The nominations for The Game Awards 2025 are out, and the winners will be revealed on December 11th. Unfortunately for Xbox fans, no games exclusive to Xbox received nominations this year, meaning they won’t be competing for the coveted Game of the Year title.
Krafton and the creators of Subnautica 2 are currently involved in a legal dispute. Krafton claims the founders left the project and quickly released it to get paid, while the founders allege they were unfairly fired to avoid a $250 million payment.
Released in early October 2025, Ghost of Yotei quickly became a commercial success, topping preorder charts on PlayStation and earning back its development costs twice over. While initial sales figures were a bit lower than those of its predecessor, Ghost of Tsushima, the game is performing well. As the developers plan to add more content, they’ve begun sharing details about the game’s creation, including a difficult choice they had to make at the beginning of the project.
The Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle movie continues to be a massive success, and it doesn’t show signs of slowing down. It’s shattered box office records previously held by other anime films, even surpassing the recent live-action Superman movie in the US shortly after its release. Globally, the film has now earned over 100 billion yen, a first for any Japanese movie.
Battlestate Games has announced that Escape From Tarkov will officially launch in August 2025, with a target release date of November. After years in beta and an earlier alpha test, players were eager for the full version (1.0). Unfortunately, issues arose soon after the game became publicly available.
McFarlane explained that the design was directly inspired by the game Rust, providing evidence to support his statement. He later mentioned that the Delta Force team contacted him to offer an apology.
Starting November 19th and continuing through December 2nd, several new games will be added to the service. Two of these games will be available to play on day one for Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass members.
A survey sent out in October 2025 about the future of The Sims hinted at a new game – either a direct sequel or a complete overhaul of the existing one. The survey asked players if they’d want to be able to use at least some of their saved games from Sims 4 in the new version. This led some fans to believe that Maxis, the game’s developer, is thinking about updating the series, which celebrated its 11th anniversary in September 2025.
These initial crafting tips in ARC Raiders range from simple actions, like a single click, to bigger strategies for quickly becoming more powerful. Crafting isn’t something you can just do automatically; you’ll need to actively manage your resources and plan what you’ll build in advance, instead of hoping to find the right materials later.
PlayStation Plus is a subscription service that lets players access online multiplayer games and a rotating selection of downloadable games. There are three different subscription levels – Essential, Extra, and Deluxe – each offering a different game library. While nine games were recently added to the service, a similar number will be leaving next month.