Capcom wants AI in RE Engine, but not AI-made assets
Capcom is preparing RE Engine for AI-assisted development while promising that generated assets will stay out of its games. REX makes the first half clearer, but the boundary still needs work.
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The PS2's last sealed security chip is open. What changes?
Researchers dumped the early PS2's SPC970 MechaCon firmware. It matters for preservation and future homebrew, but your console has not gained a new jailbreak.
Last Epoch Season 5: what changed and what 1.5.1.1 fixed
Season 5 adds Morditas encounters, a new pinnacle boss, three skills and faction reworks. The launch stumbled, but three rapid updates have already repaired several player-blocking bugs.
Star Citizen Alpha 4.10.1 fixes session-killing bugs, but the launcher can still win
Alpha 4.10.1 tackles routing, cargo, crashes, and Orison relief work. It is the LIVE build to install, but RSI's known-issues list still contains several ways to lose an evening before takeoff.
The Endgame Is Eating the Game
A post-credits grind can be great. Bolting one onto every game turns finales into onboarding screens and playtime into unpaid admin.
End of Abyss fixed its lying map, and launch reviews already need footnotes
Section 9 patched End of Abyss on October 2, correcting map errors that had shaped an early review. The fix is good news for players and a messy reminder that launch reviews describe a specific build.
Space Marine 2's Victrix shield costs a Twitch sub, at least for now
Patch 15 adds Chaos Siege and the Crucible system for free, but its long-requested Victrix Guard Shield currently requires a new Twitch subscription. A free in-game route is coming later.
PUBG: Black Budget is dead before launch after two closed alphas
Krafton has ended development of PUBG: Black Budget. The PC extraction shooter made it through two closed alpha tests, but the publisher decided its current direction would not hold players.
Ace Combat 8 breaks the series' Steam record, but PC pilots have homework
Wings of Theve reached 37,214 concurrent Steam players on launch day. Crashes, Steam Deck limits, and the awkward Ace Combat Zero bonus make the PC version harder to recommend blindly.
Tainted Grail's free Fists of Fury DLC makes punching a proper build
Fists of Fury is out now with a new quest, seven fist weapons, fresh gear, and a dedicated skill tree. Patch 1.30 also adds Xbox Play Anywhere and two Steam Deck graphics presets.
DayZ Badlands will let you rebuild ruined houses, then defend them
DayZ Badlands is scheduled for October 2026, with more than 5,000 rebuildable structures, restored wells, and a Code Lock system. The Road to Badlands update is already live with a first batch of expansion-inspired content.
RetroSpace brings disco-punk horror to Steam this October
The Chicken Police studio's next game puts a clone janitor on a space station swallowed by a sentient black hole, with stealth, strange mutations, and a lot of very suspicious machinery.