I'm working on a big feature about ARC Raiders & Marathon and want to talk to people currently playing ARC Raiders (I don't care if you're a hardcore or casual player). If you're up for a quick chat, please raise your hand. Shares are appreciate and would make my work easier.

Hey, this is very exciting! Please share if you know some writers! Please pitch if you'd like! And please support us if you can!

First review of the year from me is Highguard which is nowhere near as bad as some people might want you to think, but it definitely needs a lot of work

Highguard review: "A fresh but muddled FPS genre mashup that needs refinement if it's to have any staying power" www.gamesradar.com/games/fps/hi...

After having a nightmare reevaluating my Tyranid paint scheme, I’ve finally finished my first unit of termagants from the Leviathan box (yes, I’ve had these for almost three years and have only just painted them 💀). Hopefully I can do the next 10 before 11th edition!

After having a nightmare reevaluating my Tyranid paint scheme, I’ve finally finished my first unit of termagants from the Leviathan box (yes, I’ve had these for almost three years and have only just painted them 💀). Hopefully I can do the next 10 before 11th edition!

I convinced Oscar to play Highguard and he was very good at possessing the Shieldbreaker

Kotaku is hiring for *three* positions: - Staff reporter: kotaku.com/kotaku-is-hi... - Nights and weekends editor: kotaku.com/kotaku-is-hi... - Community editor: kotaku.com/kotaku-is-hi...

Very funny to me that Helldivers announces the Siege Breakers Warbond featuring a big hammer the day after GW announces an Iron Warriors upgrade sprue also featuring a big hammer. I don't normally care for crossovers but I really hope Helldivers gets a 40K Warbond at some point

Come on man. 28-minute match that was going down to wire and this happens. Just as I was thinking I'm starting to get the hang of this game and actually somewhat like it!

Highguard asks the question "what if Moira from Overwatch was English?"

Hm yeah Highguard really is lacking in sauce in all departments

Wow Highguard is simply incredible, the gameplay is outstanding

Incredible, Highguard is just a modern version of Siege mode in Ratchet and Clank 3 multiplayer

Looking forward to doing the thing with the Shieldbreaker with you all

This Highguard account has now been deleted so almost certainly a fake, but part of me wishes it was real. Delicious bait, would eat again. After all this, imagine if the game was really good

Good grief the Highguard fan art thread is tragic - who thought this was a good idea??

This was a runner up image for my entry on Hazel, the greatest and only monobrow squirrel

Team GR+ on their villager besties.

Just realised this time last year I was recovering from giving myself food poisoning and it's (probably) all Indiana Jones' fault

Looking at the list again and still can’t believe they got TGA Best Performer winners Roger Clark, Neil Newbon, and Jennifer English and double nominee Ben Starr for an extraction shooter

Think the voice cast for Marathon has me more hyped to play than perhaps anything else shown so far, which is certainly odd

Hello, I've played 25+ hours of Mewgenics over the past week and would love to find a home to write about it. So on the off chance that anyone is looking for someone to review the game, please get in touch 🙏

Crap film btw

I did it! I beat Clair Obscur!

Reached Act 3 of Clair Obscur and it was so much to take in I just wrote 900 words explaining the story to myself in less than half an hour

New animal crossing update is great

New rare opportunity at work has opened up. Come work with us on the gaming teams in this sweet new role (did I mention it's remote?) Any questions holla at me! wrkbl.ink/iL6cxuS

Sharing for those who knew Patrick or anyone else who would like to help out a family that has been struck by tragedy. Please consider donating. www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding...

Also I think I’m on a fair few PR mailing lists at this point but please add me if I’m not already your one, gaming PR people!

Also I think I’m on a fair few PR mailing lists at this point but please add me if I’m not already your one, gaming PR people!

JOB KLAXON 🚨 Happy to say that I'm now a Guides Editor at GamesRadar+! As well as my normal guides work, I'll be working more directly with freelancers, especially when the team and I need to recruit some extra help with big games or during busy periods. So...

Patrick Dane's final piece for This Week in Videogames was his 2025 Game of the Year list, which he tackled with great enthusiasm and excitement. As an avid follower of live-service games, he was eager to make sure the standout titles in the space this year received their due. Thank you, Patrick.

I respect Sandfall for putting the platforming and volleyball mini games into Clair Obscur - they remind me of the sorts of things people would make in Halo’s Forge modes - but at the same time they can fuck off

I only knew Patrick from him doing a bit of guides freelance work but if anyone wants to run a Destiny raid in honour of him, I’d be happy to help. Would’ve liked to have met him to talk Destiny since he was one of the few journalists who was unashamedly really into it

The website is going into standby for now. I really appreciate everyone who gave us support along the way, but with two down and the remaining two very busy with other work, we can't do as much as we feel comfortable with. We've still got stuff coming, but for now we're on the backburner

sharing Patrick Dane's sister's post Instagram with her permission. if anyone would like to share memories and tributes (so many have said such kind things on here) please let me know in a DM and I can share Katie's email.

Hello everyone. Unfortunately, I was told that I would not be resuming my daily news writer role at Insider Gaming. So, needless to say, I am open for game journalism work. If you’re looking for a reviewer, previewer, news and/or guide writer, as well as mock reviews, please reach out. Thank you.

Whenever I see Clair Obscur’s “We Continue” victory prompt, I always think they chose that over just “Continue” because of a translation error “So the prompt should be ‘continue’, right?” “Oui ‘continue’.” “Ah got it. We continue.” (I do like “we continue” as a “fuck it we ball” victory line tho)

Why does Gustave look so much like Robert Pattinson

Just started this little game called Clair Obscur, will report back

So not only did I complete my measly reading challenge, I actually doubled my target. 10 books isn’t much but it’s better than nothing - just very glad I’ve got back into reading at all! Consistency is my target for next year, so I’d like to average book per month. Here’s (most) of what I read:

Playing Blue Prince:

Titanfall 2's campaign is nothing short of a masterpiece, and what a gift it was for all of us. Such heart, incredible design, impeccable mechanics. Nearly ten years later it more than holds up, it remains arguably the pinnacle of the genre. If you've never played it, please do so.

PSA: There's footage of the crash that killed Vince Zampella circulating online. I would probably turn off autoplay videos on apps right now.

Vince Zampella’s death hurts. He wasn’t just instrumental in the creation of some immensely formative games for me (MW2, Titanfall 1 and 2, and Apex Legends) but also shaped the modern FPS as a whole, and he seemed like an incredibly genuine guy. His absence will be felt a lot.

Went to see Avatar 3 last night and James Cameron just needs to be stopped. It’s astounding that he and his team are able to use industry-leading tech to craft such a visually striking world and then make two sequels with the most embarrassing, repetitive, hollow, structureless, dogshit stories

Boy that Escapist article sure is absolutely fucking insane

Looking at the Christmas card section in a shop and shaking my head the whole time so people know I think the jokes are bad but must buy them anyway for the formality