Games

Stunner

Even among the crowd of gorgeous illustrated games, At Fate's End is stunning enough to stand out

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Pragmata's demo reaches 2 million downloads alongside its 2 million wishlists: 'I can't believe millions of people are excited for our game'

Fruit Codes

All active Blox Fruits codes in March 2026 and how to redeem them

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Before Doom, there was Dangerous Dave, and John Romero's 8-bit hero is getting a spiritual successor next week

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American McGee has come out of retirement to make an Alice spiritual successor based on his plushie empire

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The Legacy of Kain: Defiance remaster does the best thing possible—it gets out of the way

Crystal clear

All active Where Winds Meet codes and how to redeem them

Freebies

Zenless Zone Zero codes for March 2026

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Pragmata is releasing a whole week earlier than planned because who cares, it's got April all to itself

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Dispatch doesn't let you derail conversations with blank, vacant stares because 'less than 1%' of players ever chose to stay silent in Telltale games

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'We are definitely not doing QTEs', said Dispatch's creative director before doing QTEs: 'We just needed it to not suck'

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Dispatch directors chose their animators because they'd made a 'really cool apple juice commercial'

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Making Dispatch was motivated by 'a mix of arrogance and stupidity,' its creative directors say

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One of my favorite Daedalic point-and-click adventures is free on Steam, and a pile of others have been marked way down

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Copyright trolling kept evidence of Japanese cult classic Cookie's Bustle offline, until now

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More than 800 gamers took an exam to prove they could complete an '80s adventure game without peeking at a walkthrough—and only 2 passed

Clean up

The Muri: Wildwoods demo blends cute critters and the same satisfaction of PowerWash Simulator to create what might be my favourite demo from Steam Next Fest

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Amanita Design teases the Orwell-inspired Phonopolis with a surprisingly funny demo about messing with people, running from the cops, and fighting fascism even when you don't really want to

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Fortnite: Save the World, the game that spawned Epic's money-printing battle royale, is going free-to-play after nearly a decade

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Fortnite's V-Bucks are about to get more expensive because 'the cost of running Fortnite has gone up a lot'

New balance

Fortnite's Chapter 7 loot pool is a blueprint for battle royale going forward: balanced, lethal, and flexible

Skill issue

Fortnite's no-aim-required lock-on assault rifle is an all-time stinker, and I hope Epic vaults it into oblivion

Drop in

Fortnite Chapter 7 map guide: Where to land, boss locations, mythics and hot-air balloons

Super looter

After a massive shake-up of Fortnite's loot pool, what's the best weapon and loadout?

Let us spray

I'm tired of running the same Fortnite loadout—both SMGs and snipers need a major buff

Shock horror

Shockwaves, we miss you. Please come back to Fortnite

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Fortnite bans paid prize wheels in third-party games just days after Steal the Brainrot started selling them

Keep rollin'

All free Monopoly Go Dice Links for March 2026

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Games Workshop just announced a book of 'insightful ork quotes' called Words of Waaagh

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Blood Bowl creator Jervis Johnson agrees with Games Workshop's AI ban, says 'it allows you to be a bit lazy and not put in the effort'

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My next love after D&D, Pathfinder 2e, has a Fanatical bundle selling over $450's worth of books for around $15

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The Darkest Dungeon board game fiasco is finally over, and as expected it's ended in tears: 'Mythic Games is no longer able to manufacture or deliver' it, Red Hook says, so it's giving away the game files to all backers

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Warhammer World, Games Workshop's pub-slash-hobby store celebrating the venerable wargame, is coming to the US

Not to jinx it

The League of Legends trading card game is surprisingly good because it embraces the best trends in card games

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Godzilla is stomping his way into the world of tabletop RPGs, with a new game from three legendary Warhammer designers

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Warhammer's ridiculous new Christmas merch lets you dedicate your tree to the Chaos gods with a set of evil baubles

Let's Talk

Playing Slay the Spire 2 and Esoteric Ebb on my ROG Ally all weekend turned me into a happy lump of swaddled gamer joy

Pathfinder

What does the Golden Compass do in Slay the Spire 2?

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Please send help: We can't stop opening packs in Wikigacha, a browser-based card game where you collect Wikipedia articles like 'List of Red Hot Chili Peppers band members' or 'Bariatric Surgery'

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Slay the Spire 2 dev compared it to unexciting 'chicken noodle soup' before its extraordinary launch, but it turns out people really, really like their soup

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'It's kind of like you're a butcher': Hundreds of Slay the Spire 2 card ideas were cut during development in an 'incredibly destructive process'

Turtles Together Strong

Turtle Team-Up turns Magic: The Gathering into a chill co-op game so you don't have to beat your friends and feel bad about it

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Slay the Spire 2 is the #1 seller on Steam, above Marathon and Resident Evil Requiem

Unlocked

Slay the Spire 2 launch times and release date

Market Correction

After its disastrous launch last year, I'm here to tell you that 2025's most promising auto-battler finally lives up to its potential

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You can play Cities: Skylines for free this weekend, ahead of the launch of its first expansion in 2 years

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Cities: Skylines 2's new developer celebrates the occasion with a debut patch all about death, making citizens pop their clogs around the clock and removing immortality in easy mode: 'Previously, about 80% of them never died of old age'

Timberborn gets a 1.0 release date and new 'lore trailer' showing some very thirsty beavers

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Cities: Skylines 2's new developer breaks cover on its plans for the sequel's future, revealing a patch that will include changes players 'have been requesting for a long time'

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'Brutally honest' city builder Microlandia gets brutally honest crime simulation: 'It's a spectrum of consequences that can become a death spiral every single day'

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Manor Lords' dev is experimenting with a new trading system that allows for 'deliberate economic strategies', including establishing monopolies on resources

pretty city

The city builders of 2026 will let us build in some wild places, including a Pokémon-style world filled with collectible creatures

Whiskerwood looks like an adorable game of cat and mouse, but in reality it's a brutal city builder where my grossly incompetent governance never goes unpunished for long

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Cities: Skylines 2 finally gets its asset editor in a parting gift from the series' original developers

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Overwatch co-creator Jeff Kaplan on his exit from Activision Blizzard: 'It was the biggest f**k you moment I've had in my career'

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Cancelled LucasArts Star Wars shooter that 'would have just made Disney money' is playable online for the first time

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Former Highguard dev who called out grave-dancing over the reveal trailer says the discourse 'had some very dark corners that may have accelerated the timeline of our failure,' but adds, 'it wasn't the primary cause'

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More than 15 years after it was revealed to the world, the game once envisioned as Crytek's big move into the online military shooter scene is finally closing

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This year's Overwatch April Fool's event is a two week Underwatch mode which throws 'common sense off the nearest ledge'

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Marathon's latest update fixes just about everything you had on your wishlist (no, seriously)

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Overwatch's mid-season update has given Mizuki a jawline buff before Anran's redesign (alongside actually important changes)

NEWS

Bungie is adding more shell skins to Marathon's battle pass after feedback

GEAR NO FEAR

Marathon ignores extraction shooter 'rules' and is better for it

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'Evo is dead': Major fighting game tournament is now wholly owned by Saudi megaproject Qiddiya, promises 'traditions, values, and identity will remain unchanged'

'Our team is still fully committed and working hard on 2XKO' says Riot as it announces two new characters days after mass layoff announcement

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The best Smash Bros.-like on Steam just added a character who can shop for items and go fishing in the middle of a match, in case you thought fighting games were too one-note

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Team Ninja is working on a new Dead or Alive fighting game after half a decade in hibernation

Great expectations

I don't understand what Riot wants from 2XKO

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Riot lays off 2XKO developers less than three weeks after release: 'Overall momentum hasn't reached the level needed to support a team of this size'

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After a disastrous year, Tekken 8 says it's going 'back to basics' for Season 3

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Fatal Fury fans accuse new City of the Wolves trailer of being filled with AI slop: 'All that Saudi money and can't pay someone a couple bucks to make real s**t'

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'It's a pretty big deal for me as a human': One of the FGC's most popular commentators is stepping away from future EVO events following its Saudi buyout

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Resident Evil Requiem mod makes Insanity mode even more brutal with zombie bites that actually infect you

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Crabmeat is a horror game about catching crabs—no, not like that

REdiculous

Resident Evil 2 Remake descends into kaizo chaos in Resurgence of the Dead Shadows

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Until Dawn remake studio is officially dead, a year after laying off nearly its entire staff

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Resident Evil Requiem director confirms 'extra story content' is in the works: 'It will take some time so we ask for your patience'

Fine &

All active Dandy's World codes in March 2026 and how to redeem them in Roblox

It Takes Two

Resident Evil Requiem delivered on the multiple-protagonist promise I've always wanted from Silent Hill

Bioquizard

To celebrate the launch of Resident Evil Requiem, I've cooked up a bone-chilling challenge for you—how many Resident Evil games can you name in 3 minutes?

REmixed

Resident Evil 4 Remake's Berserker mod is the best way to ramp up the action for a replay

Castle Keys

All Disney Dreamlight Valley codes and how to redeem them

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Stardew Valley and Wordle sure do make for a cute combination in this daily guessing game on the farm sim's crops

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All about Sandy: Stardew Valley gift guide, schedule, and events

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The Sims announces a Creation Club-style Marketplace and Maker program enabling content creators to sell their work directly to players

shining star

Stardew Valley's soundtrack is the game's unsung hero, and nails the surprisingly difficult task of making a cosy game's music memorable

The GOAT

Stardew Valley has basically become the Tolkien of cozy gaming

Evergreen 🌿

I went on a serious cottagecore Stardew Valley mod hunt and now I've got the cozy farm of my dreams for my next save

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ConcernedApe finds out not everyone will be hot for the blacksmith in Stardew Valley's upcoming 1.7 update: 'You've all been dying to marry Clint... right? ...guys?'

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All the Stardew Valley 10th anniversary announcements, including new romance options and a giant Pelican Town desk mat to replace your map keybinds

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Blizzard nerfed this WoW item, but players found an even better loophole that allowed them to travel across the planet every 2 minutes

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RuneScape's monthly membership now costs as much as a World of Warcraft subscription as Jagex announces its second price hike in less than 2 years

BETTER PREY

WoW: Midnight's new Prey mechanic is the coolest system the MMO's added in a while, but it needs to be meaner—even on lower difficulties

2005's finest

Still humming with life 21 years later, Konami's Master of Epic is a wonderful time capsule of the experimental early MMORPG era

OVER THE 'MOON

WoW's recent revamp of Silvermoon for Midnight is so good, I'm starting to wonder if the MMO's model of a 'new exciting continent every 2-3 years' was ever the right way

Free stuff

All Blue Protocol: Star Resonance codes

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Ah yikes, World of Warcraft: Midnight's otherwise solid housing system is soured by its premium currency, which makes you 'minimize leftovers' even though Blizzard said it wouldn't

OUTLAW VOGUE

After playing a bunch of Midnight, I don't think I miss WoW's combat addons or my old class design at all

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Final Fantasy 11, a 23-year-old MMO, is getting so many new players it's having to stop character creation on its busiest server

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Deadlock's latest update brings some huge movement buffs like jumping mid slide and 30% increased air control—it's a lot cooler than it sounds

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After deciding to make a MOBA, Quantic Dream also decides to release it at the same time as the Marathon server slam, the first Horizon Hunters Gathering playtest, and the Steam Next Fest

FACTS

Every Deadlock hero and all abilities

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League of Legends might be adding public voice chat—and as someone with a combined 2,655 hours in Dota 2 and Deadlock, I can safely say: Oh no

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Deadlock's snazziest rich boy, Apollo, gets struck down by a bunch of nerfs after terrorising matches: 'Yoshi took him out back'

LOCKED AWAY

I'm sad Deadlock is 'just' a MOBA—not because I don't like them, but because I'm in love with Valve's lore and characters enough to want any other game instead

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All of Deadlock's new heroes are now released—but please, pity the poor schmuck that spent anywhere between 252-378 hours pouring votes into Celeste, who came second to last

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Valve isn't putting Gordon Freeman into any new games, so Deadlock modders have taken matters into their own hands

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Deadlock releases the 5th hero in its new 6-hero lineup—Celeste, a floaty carnival performer with an ultimate that gives me war flashbacks to Dota 2

Buddy System

An hour of puzzle-solving in the quirky world of Big Walk is the most fun I've had in co-op in ages

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You can play Big Walk before launch, but only if you take a big walk to the publisher's office to play it in person

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Human Fall Flat, which is bizarrely one of the best-selling games of all time, gets a Viking-themed map featuring Dave the Diver for some reason

Guide

Blue Prince foundation elevator: how to use it

house call

Blue Prince tips: 10 useful tricks for mastering the mysterious mansion

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You might think hidden object games aren't cool, but that's only because you haven't tried the Find My Frogs: Branches demo yet

OLD BILLS

Obsidian Moon is a Lovecraftian noir detective game about moving bits of paper around your desk and making sure you've got enough money for whiskey and beans

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Devs behind GoldenEye, Perfect Dark and TimeSplitters are done with big shooters after getting burned by Embracer, so their next game is a Balatro-like twist on Scrabble—and you can try the demo now

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One of the best puzzle games ever is getting surprise DLC even though its developer kind of closed a while ago

Saving Throw

How well do you know Baldur's Gate 3's second act? You may need an actual brainworm to score a perfect 20/20 on our latest quiz

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The latest Humble Bundle packs 9 CRPGs, including some of the best to ever do it, for a little over $20

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Diablo 4: Lord of Hatred's new crafting system will bring back season 11's sanctification and gives bad loot the potential to be legendary

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Dark Messiah modders given 'blank check' from Ubisoft to develop toolkit are now releasing a Community Edition of Arkane's classic

Tickets please

Next and current banners in Honkai: Star Rail

Early Access

Solasta 2 launch times and release date

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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 studio drops legal action against L’Académie Clair-Obscur comic: 'Sorry for dragging our feet'

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Pokémon streamer's Kickstarter for a roguelite monster-collector hits its target in 10 minutes, then blows past $800K

still alive

After 2 years in early access, Greedfall: The Dying World still feels unfinished

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Dawn of War 4 playtesters want the combat to take longer because of how much they enjoy watching it

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Age of Empires 2: Definitive Edition gets yet another massive update adding a new line of warships and 'significant changes' to naval mechanics

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Stronghold Crusader: Definitive Edition gets a massive update introducing Steam Workshop support, 10 new maps, and a 10-mission cooperative campaign

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Dawn of War 4's combat director goes even further than the original game's sync-kill animations: 'I don't think any RTS has really done anything like this in the past'

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Total War: Warhammer 40,000 surpasses Steam wishlist milestone, with over 1 million people ready to fight for their dessicated corpse of an Emperor

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The original Dawn of War games have 109 new Steam achievements after 20 years—if you have the definitive edition, at least

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I'm escaping to the one place that hasn't been corrupted by capitalism: A fanmade browser version of the best Command & Conquer

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Promising RTS Dinolords, which is basically Age of Empires with dinosaurs, is getting a closed alpha playtest that you can join later this month

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Dawn of War 4's 'guiding star' was the first in the series, but 'you're not trying to recreate the old game, you try to recreate the feeling'