New on Steam. Grand release of MMORPG raises both hopes and fears

Ashes of Creation, a new MMORPG with a classic feel, enters Early Access this Thursday. It blends intricate gameplay and a free-form, player-driven world with updated features.

Ashes of Creation, a new MMORPG with a classic feel, enters Early Access this Thursday. It blends intricate gameplay and a free-form, player-driven world with updated features.

While winter-themed content isn’t here yet for CS:GO 2, Valve has given fans a little early Christmas surprise. They recently announced new rules about how items can be shared in the game, according to a post on Steam.

I’m so excited – Skate Story is finally out! It launched today on PlayStation 5, and it’s also available on PC and the new Nintendo Switch 2. If you’re on PlayStation, you can start playing at 9:00 am Pacific Time, according to the PlayStation Store page.

The announcement of Assassin’s Creed: Shadows caused a lot of conversation among fans, particularly about the character Yasuke, though some players also weren’t impressed with Naoe. In an interview with GamesRadar+, the game’s associate director, Simon Lemay-Comtois, acknowledged that the characters have received a mixed reaction from the community.

Sources familiar with Electronic Arts suggest the company probably won’t be making another game in this series, including a potential fourth installment or a remake of an older title.

The Streamer Awards for 2025 took place on December 6th, honoring the year’s best content creators. Kai Cenat was a big winner after the Mafiathon 3 event, IShowSpeed was named Streamer of the Year, and BurntPeanut won VTuber of the Year, though some in the VTubing community had different opinions about the choice.

In a recent online post, Katsuhiro Harada explained that with the Tekken series celebrating its 30th anniversary – a significant point in a project he’s dedicated much of his life to – he felt it was the right time to step back from a chapter of his work. This decision came after experiencing personal losses and witnessing the retirement or passing of respected colleagues. These events led him to consider his future as a creator. He sought guidance from Ken Kutaragi, whom he considers a mentor, and Kutaragi’s support helped him reach this conclusion.

So, I was reading Bloomberg, and apparently, the folks over at Netflix were seriously thinking about buying EA, Fox, and even Disney! Can you believe it? But it sounds like they couldn’t get everyone on board with a deal. They were worried that if investors found out they were trying to acquire those big companies, it would actually hurt Netflix’s stock price, so they ended up backing off.

Having investigated a family dispute and a tech mogul’s secrets, Benoit Blanc now faces his most perilous mystery yet – a case unfolding within a church.

Fans of the classic game Banjo-Kazooie have created an impressive single level called Mumbomania using the game Dreams, available on PlayStation 4 and 5. It’s so well-made that the original developers themselves praised it!