Author: Emma Flynn

With no Ace Combat 8 announcement in sight, fans are returning to Ace Combat Zero – and debating whether its best game is already behind it.

Yacht Club Games’ sequel silence is driving players back to King of Cards speedruns, with leaderboards more contested now than in years.

Capcom’s SF6 update drought is sending players back to Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike, with Fightcade lobbies seeing a real surge in new and returning players.

Larian’s post-BG3 silence is driving fans back to Divinity: Original Sin 2 in a community-led revival nobody planned but everyone seems to need.

Four years after Pro Skater 1+2, Activision has said nothing about a follow-up. Fans are going back to the remaster – and losing faith a sequel is coming.

Bandai Namco’s DLC silence on Tekken 8 is driving players back to Tekken 7, reviving lobbies and ranked queues on the older title.

Ubisoft’s silence on Far Cry 7 is sending fans back to Blood Dragon, the 2013 spin-off that still feels sharper than anything the franchise has done since.

Valve’s Half-Life 3 silence is driving players back to Half-Life: Alyx – and a thriving mod scene is keeping the 2020 VR title feeling fresh.

Obsidian’s Grounded 2 silence is pulling fans back to the original’s Shady Canopy update – a zone many players never fully explored the first time around.

With Wilds DLC news quiet, Monster Hunter fans are heading back to World and Iceborne – and the speedrunning and endgame communities are noticeably more active for it.