Carolyn Heineman was a highly accomplished figure in the early days of video games. She excelled both as a game designer and a competitive player, becoming a champion in several Atari 2600 Space Invaders tournaments. Her biggest win came at the Atari VCS Space Invaders National Championship in New York, making her the first national video game champion in the U.S.
Yoko Taro recently spoke at the G-CON 2025 video game convention in Korea, explaining that some of his latest projects unfortunately didn’t work out during their development, as reported by 4Gamer and Automaton.
The new California Resistance update introduces the DB-12 shotgun and the M357 Trait sidearm as playable weapons, along with the Slim Handstop attachment. Best of all, you can unlock all three of these items without spending any money, and here’s how to get them.
Okay, so there won’t be a totally new F1 game in 2026, which is a bit of a bummer. But the good news is EA Sports and Codemasters are releasing a big expansion for F1 25! It’s going to be a paid one, but it sounds like it’ll add all the new cars, teams, and drivers for the 2026 season, which is awesome.
A key new addition is the special mission “A Smile on the Street Corner,” bringing together characters from Braiger, Big O, and Kamen Rider W/Double. All players can try this mission after completing “A Mission for Brave Heroes” (which unlocks Reideen and Great Mazinger in Chapter 2), even without purchasing the DLC. However, to permanently unlock the DLC units, you’ll need to purchase the DLC and complete the subsequent episodes.
Okay, so The Finals is dropping support for PS4 when Season 10 hits on March 18, 2026. Basically, the developers at Embark want to focus all their energy on the newer consoles and PC, which makes sense. If you’re playing on PS4 and want to keep enjoying the game, you’ll have to upgrade to a PS5, Xbox Series X/S, or switch over to PC. It’s a bummer, but they need to prioritize where they’re putting their resources.
On December 3rd, it will be simpler to purchase Guild Wars on Steam with the release of Reforged. Right now, players can choose between the $20 Game of the Year Edition, the $30 Trilogy bundle, or buy each campaign separately for $20. To celebrate its 20th anniversary earlier this year, Guild Wars released a $40 “Masterpiece Collection” that included all the original game content in one package.
Rather than launching a completely new F1 26 game, the developers will release a paid expansion that adds the significant rule changes coming to the sport in 2026 to the existing game. A fully redesigned F1 game will then be released in 2027, marking a fresh start for the series.
Following the success of ‘Physical: 100’, this new competition brings together eight national teams – from countries including Korea, Japan, the Philippines, and Australia – to compete for the title of strongest nation.
Though it’s not typically thought of this way, Wicked is essentially a superhero movie. It tells the origin story of Elphaba, a character with superpowers, and follows her battle against evil forces.