Here’s all the news that’s fit to print, as they say in the newspaper biz. Well, not all of it, but you get the idea. Darkhaven Kickstarter Gets Kickstarted Moon Beast Productions, the indie outfit built by veterans of the Diablo series, flipped the ARPG hype switch to 11 by launching both a Kickstarter campaign …
Beleaguered live service shooter Highguard has seen its website shut down with a “Site Unavailable” message, following recent accusations that the game was secretly funded by Chinese gaming conglomerate Tencent. The developer and publisher, Wildlight Entertainment, has been very vocal in the wake of the game’s release on Jan. 26 that it was self-funded and …
Pixel Doors is a new publisher founded by Nic van ‘t Schip and Jacek Pudlik, both of whom have extensive experience working in the game industry and related fields. Van ‘t Schip was previously the Senior EMEA Marketing Manager for Twitch, and Head of Licensing, PC & Console Games for MY.GAMES (the studio behind War …
It’s Friday the 13th, and the video game industry has seen its fair share of bad luck, and good, this week. Here’s what you may have missed. 2XKO KOs Staff Riot Games released its new League of Legends tag-team beat ‘em up, 2XKO, across all major platforms on Jan. 20 after a few months in …
HBO confirmed just before the weekend that a TV series based on Baldur’s Gate 3, by Larian Studios, is in the works. However, the studio won’t be involved, as Craig Mazin (The Last of Us, Chernobyl) is acting as showrunner and executive producer. This news has been met with a general air of disappointment from …
It’s been a bumper week for industry news so here’s an overview of some of the top stories, including disappointing Nintendo Direct reveals and the future for the Wolfenstein series. Let’s dig in! Pixel Doors Opens up “Ethical Publishing” Pixel Doors opened its, well, doors to game devs this week with a mission statement focused …
Ares Interactive just kicked the door open with a $70 million Series A round, instantly putting the young publisher developer on the industry’s radar. The funding was led by General Catalyst with participation from founder and executive chairman Niccolo de Masi, positioning Ares as a serious contender in the increasingly crowded free-to-play space. The company …
Ashes of Creation, the long-in-development MMORPG from Intrepid Studios, imploded yesterday (Feb. 1) as the company’s CEO, Steven Sharif, announced that he had lost control of the game. Many players suspected it was a “pump and dump” scheme, and public response has largely doubled down on this with claims that Sharif is trying to disappear …
Here’s all the video game industry news you need to know if you don’t know what news to know. Highguard Falters The debut title by Wildlight Entertainment launched on Monday with zero promotion outside a trailer at December’s Game Awards. The studio likely expected to replicate the shadowdrop release success of Apex Legends (which numerous …
Lara Croft is officially 30 years old and Crystal Dynamics is celebrating the only way that makes sense, by licensing her out to just about everyone with a logo and a creative streak. To mark three decades of tomb raiding, the studio has announced a wide slate of brand partnerships that will roll out across …
NVIDIA released an RTX Remix update on Jan. 27 introducing a logic system for dynamic graphics modification in classic PC games. The update allows modders to trigger visual effects based on real time game events across over 165 supported titles without requiring access to source code or game engines. The platform targets older PC games …
ARC Raiders received a 1.13.0 update on Jan. 27, bringing with it an anticipated PvP-focused mode (Solo vs Squads), bird nests filled with treasure (and increased enemy activity), and a Trophy Display that encourages hunting down deadly ARCs for increasing rewards. Embark Studios has also noted that it’s been suffering DDoS attacks today (Jan. 28) …
Digital Extremes announced Warframe’s Android release during its first Devstream of 2026, setting Feb. 18 as the global launch date. The free-to-play sci-fi shooter arrives on Android devices 13 years after its initial PC debut, marking another platform expansion for the game that now claims 85 million registered players across console and mobile. Canadian players …
Highguard is a PvP raid shooter created by devs who worked on Apex Legends, Titanfall, and Call of Duty, and it launches as free-to-play today (Jan. 26, 2026) at 10am PT, on PC, Xbox Series X/S, and PS5. Highguard is the debut title, and IP, created by Wildlight Entertainment, and has been worked on in …
We’re trying something new here at Eneba, and it’s a roundup of the main stories and latest news related to the video game industry this week. If you’re out of the loop, this is for you. Epic and Google Court Case Continues Epic and Google have been involved in a lengthy antitrust court case since …
