Those features weren’t always around; they took years of work to become what we know today. Many popular game mechanics started with a single, innovative idea – a game that dared to try something different and ultimately created a new standard for the entire industry.
Despite being released in 2008 and its sequel in 2009, Left 4 Dead remains a beloved game. It challenges players to work together as a team of four to survive through zombie-filled levels inspired by 28 Days Later. The game’s engaging mix of shooting action, teamwork, memorable characters, and a clever AI that throws enemies at you at the worst possible moments have kept it popular. As of early 2025, Left 4 Dead 2 still boasts an average of over 30,000 daily players.
From 1987 to 1996, the original Mega Man series released eight games, from Mega Man 1 to Mega Man 8. After that, Mega Man 9 didn’t appear until 2008 – a twelve-year wait! Then, another eight years passed between Mega Man 10 in 2010 and Mega Man 11 in 2018. The upcoming game, Mega Man: Dual Override, is taking even longer to release, but fans can finally be relieved knowing it’s on its way.
Compulsion Games, the studio behind We Happy Few and Contrast, has released South of Midnight, a dark fantasy action adventure set in a Southern Gothic world. The game launched on April 8th for Xbox Series X/S, PC, and Xbox Game Pass, receiving mostly positive feedback. Critics gave it an average score of 77 on OpenCritic, and over two-thirds of the 157 reviewers recommend it.
A new analysis leverages the geometry of the torus to map out the performance limits of a leading quantum error correction code.
This magical token, which they call wXRP, allows the XRP holders to do all the things one does with a wrapped token: lend it for yield, dabble in liquidity pools, and generally play the DeFi game with the finesse of a man who’s read the rulebook and then lost it. One might even purchase tokenized assets, though we daresay the most valuable tokenized asset is the collective patience of one’s fellow investors.
The action game Phantom Blade Zero is scheduled to launch on PlayStation 5 and PC on September 9, 2026. The cost of the digital edition hasn’t been announced yet.
May Zabaneh, the crypto queen of PayPal, declared the feature live, but only for those lucky souls in the U.S. “The beauty of what we’ve built is that YouTube doesn’t have to touch crypto,” she said, as if that weren’t the most confusing part. 🐐 The firm integrated PYUSD earlier this year, and YouTube, ever the cautious giant, finally opened the door for creators to dance with digital dollars. 🕺
As a huge Star Wars fan, I was so excited to see Star Wars Galactic Racer announced at The Game Awards! It’s been ages since we’ve had a new racing game set in that galaxy far, far away. Right now, all we know is it’s coming sometime in 2026, and details about how it will actually play are still pretty scarce. But from what I’ve seen, it’s going to look amazing – a big step up from the older games – and we’ll get to race in a ton of different vehicles. I can’t wait!
Bitcoin still holds a “dominant” market share of around 57% (could people just own a normal asset?), but this dizzying ride has left newbies scratching their heads, wondering if they should’ve exchanged their crash course for a teacup ride sanity manual. Last week’s drop again to these levels and today’s spike are like watching a serial drama that should’ve been canceled for lack of original plot.
