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Romero Games reportedly met with Microsoft just a day before the publisher pulled funding for the studio, and there was 'no mention' of the decision that put over 100 people out of work

'There are no plans to drop support for SteamOS': The Finals devs commit to Steam Deck and Linux players despite new kernel-level anti-cheat

Arkane Studios founder slams Microsoft for its Game Pass focus: 'At some point reality has to hit'

Warren Spector was so desperate to make Deus Ex that it almost became a Command & Conquer RPG: 'I was going to find a way to make it one way or another, even if it meant making another damn sci-fi game!'

Deep Rock Galactic Survivor is gearing up for launch, literally—adding a fully-fledged gear system when it hits 1.0 in September

Preservationists discover a 'nearly complete' build of a lost Animaniacs game 22 years after it was cancelled, and you can play it right now

Rust's developer is overhauling the survival sim's mission system so it can create in-game quests faster and more easily: 'The process to create new missions internally is quite cumbersome and error prone'

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Mount & Blade 2's naval expansion will have complex sailing with wind, currents, and respect for a boat's draft

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Subnautica 2 studio begs rioting fans for benefit of the doubt after leadership axed by owner Krafton: 'The team that has been working on the game day-to-day over the last few years remains completely unchanged'

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Academics critique Farming Simulator's portrayal of 'good farming' and praise modders for agro-ecology add-ons

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Best graphics cards in 2025: I've tested pretty much every AMD and Nvidia GPU of the past 20 years and these are today's top cards

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European game publisher group responds to Stop Killing Games, claims 'These proposals would curtail developer choice"

Best gaming laptop in 2025: I've put the best of this new generation head-to-head and we have a winner

Former Forza dev says original Motorsport series died in Microsoft's cuts, but Forza Horizon lives on

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After nearly 4 years, Windows 11 is finally more popular than Windows 10

Even the beginner zone in Dune: Awakening isn't safe from sandworm-manipulating griefers anymore

What happened to the creator of Gunman Chronicles, Valve's forgotten FPS? 'My relationship with Gabe didn't really go that great'

Runaway city-building success Manor Lords is getting a major overhaul to its systems: 'It's not just a new feature or two. It's a full rework'

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I’m playing Mario Kart World every day, so I guess it was a good launch game

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Chaotic destruction sim Teardown breaks cover on its multiplayer update, revealing 8 player team deathmatch and support for modded servers

RoboCop: Rogue City's expansion will let you play as ED-209, but I'm more excited about having some guns I might use instead of the Auto 9

Here's a mod that puts Halo's multiplayer into Half-Life, which to me feels like putting tea in your coffee

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Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, the anime so good it made Cyberpunk 2077 cool again, is getting a sequel

Deep Rock Galactic board game Kickstarter pulls in nearly $1 million in 1 day for a trio of new expansions

Ratatan, the new rhythm game from the designer of Patapon, delays early access release in response to negative demo feedback

In the wake of Perfect Dark's cancellation, Joanna Dark's voice actor urges fans to help save the series: 'Agent Dark doesn’t give up and neither should any of you'

Hideo Kojima's mysterious OD reportedly escapes the cancellation axe at Microsoft

CWA union derides Microsoft layoffs when ‘the company is prospering’: 'We are living through a moment of profound corporate consolidation and disruption'

After 8 years of playing D&D nonstop, I’ve finally tried its biggest alternative

The Eternal Die team always knew Lost In Random would make a great roguelike

Perfect Dark dev shoots down claim the ace-looking reveal was fake: 'It's probably more real than you think'

Switch 2 has actual competition from Nintendo clones

Fortnite hints at making its hottest new mode permanent by asking fans what they want next

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Out of the blue: How a Quake blog turned PC gaming news site has stayed a haven from 'internet enshittification' for nearly 30 years

Michael Madsen, the voice of Dishonored's supernatural assassin Daud, has died

I don't need 64 GB of RAM but I am tempted when prices are as low as they are right now for genuinely speedy sticks

Marvel Rivals players may soon be able to vote on what heroes they want added: 'We will use them as an important factor in our planning'

Everything you need to know about Blitz Royale, Fortnite's newest mode

Celebrate Indie-Penance Day With 10 More Incredible Indie Games!

Picking the best GPU of 2025 has been the biggest challenge of my near 20-year PC gaming tech testing career. Now my brain hurts

The Silksong subreddit is conducting elaborate ritual ban sacrifices in an attempt to cure 'silksanity' and secure the game's release

Valve's reported profit-per-head from Steam commissions is out there, and at $3.5 million per employee it makes Apple and Facebook look like a lemonade stand