At the beginning of 2025, Hypergryph shared the first closed beta test for Arknights: Endfield, the free-to-play action-RPG spin-off from the Arknights franchise. Now, the second beta test has begun, and it appears to be a considerable upgrade over the game's previous state.

This work-in-progress build has "50-60 hours worth of polished content,"a rebuilt storyline, fresh cutscenes and more according to Hypergryph. The combat has also been refined and there's a new region, Wuling, that's now ripe for exploration.

The game casts players as the Endministrator, the leader of Endfield Industries who has no memory of the past. As the Endmin reclaims their life, they fight alongside companions and attempt to explore and exploit the wild planet Talos-II. Much like Satisfactory, players can extract resources from the planet and build factories to fully utilize the materials they have at hand.

Schedule 1 is one of this year's biggest surprise hits among the indie crowd, especially since it's a life-sim game about building up your own drug empire. But if the game's subject matter kept it from being sold on Steam, Schedule 1 creator Tyler was going to pivot and make into a farming sim.

"Early during development, I had a plan where, if Steam wouldn't take it for whatever reason, I could just pivot it to be a farming game," Tyler told GamesRadar. "Just strip all the drug stuff out, make it a farming game--but thankfully, it was all right."

Tyler went on to note that a few other countries "don't love it," including his native Australia.

After previously working with Bandai Namco's studio in Singapore on Splatoon 3, Nintendo has revealed that a deal has been struck to bring that developer in-house.

Nintendo made the announcement online, which notes that it will own 80% of Bandai Namco Studios Singapore by April 2026 per its agreement with Bandai Namco. The remaining 20% the Singapore studio will be purchased at a later date, "once the subsidiary's operations have stabilized."

The new name of the studio will be Nintendo Studios Singapore. Nintendo also noted that the studio was chosen for acquisition because it "has an ongoing business relationship with Nintendo" and the publisher wanted to "strengthen" its internal development structure.

Last year's Game Awards featured the first look at The Witcher 4, which is now nominated for most-anticipated game at The Game Awards this year. But if you were hoping to catch a fresh glimpse at The Witcher 4 at the ceremony than you're going to be disappointed. CD Projekt Red co-CEO Michał Nowakowski has confirmed that the company isn't bringing any new to The Game Awards this year.

"We won’t be bringing any new content to TGA this year," wrote Nowakowski on X, as spotted by VGC. But we're, as always, excited to watch the show and celebrate this amazing industry's great night alongside all of you."

I’m very happy to see The Witcher 4 nominated in the Most Anticipated Game category at The Game Awards. Thanks to everyone who has already voted - your support means a lot of to us. We won’t be bringing any new content to TGA this year, but we’re, as always, excited to watch the…

CD Projekt Red only put The Witcher 4 in full production late last year, and the game isn't expected to launch until 2027 at the soonest. The most recent look at the game was shared during State of Unreal in June. However, CDPR later explained that it was a tech demo set in The Witcher 4 rather than the actual game. The dev team has also noted that the upcoming game is being developed with a console-first approach.