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MMOs Have “Stagnated,” Guild Wars 3 Studio Head Says featured image for Haven gaming news, sourced from GameSpot
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MMOs Have “Stagnated,” Guild Wars 3 Studio Head Says

Guild Wars 3 developer ArenaNet wants to try "wild, crazy ideas" in a genre that, according to its studio head, has "stagnated" in recent years. During a hands-off demo where early Guild Wars 3 gameplay was shown to members of the press, I asked ArenaNet studio head Colin Johanson about the state of the MMO genre in 2026 and what problems Guild Wars 3 is looking to solve. He had plenty to say on the subject. Many MMO players are still playing the same games they were 10-20 years ago, Johanson said, citing...

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PlayStation State Of Play Live Report - All Of Today's News From Sony's September 2026 Showcases featured image for Haven gaming news, sourced from Eurogamer
Eurogamer

PlayStation State Of Play Live Report - All Of Today's News From Sony's September 2026 Showcases

Here we go again: Sony is showing off two State of Play showcases today, the first focusing on games coming to the PlayStation 5 over the coming weeks and months, and the second focusing on Japanese games specifically. This is a first for Sony, usually the company might show slightly different showcases in different regions, but this is a unique setup - with Japan getting its own dedicated showing after the broader State of Play.

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Planet Coaster And Jurassic World Devs Frontier Have Teamed Up With Disney To Make What Is Probably A Disneyland Tycoon Game featured image for Haven gaming news, sourced from Rock Paper Shotgun
Rock Paper Shotgun

Planet Coaster And Jurassic World Devs Frontier Have Teamed Up With Disney To Make What Is Probably A Disneyland Tycoon Game

Planet Zoo and Jurassic World Evolution creators Frontier Developments have signed a deal with Disney to make a game based on one of Disney's many entertainment worlds. Some immediate possibilities occur. You know what Frontier have a lot of? Theme park and resort management games. You know what Disney also have a lot of? Theme parks and resorts. If the fruit of their union isn't Disneyland Park Creator or some variation thereof, I'll eat Mickey Mouse's big yellow buttons.

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PlayStation State Of Play September 2026: All The Biggest Announcements, Games, And Trailers featured image for Haven gaming news, sourced from GameSpot
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PlayStation State Of Play September 2026: All The Biggest Announcements, Games, And Trailers

Sony's next State of Play broadcast is almost here, and with the next few months being packed with new game releases, we're expecting a beefy session of game trailers and announcements in today's broadcast. We already know that Final Fantasy 7 Revelation will be closing out the first half of the show, and it will be followed immediately by a new episode of State of Play Japan hosted by Yuki Kaji. Beyond that, Sony has teased updates and announcements from PlayStation Studios and third-party partners. If you're...

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Planet Coaster Dev Announces New Game With Disney, And That’s Very Exciting featured image for Haven gaming news, sourced from GameSpot
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Planet Coaster Dev Announces New Game With Disney, And That’s Very Exciting

Frontier Developments, the UK-based game studio known for a great many creative management sims like Planet Coaster, Zoo Tycoon, and Jurassic World Evolution, has announced a deal with Disney--and it's gotten people excited about the possibilities. In a news release , Frontier said the game is based on "Disney's iconic portfolio of IP" and will be "fully funded" by Frontier itself. Frontier will also publish it. Frontier CEO Jo Cooke said in a statement, “We are delighted to announce this collaboration with Disney,...

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The Mishap-Strewn Warfare Of Worms: Galactic Tactics Gives Hope It’s Not Just A Comedy XCOM featured image for Haven gaming news, sourced from Rock Paper Shotgun
Rock Paper Shotgun

The Mishap-Strewn Warfare Of Worms: Galactic Tactics Gives Hope It’s Not Just A Comedy XCOM

Gawd, everyone’s doing an XCOM these days. Star Wars is doing an XCOM . Rainbow Six is doing an XCOM . Warhammer 40K has done, like, four XCOMs. Those squeaky wiggletubes of Worms are at it too, with Worms: Galactic Tactics, a turn-based grid battler coming sometime in 2027. It’s a busy genre, then, though there might well be room for this one too. I played a few rounds with developers Absolutely Games at Gamescom last month and it shows real, shrewd promise, despite slaying some of the wider...

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Onimusha: Way Of The Sword – The Many Means Of Mastery featured image for Haven gaming news, sourced from Xbox Wire
Xbox Wire

Onimusha: Way Of The Sword – The Many Means Of Mastery

I’ve been lucky enough to play through Onimusha: Way of the Sword ahead of launch and, among its incredible boss fights and fabulously grimdark story, one thing shines through above all else – for me, this is about as good as swordfighting has ever felt in a game. In part, that’s down to animation – […] The post Onimusha: Way of the Sword – The Many Means of Mastery appeared first on XBOX Wire .

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The Witcher Remake Is Currently On The Back Burner Because Progress On It Depends On The Witcher 4's Development, CD Projekt Red Confirm featured image for Haven gaming news, sourced from Rock Paper Shotgun
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The Witcher Remake Is Currently On The Back Burner Because Progress On It Depends On The Witcher 4's Development, CD Projekt Red Confirm

CD Projekt Red and Fool's Theory might have used Gamescom to make clear that they've got a Witcher thing in the pipeline for this year and the next two , but they've also had to put one of their previously cat-eyed projects on hold for the time being. The remake of the first Witcher game is on the back burner right now, since the next stage of work on it requires more progress to be made on The Witcher 4 .

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"A Game For Everyone Is A Game For No One": Don't Expect An Easy Ride In Carcass Clad, The Co-Op Tank Horror Game From The Makers Of Mouthwashing featured image for Haven gaming news, sourced from Rock Paper Shotgun
Rock Paper Shotgun

"A Game For Everyone Is A Game For No One": Don't Expect An Easy Ride In Carcass Clad, The Co-Op Tank Horror Game From The Makers Of Mouthwashing

On my final day of Gamescom, strolling (running) around the indie area to make sure I don't miss anything good, I stumble upon Wrong Organ’s upcoming Carcass Clad. Set in a wartorn Soviet city, empty of people but littered with tanks wearing coats of Frankensteined cattle corpses (light stuff!), Carcass Clad is a three-player co-op experience that shares the stressful responsibility of piloting a tank and taking down enemy units between those unlucky three. If you read the name Wrong Organ and thought,...

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How Does Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney Reckon We Can Fight The Industry's "Crash 2.0"? By Building More Factories featured image for Haven gaming news, sourced from Eurogamer
Eurogamer

How Does Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney Reckon We Can Fight The Industry's "Crash 2.0"? By Building More Factories

It's pretty obvious to anyone that's been paying attention that the games industry is in a pretty rough place at the moment. No matter where you look, there are mass layoffs: Sony , Microsoft , EA , Ubisoft , Take-Two , Epic Games … the list goes on. The reasons are myriad, but generally companies place the reason for 'restructuring' at the door of the contraction of the market as a result of the pandemic boom in gaming, rising development costs, longer production cycles (and higher wages), shifts in...

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There's Already A The Blood Of Dawnwalker Mod Which Triples The Length Of Its Main Quest Timer, Ensuring Saving Your Family From Vampires Isn't... featured image for Haven gaming news, sourced from Rock Paper Shotgun
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There's Already A The Blood Of Dawnwalker Mod Which Triples The Length Of Its Main Quest Timer, Ensuring Saving Your Family From Vampires Isn't...

A newly released mod for the RPG The Blood of Dawnwalker, titled 'Better Story Timer' and created by modder Caites, addresses player anxiety over the game's default 30-day main quest limit. The modification triples the available time to 90 days, allowing players to explore Vale Sangora and complete side activities without the pressure of the impending vampire threat.

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