A game industry legend, Rebecca Heineman, has passed away due to cancer on November 17, 2025. She was 62 years old. Friends of Heineman have mourned her across social media.

Heineman had a prolific career in the game industry that included both game design and high-level competitive play. She won multiple Atari 2600 Space Invaders tournament, including the Atari VCS Space Invaders National Championship held in New York. She became the first national video game tournament champion in the United States.

"I had two strategies. One was "slow and steady", which won the L.A. tournament, and the other was "kill everything on the screen ASAP," which won me the NYC finals," she said in a 2006 interview. "In the finals, I took an hour and 45 minutes to get the highest score. I lost one or two bases because my strategy was riskier, but faster. It paid off and I won."

Season 1's new California Resistance update is live in Battlefield 6. This update introduces the new Eastwood multiplayer map, two guns, a new attachment, and an event pass with more rewards to unlock. In this guide, we'll show you how to complete the California Resistance challenges and unlock all the new loadout gear for Battlefield 6.

The California Resistance update adds the DB-12 shotgun and the M357 Trait sidearm as two new weapons in the game, and the Slim Handstop is the season's latest attachment. All three items can be unlocked for free, and here's how you can earn each of them.

The DB-12 is described as a dual-barrel pump-action shotgun that feeds from two different tubes. One trigger pull fires a shell (or slug) from one barrel, while a second trigger pull fires the other, then the pump action rechambers both barrels.

For the last two decades, Yoko Taro has found success with the Drakengard and Nier franchise(s), but he hasn't had a new game since the Voice of Cards trilogy several years ago. However, the creator of the NieR games insists that he's remained busy in that time, but his games keep getting canceled.

According to a report on 4Gamer (via Automaton), Yoko addressed the issue while appearing on a panel at the G-CON 2025 video game convention in Korea. He told the audience that his most recent projects fell apart during development.

"I often get told stuff like, 'Why aren’t you making a new sequel to Nier' or 'Yoko Taro isn't doing anything,' but that's because recently, a lot of projects I was involved in got discontinued midway through development," said Yoko. "I've actually been working on some stuff, it's just that it never ended up seeing the light of day. I got paid for it, so I personally have no issues with that, but people seem to think that I haven't been doing anything just because none of the work I've done is being released."

EA Sports has announced that its F1 racing series is undergoing a "strategic reset" and will skip a new release in 2026 before returning in 2027 for a "new and more expansive F1 experience."

In lieu of a brand-new release for F1 in 2026, EA Sports and developer Codemasters are releasing a paid expansion for F1 25 that includes new cars, teams, drivers, and more.

The decision to forgo a brand-new release in 2026 is part of a "strategic reset" for EA's F1 franchise, the company said. For the new game coming in 2027, EA said its aim is to release a product that "looks, feels, and plays differently, delivering more gameplay choices."

Developer Embark Studios is currently riding high on the success of Arc Raiders, and the studio has now announced that its last game, 2023's The Finals, is shutting down on one specific platform.

The Finals will close on PS4 when Season 10 starts on March 18, 2026. This is being done so Embark can focus on current-generation hardware, the studio said, and anyone who wants to keep playing on PS4 will have to migrate to a different, newer console platform, or PC.

All progress and purchases are connected to Embark ID accounts and will thus transfer to whatever platform people may migrate to. "We're incredibly grateful to everyone who's been part of the PS4 community. See you in the Arena!" the developer said.