ConnexionMud-and-blood medieval horror game Blight: Survival gets even muddier in the Marshlands biome
Bring out your dead.
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Vue lecture
Baldur's Gate 3 has a secret like Diablo's Cow Level I never saw after 460 hours: A magical sheep companion named 'Harvard Willoughby' you summon by killing a comedian and ringing two bells
The comedian is actually named after the sheep, and the sheep can cast lightning magic.
House Flipper 2 is having a free weekend, and just got co-op
The free co-op DLC works cross-platform between Steam, Xbox, and PlayStation.
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You've got to play my dark horse GOTY candidate if you too are a sicko for one of the ultimate RPG gimmicks: a trash level 1 sword that can be forged into a god slayer
Labyrinth of the Demon King players: Save that katana hilt.
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If the original Grand Theft Auto came out today, we’d call it a roguelike
Since the very beginning, permanent loss has been baked into the GTA experience.
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The Skyblivion and Oblivion Remastered romance continues to blossom, as Bethesda invites the modders to its studio for tea and sweetrolls
"Seeing the excitement from the Bethesda team" was "absolutely unreal", according to Skyblivion project lead.
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Take-Two CEO reckons Civilization 7's mixed reception is just history repeating itself: 'Every time we've come out with a new platform iteration of Civilization, there's been some consternation on the part of consumers'
Strauss Zelnick admits the sequel "definitely had some challenges", but says that overall "we're really happy with how it's going".
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REPO developer teases the game's 'most powerful weapon' yet, a mountable cannon that will 'turn your cart into a battle tank'
Balance changes to enemies and player health also in the works.
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Two Warhammer 40,000 games will be delisted from Steam on Monday, and one of them is currently on a 90% discount
You've got two days before Warhammer 40,000: Armageddon and Warhammer 40,000: Sanctus Reach leave Steam forever.
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Today's Wordle answer for Saturday, May 17
Get all the help you need with today's Wordle.
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You cannot beat the final boss of No Rest for the Wicked's latest saga
The founder of Moon Studios has become the action RPG's worst enemy.
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Another Sony live service shooter may be in trouble as Jade Raymond exits the studio making PvP heist sandbox Fairgames
Sony can't catch a break.
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Finally, some good news: The world's only Warhammer academic conference is returning in September to present more talks like 'The ethical implications of the Imperium’s war with chaos and the inverted meaning of order'
In the grim darkness of the 21st century, there is only scholarly analysis of the grim darkness of the 41st millennium.
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World of Warcraft game director on the woeful patch 11.1.5: 'It's not the experience our players are expecting or deserve'
Bugs and time-gated content enraged players.
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Clair Obscur's director has an old YouTube channel full of masterful no-hit Devil May Cry videos because of course he does
You'll never guess what his favorite fighting style is.
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I did Liberation Day tariffs in Victoria 3, and it all went well until the famine in Colorado, the 2 lost wars with Canada, and the president beating a man to death with a stick
But apart from that, would recommend.
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The Xbox 360 reveal was 20 years ago and is a time capsule from a world where Elijah Wood roamed free, MTV was still cool, and giant tech companies paid Pimp My Ride to make hideous custom consoles
It even opens with an iPod ad.
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Veteran indie dev says success on Steam these days is impossible to predict: 'Why did Balatro take off? You could write a million f***ing essays and none of them will be definitely right'
"Everything has changed. Everything is harder work."
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The first ever third-party game to come to Steam probably doesn't get the respect it deserves—mostly because no one remembers it
Rag Doll Kung Fu has a unique and important place in PC gaming history.
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After Oblivion subreddit bans 'low effort' sexy flame Atronach posts, users respond with high effort sexy flame Atronach posts—'deleting this would be a travesty'
That's enough internet for one week.
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Someone flipped a switch on Elon Musk's Grok AI so it wouldn't stop banging on about 'white genocide' and South African politics, xAI blames 'an unauthorized modification' but doesn't say who did it
"It’s awfully easy for the people who are in charge of these algorithms to manipulate the version of truth that they’re giving."
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Fortnite added an AI-powered Darth Vader and—surprise—players immediately tricked him into saying slurs
Update: Epic has deployed a hotfix to address Vader's profanity.
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Soundcore Liberty 5 earbuds review
Stunning, versatile simplicity with an audible edge.
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Amassing over $10,000 worth of retro GPUs over 14 years, this avid collector says they were astounded it started with a $28 purchase
Just look at them all.
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This SteelSeries microphone is more than most gamers would need, but it's hard to say no at its best price
One for the stream queens, podcast kings, and motor mouth monarchs.
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The new Acer Nitro PG1 is the first portable monitor I actually want thanks to 4K resolution and up to 144 Hz refresh
It looks super slick, too.
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The wacky Pokémon exhibition that puts Poké-fossils alongside real fossils is coming to the United States
But you can also browse the exhibits online.
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Doom: The Dark Ages Spire of Nerathul secrets and collectibles (Chapter 14)
From secret landing pads to sneaky ledges, Chapter 14 turns up the heat.
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Antec heard you like screens so it stuck a 5-inch screen on a water cooler just where you didn't need one
Screens, screens and almost certainly more screens.
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Kojima has a mind tomb: a USB stick filled with ideas for his staff to use after he dies 'kind of like a will'
Watch out for Kojima Productions to split into two warring factions over competing definitions of Kojima's Will.
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Take-Two CEO gets all philosophical yet again about GTA 6, says its delay is to support his team's 'search for perfection'
Zelnick's hunt for the platonic ideal of a videogame continues.
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After Helldivers 2, Arrowhead's next game will be '100% funded by ourselves', though CEO Shams Jorjani says there's no hard feelings over Sony's boneheaded PSN shenanigans
"There would be no Helldivers if it wasn't for them."
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Doom: The Dark Ages Sentinel Command Station secrets and collectibles (Chapter 12)
Backtrack and backtrack again in Chapter 12.
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How to complete the Jungle Bungles duty in Disney Dreamlight Valley
It's time to visit a different realm.
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Rumours of an Arm-based CPU from AMD just won't go away as analysts reckon Arm is eating into the PC processor market
Arm's CPU market share reportedly increases from 10.8% to 13.6% in just one quarter.
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The Stellar Blade PC system requirements are here and even an entry-level graphics card from 2016 can run it
Let's just hope it runs well.
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Welp, Fortnite's iOS version is 'offline worldwide' after Apple continues to shuffle its feet around bringing the game back to the US App Store
The petty squabble continues.
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Oblivion guru found a way to save the Emperor and his bodyguard in the original game, getting the drop on his assassin like the fantasy secret service
If only Bacon had been around in 1963.
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