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Here's our exclusive first peek at massive-scale RTS Ashes of the Singularity 2 in action, and would you look at the size of this thingRevived survival RPG Hytale already has a release date after springing back to life, but the owner is reminding everyone the game 'isn't good yet'After its 'make FPS great again' controversy, Splitgate 2 is relaunching with a humbler tone: 'The goal is to grow over time, not aim for a massive splash on day 1'5 months after launch, cooperative shooter FBC Firebreak finally has integrated voice chat, but its Vampire Survivors-style wave mode is delayed until next yearDestiny 2 director doesn't want it to 'be a dead live game', as the ailing shooter stares down the barrel of fan outrage: 'We want to keep building Destiny'Guild Wars celebrates 20 years with a 'Reforged' overhaul that's free for existing players, and offers the whole shebang to newbies for $20: 'It was a good time to give it a refresh'Rogue Point looks like the Rainbow Six Vegas successor I've been waiting for, from the studio that made Black MesaRight after 'saving' Hytale from 7 years of development limbo, its new owner releases 16 minutes of 'raw and broken' gameplay footage to 'break the curse once and for all'Apparently someone decided it was a good idea to make a Let It Die sequel in the year 2025, and God bless themEscape from Tarkov owners will have to buy it again if they want to play through Steam, and the Steam version will require a Battlestate account anywayThe new Painkiller is out now and it's not great, but that's okay because the old Painkiller still is and there's a fantastic new mod that makes it look like a brand-new gameSeven months after sending Splitgate 2 back to the drawing board, 1047 Games just revealed both its new form—Splitgate: Arena Reloaded—and its December 17 release date during the PC Gaming Show: Most Wanted.
This is a back-to-basics reset meant to combine the best elements of the original and the sequel, proudly promising no factions and no character abilities. It's you, your gun, and some physics-bending portals you can use to zip across the map and snipe around corners. So notDesign director Josh Watson outlines the approach for the relaunch as"removing what didn't work and refining what did." So, out go the factions and character abilities that complicated gunfights and steered Splitgate a little closer to hero shooters like Overwatch than the arena shooters cited as inspirations in this trailer, like Quake, Unreal Tournament, and Halo. After its 'make FPS great again' controversy, Splitgate 2 is relaunching with a humbler tone: 'The goal is to grow over time, not aim for a massive splash on day 1' It got a lot of love, but Arc Raiders 'was absolutely not ready' to release after its popular April playtest, says design director: 'There were some bad bugs'The cuts are outweighed by the additions. Returning players will find a career progression system, player stats, leaderboards, a reworked ranked mode, five new maps, and four new weapons to play around with. All those changes speak to a lost era of multiplayer shooters, where movement and aim define who wins rather than rock-paper-scissors class choices determined before you've even locked crosshairs. Anyone who recalls the halcyon days of mid-2000s Halo or Call of Duty lobbies knows that leaderboards and player stats were never an afterthought, because ultimately that's all that mattered to people. So while multiplayer gaming is irrevocably through the looking glass when it comes to seasons and microtransactions, it's refreshing to see a studio winding back the clock on the things that truly matter: bragging rights. The relaunch won't change anything when it comes to pricing, so Splitgate: Arena Reloaded will remain free to play when it arrives on PC, Xbox, and PlayStation in just under two weeks. You can Teleport your way through to the rest of the announcements from the PC Gaming Show: Most Wanted 2025 Powered by Xbox Game Pass.Keep up to date with the most important stories and the best deals, as picked by the PC Gamer team.Jordan is a freelancer and former Deputy Editor at PCGamesN who specializes in all things FPS. He'll greedily devour anything in the genre from rocket-jumping classics right through to the tactical tension of Rainbow Six Siege and Escape From Tarkov.After its 'make FPS great again' controversy, Splitgate 2 is relaunching with a humbler tone: 'The goal is to grow over time, not aim for a massive splash on day 1' It got a lot of love, but Arc Raiders 'was absolutely not ready' to release after its popular April playtest, says design director: 'There were some bad bugs' 13 years after TimeSplitters Rewind was revealed to the world as a 'TimeSplitters CryEngine mod,' it's finally set to release in November FPS ship battler Wildgate has struggled to find players on Steam since launch, but its next update could give it a second chance In the new demo for upcoming factory sim Modulus, you not only build machines, but also design modules they're made of Dawn of War 4 will let you play as the Dark Angels and their boss, a big lad with the best name in 40k, Lion El'Jonson—yes, he's really called Lionel Raw Fury is kicking off 'Rawcember' with a stacked Humble Bundle, featuring a discount on one of the year's coolest puzzle games Tencent promises not to pull any shenanigans with its Horizon-like survival game while Sony's lawsuit works through the courts, unless and until a judge says it can CTF shooter Last Flag now has a Steam demo, and it's worth trying whether or not you're an Imagine Dragons fan Two men have been arrested for attempting to destroy government databases and they reportedly tried to cover their tracks with the help of AI tools Fallout season 2 won't pick a canon New Vegas ending: '15 years down the line, every faction might think they won' The best fish tank PC case in 2025: I've tested heaps of stylish chassis but only a few have earned my recommendation Best gaming laptop 2025: I've tested the best laptops for gaming of this generation and here are the ones I recommend
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