After two long years in early access, my favorite indie Elder Scrolls-alike is getting its full release—and it'll let you fly around in your own airship
The one thing Morrowind was missing.
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XDefiant finally has a release date, and it's just a couple weeks from now
After multiple delays, Ubisoft's free-to-play shooter is ready to go.
Here’s everything changing in Diablo 4 with Loot Reborn
Image: Blizzard Entertainment The new season starts on May 14 and is D4’s biggest yet Continue reading…
Blizzard snuck in surprise quality of life changes into Diablo 4's massive list of season 4 patch notes
As if the big rework to items wasn't enough.
Starfield's New Maps Are Great, But Boy Those Cities Are Tiny
Starfield , Bethesda’s large open-world space RPG released last year, is set to receive a big new update later this month. One of the big features being added is 3D surface and city maps, something the game has needed since its launch. But these new maps also reveal that
Taking a lesson from Manor Lords, Hooded Horse delays Norland to July
The extra development time will enable developers to "ensure we deliver a well-functioning game."
Helldivers 2 players are asking a reasonable question: Why has a whole planet turned green?
Arrowhead is changing the Helldivers 2 galaxy before our eyes.
Abiotic Factor, a 6-player survival game where you're scientists in a paranormal lab, is rising up Steam's top-sellers list after launching in early access
Hero of the universe Gordon Freeman? Not this time. In Abiotic Factor, you're one of the lab-coat-wearing nerds in the background.
Abiotic Factor, a 6-player survival game where you're scientists in a paranormal lab, is rising on Steam's top-sellers list after launching in early access
Hero of the universe Gordon Freeman? No, you're just one of the lab-coat-wearing nerds in the background.
Elden Ring lead Hidetaka Miyazaki won't say how long the DLC is since everyone thinks he lowballed the main game: 'Everyone told me I was lying and that's not remotely enough time!'
All signs point to this being the monster expansion of my dreams.
Here are the deals you should check out during Amazon Gaming Week
Graphic: Alice Jovanee/Polygon | Source images: Various Keyboards, headsets, controllers, and more are heavily discounted through May 5 Continue reading…
Launching A $60+ Game Seems Like A Bad Idea Right Now
While recent big-budget, $60+ games like Suicide Squad and Immortals of Aveum seem unable to find success, many smaller and weirder titles are exploding on Steam and developing large communities around them. Games like Helldivers 2 , Palworld, Lethal Company, and Sons of the
Balatro's first big balance patch fiddles with Fibonacci and makes a mod to Odd Todd
No, I don't know what any of that means, but it's live now on Steam.
Don’t Miss This Handy Hidden Adaptation Early In Another Crab’s Treasure
Another Crab’s Treasure is a bright and wonderfully challenging soulslike that’s out now. In it, you can learn multiple techniques that make combat a touch easier, and some of these are super moves called Adaptations. While you’ll collect most of the game’s Adaptations by
Nintendo Goes After 8,535 Switch Emulator Backups In Mass Takedown
Months after it shutdown the popular Switch emulator Yuzu over copyright infringement and piracy concerns, Nintendo has initiated a mass takedown of related backups and apparent clones on the Microsoft-owned platform Github. Over 8,000 repositories were removed as the Zelda
Helldivers 2's next warbond makes slowdown an unpatriotic thing of the past with 'motivational shocks'
"Literally shocks Helldivers back into action."
That gorgeous cozy castle doodling game is launching a demo this month
We're finally getting our hands on Tiny Glade, at least for a tiny while.
Satisfying frustration: How to make compelling games that encourage moral reflection
To inspire moral reflection, we as game designers have to go against players' inherent instinct to make strategic decisions and break a few fundamental game design principles along the way.
Where To Find The Extremely Powerful Valve Shell In Another Crab’s Treasure
Are you playing Another Crab’s Treasure and wondering which shell is the best one? They all have their utilities , so there isn’t a one-size-fits-all shell, but Another Crab’s Treasure does have one that comes pretty damn close, and you can unlock it relatively early on if you
10 Years Later, Alien: Isolation Still Looks Incredible
In celebration of the seminal sci-fi horror movie Alien ’s 45th anniversary, Ridley Scott’s film is back in movie theaters. I saw it over the weekend, and even though it’s a movie I’ve seen countless times—on a laptop, on a plane, on TV—but this was my first time seeing it on
A Year Later, Redfall Players Who Spent $100 Are Still Waiting For Its Promised Heroes
Players were excited at the prospect that Redfall might combine the fun co-op loot mechanics of a Borderlands with the bespoke environmental storytelling of a Dishonored. Ultimately, though, the day-one Game Pass blockbuster didn’t quite accomplish either of these things , and
Kerbal Space Program fans react with anger over Intercept Games closure, and you know what that means: Review bombing on Steam
Despite promises from Private Division, the Kerbal community is worried that KSP2 has been abandoned.
What is game programming and how do you become a game programmer?
Stepping into the world of game programming can be daunting. This article explains the basics of game programming, as well as what tools and resources you can use to get started.
Fallout 3 And All Its DLC Will Be Free For Amazon Prime Members
Amazon Prime has announced its free games for May, revealing that Fallout 3 (and all of its DLC) will be one of the PC games subscribers can grab at no additional cost later this month. Read more...
LocalThunk knew Balatro needed to draw players in with poker
The breakout card game may have adopted some of poker's words and visuals, but it wasn't molded by it.
The Outer Worlds once had an incredible secret ending that was cut for pushing the limits of 'too horny'
"Assume the position, Charles."
How To Defeat Leviathan In Final Fantasy 16: The Rising Tide
At the end of The Rising Tide DLC in Final Fantasy XVI , you’ll have to go toe-to-toe with Final Fantasy’s iconic sea serpent: Leviathan. Like its predecessor, Echoes of the Fallen, The Rising Tide is already more challenging than the base game, and Leviathan kicks the
Realistic Extraction Shooter Blowing Up On Steam, 400k Copies Sold In 48 Hours
Another day, another realistic military sim is blowing up on Steam. This time it’s Gray Zone Warfare, an Early Access extraction shooter that features a unique health system and some frustrating technical issues. But that hasn’t stopped over 400,000 players from giving the new
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Baldur's Gate 3 initially had an entire mechanic where you'd go to the fugue plane if you died, but it was scrapped
"We had this entire thing built out for it."
Pokémon Go co-dev Very Very Spaceship lays off staff
It's unknown if Very Very Spaceship's cuts have anything to do with Pokémon Go and Niantic or are of the studio's own accord.
Bethesda should just say 'screw it', move on from Starfield, and put all that energy into Fallout
The post-apocalypse has thoroughly trounced space.
Our RPG roundtable returns with developers from Baldur's Gate 3, Avowed, Cyberpunk 2077, In Stars and Time, and The Elder Scrolls
What makes a great RPG companion? How horny is too horny? We dive into these questions and many more in our podcast with some of the biggest names in RPGs.
There’s A Reason Why Sex Games Are Everywhere These Days
Have you noticed that there are a lot more horny games lately? Despite what some people may think, there’s no shortage of sexiness in modern gaming, with salacious titles readily available on Steam and even the Nintendo eShop. And it turns out that there’s an explanation for
Casper Van Dien geeks out over Helldivers 2's references and gives it a patriotic 10/10—'such a tribute to Starship Troopers it's really quite wonderful'
"I already feel like I'm a part of it."
Delicious in Dungeon was inspired by a video game you might not have heard of
Image: Trigger/Netflix Kui played lots of video games to research her manga Continue reading…
The Forever Winter is a looter shooter set amid a dynamic war between building-sized mechs, where firing your gun could be the biggest mistake you make
Stay under the radar.
Peering into the demonic dual visual styles of Sorry We're Closed
Developers C. and Tom Bedford tell us why their neon, funky homage to lowpoly horror straddles between two worlds.
Creativity from constraints: developing new games from old IP
A game's legacy is not just the nostalgia it will come to evoke after enough time has passed. Its legacy is also in the creativity it comes to inspire in the works that arise in its wake.
Ryan Gosling brawled his way onto Jimmy Kimmel because he ‘can’t stop stunting’
Image: ABC Friendship with beach ENDED, stunts are Gosling’s new best friend Continue reading…
X-Men ‘97’s Eighth Episode Is A Rocky Beginning To The Season's End
The eighth episode of X-Men ‘97 is the beginning of the end, at least for the show’s first season. “Tolerance Is Extinction - Part 1” is the first chapter in the show’s three-part finale. That puts the episode in a tough spot, as it needs to begin the work of tying together the
Cyberpunk 2077 dev says they went all-out on the memorial to Johnny Silverhand's nuclear attack, then found out bosses 'just expected a commemorative plaque'
Let's be honest, it's better this way.
GTA Online update for the week of May 2
Image: Rockstar Games Races big and small in Los Santos this week Continue reading…
Paladin Studios laying off 45 workers and shutting down
The Dutch co-development studio worked on titles including Cut The Rope Remastered, My Tamagotchi Forever, and Amazing Katamari Damacy.
