video game,star wars video gamesSilent Hill F Has One of Horror's Most Gnarly And Profound Transformations

What do you think of when you think of a woman in pain? There are no tidy universalisms here, but for many of us, even most of us, pain is private and domestic. You could think of a mother shouldering burdens alone while her husband is at work. The father in the waiting room while the mother screams with strangers. A woman going to the doctor about an ache, only for him to tell her to lose weight and deny the problem is even happening.

All these things are simple clichés--tropes stolen from life and television. When Silent Hill f conjures a woman's private pain, it is with cutting specificity. In one of the most grisly moments of body horror in video games this year (or ever, really), protagonist Hinako turns into an emblem of her own sorrow, her own compliance, her own screaming rage.

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video game,star wars video gamesThese Were The Top 15 Most Popular Games Last Week In The US

The numbers are in


Each week, Circana analyst Mat Piscatella shares data that reveals the top 15 titles in the US ranked by total weekly active users across PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and Steam. The lists come from Circana's Player Engagement Tracker, and to be sure, this tracks weekly active users, not concurrent users.

Which games were the most popular for the week that ended December 12? Fortnite ranked No. 1 on PlayStation and Xbox, while Arc Raiders was the most popular game on Steam. Those are the same results for last week, so nothing changed up top.

One of the big movers week-over-week was Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. On Steam, the game returned to the top 15, landing at No. 13 (up from No. 20 last week), while the game ranked No. 39 on Xbox for the past week (up from No. 60) and No. 53 on PS5 (up from No. 68).

- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 returned to the top 15 on Steam US & CAN. - CO:E33 ranked 39th on US XBX (up from 60th the week prior) and 53rd on US PS5 (up from 68).

Read on to see all the most popular games below for the week that ended December 20, as shared by Piscatella.


PS5 - 15: Skate


PS5 - 14: Apex Legends


PS5 - 13: EA Sports College Football 26


PS5 - 12: Arc Raiders


PS5 - 11: Where Winds Meet


PS5 - 10: WWE 2K25


PS5 - 9: Madden NFL 26


PS5 - 8: Battlefield 6


PS5 - 7: Minecraft


PS5 - 6: Marvel Rivals


PS5 - 5: NBA 2K26


PS5 - 4: Roblox


PS5 - 3: GTA 5 Remastered


PS5 - 2: Call of Duty HQ


PS5 - 1: Fortnite


Xbox - 15: Apex Legends


Xbox - 14: Destiny 2


Xbox - 13: Mortal Kombat 1


Xbox - 12: Madden NFL 26


Xbox - 11: Rocket League


Xbox - 10: Marvel Rivals


Xbox - 9: Rainbow Six Siege


Xbox - 8: Arc Raiders


Xbox - 7: Battlefield 6


Xbox - 6: NBA 2K26


Xbox - 5: Minecraft


Xbox - 4: Roblox


Xbox - 3: GTA 5 Remastered


Xbox - 2: Call of Duty HQ


Xbox - 1: Fortnite


Steam - 15: Where Winds Meet


Steam - 14: Destiny 2


Steam - 13: Expedition 33


Steam - 12: Dota 2


Steam - 11: Baldur's Gate 3


Steam - 10: Peak


Steam - 9: Rocket League


Steam - 8: Megabonk


Steam - 7: Warframe


Steam - 6: Helldivers 2


Steam - 5: Path of Exile 2


Steam - 4: Marvel Rivals


Steam - 3: Battlefield 6


Steam - 2: Counter-Strike 2


Steam - 1: Arc Raiders




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video game,star wars video gamesThe Arc Raiders Solo Experience Changed My Brain

The solo experience in Arc Raiders has created a unique experience that is not common in other games even in the same genre. We looked back on what Embark Studios did in it's game design to make it happen.

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