Legacy IPs continue to dominate PC gaming new top 20 data shows

The games industry analysts at NewZoo have revealed the top 20 most-played PC games of 2025, showing that the majority of playtime is concentrated across a select few long-running IPs like Counter Strike, Diablo, WoW, Call of Duty and more.  We are currently living in an age where every publisher is trying to crack the … Read more

Riot Games Confirms More Layoffs, This Time in Publishing Division and Affecting 3 Teams

Riot Games, the developer behind massive games like League of Legends and Valorant, recently suffered a round of layoffs after the middling console launch of 2XKO, its new 2v2 fighting game. Now, just over two weeks later, the studio has confirmed to Game Developer that it has laid off “around 12” more employees, this time … Read more

Valorant is finally adding replays and upgrading to Unreal Engine 5

The hugely popular first-person shooter game Valorant is getting some long-awaited upgrades as the game approaches its 5-year anniversary. In the , the Valorant team announced the long-anticipated replay feature. They’ll function about the same as replays in other online shooters like Counter-Strike 2, allowing players to revisit their previous matches and watch them from … Read more

VALORANT patch notes 10.06 reveal major KAY/O buffs

Image credit: VALORANT Riot Games has made a bold move by releasing the VALORANT patch notes 10.06 on April Fool’s Day, and the balance changes almost seem too good to be true for KAY/O mains. Launching on April 1st, patch 10.06 will bring massive buffs to KAY/O while nerfing Yoru and Vyse, with the potential … Read more