Solo queuers rejoice! Call of Duty: Warzone update brings back solos and Verdansk (again)

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21 mars 2026 à 15:10

Warzone fans decried Raven Software and Treyarch's decision to only have quad queues for Black Ops Royale. The team has now updated the battle royale modes to bring back Solo queues and the Standard Battle Royale mode with Verdansk as the big map, even in the face of Black Ops Royale's success.

Call of Duty: Warzone screenshots for Black Ops Royale.

This Crimson Desert interactive map is already up and covers all of Pywel — use it to find anything and everything in the massive open-world hit

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20 mars 2026 à 19:01

Interactive maps are a huge boon in open-world games like Crimson Desert, and this excellent one is already up even though Pearl Abyss' hit just launched.

Crimson Desert gameplay screenshot

Ready to explore Pywel in Crimson Desert? Using an interactive map will make it easier to do so.

Subnautica 2 devs have more legal beef with publisher Krafton over the game's Early Access release — "Krafton self-servingly announced the launch"

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20 mars 2026 à 17:05

The Subnautica 2 founders' lawsuit against Krafton continues, with their legal team arguing the publisher disobeyed a court order given earlier this week.

Subnautica 2 promotional screenshot

Subnautica 2's founders say the leaked Early Access release date of May violates the court order to let CEO Ted Gill announce the launch date himself.

Crimson Desert doesn't support Intel Arc GPUs on PC, it may never, and the devs say get a refund if you have one — they didn't warn players until launch

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20 mars 2026 à 15:10

Crimson Desert dev Pearl Abyss has revealed that the game doesn't work on Intel Arc GPUs — something players discovered when met with launch errors.

The error you'll be met with if you try to launch Crimson Desert while using one of Intel's Arc GPUs.

As Crimson Desert hits 2 million sales but suffers 'Mixed' reviews, its dev has a message for fans — "We will listen closely ... and work to make improvements quickly"

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20 mars 2026 à 13:38

Pearl Abyss' colossal new action game Crimson Desert has reached 2 million copies sold, and the dev has now responded to all the "Mixed" feedback about it.

Crimson Desert gameplay screenshot

Crimson Desert protagonist Kliff, armored up in full plate and ready to explore Pywel.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (2019) obliterated its all-time high player count on Steam — and kept on going

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Par : [email protected] (Richard Devine)

20 mars 2026 à 11:51

The Steam Spring Sale has seen an unexpected surge in Call of Duty players, but not for Black Ops 7. This title from 2019 has obliterated its previous player count because it's only $6.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare is seeing a huge surge in players on Steam.

Thanks to the Steam Spring Sale, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare is absolutely flying.

Breakout fantasy RPG hit "Crimson Desert" instantly hits close to 250,000 players — but conflicted PC gamers aren't quite satisfied

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Par : [email protected] (Michael Hoglund)

20 mars 2026 à 08:11

Success for Pearl Abyss is coming despite divisive reviews.

Crimson Desert gameplay screenshot

Careful, some tiny people might shoot some sleepy arrows at you here.

Veteran game dev reacts to NVIDIA's infamous AI-powered DLSS 5 Resident Evil Requiem Grace comparison — "No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no"

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19 mars 2026 à 18:01

A senior game developer has reacted to NVIDIA's AI-powered DLSS 5 technology, calling it "scary" for gaming and echoing the community's scathing criticism.

Grace in Resident Evil Requiem with DLSS 5 enabled.

This is how Grace Ashcroft from Resident Evil Requiem looks with DLSS 5 enabled. Do you agree with the general sentiment that she looks uncanny?

Ubisoft lays off 105 devs from Tom Clancy studio after canceling two of its games — development of new titles is ending completely

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19 mars 2026 à 15:32

Ubisoft is laying off 105 workers at Tom Clancy game dev Red Storm Entertainment as part of a cost-cutting initiative to try and save €200 million.

Key art for Tom Clancy's The Division Heartland, a free-to-play shooter Red Storm Entertainment was working on until it was canceled in 2024.

Key art for Tom Clancy's The Division Heartland, the free-to-play spinoff of the looter shooter Red Storm Entertainment was working on before Ubisoft canceled it in 2024.