DC’s Absolute line has sold more than 8.2 million copies according to a numbers that came out just before the holiday break.
Month: December 2025
Indie Game Awards rescind Vanguard honor for ties to military contractor
The Indie Game Awards rescinded a Vanguard honor based on the title being solely available through Palmer Luckey’s ModRetro.
Indie Game Awards rescind CLAIR OBSCUR: EXPEDITION 33’s wins for gen AI use
The Indie Game Awards rescinded Clair Obscur: Expedition 33’s Game of the Year and Debut Game honors for releasing with gen AI assets.
One Of The Most Progressive Games of the Decade is About Bugs. No, Seriously.
Exploring how Hollow Knight: Silksong explores themes of motherhood, womanhood, white supremacy, and liberation.
The Beat’s Best Video Games of 2025
The Beat staff compiles its list for the Best Video Games of 2025, including metroidvanias, RPGs, roguelites, and more.
CXC gets new Festival Manager and plans to move to the spring
CXC in Columbus has hired Aleesha Nash as Festival Director and will be moving to a spring date in 2027
DIABLO IV prequel novel THE LOST HORADRIM hits shelves next spring
The Lost Horadrim (Diablo IV), a prequel novel to the Lord of Hatred game expansion, hits shelves in spring 2026 from Random House Worlds.
Horror Beat: The latest trailer of Resident Evil REQUIEM feels a bit too familiar
My, how the chainsaws have turned.
Review: METROID PRIME 4: BEYOND is a good game with an identity crisis
The wait for a new Metroid Prime game has been a long one. 18 years have passed since the series’ previous entry, Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, released on the Wii. The development cycle of Metroid Prime 4: Beyond was its own marathon. When Nintendo originally announced the game in 2017, […]
On EXPEDITION 33: We have to pave the way for those who come after
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33’s incredible success as an indie game shows how creativity can prevail—but it has to be supported.