Marathon’s Mercy Kits Are Being Used to Kill Players Twice
Bungie added Mercy Kits to Marathon to help downed players. Turns out, reviving someone just to execute them is too good to pass up.
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Crimson Desert Missed the March 2026 Top 10, But Marathon Made the Cut
Crimson Desert sales missed the US top 10 in March, but one key detail changes that number. Analysts say the full picture looks very different. See why.
BAFTA Pulled This Indie Dev’s Trailer the Night Before the Ceremony. She’s Devastated.
Alex Jones, developer of The Quiet Things at Silver Script Games, found out the night before the 2026 BAFTA Games Awards that her game's trailer had been pulled. BAFTA cited the wellbeing of guests. The game deals with childhood abuse, self-harm, and suicide. Jones says those topics deserve open conversation, not silence.
Battlefield 6 Gets 7 Maps in 2026. Wake Island Makes the List.
DICE dropped an extended Battlefield 6 roadmap for 2026, and Wake Island is the headline. The classic BF1942 map arrives in Season 4 complete with aircraft carriers and functional flight decks. Altogether, seven new maps are coming between May and the end of the year.
Steam Is Adding a 30-Day Low Price Feature, According to Datamine
Dataminers found code in Steam referencing 'Price History' and '30-Day Low' features. The 30-day low price display already exists in EU countries to comply with the Omnibus Directive. Separately, a 'framerate estimator' was also spotted — it would show FPS estimates based on other users' hardware configs before you buy.
Ubisoft Settles With Halifax Developers It Laid Off After They Unionized
Ubisoft reached a settlement with the 61 workers at its Halifax studio, shut down just weeks after they unionized in December. CWA Canada says terms are confidential, but developers felt Ubisoft 'respected the union.' The publisher has kept cutting jobs across other studios since.
Pete Hines: Bethesda’s Open Worlds Don’t Get Enough Credit
Pete Hines, the former Bethesda VP who retired three years ago, still has things to say about the studio's reputation. He thinks Bethesda's open world complexity doesn't get the credit it deserves. His challenge to critics: go build something like it in Red Dead Redemption 2.
James Bond Rights Holders Are Blocking a James Pond Trademark
The James Pond trademark is in dispute. Eon Productions, the company behind the James Bond film rights, filed opposition against a new James Pond application. James Pond was a 1990s fish-spy gaming character, and someone is trying to bring the franchise back.
007 First Light Ending Leaked by Indonesia’s Game Ratings Board
007 First Light spoilers, including what appears to be the game's ending, are circulating online after Indonesia's game ratings board made them public through a security flaw. Over an hour of classified footage for IO Interactive's Bond game is out there, plus cutscenes from Bandai Namco's Echoes of Aincrad.
Pragmata Review: 4/5 from VGC. It Feels Like a Lost 360-Era Gem.
The Pragmata review from VGC gives Capcom's new sci-fi shooter a 4 out of 5. The short version: it's good, charming, and unmistakably feels like something that could have shipped in 2008 alongside Vanquish. That's not a knock. Hugh's moon adventure is compact, weird, and worth your time.
