that rethinks a few unpopular changes, in some cases replacing key mechanics from the original release.

"We're really anxious to see how players respond," Kubit said about the Silvermoon revamp. "If it's positive, I think it opens up a bunch more storytelling opportunities."

"I was terminated by Ubisoft, effective immediately," he wrote. "This was not my decision."

Season 29 will be the final update for Apex Legends on Nintendo Switch.

It's no secret that Cassette Boy is inspired by the classics. It's a top-down adventure game in the vein of a retro Legend of Zelda, while your home base is a small town like in an older Pokémon game, complete with a mom who is constantly wishing you well. The game's blocky 3D graphics evoke Minecraft, and you save at campfires that reset the world, like a FromSoft game.

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A thriving fan art community is always a sign of an entrenched playerbase. , Valve's secretive MOBA hero shooter, is currently teeming with creations all over social media that span the big three categories: horny, cute, and funny. In a way, these are perfect descriptors for the overall vibe of the latest six heroes to join the roster, which, alongside a plethora of additions and visual tweaks introduced in last week's big update, have led to a newfound momentum worth paying attention to.

To mark the new-gen upgrade and the arrival of the Meetup in Bellabel Park DLC, Nintendo is also rolling out three brand-new amiibo tied to the game. Each one costs $24.99 and they all launch on March 26, the same day the new content goes live. Pre-orders are already open. The lineup includes Elephant Mario, Captain Toad with a Talking Flower, and Poplin with Prince Florian.

She is the glue that holds our family together. But right now, I am kicking her ass at video game bowling, and it feels good! In the 00s, my mum was the best Wii Bowling player in the world. She was unbeatable. Strike after strike after strike. The Dudette in our family's Big Lebowski. So when she said she was coming to visit us in Canada, I thought the time was right to buy the updated Nintendo Switch Sports version of her favourite game.

That means that if you've been saving up your Atoms, the premium currency used to purchase items, either by completing daily and weekly challenges or by slowly accruing them through your monthly $13 Fallout 1st subscription, you'll still have to shell out an extra $30 just to get this fancy-looking skin. All of Fallout 76 's seasonal updates are free, but that's not making it any easier to swallow for some fans.

After weeks of waiting, Arc Raiders developer Embark has officially unveiled the first few months of the game's 2026 roadmap. The plan is split into four months, covering January to April, collectively dubbed Escalation. We're expecting a content update each month, with the majority of the biggest additions happening on the game's existing maps. There is, however, at least one new map in the works, but it won't be here until sometime in April.

The official "KPop Demon Hunters" Roblox experience is keeping fans of the franchise engaged with an update that includes the Saja Boys and other assets from the popular film.

What this means for the future of , once pitched as the first building block in an ambitious open-world metaverse , is currently unclear. But apparently the mission, the shooter's highest-profile bit of upcoming content, is canceled. Build a Rocket Boy and IO Interactive didn't immediately respond to requests for comment. The most surprising part of Insider Gaming 's report is that Build a Rocket Boy was apparently the one pushing to end the ill-fated partnership, a decision influenced by the 's "desire to bring its publishing in-house and gain more control over its future."

If you're a fan of SimCity, then you'll appreciate IsoCity, an open source simulation game. The premise is the same. Start with land, build infrastructure, and try to maintain a thriving city. From the GitHub: IsoCity is a open-source isometric city-building simulation game built with Next.js, TypeScript, and Tailwind CSS. It leverages the HTML5 Canvas API for high-performance rendering of isometric graphics, featuring complex systems for economic simulation, trains, planes, seaplanes, helicopters, cars, pedestrians, and more.

As spotted by the eagle-eyed munchkins over at Gematsu, this new version of the classic Rayman has popped up on the Australian ratings board, indicating that a release should be happening fairly soon. Things get even more interesting when we look at the developer and publisher, both listed as Atari. The indication is that this project was handled outside of Ubisoft, which presumably contracted Atari to handle the project.

There is a simple answer to the best way to play Fallout: New Vegas, but the answer itself isn't what I would call simple or easy. The best way to play this classic RPG is on PC and with a ton of mods. Thankfully, there's a very handy guide out there that I used recently to turn New Vegas's somewhat messy PC port into a fine-tuned experience: The Viva New Vegas comprehensive mod guide.

Haunted Chocolatier is the next game from the creator of Stardew Valley, one of the most successful and adored cozy RPGs ever made. Not surprisingly, fans are getting antsy to hear more about the upcoming release. But the wait is leading to all sorts of speculation, so developer Eric "ConcernedApe" Barone recently took to the game's website to dispel the unfounded rumors in a new blog post.

Nexon, the publisher behind MapleStory and Embark Studios' Arc Raiders , has apologised for what they describe as a "serious breach of trust" and announced that it's offering MapleStory: Idle RPG players full refunds for all in-game purchases made since the game's release. MapleStory: Idle RPG , a free-to-play mobile spin-off of Nexon's chibi-style MMORPG MapleStory , raked in a reported $100 million in in-game purchases within the first 45 days of its release on November 6, 2026.

Mamboo Entertainment, a global mobile games publisher and developer, today announced a major financial milestone: the company's lifetime revenue has surpassed $55 million.

Fans of co-op beat-'em-ups and fictional bass players who kind of suck as human beings might want to mark March 3 on their calendars. That's when Scott Pilgrim EX is set to hit PS4, PS5, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and Steam. Developer and publisher Tribute Games announced the release date in a new trailer, which also revealed two more playable characters: Matthew Patel (a member of the League

"I feel like with Anthem, it heavily relies on online data that was stored in Bioware's server," Andersson added. "In my initial testing, the game couldn't load into the level without that data."

In the opening hours of Code Vein II , you'll obtain your bike/motorcycle that can be whipped out at almost any time when you're out traversing the open world. It's obviously much faster than running around, but it also has some utility. If you're fast enough, you can ram straight through enemies, dealing a small amount of damage to them. So if you're in an area where you just want to skip all the enemies, just hop on your bike and charge through.

This episode opens with a sequence of two women running through a snowy forest while being chased. When one of them is shot, we learn just who they are: Steph, the now-eyepatched future Overseer of Vault 33, and a woman we learn to be her mother. Her mother is shot, and she tells Steph to do whatever it takes to make it to America no matter who stands in her way. "They're not humans," she says. "They're Americans."

Grand Theft Auto 6 may not get a physical version at launch and instead stick to a digital release initially. Take-Two Interactive and Rockstar Games are said to be planning on holding off on GTA 6's physical release to avoid early leaks and spoilers. The open world crime title is set to come out on November 19, 2026, but Take-Two has not yet detailed the editions and versions that will be available at launch.

Streetdog BMX isn't trying to revive the glory days of BMX games, nor is it chasing mass appeal. It's a deliberately fiddly, skill-focused take on BMX riding, aimed squarely at players who enjoy mastery more than spectacle. And like real-life riding, that first crash is the key moment - because you're either going to toss the fucking thing in the trash, or grind like a madman and try again.

Like those games, it takes place in an open-world Gotham with Bruce gliding and grappling around as he finds thugs to beat up and Riddler puzzles to solve. When he's on the ground, the mini-figure Batman rides around on a motorcycle and in the Batmobile, and in combat, he throws almost rhythmic punches, kicks, and parries like he does in the games.

It's no secret that with successes like the Emmy nominated series The Last of Us, video games are being adapted in the entertainment industry at a rapid pace. Bella Ramsey portrayed the iconic Ellie on the show, one of the most influential queer characters in video game history. Although showrunner Craig Mazin recently ruled out a spin-off for the iconic characters, Bill and Frank, in the The Last of Us series, there are many more queer characters in video games