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Beloved dark fantasy ARPG Grim Dawn gets a new look a decade on, complete with a "controversial change" for Diablo fans

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Next month marks ten years since the launch of Grim Dawn, Crate Entertainment's dark fantasy ARPG that sits alongside the likes of Titan Quest, Last Epoch, and Torchlight 2 as one of the best games like Diablo that aren't called Path of Exile. 2026 is already set to be Grim Dawn's biggest year in quite a while, bringing us its third expansion, Fangs of Asterkarn. However, with the base game now a decade old, the developer has just unveiled a major UI redesign, and it's also about to free up a huge chunk of your stash.

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New PS5 and PS4 jailbreak exploits trigger a 1,000% surge in prices for an obscure remaster of the 24-year-old Star Wars Racer Revenge, with copies reaching $300

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There have been a variety of developments in the PS5 hacking scene over the past handful of days, and it's all pointing to a happy new year for jailbreakers – and owners of the disc edition of Star Wars Racer Revenge for PS4. This game is at the center of a new exploit allowing PS5 and PS4 jailbreaks, and the news has sent prices for the game skyrocketing on eBay.

PS5 and PS4 jailbreaks have been possible for years, but most of them have some serious caveats, requiring you to start from a console running old firmware. An exploit called mast1c0re allows hackers to jailbreak these consoles through the relatively modern 12.0 firmware series, which means much more recent consoles can be hacked.

There's just one problem with mast1c0re – it requires you to own the PS4 version of the PS2 game Okage: Shadow King, which is a digital-only release. You can't download software without signing into the PlayStation Network, and you can't sign into PSN without a firmware update which, in turn, would break the exploit. Unless you already had Okage installed on a 12.0 system, mast1c0re is out the window if you want to jailbreak your console.

Since mast1c0re relies on Sony's PS2 emulator, the real magic bullet would be a version that could be used through a disc-based PS4 version of a PS2 game. You'd be able to install a disc-based game on either a PS4 or PS5 without having to connect to the internet.

That, of course, is what's just happened for Star Wars Racer Revenge. On December 31, a member of the PlayStation hacking scene called Gezine posted a video demonstrating mast1c0re running through the 2002 Star Wars racing game. This version of the hack has not yet been released publicly, but it represents what could be a far more accessible way of jailbreaking PS4 and PS5 consoles.

But there is a catch: the physical PS4 version of Racer Revenge was issued through boutique publisher Limited Run Games. The game is no longer being manufactured, and it's estimated that less than 10,000 copies of the disc are out there.

Prior to news of this new exploit making the rounds, copies of Racer Revenge were regularly selling for about $30. Now, sales have exploded in volume and value, with some prices reaching as much as $300. Some listings have gone up for as much as $400, and while buyers aren't yet biting at that price, it's clear that anybody who happened to add the PS4 version of Racer Revenge to their collection ages ago are now sitting on a gold mine, all because of the promise of an exploit that hasn't even yet been released to the public.

That's not even the only jailbreak news for Sony consoles this week. The end of 2025 also saw the leak of the PS5 ROM keys which, as our friends at Tom's Hardware note, could open the door to even easier hardware exploits in the future.

Our list of upcoming Star Wars games includes a major new addition to the galactic racing lineage, but I'm guessing Sony would be happier if it didn't have anything to do with this whole jailbreak thing.



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Disney World Employee Injured by Runaway ‘Indiana Jones’ Boulder

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You don't have to be a professor of archaeology to become the victim of a rolling boulder trap these days.

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Deus Ex Voice Actor Says No New Game Because IP’s Owners Are “Psychopaths”

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While voice actor Elias Toufexis has confirmed that he is working on a number of different projects, most of which he can’t reveal due to non-disclosure agreements, he has also revealed that none of these projects are related to the Deus Ex franchise. On social media, Toufexis—known for having voiced Deus Ex: Human Revolution and Mankind Divided protagonist Adam Jensen—said that the lack of any Deus Ex project is because the people who own the IP “are psychopaths.”

“…no Deus Ex because the people in charge are psychopaths,” Toufexis wrote when asked if any of the projects he was working on was related to the seminal immersive sim franchise. He did, however, confirm that he is working with Bungie on Marathon.

The last time a follow-up to Deus Ex: Mankind Divided came up was back in January 2024, when a rumour indicated that a title was under development for two years before ultimately being cancelled. According to the report, the game was being developed by Eidos Montreal, which had also made Human Revolution and Mankind Divided. It is also worth noting that whether the cancelled title was a sequel to Mankind Divided, a reboot or a remake is unknown.

April 2025 also saw some rumours surrounding the franchise pop up again, this time around noting that Eidos Montreal was “actively pitching” a new game in the franchise to “external partners and publishers.” These pitches didn’t see much success, unfortunately, with the project being noted as being “too niche” and not worth the financial risk.

While Adam Jensen’s story has largely been left abandoned after the 2016 release of Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, the original Deus Ex is slated to make a comeback in the form of a remastered release by Aspyr Media. Originally planned for release in February, Deus Ex Remastered has since been delayed, with Aspyr noting that the decision was made to “better meet fan expectations and deliver the best possible experience for players.”

Deus Ex is a series of cyberpunk immersive sims that have players take on the control of JC Denton in the 2000 original, Alex Denton in 2003’s Deus Ex: Invisible War, and Adam Jensen in 2011’s Deus Ex: Human Revolution and 2016’s Mankind Divided. The titles depict a world decades in the future that has been ravaged by a number of issues, from war and disease to income disparity, all in a world where body and mind augmentations have become commonplace enough that you can see people from all walks of life using them.

The main stories of the Deus Ex titles often involve the protagonist taking on what starts off as a relatively simple mission, but then quickly evolves into something much larger with several layers of conspiracies being involved in just about every aspect. The original Deus Ex was widely praised for the level of freedom it allowed players in how they could tackle missions, while both Human Revolution and Mankind Divided saw acclaim thanks to their efforts at worldbuilding as well as their stories and characters.

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All the big new video games in January 2026

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After a long year that felt like it would never end at times, 2026 is finally here. The new year offers a fresh opportunity to get away from the baggage of 2025 and start with a clean slate. It’s also a good excuse to give your 2025 gaming backlog a break and look ahead to what could be a pretty major year for gaming — so long as delays don’t radically change what’s on tap.



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No Rest for the Wicked lead blasts "irreparable damage" to Diablo under ex-Blizzard boss Mike Ybarra, who says "I don't have to work anymore" but "you do" so "chill"

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Demonstrating trademark restraint, No Rest for the Wicked lead Thomas Mahler of Ori maker Moon Studios has been tearing into Diablo, Blizzard, former company president Mike Ybarra, and top action RPGs like Diablo 4 and Path of Exile 2 in a social media rant that's ultimately dragged Ybarra in for a classic round of Twitter fisticuffs.

This began on December 30, 2025 when Mahler promoted his own action RPG. In a plea to streamers, he wrote, "We all know anyone can look good in Diablo 4 or PoE2. Do you really want to show your audience you've got skill? Try No Rest for the Wicked."

Ybarra responded that day, arguing that "Putting down other games for your own games sake doesn't really work. Let your game stand on its own two feet."

Another user expressed hopes that the devs at Moon would use "their energy on finishing the game [rather] than targeting other games." Mahler insisted he was "just teasing a little."

Another reply reckoned you also get the "worst performance" from No Rest for the Wicked. "Real men got good machines at home," Mahler responded, adding, "Either that or you play those PBR'd cheap mocap games that look like they were made by students." (I believe he's talking about physically based rendering here.)

No Rest for the Wicked.

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On December 31, Mahler readied the salvo. "Mike, real talk: You were put in charge of Diablo and you didn't treat it with the respect it deserved," he said in the first of many lengthy new posts and replies.

"Diablo used to mean something. Diablo 2 was an utter masterpiece and showed the whole world what western developers could do," he continued. "You OK'd turning Diablo into a MTX slot machine where people can buy horse armor for 65$."

The horse armor in question was part of a $65 currency bundle that Blizzard rolled out earlier this year. The horse cosmetic itself was technically free with purchase, but the whole bundle was blatant microtransaction price anchoring, and it was rightly pilloried by the game's community. This isn't the first time Mahler has blasted it, either.

"It's time that executives stop patting themselves on the back after ruining beloved franchises and accept some personal responsibility," Mahler added in his post, tipping his hat to a quote from Ybarra, who said earlier this year that "I'm not sure where Diablo is going".

"Games used to be better before all this crap happened and that's just sad," Mahler reiterated in a reply.

"This Toxic Positivity stuff is for the birds," he added, just in case you weren't sure of his stance. "If you make a bad game, you should feel bad about it and there shouldn't be a bunch of people that congratulate you for an awful job well done."

DIablo 4's Inarius close to smiting down a foe

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Ybarra, you'll be shocked to hear, could not resist the reply button. "You can critique other games all you want," he said. "But running around putting down Diablo and Path of Exile begging people to play your game is stupid. And that is my point. You know it's stupid as well. I get your desperate at this point, but I'd focus on your game and not D4 and Path."

Like Willem Dafoe succumbing to the siren-like calls of the Green Goblin mask in Sam Raimi's Spider-Man, Mahler responded, affirming his "respect" for Path of Exile 2 developer Grinding Gear Games and arguing "If Blizzard would've done their jobs right," then it wouldn't have lost "the ARPG crown" to a "tiny Australian studio." (In fairness, 2025 was a banner year for tiny Australian studios.)

"I don't know that a developer pointing out that squeezing gamers with nasty MTX tricks 'is stupid'. How in the world are you justifying that there's a 65$ horse skin in DIABLO?" Mahler wrote.

"You were in charge when Blizzard made Diablo Immortal and Diablo 4. You are responsible. And both have done irreparable damage to the Diablo franchise we used to know and love. I'm guessing that's why you got booted and are now the head of some gambling company, Mike. So please don't lecture me on games. I probably forgot more about game design than you will ever know."

No Rest for the Wicked

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Ybarra, too, had more in the tank. "I don't have to work anymore. You do," he shot back. "Just like Xbox's experience in working with you on Ori – all your future partners read this and understand what they are getting involved with. Good luck. I do really wish you and the team the best. You need to chill and focus on your team and your game. I hope it's successful."

In closing – phew – Mahler reminded Ybarra "we're independent" and "not reliant on any publisher," wondering if that is "hard to grasp for people who never worked at private companies and have only experienced the corporate world."

"Not sure why you needed to tell me that you don't have to work anymore, but that I do?" he added. "I work because I love my job, because we want to make amazing games for players, not because someone is forcing me to. And I don't know if pointing out that you got a golden handshake after getting fired for your tenure at Blizzard makes you look particularly great either... Anyway, no hard feelings."

Well, thank goodness there are no hard feelings.

For the record, as Game Developer reported in January 2024, Ybarra departed Blizzard on unclear conditions amid wider layoffs under Microsoft. He then moved to become CEO of Prizepicks, which runs a fantasy sports app.

Personally, I'm just glad we're turning the year with the grace and calm you'd expect from executives on Twitter.

Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 boss hands The Outer Worlds 2 a "7/10," hopes Obsidian spends "all of Microsoft's money" on RPGs more like Fallout New Vegas and, also, like Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2.



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