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The AO3 hack has taken one of the internet’s biggest fan communities offline for up to a month. Archive of Our Own, the huge nonprofit fanfiction site, went down on October 29 for what was first described as 12 hours of maintenance. By the end of the day, the expected downtime had grown to two to four weeks. The cause, the site’s volunteer team later confirmed, was a security...

Final Fantasy 14 Evercold finally has a release date: February 23, 2027. Square Enix revealed the date at the Final Fantasy 14 Fan Festival 2026 in Tokyo, along with the expansion’s second new job and a long list of system changes. Pre-orders open on November 4, which gives fans a clear timeline and gives Square Enix a strong start to its next big sales push. The game has als...

Dune: Awakening is getting its biggest change of scenery yet, and players will not pay a cent for it. Funcom has announced Blood and Ice, a free expansion arriving on December 1 that leaves the burning sands of Arrakis behind for the planet’s frozen north. With around 35 hours of new progression, it is a serious content drop for a free update, and a clear sign of where the st...

Silver Pines is a striking survival horror throwback, and it wears its influences proudly. Wych Elm Games and publisher Team17 mix small-town noir, slow-burn horror and a sprawling Metroidvania map into one moody package. After about five hours, the atmosphere is the clear star. The harder question is whether its strict, old-school rules will win over modern players.

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Yacht Club Games is building a new 3D game, and Mina the Hollower is the reason it can. The Shovel Knight studio says most of its team now works on that 3D project after Mina sold well enough to secure the company’s future, at least for now. For indie founders, it is a clear case study in what a single focused hit can do for a small studio.

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