Key Takeaways Season 10 Celebrates the “Best of the Best” Activision is bringing nostalgia and fresh chaos to Call of Duty: Mobile with the launch of Season 10: Vault Au79, going live on November 5 at 5 PM PT. This season is all about honoring the franchise’s greatest hits — reviving iconic maps, fan-favorite modes,…
Key Takeaways Nintendo Revives a Fan-Favorite With Update 3.0 After years of silence, Nintendo is bringing Animal Crossing: New Horizons back to the spotlight. The company announced a major new update and Switch 2 upgrade on October 30, 2025, marking the most significant content drop since 2021’s version 2.0 and Happy Home Paradise DLC. Both…
Key Takeaways Japan Patent Office Denies Nintendo Patent Linked to Palworld The Japan Patent Office (JPO) has denied one of Nintendo’s key patent claims, raising questions about the strength of its ongoing lawsuit against Pocket Pair, the creators of Palworld. The rejected patent, application number 2024-031879, describes a system for capturing a field character using…
Key Takeaways Activision’s Latest Move in the FPS Rivalry A new Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 free trial arrives this week, running from October 28 through November 3, 2025—a timeline that perfectly aligns with the start of Battlefield 6 Season 1. Though Activision hasn’t officially framed the promotion as a counter to DICE’s launch…
Key Takeaways A New Horror Voice: Lost Lighthouse Enters the Scene Independent studio Lost Lighthouse has revealed its first game, The Day I Will Die, a first-person psychological horror adventure in development for PC. Set in the fog-drenched Little Red Valley, the game promises a deeply atmospheric world where time stands still and memories twist…
Key Takeaways Razer Goes All-In on Green Yo dawg, Razer really heard you like green. The company’s latest release—the Razer Esports Green Collection—turns up the saturation on its already iconic color palette, bringing an electrifying aesthetic to its top-tier gaming accessories. While Razer has dabbled in green before (remember the Phantom Green Collection?), this new…
Key Takeaways EA’s AI Ambitions Hit a Rough Patch Electronic Arts (EA), one of the world’s largest video game publishers, is facing internal challenges as its AI integration efforts appear to be causing more problems than they solve. According to a Business Insider report, EA’s use of generative AI has led to “erroneous code” and…
Key Takeaways A Quirky Shooter Becomes a Global Steam Phenomenon Escape From Duckov, a PvE top-down looter-shooter from indie developer Team Soda and publisher Bilibili, has defied expectations to become one of Steam’s biggest surprise hits of 2025. Released on October 16, 2025, the game quickly soared to over 300,000 concurrent players by October 26,…
Key Takeaways Old School RuneScape Charts a New Course with Sailing Old School RuneScape (OSRS), the beloved MMORPG by Jagex, is setting sail into uncharted waters. On October 24, 2025, the studio announced that Sailing will be introduced as a brand-new skill — marking the first addition of its kind in years. This update doesn’t…
Key Takeaways ByteDance’s Next Big Move: A Global Gaming Platform to Rival Steam ByteDance, the Chinese tech giant best known as the parent company of TikTok, is reportedly developing a new gaming platform called GameTop—a bold step into global gaming distribution. According to a report from IT Home, GameTop will combine Steam-like game publishing with…