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Normally, releasing a game is a cause for celebration for a developer, but two months after launch, Wreckreation studio Three Fields Entertainment is facing some hard times. According to a post from its CEO on LinkedIn (which we learned about thanks to GamesIndustry.biz), the entire studio’s staff is currently “on notice for redundancy.” “Today I am having to share one of the hardest messages of my career,” CEO Fiona Sperry’s post reads. “After twelve years of building and nurturing Three Fields Entertainment, I am forced into the situation of today placing our entire team on notice of redundancy.” The post goes on…

Image: Envato South Korean e-commerce platform Coupang is under intense scrutiny after confirming a massive data breach that exposed the personal information of 33.7 million users. The incident, which Coupang acknowledged on Saturday (Nov. 29), is now considered the largest data leak ever recorded in South Korea. According to the company and a report in The Korea Times, compromised data includes names, email addresses, and information contained in delivery address books, such as phone numbers and detailed street addresses. Some order histories were also exposed. Coupang has not yet disclosed the origin of the breach or whether the exposed information…

IllFonic released a new trailer for its asymmetrical multiplayer horror game, Halloween, during today’s PC Gaming Show, and it showcases its first map, Haddonfield Heights. Of course, Haddonfield is the fictional Illinois town where killer Michael Myers attempts to kill Laurie Strode in the original 1978 Halloween film, so it’s no surprise a map like this is in the game. Developer-publisher IllFonic and co-publisher Gun Interactive describe Haddonfield Heights as a map nestled beneath the iconic Haddonfield water tower that brings players deep into the heart of the town, “introducing a warm, tight-knit neighborhood that hides terror behind every picket fence…

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Fullbright, the studio behind Gone Home and Tacoma, has revealed Springs, Eternal, a new first-person exploration game set within a mysterious hot spring. Revealed during the PC Gaming Show today, it’s currently in development for PC and scheduled to launch on Steam sometime in 2026. Notably, Fullbright is now “primarily the solo developer label of founder Steve Gaynor,” who previously stepped down from the development of a once-Fullbright game, Open Roads, following allegations of employee misconduct and creating a toxic workplace. After stepping down as the creative lead of Open Roads, the developers behind the road trip adventure game formed the…

Source: DragonImages/Envato Online blackmail is hitting UK families harder than many realize, with one in 10 kids now targeted and parents struggling to keep up. As cases climb, confidence in tech companies is slipping. A new report from the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) shows parents feel ill-equipped to handle a surge in online blackmail against kids, citing major knowledge gaps, infrequent family conversations about the threat, and growing frustration with platforms they say aren’t doing enough. The charity based its findings on a survey of more than 2,500 parents across the UK. The missing…

Splitgate 2 had a rough launch this June. Fans were unsatisfied with the sequel’s changes, and it suffered a big PR blow from 1047 Games co-founder Ian Prolux’s controversial stage presentation during Summer Game Fest. After unlaunching Splitgate 2 and returning it to beta in July for a substantial rework, the game has reemerged with a new name: Splitgate: Arena Reloaded.Relaunching on December 17, the free-to-play Splitgate: Arena Reloaded is described as “a revamped online arena FPS from 1047 Games that goes back to its community focused roots,” in a press release. This new version of the portal-jumping competitive shooter…

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Cellar Door Games, the creators of Rogue Legacy 1 and 2, have revealed a substantially different new game called Neath during today’s PC Gaming Show. It’s a dark roguelike tactical RPG coming next year.Neath is set in a dying world that has an irradiated, inverted tower looming above it. Players lead a band of fragile warriors up the tower, which holds Taboos, a series of ever-changing edicts from a god that regularly alter the laws of reality.Inspired by games like Into the Breach and tabletop games like Mansions of Madness, the grid-based game features what a press release calls a…

That mask won’t be a lot of use. Image: Unsplash Google has released patches for a 107 vulnerabilities today, but cybercriminals were already exploiting two critical flaws before the fixes arrived. The December security bulletin revealed that attackers had been conducting “limited, targeted exploitation” of framework vulnerabilities affecting billions of Android devices. This wasn’t just another routine security update—it represents one of the most comprehensive Android patches ever released. In Google’s bulletin, these actively exploited vulnerabilities could enable unauthorized data access and elevated device privileges without requiring any user interaction. Revelations The most disturbing revelations center on CVE-2025-48633 and CVE-2025-48572—two…