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She's said to be a "flashy" new character. Get it? Because ti...

Koei Tecmo and Team Ninja added a new character to Dead or Alive 6 Last Round today. The character, Minato, "is a seemingly ordinary high school student with an exceptional talent for dancing whose fighting style blends her flashy dance moves with her impressive physical ability, showcasing her flair and skill."

Minato, also known as TOKYO JK, is best buds with the genius scientist NiCO....

The launch will include the new Duelist class.

Grinding Gear Games announced the 1.0 release date for Path of Exile 2 during gamescom Opening Night Live. Path of Exile 2 will launch as a fully free-to-play action RPG on December 11, 2026. A new class, Duelist, will be added at the time of this 1.0 launch.

The new Duelist is a "sword-focused melee class," a first for Path of Exile 2. The Duelist is said to be a master of both sword and shield who can "control...

NINE. YEARS.

Fortnite's original PvE game mode, Save the World, is finally going free-to-play (F2P) after an almost nine year wait. Save the World will officially go F2P on April 16, 2026.

For a small stretch of time in 2017, Fortnite only existed as a cooperative PvE base defense game. Save the World had you shooting zombies, collecting materials, building up bases and defenses, and holding out until the win conditions were met. Of course, this was all Fortnite was...

Konami celebrates America's favorite pastime.

If I told you that there is a new free-to-play, full-scale baseball title out right now, you probably wouldn't believe me. It's true though. Konami just released eBaseball: Pro Spirit for PlayStation 5 and PC via Steam.

The studio says that this is a "free-to-play, full-scale baseball title" (that sounds familiar) that is powered by a next-generation eBaseball Engine. Players will go up against others in competitive...

The "hard ground rule" of "no map areas locked behind a paywall" was a lie.

Part of the Season 3 content for the free-to-play skate. will include a new map area that players will have to pay to permanently access. The idea of locking map content behind a paywall is something that the developers at Full Circle explicitly stated would not be locked behind any sort of a paywall.

PCGamer is the first to spot this little discrepancy between what is happening...

This expansion comes packed with a new game mode, crafting system, and more.

Solid Clouds, an Indie studio based in Iceland, just launched a new expansion for Starborne: Frontiers today. In the new Voidbreach expansion, players will get access to an entire new game mode, a new crafting system, and an overhauled Alliance Vault.

Starborne: Frontiers is a free-top-play sci-fi tactical autobattler. You apparently collect hundreds of different ships to form a fleet. You can...

Where you dropping?

Electronic Arts and Battlefield Studios have scheduled a big battle royale reveal for Tuesday, October 28 at 8 AM PT. The official reveal for Battlefield REDSEC (or Battlefield: REDSEC or Battlefield 6: REDSEC) is expected to go live tomorrow morning.

REDSEC (short for Redacted Sector) is the official name for the upcoming free-to-play battle royale game set in the Battlefield 6 universe. REDSEC is the rumored name that started to make the rounds...

A new Skate 4 u.

Electronic Arts and development studio Full Circle just released skate. into Early Access today. This Early Access release is available pretty much everywhere, including Steam, Epic, the EA app, PlayStation, and Xbox.

Today's release is free-to-play and includes full cross-platform and cross-progression support. As this is an Early Access release, you can expect the game to "continue to evolve alongside the player community, with new content and...

A F2P American football sim came out this week.

Maximum Football released into version 1.0 this week and with it came "a wave" of new content, polish, and some performance improvements. Maximum Football is a free-to-play, community-driven football sim that you can play right now on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and Steam.

Today's launch into version 1.0 includes several new additions, including the kickoff of Season 3: Golden Era. This new season is inspired...

There may be some thievery involved.

NetEase announced a new open ocean adventure-RPG today during the new PlayStation showcase. It's called Sea of Remnants and it takes players on a high-seas adventure featuring open-world exploration, naval combat, interactions and altercations with a bunch of different characters, and more.

Players assume the role of a "puppet-like sailor" that has lost all their memories. As you play, players will discover who this character...

Season 1 to launch alongside the game.

NetEase and Bad Guitar Studio shared a look at the first season of unlockable content for the competitive PvP shooter, FragPunk. The game and the first season, Wild Dawn, will both launch on March 6th.

FragPunk is a free-to-play 5v5 hero-based shooter where cards can be used by both teams to drastically alter the gameplay and environment each round. ...

Season 8 also begins today.

Foamstars, the soap-infused competitive combat game full of good, clean, fun, is now available as a free-to-play title from Square Enix. Foamstars can be downloaded and played for free for everyone on PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5. As this is now a free-to-play title, no PlayStation Plus subscription is needed to play online.

Square Enix also notes that the eighth season of Foamstars, Diamond Jam, is now live in the game. This season adds...

No PlayStation Plus required.

Foamstars, the 4v4 suds-filled party shooter from Square Enix, will make the move to a free-to-play model on October 3 at 6PM PT. This F2P model will be for both PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5.

Just as important here is the fact that this move to F2P means that a PlayStation Plus subscription is no longer required to play the game online. Removing two barriers to entry for Foamstars sounds like a pretty good thing to me.

Those...

Season 1: Invasion Begins August 29.

Some details about the first season of content for The First Descendant were shared today by Nexon. Season 1: Invasion begins on August 29 and will feature an entirely new Descendant, an Ultimate version of an existing Descendant, a new boss fight, new ultimate weapon, and more.

This season will be available to all players "through a series of three updates" on PlayStation, Xbox, PC, and Nvidia GeForce Now. Nexon has not...

Nexon is leaning hard into the coomer bait skins.

The free-to-play looter shooter The First Descendant just received its first major content update since its release. Nexon added in two new Descendant characters, a new Void Intercept Boss Battle, a new Ultimate Weapon, and new Ultimate Module.

The first fully new playable character added in today's update is Luna. Luna utilizes a synthesizer gun that grants her added power and enhances allies when fired to the rhythm...