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Arc Raiders is speedrunning its own Steam records and it won't stopIndustry

Arc Raiders is speedrunning its own Steam records and it won't stop

Arc Raiders has broken its own Steam concurrent player record yet again, pulling more players in its second weekend than during launch week itself - a rare feat in the extraction shooter genre.

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Sega rage-quits live service games and cancels its mysterious 'Super Game'Industry

Sega rage-quits live service games and cancels its mysterious 'Super Game'

Sega has cancelled its enigmatic 'Super Game' and is stepping back from live service games entirely, according to TechRaptor - joining a growing list of publishers retreating from the increasingly brutal genre.

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Final Fantasy XI is getting new servers and possibly new story content because some games never dieIndustry

Final Fantasy XI is getting new servers and possibly new story content because some games never die

Square Enix producer Yoji Fujito has teased server replacements and possible new story content for Final Fantasy XI, keeping the 23-year-old MMO very much in the fight.

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Sony finally adds weekly player counts to PS5 - console gaming transparency just unlocked a new achievementIndustry

Sony finally adds weekly player counts to PS5 - console gaming transparency just unlocked a new achievement

Sony is testing a weekly player count feature on PS5, letting users see which games were most active over the past week - a first for the console platform.

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Helldivers 2 is finally leveling up its galactic war with multi-week campaigns and branching outcomesReleases

Helldivers 2 is finally leveling up its galactic war with multi-week campaigns and branching outcomes

Arrowhead is upgrading Helldivers 2's galactic war this summer with multi-week themed campaigns, branching story outcomes, and better rewards for Major Orders.

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Roblox goes native on PS5 with 30% faster load times, because apparently nothing can stop this gameIndustry

Roblox goes native on PS5 with 30% faster load times, because apparently nothing can stop this game

Roblox has launched as a native PS5 app with 30% faster load times, but the upgrade arrives at the same time as growing scrutiny over the platform's child safety practices.

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Quantic Dream pulls the plug on Spellcasters Chronicles just months after launch - speedrun to servers downIndustry

Quantic Dream pulls the plug on Spellcasters Chronicles just months after launch - speedrun to servers down

Quantic Dream is shutting down Spellcasters Chronicles, their 3v3 multiplayer game, just months after its February launch. The studio known for narrative single-player games is already calling it on their competitive multiplayer experiment.

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Sega hits 'continue?' on its live-service dreams - then walks away from the cabinetIndustry

Sega hits 'continue?' on its live-service dreams - then walks away from the cabinet

Sega Sammy Holdings has cancelled its Super Game initiative and is stepping back from live-service games after several free-to-play titles underperformed last fiscal year, according to Noisy Pixel.

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Dead Space 4 looks increasingly unlikely as EA chases live service profits, series producer saysIndustry

Dead Space 4 looks increasingly unlikely as EA chases live service profits, series producer says

Series producer reveals that EA has repeatedly passed on new Dead Space projects, with publishers prioritizing live service models over single-player survival horror.

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