News
Lumen Forge Announces Starfall Drift 2 With Cross-Play and a 2027 Date
The studio behind last year’s surprise hit is going bigger: 60 tracks,…
Arena LeagueWeek 13
Map 4 · 9–7
All matchesAUS2
SEA1
Final · 3–0PHX3
DEN0
Final · 1–3ATL1
CHI3
Map 3 · 4–6
6:00 PM ETBOS1
POR1
SEA
PHX
8:30 PM ETCHI
AUS
REVIEWS
Tilt a card — every score comes with a verdict.
Starfall Drift9.2 / 10
Racing · Lumen Forge
The most fun we’ve had with a racer in years.
Review
Hollow Pines8.8 / 10
Mystery · Two Owls Games
The best detective story of the year.
Review
Echo Divers8.5 / 10
Co-op horror · Deepwater
Grab three brave friends and turn the lights off.
Review
Ironclad Tactics7.9 / 10
Strategy · Northwind
Brilliant ideas, one campaign too long.
Review
Esports
Austin Comets Win the Fall Arena Championship in a Five-Map Thriller
A rookie support player clutched the final round in front of 12,000 fans in Dallas.
Arena League
Standings| # | Team | W | L | D | Pct | Diff | Last 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Austin Comets | 11 | 2 | 0 | .846 | +22 | WWWLW |
| 2 | Seattle Sound | 10 | 3 | 0 | .769 | +18 | WWLWW |
| 3 | Phoenix Fire | 8 | 5 | 0 | .615 | +7 | WWWWW |
| 4 | Chicago Ironmen | 7 | 6 | 0 | .538 | +2 | LWWLW |
| Playoffs | |||||||
| 5 | Portland Pioneers | 6 | 7 | 0 | .462 | -2 | LWLWD |
| 6 | Atlanta Lights | 6 | 7 | 0 | .462 | -4 | WLLWL |
| 7 | Denver Peaks | 5 | 8 | 0 | .385 | -9 | LLWLL |
| 8 | Boston Harbors | 4 | 9 | 0 | .308 | -14 | LLLWL |
THIS WEEK IN GAMES
Big news
Starfall Drift 2 is official
Sixty tracks, a track editor and cross-play in spring 2027.
1.8M
Peak finals viewers
Fall Arena Championship
78
Games at $60 or less
Of 40 fall releases
Cloud players, millions
Monthly US players, 2021–2026
Members
Respawn Plus
Build guides and benchmarks. $4 a month.
- Paper Lanterns · Oct 9
- Rust & Rivets · Oct 16
- Night Shift Arcade · Oct 23
- Kingdom of Kites · Nov 13
Out this month
INDIE SPOTLIGHT
Move your light. Find a gem.
Four small games our indie editor can’t stop talking about.
Mystery
Hollow Pines
A cozy town, a missing fisherman and secrets everywhere.
Puzzle
Paper Lanterns
A puzzle box about folding light. Made by three people.
Mystery
Signal Lost
Tune an old radio and find out what happened to the town.
Narrative
Soup for Two
A short cooking game about memory. Bring tissues.
NEW SERIES
How tiny studios make the games everyone ends up talking about.
STORIES
Quick stories, made for your phone.
Hardware
The Best Gaming Monitors for Every Budget in 2026
From $199 to $899: the screens we’d buy for fast shooters, big strategy games and everything between.
Community poll
Game of the year so far?
Vote, then see what 9,000 other players picked.
SCOREBOARD
Starfall Drift9.2/10
RacingHollow Pines8.8/10
MysteryEcho Divers8.5/10
HorrorGarden Guild8.1/10
CozyIronclad Tactics7.9/10
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