Free-to-play survival horror game Resident Evil: Survival Unit hit its second million downloads just ten days after its Nov. 18, 2025 launch.

The news was shared via a post on the game’s official X (formerly Twitter) account on Nov. 28, 2025.

Created by Capcom, Aniplex (a subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment), and Joycity, the game was launched for iOS and Android devices. Ahead of release, the title managed to surpass 2 million pre-registrations across both platforms combined.

Resident Evil: Survival Unit follows the story of an unnamed protagonist, a graduate student specializing in biotechnology who came to Raccoon City searching for his missing parents, as he awakens in a mysterious hospital after being used as a test subject by the Umbrella Corporation.

Set in a parallel world to the original series, the title features versions of characters from the original series uncovering the details of a new narrative. Among the known characters are Leon S. Kennedy, Claire Redfield, Jill Valentine, Barry Burton, Alyssa Ashcroft, Becca Woolett, Marvin Branagh, Ethan Winters, Carlos Oliveira, Ada Wong, Robert Kendo, The Merchant, Katherine Warren, Murphy Seeker, and Tyrone Henry.

Ubisoft excluded a second expansion for Assassin’s Creed Shadows from its release plans, as was revealed by associate game director Simon Lemay-Comtois in an interview with JorRaptor on Nov. 26, 2025.

“As of now, at this moment for Year Two, there is no expansion on the size of Awaji that is planned,” siad Lemay-Comtois.

On May 27, 2025, Shadows received additional content in the form of crossovers with Balatro and Dead by Daylight, including cosmetic items and a new quest, and on Sept. 16, 2025, the title got the first paid downloadable content pack for the game, titled Claws of Awaji.

Developed by Ubisoft Quebec and published by Ubisoft, the 14th major installment in the Assassin’s Creed series, Assassin’s Creed Shadows, is set in 16th-century Japan and focuses on the standoff between the Assassin Brotherhood and the Templar Order, allowing players to control two protagonists: samurai Yasuke and shinobi Naoe.

As of the time of writing, the game is available on macOS and Windows PCs, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S, with a version for iPadOS planned for release at a later date and Nintendo Switch 2 port is slated for launch on Dec. 2, 2025. It also has a “Mostly Positive” rating on Steam, based on 21,209 reviews, and an all-time peak of 64,825 concurrent players, according to SteamDB.

Update 1.4.0 for ARC Raiders added exploit mitigation mechanisms for all locked rooms across all maps on Nov. 27, 2025.

The update landed on all platforms where the title is available, including Windows PC via Steam and the Epic Games Store, as well as for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S.

The update also fixed the gun exploit that allowed players to shoot quicker than intended by swapping to a quick-use item and back.

Besides that, the exterior access to Spaceport’s Control Tower locked room has been blocked off, and Raider Voice now correctly respects the selected voice option after restarting the game.

Among other changes, Update 1.4.0 fixed the issue that sometimes caused low-resolution textures in the Main Menu, fixed players being able to push each other by jumping on each other’s backs, and also fixed lighting artifacts that would sometimes occur upon entering maps.

Developed and published by Embark Studios, the third-person PvPvE extraction shooter ARC Raiders was launched on Oct. 30, 2025.

Set in the distant future on Earth, mysterious and deadly “ARC” robots have taken over the surface, forcing humanity to live underground. The game allows players to assume the role of one of the Raiders, those who choose to go above ground, also known as “the topside,” to collect resources during short runs on the topside, which then will be sorted with the assistance of their roosters for the welfare of the underground city Speranza.

The title hit the mark of 700,000 concurrent players across all platforms and sold more than 4 million copies worldwide in less than a month since launch.

As of the time of writing, ARC Raiders has a “Very Positive” rating on Steam with 133,748 reviews. Meanwhile, on the American review aggregator Metacritic, the title’s PC version has a Metascore of 86 points based on 60 critic reviews. Its PlayStation 5 counterpart has a Metascore of 85 points based on 22 critic reviews, and the Xbox Series X version has 88 points based on 9 critic reviews and a “Generally Favorable” user score of 8.0 based on 1,046 ratings.

Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney claimed there is no point in digital game stores flagging when a game has used AI during development.

“Agreed. The AI tag is relevant to art exhibits for authorship disclosure, and to digital content licensing marketplaces where buyers need to understand the rights situation. It makes no sense for game stores, where AI will be involved in nearly all future production,” wrote Sweeney, replying to Matt Workman’s tweet that Steam and all digital marketplaces need to drop the “Made with AI” label as it doesn’t matter anymore.

Starting in early 2024, Steam has mandated that developers disclose the use of generative AI when submitting games to the platform. In addition to confirming whether generative AI was utilized, developers must provide a detailed explanation of how it was applied. This information is then displayed on the game’s store page under a section titled ‘AI Generated Content Disclosure.’

For instance, the Steam page of the Autumn 2025 hit ARC Raiders says: “During the development process, we may use procedural- and AI-based tools to assist with content creation. In all such cases, the final product reflects the creativity and expression of our own development team.”

The Epic Games Store does not have similar requirements, and based on Sweeney’s remarks, it seems unlikely that they will introduce such policies.

However, both platforms require game developers and publishers to indicate on the game page whether it implements blockchain / NFT / Web3 elements.

Female fictional British archaeologist Lara Croft from the Tomb Raider game series became the best-selling video game heroine and has appeared on the most magazine covers for a video game character, according to a post from Guinness World Records on Nov. 26, 2025.

To make Lara Croft the best-selling female character in video game history, the Tomb Raider series has sold over 100 million copies since 1996.

As for becoming the record holder among game characters for the number of appearances on magazine covers, Lara Croft has appeared on the covers of 2,300 magazines.

The main series games of the Tomb Raider franchise include 11 entries, along with a pack of 19 spin-offs and mobile installments.

The very first Tomb Raider game was released on Oct. 24, 1996, for the Sega Saturn home video game console and then was ported to MS-DOS, PlayStation, N-Gage, Pocket PC, iOS, and Android. The initial concept was created by Toby Gard, who is credited as Lara’s creator and worked as lead artist on the project. The character of Lara was based on several influences, including Tank Girl, Indiana Jones, and Hard Boiled.

World of Warcraft: Midnight expansion is slated for release on March 2, 2026, as was revealed by the game’s developing and publishing company Blizzard Entertainment on Nov. 26, 2025.

The Midnight DLC will bring the next chapter of the Worldsoul Saga to the game, as Xal’atath, the Harbinger, poses the greatest threat by unleashing chaos in her wake with the ensuing invasion striking into the heart of the blood elf homelands in Eversong Woods. Arriving over the glittering elven kingdom of Quel’thalas, the looming Voidstorm threatens to extinguish all light and cover the world in darkness.

Players will level up to 90 and explore four new and reimagined zones of Eversong Woods, Zul’ Aman and Harandar to uncover the heart of Xal’atath’s machinations while seeking out new allies.

Besides that, the expansion will bring Arator’s Journey, a new questline alongside Arator, son of Turalyon and Alleria Windrunner. At the request of Alonsus Faol, players will recruit Arator for this continent-spanning adventure to seek out relics of the Light used by priests and paladins at the Sunwell when their reserves run dry.

In the new expansion, players will also be able to earn the trust of the Haranir through a series of quests to unlock this new allied race. Haranir will be able to join either the Horde or the Alliance and play as a Druid, Hunter, Mage, Monk, Priest, Rogue, Shaman, Warlock, or Warrior.

The other new feature which will become available for unlock with the arrival of the new DLC is the new third specialization for Demon Hunters, the Devourer, which harnesses the Void with unique ranged abilities ripped from the enemies. Void Elves can also heed the call of the Demon Hunter, taking up the mantle to push back against the hungering forces of the Void.

World of Warcraft: Midnight New Delves

• The Shadow Enclave
• Collegiate Calamity
• Parhelion Plaza
• The Darkway
• Twilight Crypts
• Atal’Aman
• The Grudge Pit
• The Gulf of Memory
• Sunkiller Sanctum
• Shadowguard Point
• Torment’s Rise (Nemesis)

World of Warcraft: Midnight New Dungeons

• Windrunner Spire
• Magister’s Terrace
• Murder Row
• Den of Nalorakk
• Maisara Caverns
• Blinding Vale
• Nexus-Point Xenas
• Voidscar Arena

World of Warcraft: Midnight New Raids

• The Voidspire
• The Dreamrift
• March on Quel’Danas

The massively multiplayer online role-playing video game World of Warcraft (WoW) was launched in 2004 for Windows and macOS PCs only.

Inspired by other MMORPGs, particularly EverQuest, World of Warcraft allows players to create a character avatar and explore an open game world in third- or first-person view, exploring the landscape, fighting various monsters, completing quests, and interacting with non-player characters or other players.

Set in the same universe as the Warcraft series of real-time strategy games and having a similar art direction, World of Warcraft contains elements from fantasy, steampunk, and science fiction, including gryphons, dragons, elves, steam-powered automata, zombies, werewolves, other horror monsters, time travel, spaceships, and alien worlds.

A chapter of Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill that never made it to the silver screen, titled Yuki’s Revenge, will premiere in Fortnite on Nov. 30, 2025, on the day of the launch of the Kill Bill event in the game.

Tarantino filmed the chapter over 20 years after the release of the Kill Bill duology using Unreal Engine and starring Uma Thurman as her character Beatrix “The Bride” Kiddo (codename: Black Mamba).

Yuki’s Revenge was in the draft script for Kill Bill but did not make it into production. it tells the story of Yuki, the sister of Gogo Yubari, travelling to America to take revenge on Black Mamba.

Starting Dec. 5, 2025, some theaters in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom will show Yuki’s Revenge as part of an exclusive limited theatrical run of Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair.

Fortnite was released in early access mode by Epic Games on July 25, 2017, and is now playable on macOS and Windows PCs, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, iOS and Android smartphones, Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5 and Nintendo Switch 2.

The game has received 21 awards in different categories across multiple industry award ceremonies.

As of August 2025, Fortnite has generated over $40 billion in total revenue since its release.

The skiing multiplayer racing game Lonely Mountains: Snow Riders is slated for release on PlayStation 5 on Dec. 3, 2025.

Developed and published by Megagon Industries, the game was already released for Windows PC and Xbox Series X|S.

The game allows players to test their skiing skills and perform tricks in solo rides and in 2–8-person cross-platform multiplayer.

The PlayStation 5 version is coming with a year’s worth of updates included, with the Freestylers Update, which added Trick Mode and Free Style Mode, being bundled with the base game.

On top of that, the new Highlanders DLC will be available as an extra purchase option.

Shift Up signed global publishing deal for its new multiplatform game Project Spirits with publisher of its hit game Goddess of Victory: Nikke, Level Infinite on Nov. 26, 2025

According to the press release published on Gamebiz Japan, the new Shift Up IP will be a flagship subculture cross-platform game that embraces the concept of “Eastern Fantasy.” Titled Project Spirits, the game is already in development in collaboration between Shift Up and Tencent subsidiary Yongxing Interactive, utilizing Unreal Engine 5.

Project Spirits will be a cross-platform game for Windows PC, consoles (yet to be specified), and mobile devices.

The previous collaboration project of South Korean Shift Up and the game publishing brand under Tencent Games, Goddess of Victory: Nikke, was launched in 2022, surpassed $1 billion in global revenue from its mobile versions alone, and was downloaded over 45 million times worldwide as of February 2025.

The launch trailer for the upcoming Destiny 2: Renegades expansion, created in collaboration with Lucasfilm Games and inspired by “Star Wars,” was rolled out on Nov. 25, 2025.

Destiny 2: Renegades is planned to launch on Dec. 2, 2025, with the Shattered Cycle and The Alchemist expansions slated for release in summer and winter 2026, respectively.

The major arsenal arrival in Renegades is the Praxic Blade, Destiny 2’s lightsaber-inspired kinetic Exotic sword, which offers multiple customization paths, along with earnable cosmetics that alter the color of the blade.

Renegades also debuts a new weapon archetype, Blasters, which features a heat-based firing and reload system that replaces traditional magazines.

Destiny 2: Renegades New Exotics

• Kinetic Sword – Praxic Blade
• Solar Crossbow – Heirloom (inspired by Chewbacca’s bowcaster)
• Strand Machine Gun – Service of Luzaku 
• Warlock Helmet – Deimosuffusion
• Hunter Legs – Fortune’s Favor
• Titan Chest – Praxic Vestment

Lawless Frontier

Renegades will also bring to the game a new activity called the Lawless Frontier, which will allow players to build reputation with different Syndicate factions through the new Notoriety system, taking on a range of solo or three-person missions commissioned by three distinct factions:

• The Pikers – an anarchist and atheist biker gang of Eliksni seeking to build a society free from traditional ranks and hierarchy
• Tharsis Reformation – a breakaway sect of sentient Vex, driven by a desire to experience personal identity outside the Vex collective
• Totality Division – a rogue branch of the Barant Imperium Cabal, operating as a Syndicate on Mars and ruled by psions

Players will be able to complete multiple job types for Syndicates, including Smuggling runs to transport valuable goods between Syndicate facilities, Bounty Hunts that track and eliminate high-value targets and Sabotage operations that disrupt rival Syndicate strongholds.

Lawless Frontier features new maps set on Mars, Europa and Venus, along with the new Invasion mode, an opt-in feature that allows a Guardian to spawn into the playing field to disrupt progress and earn unique rewards.

The game will also see the addition of a new dungeon, Equilibrium, which is slated for release on Dec. 13, 2025.

Destiny 2: Renegades ViDoc

The second expansion of Fate Saga’s first year, Year of Prophecy, was also presented with a documentary dedicated to its development and showcasing the creation of new weapons, characters and music.

Set in a mythic sci-fi universe, Destiny 2 allows players to assume the role of a Guardian, protector of Earth’s last safe city, as they wield a power called Light to protect humanity from different alien races and combat the looming threat of the Darkness. The game features a multiplayer environment with elements of role-playing games and, like its predecessor, 2014’s Destiny, is divided into PvE and PvP environments.

The game is available on Windows PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S.