Bandai Namco just surprise-dropped 2 classic Baten Kaitos RPGs on Steam
These remasters were previously Nintendo Switch exclusives.
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Just days after saving the children, Helldivers 2 players are ordered to annihilate bug children in a weeklong nuke-a-thon
Well, at least it's only bug babies.
That game where you click a banana is now so popular it's poised to knock Baldur's Gate 3 off Steam's top 10 most-played games of all time
The item-generating game is now number two in daily peak concurrents, beaten only by Counter-Strike 2.
Todd Howard responds to controversy over Starfield's $7 mission: 'We hear the feedback'
The backlash against the high cost of a single Starfield mission apparently has Bethesda reconsidering its options.
All Feathers of Light locations in Destiny 2: The Final Shape
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To create its cast of Baldur's Gate 3 companions, Larian came up with 'hundreds and hundreds' of character concepts: 'It was a huge, huge list'
Character classes were the last details finalized in the Baldur's Gate 3 party's long iteration process.
Paradox cancels life sim Life by You, CEO says they gave the studio 'a fair shot' but now 'believe it is better to stop'
Paradox says "the road leading to a release that we felt confident about was far too long and uncertain" to continue.
Street Fighter VI Devs Talk About Monetization, M. Bison, And The Series' First-Ever Guest Fighter
It’s hard to believe that the most famous franchise in fighting game history has never had a guest character before. God of War’s Kratos has been in Mortal Kombat. Yoda was in Soul Calibur. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate’s roster is now home to more characters from outside the
You have 3 days left to save on Shadow of the Erdtree pre-orders
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Promising-Looking Sims Competitor Canceled
Paradox Interactive, the company behind Cities: Skylines and Crusader Kings, announced that after numerous delays it has decided to cancel development of Life By You, its highly anticipated Sims-like game . Read more...
Dragon Age: The Veilguard Is An Exciting And Critical Moment For BioWare
Dragon Age: The Veilguard has activated a side of the internet that has been living off crumbs for a decade . Think about it: the Dragon Age fandom hasn’t had a game to dissect, anticipate, or scrutinize since Inquisition launched in 2014. The Veilguard, which is set to finally
Sim game Life By You canceled after 3 early access delays
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This One Feature Makes Valorant Great On Console
Ever since Valorant began its console beta on June 14 I haven’t been able to put the game down. I’m not new to Riot Games ’ tactical hero shooter, but the console version has reignited my love for it, and it has to do with the port’s headlining new feature: Focus Mode . Read
Manor Lords players overwhelmingly vote against changing historically accurate yet NSFW character name
The medieval city builder's community fiercely protects its finest meme.
New Uncharted Movie In The Works As Everyone Wonders Where The Hell The Next Game Is
That sequel to the 2022 Uncharted film that approximately five of us actually liked is officially in production. The news was confirmed by Variety earlier today after Sony mentioned an Uncharted sequel at CineEurope 2024 while running down its pipeline of upcoming movies. Read
FromSoftware's Hidetaka Miyazaki wants to prevent studio layoffs, whatever it takes
So long as Miyazaki is running FromSoftware, the Elden Ring studio will do whatever it can to avoid a staff layoff.
The guy who fought Malenia over and over until Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree was announced is back for one last dance
Seven days in, four days remain.
Starfield Can Run At 60 FPS On Xbox Series S Now Thanks To Mods
Starfield on Xbox Series S is a surprisingly solid experience . However, Bethesda’s massive open-world space RPG is locked to 30 FPS on Xbox’s cheaper and less powerful console. But with some new fan-developed mods , Starfield can hit 60 or even 120 FPS on Series S, just be
Scavengers Reign still has so much more to say
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Habbo Hotel going vintage with original game rerelease
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Star Wars: The Acolyte Episode One Is The Fresh Take The Jedi Needed
A long time ago in a galaxy that’s ours, Star Wars meant fun, adventure, creativity, and cultural impact. Then Disney bought the rights from George Lucas and the franchise suffered from quality control and oversaturation (*cough* Solo, *cough* The Book of Boba Fett). When The
Xbox restructures marketing team as chief Jerret West departs for Roblox
The marketing departments under West's purview will be moved around to already existing teams run by Xbox heads Sarah Bond and Matt Booty.
Valve drops Mac support for Team Fortress 2, Portal 2, other titles
In the dead of night, Valve yanked native Macintosh support for its older games.
Embracer has closed Alone in the Dark studio Pieces Interactive
The closure comes less than a month after Embracer said sales of the Alone in the Dark reboot were "softer than expected."
Orphan Black: Echoes, Shoresy season 3, and more new TV this week
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Still Wakes The Deep: The Kotaku Review
As I peer out from a ventilation shaft to catch sight of the unspeakable horror in search of me, I prepare to toss a wrench I lifted from the ground in the desperate hope of distracting it. I step out of the shaft, throw it, and then immediately dart for the door. But I get the
'90s Dark Web Streaming Sim Is Way More Terrifying Than I Expected
Of the seven demos I played at the Tribeca Festival’s official games section , darkwebSTREAMER is by far the one I spent the most time with. The horror narrative roguelike’s risk-reward system, based around streaming progressively more dangerous occult activities in hopes of
CI Games and Epic Games team on EGS-exclusive Lords of the Fallen sequel
CI will handle the console publishing for the alleged Lords of the Fallen 2, but Epic Games has the sequel for its PC storefront.
What time does Honkai: Star Rail version 2.3 release?
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Overwatch 2 Teases Transformers Collaboration Ahead Of Season 11
Overwatch 2’s eleventh season begins on Thursday, June 20, and this time around Blizzard is going with what looks like a Power Rangers tribute theme this season. But that’s not the only thing poking at millennial nostalgia, as Blizzard is teasing that a Transformers
Pirate Brawler Planned For The OG Xbox Is Finally Launching 20 Years Later
20 years ago, a third-person action-adventure pirate game called Age of Pirates: Captain Blood was announced via a short trailer at E3 2004. And then a lot of shit happened, leading to the game being delayed repeatedly in development and then protracted legal fights once it was
Microsoft alum Larry 'Major Nelson' Hryb joins Unity as community director
As Unity's new community director, Hryb will be working directly with game developers once more on their projects.
Helldivers 2 dev made a donation to Save the Children because players chose to save the children
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When does Overwatch 2 season 11 start, and what’s included?
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Welcome To My World: What Makes For Great Horror Game Settings
When it comes to playgrounds one can have lots of fun in, the virtual kind provided by video games is hard to top.
Dungeon Clawler is a roguelike claw machine game, which is just as frustrating and moreish as it sounds
As some funny little aliens from Toy Story would say: The claw!
Hero coder finds bug in Lunar Lander after 55 years—'I suspect everybody else was just happy to play the game and have fun'
"Digging in, I was amazed by the sophisticated physics and numerical computing in the game."
