We have prepared a digest of the main news for Players readers as of April 16, 2026. 4A Games officially unveils Metro 2039 — Moscow Metro remains the setting Media: StarLadder StarSeries Fall to take place on September 17–20 in Vaasa, Finland First full trailer for the Street Fighter film adaptation released Ukraine exits in […]
4A Games held a presentation of Metro 2039. The game is scheduled for release this winter on Xbox Series S/X, PlayStation 5, Steam, and Epic Games. “Twenty-five years later, the last survivors of a nuclear war have been locked in brutal संघर्षs deep within the metro tunnels beneath a poisoned Moscow. But now, they have […]
The extraction shooter ARC Raiders by Embark Studios has started losing players. According to SteamDB, the game reached its all-time peak of nearly 482,000 concurrent players on Steam on November 16, 2025. These numbers remained consistently high, and on January 1, 2026, the player count stood at 428,579, but a downward trend began afterward. As […]
Software Engineer at KTC, Vladyslav Tsvietkov, has developed a web service for collectors of physical cards released as part of the collaboration between ATB and S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl. The service allows users to track their progress in collecting the cards. The main tool used to build the service was Claude Code, which the […]
The tournament in Barcelona, which will take place from April 25 to 26, has already announced the teams that will compete. Alongside the teams invited based on the VALVE ranking — SINNERS, 9INE, FOKUS, and Gentle Mates, we will also see teams that qualified through open qualifiers: Astral, Kolesie, Hyperspirit, and IC Academy. It is […]
In ARC Raiders, the Canto SMG is a Medium Ammo weapon introduced in the Flashpoint Update. It is effective against both ARC enemies and in PvP, dealing moderate ARC damage slightly higher than the Venator and capable of breaking a Raider shield in under 0.9 seconds. For players searching for this weapon and its blueprint, […]
The first full trailer for the long-awaited film adaptation of Capcom’s Street Fighter franchise has been released. The Street Fighter movie features a star-studded cast: Andrew Koji (Ryu), Noah Centineo (Ken), Cody Rhodes (Guile), Callina Liang (Chun-Li), and David Dastmalchian (M. Bison). The film is directed by Kitao Sakurai (The Eric Andre Show, Twisted Metal). […]
Funcom has announced major changes to the development of Dune: Awakening, which will arrive in the near future. The key update is a shift in priorities, with the game now primarily focused on PvE experiences. According to the studio, more than 80% of players barely engaged with PvP, prompting a redesign that turns PvP into […]
More details have emerged about why Virtus pro did not qualify for ESL Pro League Season 22. Earlier information only suggested that they were facing issues with medical insurance. According to sources, the organization issued insurance policies for its players through the Russian bank “T-Bank,” which is under European Union sanctions. This led to a […]
Danish studio IO Interactive, known for the Hitman franchise, is finishing development of its ambitious spy action title 007 First Light. The game offers a fresh take on James Bond, portraying him in a modern setting as a newcomer stepping into a world of global conspiracies, secret organizations, and espionage drama. The project has attracted […]
