Callum’s most anticipated games for 2026

More than a dash of horror

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As we cross out the final days of 2025 on our Treehouse calendar, we’ve allowed ourselves to look out at the encroaching mists of 2026. These are the games we hope will emerge from the fog .

If I were the foreman of an game refinery, I might be dabbing my forehead in anticipation right now because there is a lot coming down the pipeline in 2026. You may be looking at the telltale bulge of Grand Theft Auto , but I’m more focused on the amount of damn fine horror we’ve got in the plumbing.

I’ve had my ear to riveting and I can hear the screach and scuttle of otherworldly creatures, all of which are now catalogued on my wishlist for 2026. I’m ready to get my spook on next year, and here are four games I’m gonna devour, plus one non-horror game that will almost certainly not come out, but I’m crossing my fingers it will.

Resident Evil Requiem

Release date: February 27, 2026 From: Steam , Epic , Xbox

As a longtime fan of the series, Resident Evil Requiem is shaping up to be exactly what I want. We’ve got a new protagonist, Grace Ashcroft, quivering in her booties as she’s hunted by a big, bug-eyed stalker that can crawl through walls, and Leon Kennedy returning to mutter corny one-liners and karate kick zombies in the face. In other words, Capcom is taking another crack at Resident Evil 6 ’s split of slow-paced horror and fast-paced survival action. Admittedly, that game was a catastrophic mess of ideas, but it had promise: Offer the yin and yang of what makes Resident Evil special.

Capcom may have whiffed it in 2012, but they’ve spent the decade since executing both styles impeccably. If Grace Ashcroft’s stints of first-person corridor creeping are as tense as Resident Evil 7’s, and Leon’s zombie chainsawing action-fests are as frantic as Resident Evil 4 Remake ’s, then Requiem has everything it needs to be a delectable all-you-can-eat buffet of Resi goodness.

Requiem looks to be a combo platter in another way. It also looks to combine the first-person spooks of new-age Resident Evil with the third-person action of its Resi 4 overhaul. I’m also getting a distinct vibe of the original game’s Spencer Mansion from the Rhodes Hill Chronic Care Centre Grace explores in the trailers. It feels like Capcom signalling the end of an era, and I cannot wait for the gloriously violent jaunt down memory lane I really hope this ends up being.

Reanimal

Release date: February 13, 2026 From: Steam , Epic , Xbox

Playing Little Nightmares 3 earlier this year left me hollow. It was fine. It looked like Little Nightmares . Played like Little Nightmares. Was themed like Little Nightmares. But something was missing. Then I played the Steam Next Fest demo for Reanimal, the new game from Little Nightmares 1 and 2 developer Tarsier Studios, and I realised exactly what was missing: Tarsier.

Reanimal is Tarsier doing what they do best. I’m a little guy in a big world ripped from my nightmares, and this time, that world is full of slug men wearing empty human skin like fleshy mechs and decaying animal husks that reanimate to devour me whole.

But beneath all the grotesque environments that look like grim paintings and pulse-racing chases with towering abominations, there’s a mystery about kids in animal masks trapped on a farm where they’re the livestock. I have no clue what they’re doing there, but I’m so excited to find out.

Mewgenics

Release date: February 10, 2026 From: Steam

Mewgenics has you raise a bunch of raggedy stray cats in a shack and, to keep them fed, send them out on short DND campaigns through local back alleys in search of grub. Each campaign is a randomised hodgepodge of skill-checking story events and turn-based fights against fellow strays, pests, and, of course, demons. And between both, you level up and gain magical abilities. Standard fare, such as being able to fart with such force that it sends your opponents flying into nearby objects.

When the campaign’s wrapped up, your crew return to their shack, loot in paw, and share a steamy night of post-adventure passion. A few birds and a couple of bees later, you have some kittens, and look at that, they’ve inherited their frisky dad’s magic farts. So, naturally, you strap armour to those flatulent little bastards and send them onto the frontlines. The entire thing looks disgusting. Definitely juvenile. And I’m in.

I remember playing Binding Of Isaac and adoring how McMillen layered his irreverent, albeit unnerving, animation style atop a crushing gameplay loop. His art finds such a thin line between humour and horror, and exploring the endlessly expanding depths of Isaac’s basement veers between wildly unserious and deeply unsettling on a whim. But Binding Of Isaac’s twin stick shooting was never really my jam. Turn-based strategy? Now there’s something I can get behind, and I have a feeling I’ll be sinking a revolting amount of hours into Mewgenics, creating my elite feline farting squadron.

Ontos

Release date: 2026 From: Steam , Epic , Xbox

I’ve always been somewhat lukewarm on Frictional Games’ Amnesia series. Its sanity mechanics left me cold, and its psychological stories never hit quite right. The studio’s second project, Soma, however, left a lasting impression. Dark, morally probing, and deliciously dystopian, ending on one of the most affecting final stingers I’ve experienced.

In Ontos, a spiritual successor to Soma, Frictional has found room to go back to sci-fi, and man, the second course looks appetising. The whole thing takes place in a space hotel filled with walls of talking rats, dissected human heads kept alive by wires, and mysterious dark vortexes to other worlds. And on top of that you’re guided by Stellan Skarsgard, who plays a scientist that all but admits he’s a megalomaniacal crackpot struggling with a god complex disguised behind the veil of “progress”. When do I check in?

It looks more BioShock-y than I would have imagined for a Fricitional game. The wider scope intrigues me, especially as it seems to be filled with creepy ideas that I can’t wait to recoil from. I’m sure I’ll some messed-up stuff when I inevitably let a twitching rat monster loose because it asked me very nicely in its croaky human voice.

Persona 4 Revival

Release date: TBA From: Steam , Xbox

I’m a huge Persona fan, and the game that got me into the series was Persona 4. When Persona 4 Revival, a full, from-the-ground-up remake, was announced last year, I jumped out my seat, danced around my room and then immediately started planning the best way to ace my fictional exams.

I’m damn excited for Atlus to revisit this game with the same love and attention they did with last year’s Persona 3 remake, Persona 3 Reload. Persona 4 had a unique vibe that, with a little modern Atlus TLC, could really make it shine in 2026. It wasn’t set in the series’s standard sprawling cityscape, but instead a rural town named Inaba. Plagued by a string of ritualistic murders that, of course, are connected to a world of shadowy dungeons and mystical gods, it falls to your team of plucky, charming high schoolers have to defeat.

It has some of the best characters in the entire series, and while easy to deduce, its whodunnit mystery is a unique hook that leads to a long and compelling story. However, its a story that desperately needs a cultural update. Several of its side plots are misogynistic and inexcusably homophobic. If Atlus bring me back with the punchy goodness of the modern control scheme, rewrite its insensitive character arcs and drench the whole thing in stylish sauce, I’ll fall head over heels for this anime dungeon-crawler cross Japanese high school simulator all over again.

Mewgenics

PC

Ontos

PS5 , Xbox Series X/S , PC

Persona 4 Revival

PC

Reanimal

PS5 , Xbox Series X/S , PC

Resident Evil Requiem

PS5 , Xbox Series X/S , PC , Nintendo Switch 2

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All 75 Arc Raiders Blueprints and where to get them

These areas have the highest chance of giving you Blueprints

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Looking for more Arc Raiders Blueprints? It’s a special day when you find a Blueprint, as they’re among the most valuable items in Arc Raiders. If you find a Blueprint that you haven’t already found, then you must make sure you hold onto it at all costs, because Blueprints are the key to one of the most important and powerful systems of meta-progression in the game.

This guide aims to be the very best guide on Blueprints you can find, starting with a primer on what exactly they are and how they work in Arc Raiders, before delving into exactly where to get Blueprints and the very best farming spots for you to take in your search.

We’ll also go over how to get Blueprints from other unlikely activities, such as destroying Surveyors and completing specific quests. And you’ll also find the full list of all 75 Blueprints in Arc Raiders on this page (including the newest Blueprints added with the Cold Snap update , such as the Deadline Blueprint and Firework Box Blueprint), giving you all the information you need to expand your own crafting repertoire.

In this guide:

• What are Blueprints in Arc Raiders?
• Full Blueprint list: All crafting recipes
• Where to find Blueprints in Arc Raiders Blueprints obtained from quests Blueprints obtained from Trials Best Blueprint farming locations

What are Blueprints in Arc Raiders?

Blueprints in Arc Raiders are special items which, if you manage to extract with them, you can expend to permanently unlock a new crafting recipe in your Workshop. If you manage to extract from a raid with an Anvil Blueprint, for example, you can unlock the ability to craft your very own Anvil Pistol, as many times as you like (as long as you have the crafting materials).

To use a Blueprint, simply open your Inventory while in the lobby, then right-click on the Blueprint and click “Learn And Consume” . This will permanently unlock the recipe for that item in your Workshop. As of the Stella Montis update, there are allegedly 75 different Blueprints to unlock - although only 68 are confirmed to be in the game so far. You can see all the Blueprints you’ve found and unlocked by going to the Workshop menu, and hitting “R” to bring up the Blueprint screen.

It’s possible to find duplicates of past Blueprints you’ve already unlocked. If you find these, then you can either sell them, or - if you like to play with friends - you can take it into a match and gift it to your friend so they can unlock that recipe for themselves. Another option is to keep hold of them until the time comes to donate them to the Expedition.

Full Blueprint list: All crafting recipes

Below is the full list of all the Blueprints that are currently available to find in Arc Raiders, and the crafting recipe required for each item:

Note: The missing Blueprints in this list likely have not actually been added to the game at the time of writing, because none of the playerbase has managed to find any of them. As they are added to the game, I will update this page with the most relevant information so you know exactly how to get all 75 Arc Raiders Blueprints.

Where to find Blueprints in Arc Raiders

Below is a list of all containers, modifiers, and events which maximise your chances of finding Blueprints:

• Certain quests reward you with specific Blueprints .
• Completing Trials has a high chance of offering Blueprints as rewards.
• Surveyors have a decent chance of dropping Blueprints on death.
• High loot value areas tend to have a greater chance of spawning Blueprints.
• Night Raids and Storms may increase rare Blueprint spawn chances in containers.
• Containers with higher numbers of items may have a higher tendency to spawn Blueprints. As a result, Blue Gate (which has many “large” containers containing multiple items) may give you a higher chance of spawning Blueprints.
• Raider containers (Raider Caches, Weapon Boxes, Medical Bags, Grenade Tubes) have increased Blueprint drop rates. As a result, the Uncovered Caches event gives you a high chance of finding Blueprints.
• Security Lockers have a higher than average chance of containing Blueprints.
• Certain Blueprints only seem to spawn under specific circumstances: Tempest Blueprint only spawns during Night Raid events. Vulcano Blueprint only spawns during Hidden Bunker events. Jupiter and Equaliser Blueprints only spawn during Harvester events.

Raider Caches, Weapon Boxes, and other raider-oriented container types have a good chance of offering Blueprints. |Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Embark Studios

Blueprints have a very low chance of spawning in any container in Arc Raiders, around 1-2% on average. However, there is a higher chance of finding Blueprints in particular container types. Specifically, you can find more Blueprints in Raider containers and security lockers.

Beyond this, if you’re looking for Blueprints you should focus on regions of the map which are marked as having particularly high-value loot. Areas such as the Control Tower in Dam Battlegrounds, the Arrival and Departure Buildings in Spaceport, and Pilgrim’s Peak in Blue Gate all have a better-than-average chance of spawning Blueprints somewhere amongst all their containers. Night Raids and Electromagnetic Storm events also increase the drop chances of certain Blueprints .

In addition to these containers, you can often loot Blueprints from destroyed Surveyors - the largest of the rolling ball ARC. Surveyors are more commonly found on the later maps - Spaceport and Blue Gate - and if one spawns in your match, you’ll likely see it by the blue laser beam that it casts into the sky while “surveying”.

Surveyors are quite well-armoured and will very speedily run away from you once it notices you, but if you can take one down then make sure you loot all its parts for a chance of obtaining certain unusual Blueprints.

Blueprints obtained from quests

One way in which you can get Blueprints is by completing certain quests for the vendors in Speranza. Some quests will reward you with a specific item Blueprint upon completion, so as long as you work through all the quests in Arc Raiders, you are guaranteed those Blueprints.

Here is the full list of all Blueprints you can get from quest rewards:

• Trigger Nade Blueprint: Rewarded after completing “Sparks Fly”.
• Lure Grenade Blueprint: Rewarded after completing “Greasing Her Palms”.
• Burletta Blueprint: Rewarded after completing “Industrial Espionage”.
• Hullcracker Blueprint (and Launcher Ammo Blueprint): Rewarded after completing “The Major’s Footlocker”.

Alas, that’s only 4 Blueprints out of a total of 75 to unlock, so for the vast majority you will need to find them yourself during a raid. If you’re intent on farming Blueprints, then it’s best to equip yourself with cheap gear in case you lose it, but don’t use a free loadout because then you won’t get a safe pocket to stash any new Blueprint you find. No pain in Arc Raiders is sharper than failing to extract with a new Blueprint you’ve been after for a dozen hours already.

One of the best ways to get Blueprints is by hitting three stars on all five Trials every week. |Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Embark Studios

Blueprints obtained from Trials

One of the very best ways to get Blueprints is as rewards for completing Trials in Arc Raiders. Trials are unlocked from Level 15 onwards, and allow you to earn rewards by focusing on certain tasks over the course of several raids. For example, one Trial might task you with dealing damage to Hornets, while another might challenge you to loot Supply Drops.

Trials refresh on a weekly basis, with a new week bringing five new Trials. Each Trial can offer up to three rewards after passing certain score milestones, and it’s possible to receive very high level loot from these reward crates - including Blueprints. So if you want to unlock as many Blueprints as possible, you should make a point of completing as many Trials as possible each week.

Best Blueprint farming locations

The very best way to get Blueprints is to frequent specific areas of the maps which combine high-tier loot pools with the right types of containers to search. Here are my recommendations for where to find Blueprints on every map, so you can always keep the search going for new crafting recipes to unlock.

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Dam Battlegrounds

The best places to farm Blueprints on Dam Battlegrounds are the Control Tower, Power Generation Complex, Ruby Residence, and Pale Apartments . The first two regions, despite only being marked on the map as mid-tier loot, contain a phenomenal number of containers to loot. The Control Tower can also contain a couple of high-tier Security Lockers - though of course, you’ll need to have unlocked the Security Breach skill at the end of the Survival tree.

There’s also a lot of reporting amongst the playerbase that the Residential areas in the top-left of the map - Pale Apartments and Ruby Residence - give you a comparatively strong chance of finding Blueprints. Considering their size, there’s a high density of containers to loot in both locations, and they also have the benefit of being fairly out of the way. So you’re more likely to have all the containers to yourself.

Buried City

The best Blueprint farming locations on Buried City are the Santa Maria Houses, Grandioso Apartments, Town Hall, and the various buildings of the New District . Grandioso Apartments has a lower number of containers than the rest, but a high chance of spawning weapon cases - which have good Blueprint drop rates. The others are high-tier loot areas, with plenty of lootable containers - including Security Lockers.

Spaceport

The best places to find Blueprints on Spaceport are the Arrival and Departure Buildings, as well as Control Tower A6 and the Launch Towers . All these areas are labelled as high-value loot regions, and many of them are also very handily connected to one another by the Spaceport wall, which you can use to quickly run from one area to the next. At the tops of most of these buildings you’ll find at least one Security Locker, so this is an excellent farming route for players looking to find Blueprints.

The downside to looting Blueprints on Spaceport is that all these areas are hotly contested, particularly in Duos and Squads. You’ll need to be very focused and fast in order to complete the full farming route.

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Blue Gate

Blue Gate tends to have a good chance of dropping Blueprints, potentially because it generally has a high number of containers which can hold lots of items; so there’s a higher chance of a Blueprint spawning in each container. In my experience, the best Blueprint farming spots on Blue Gate are Pilgrim’s Peak, Raider’s Refuge, the Ancient Fort, and the Underground Complex beneath the Warehouse .

All of these areas contain a wealth of containers to loot. Raider’s Refuge has less to loot, but the majority of the containers in and around the Refuge are raider containers, which have a high chance of containing Blueprints - particularly during major events.

Stella Montis

On the whole, Stella Montis seems to have a very low drop rate for Blueprints (though a high chance of dropping other high-tier loot). If you do want to try farming Blueprints on this map, the best places to find Blueprints in Stella Montis are Medical Research, Assembly Workshop, and the Business Center . These areas have the highest density of containers to loot on the map.

In addition to this, the Western Tunnel has a few different Security Lockers to loot, so while there’s very little to loot elsewhere in this area of the map, it’s worth hitting those Security Lockers if you spawn there at the start of a match.

That wraps up this primer on how to get all the Blueprints in Arc Raiders as quickly as possible. With the Expedition system constantly resetting a large number of players’ Blueprints, it’s more important than ever to have the most up-to-date information on where to find all these Blueprints.

While you’re here, be sure to check out our Arc Raiders best guns tier list , as well as our primers on the best skills to unlock and all the different Field Depot locations on every map.

ARC Raiders

PS5 , Xbox Series X/S , PC

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