While rarely executed well, a live-service game can be fantastic when done right. You should be playing these games in 2026.

Valve's futuristic MOBA has been figuring itself out on the fly, and I kind of prefer that to a carefully considered roadmap.

On Xbox, the top five most-played games for 2025 in the US in order were Fortnite, Call of Duty, GTA V, Minecraft, and Roblox ...

Where Winds Meet has been quietly rewriting the rules for what a free-to-play game should be. Having played it prior to release, and then some, I can confidently say that NetEase Studio's latest big ...

Data analysed by GamesDiscoverCo shows that there were more new games (classified as being released this year or the previous ...

Live-service games are a pretty contentious topic of discussion, as over the years, many games have suffered closures and cancellations for a range of reasons. There has been a big push to release ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Cosmetic microtransactions are everywhere in today’s live service games, from character skins to ...