
Ex-Brazzers Owners Now Pay Game Writers by the Click
Valnet's new contracts at TheGamer mean writers earn nothing if their articles don't hit a minimum view count. The company was founded by the former owners of Brazzers and Pornhub.
Browse · Page 8

Valnet's new contracts at TheGamer mean writers earn nothing if their articles don't hit a minimum view count. The company was founded by the former owners of Brazzers and Pornhub.

Phantom Blade Zero keeps the dark fantasy atmosphere and boss fights but ditches the punishing difficulty loop that pushes so many players away from the Souls genre.

The latest Switch eShop charts are in, and Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream is still sitting unchallenged at number one. The rest of the top ten is almost entirely Nintendo first-party staples.

Three out of four fans polled want Destiny 3, but Bloomberg reports the sequel isn't in active production, and the budget required may be the reason why.

FuRyu's EXSTETRA, a fantasy RPG built entirely around kissing as a core battle mechanic, is finally escaping its 13-year Japan exclusivity with a global remaster launching on PC this July.

McDonald's Japan brought back the original creators of "Can't Beat Air Man", a Mega Man 2 fan song from 2007, to make an iced coffee commercial. Corporate meme archaeology has peaked.

King Art Games' creative director says Total War: Warhammer 40,000 isn't direct competition for Dawn of War IV, and that more great 40K games only help the franchise.

Behaviour Interactive revealed Jason Voorhees as Dead by Daylight's next killer after a nearly 13-hour livestream of a cabin in the woods. The reveal lands June 16, but the format left fans frustrated.

The Echoes of Vana'diel crossover brought so many players to the 24-year-old MMO that Square Enix ran out of server capacity and management IDs. Now the team is investigating whether it can actually expand the game.
![Article header image for Factorio [2.0.76] Logitech RGB keyboard G512 lighting (23rd May 2026)](/_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Farticles%2Ffactorio-2-0-76-patch-notes-23rd-may-2026.png&w=3840&q=75&dpl=dpl_3e5j5h8Ww7rcdN3mSfbhWXLkq7yv)
Factorio 2.0.76 is a crash-fix heavy update with a notable rocket silo correction and a new scripting property for mod authors.

SCS Software is reorganising how job information is displayed in ETS2, pulling scattered data into a single on-screen widget so you never have to pause mid-haul to check your cargo details.

With Destiny 2 winding down and no sequel in active development, the staggering financial reality of building a modern AAA live-service game from scratch may have killed Destiny 3 before it ever started.

Ubisoft's Black Flag remake strips out every modern-day Abstergo sequence from the original, replacing them with new pirate-focused story content. It's a move that will thrill some fans and infuriate others.

The Mandalorian & Grogu just did something no Star Wars film has ever done: it left the lightsabers, the Jedi, and the Sith entirely out of the picture.

The final planned open beta update before HOI IV's Anniversary Patch lands on June 6th, bringing naval AI improvements, Nationalist China rebalancing, and a stack of bugfixes.

Despite Xbox leadership floating the idea of reevaluating its exclusivity approach, Playground Games has confirmed Fable is still launching on PS5 at launch, and still on track for 2026.

Night Street Games, the Imagine Dragons-backed studio behind CTF shooter Last Flag, has cut roughly half its team barely a month after the game went live on Steam.

Mechanicus 2 launched with performance issues bad enough that players are being told to cap at 60fps and drop settings to Low. For a turn-based strategy game, that's a tough sell.

Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun Boom is heading to mobile later this year, but a curious phrase in its description suggests it might not include the full Boltgun experience.

Zach Cregger isn't backing down from his decision to leave Leon, Jill, and the rest of the Resident Evil cast out of his upcoming film, arguing that a faithful retelling would leave everyone disappointed.

Fabraz has turned Bubsy into a great platformer with chained aerial moves that feel like they belong in a Mario game. I did not expect to write that sentence in 2026.

Previews for Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun 2 are in, and everyone's talking about the same thing: Nyra Veyrath, the new playable Sister of Battle who plays nothing like returning Ultramarine Malum Caedo.

Inti Creates revealed Gunvolt Chronicles: Luminous Avenger iX 3 at BitSummit 2026, bringing Copen back with new weapons and a character customization system for Switch 2 and PC in 2027.

A single-fix hotfix lands for ICARUS, unblocking hoverframe refuelling that was broken by a faulty interactable.