After years of dedicated play, fans were understandably upset when The Simpsons: Tapped Out shut down. EA had announced the game’s closure for January 2025, and they followed through, ending server support and effectively ending the game. While fans tried to save it with petitions and requests, EA didn’t change its mind.
Just this week, the first player successfully finished the game Escape from Tarkov, and now others are starting to do it too. Players have recently discovered something surprising: Battlestate Games appears to have been secretly manipulating the game in a complex and unexpected way.
Mario Kart World launched a few months ago with the new Switch 2 console and has been a huge success, selling almost as well as the console itself. Players are now eager for new downloadable content, and there are signs that some might be coming soon.
Warner Bros. is also a significant player in gaming. While several of its game studios are being bought by Netflix, it’s currently unclear if this will change how those studios create games.
The One Piece manga has moved past the long God Valley flashback and is now focusing on King Harald’s story. When the flashback started, readers didn’t expect Eiichiro Oda to reveal the truth behind such a significant event involving major characters from One Piece’s history.
Songs of Syx is a fantasy city-building game where you grow a small settlement into a vast empire, ultimately leading massive armies in real-time combat. The game features a pixelated art style and lets you interact with diverse fantasy races, cultures, and creatures – you can even worship a variety of gods! You’ll be responsible for building roads, plazas, and bustling ports to drive commerce. It’s an independent game created by a single developer and brought to life through a successful Kickstarter campaign.
Warhorse Studios has, for the first time, officially hinted at a next-generation upgrade for Kingdom Come: Deliverance, though rumors have been circulating for a while. Previously, a reliable source familiar with the game claimed an update for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S was planned for early next year – reportedly between January and April – and stated it was “100% confirmed.” While fans should still be cautious, this claim now seems more likely as Warhorse is starting to suggest the update themselves.
Tim Cain, a key figure behind the popular Fallout series and co-director of The Outer Worlds, recently came out of semi-retirement. He’s rejoined Obsidian Entertainment and is now working on a new mystery game.
Tharsis Outpost is the new social hub in Destiny 2‘s Renegade expansion, designed to feel like a classic Star Wars cantina, similar to the one in Mos Eisley. Players can meet with different factions, reconnect with Spider, accept quests, and buy new items from vendors. Recently, players have discovered a simple and affordable way to get powerful, though unpredictable, gear.
Since the initial test version of Battlefield 6 was released, many players have discussed how chaotic and confined the maps feel. While some enjoy this more intimate style, comparing it favorably to classic maps like Operation Metro and Grand Bazaar, a large number of players believe that huge, open maps are essential to what makes Battlefield unique. Maps like Caspian Border, Sinai Desert, and El Alamein are examples of this, and only Mirak Valley in Battlefield 6 offers a similar scale – most of the other maps are much smaller.