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NewsCounter-Strike 2 introduces the game's biggest shake-up in years: Now when reloading, you lose all the mag's remaining ammo
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Marathon's competitive mode is so complicated that Bungie made a literal maths test to figure it out, and it actually helps
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newsThe Steam Spring Sale 2026 kicks off with discounts on thousands of games of every type
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Fresh FitAll Crimson Desert Twitch Drops and how to get them
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Rat RaceMarathon Ranked explained: Rules, scoring, and rewards
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Tag You're ItHow to craft and use a name tag in Minecraft
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Pretty petalsHow to craft and use a golden dandelion in Minecraft
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Fresh Fit
All Crimson Desert Twitch Drops and how to get them
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Carry That WeightDeath Stranding 2 review: Catharsis in the age of the algorithm
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⌛Crimson Desert launch times and release date
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newsTomb Raider Remastered studio denies using generative AI in latest update, says fixes for bugs and 'texture issues' are on the way
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Kliff notesCrimson Desert review: The Forza Horizon of action RPGs
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Sam Time, Sam PlaceHere are the Death Stranding 2 PC unlock times in your timezone
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NewsCapcom says yep Leon is married, and now has 'a place to go home to' after killing an army of infected: but who's waiting for him when he gets there?
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NewsTake-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick cannot fathom anyone not wanting to play GTA 6: 'I think we'll be able to engage every appropriate individual'
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NewsAI is the villain in Pragmata, but director Cho Yonghee wants to stress that his evil AI is slightly different to our real-life evil AI thanks to 'the presence of an AI character like Diana'
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NewsDispatch's character and concept artist was picked up on ArtStation 'as a last resort', a temporary solution 'to get us through the pitch phase', before defining the entire game's artstyle
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NewsDispatch 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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News'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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NewsDispatch directors chose their animators because they'd made a 'really cool apple juice commercial'
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NewsMaking Dispatch was motivated by 'a mix of arrogance and stupidity,' its creative directors say
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newsOne 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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NewsCopyright trolling kept evidence of Japanese cult classic Cookie's Bustle offline, until now
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NewsMore than 800 gamers took an exam to prove they could complete an '80s adventure game without peeking at a walkthrough—and only 2 passed
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Clean upThe 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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NewsFortnite players revolt over V-Bucks changes as Epic devs appeal for calm: 'Paying the bills frees up our teams to continue driving stories and building stuff you love'
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NewsFortnite: 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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newsFortnite's V-Bucks are about to get more expensive because 'the cost of running Fortnite has gone up a lot'
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New balanceFortnite's Chapter 7 loot pool is a blueprint for battle royale going forward: balanced, lethal, and flexible
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Skill issueFortnite's no-aim-required lock-on assault rifle is an all-time stinker, and I hope Epic vaults it into oblivion
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Drop inFortnite Chapter 7 map guide: Where to land, boss locations, mythics and hot-air balloons
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Super looterAfter a massive shake-up of Fortnite's loot pool, what's the best weapon and loadout?
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Let us sprayI'm tired of running the same Fortnite loadout—both SMGs and snipers need a major buff
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Shock horrorShockwaves, we miss you. Please come back to Fortnite
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Keep rollin'All free Monopoly Go Dice Links for March 2026
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NewsGames Workshop just announced a book of 'insightful ork quotes' called Words of Waaagh
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NewsBlood 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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NewsMy 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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newsThe 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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NewsWarhammer World, Games Workshop's pub-slash-hobby store celebrating the venerable wargame, is coming to the US
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Not to jinx itThe League of Legends trading card game is surprisingly good because it embraces the best trends in card games
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NEWSGodzilla is stomping his way into the world of tabletop RPGs, with a new game from three legendary Warhammer designers
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NEWSWarhammer's ridiculous new Christmas merch lets you dedicate your tree to the Chaos gods with a set of evil baubles
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News'Even though I threw out my back from overworking, I'm feeling high in spirits': Slay the Spire 2 sold 3 million copies in its first week
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Let's TalkPlaying Slay the Spire 2 and Esoteric Ebb on my ROG Ally all weekend turned me into a happy lump of swaddled gamer joy
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PathfinderWhat does the Golden Compass do in Slay the Spire 2?
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newsPlease 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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newsSlay 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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news'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'
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Turtles Together StrongTurtle 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
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UnlockedSlay the Spire 2 launch times and release date
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NewsBeaver-themed city-builder Timberborn has gnawed its way out of early access, and surprise! It has Factorio-style automation now
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NewsYou can play Cities: Skylines for free this weekend, ahead of the launch of its first expansion in 2 years
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NewsCities: 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'
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Timberborn gets a 1.0 release date and new 'lore trailer' showing some very thirsty beavers
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NewsCities: 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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News'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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NewsManor Lords' dev is experimenting with a new trading system that allows for 'deliberate economic strategies', including establishing monopolies on resources
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pretty cityThe city builders of 2026 will let us build in some wild places, including a Pokémon-style world filled with collectible creatures
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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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News
Counter-Strike 2 introduces the game's biggest shake-up in years: Now when reloading, you lose all the mag's remaining ammo
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Marathon's competitive mode is so complicated that Bungie made a literal maths test to figure it out, and it actually helps
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Rat Race
Marathon Ranked explained: Rules, scoring, and rewards
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FOV 90Peak extraction shooter is waiting 7 minutes and 38 seconds to kill one guy in particular
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NewsOverwatch players prove that there's still some good left in them as Winston and co triumph over Talon in the seasonal Conquest event
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NewsThe co-creators of Caves of Qud, our favorite roguelike fever dream, worked as narrative consultants on Marathon—which mostly meant they 'got to sit there in the room and throw completely absurd ideas at the wall'
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newsRemedy is moving on from FBC: Firebreak, but it's going out with a bang: One final update adds 5 new maps, a lower price, friend's pass, and a promise the game will 'continue to be playable for years to come'
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NEWSMarathon nerfs the shotgun everyone is using, reverts sound back to normal, and sets the stage for Cryo Archive
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newsOverwatch director says addressing the 5v5 versus 6v6 debates late 'cost us trust': 'We should have listened sooner'
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news'Evo is dead': Major fighting game tournament is now wholly owned by Saudi megaproject Qiddiya, promises 'traditions, values, and identity will remain unchanged'
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'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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NewsThe 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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NewsTeam Ninja is working on a new Dead or Alive fighting game after half a decade in hibernation
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Great expectationsI don't understand what Riot wants from 2XKO
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newsRiot 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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newsAfter a disastrous year, Tekken 8 says it's going 'back to basics' for Season 3
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newsFatal 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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news'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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NewsDead by Daylight's new K-pop chapter doesn't add a new killer, but it does sound like one more step towards a healthier game: 'It's a bit of a trial'
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Fine &All active Dandy's World codes in March 2026 and how to redeem them in Roblox
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newsResident Evil Requiem actor had to spend '2 to 3 minutes' audibly dying during her audition, while the casting director threw out surprise instructions: 'Now a zombie has bitten your left leg'
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NewsCapcom celebrates 6 million units sold for Resident Evil Requiem, 'the fastest that a title in the series has reached this milestone'
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Nightmare fuelAs if seeing it on your screen wasn't enough, someone has created a lifesize animatronic version of the girl from Resident Evil Requiem, which is a really good, not at all terrifying idea, I'm sure
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NewsGet up to 85% off the Dead Space games in EA's franchise sale, including Motive's excellent remake that will probably never see a successor
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NewsDead By Daylight devs reckon the game has 'at least' another 10 years in it
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Dead goodDead By Daylight codes for March 2026
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Tough luck
The worst part of Resident Evil Requiem is its final choice, which is an annoying throwback to Resident Evil 7's ultimatum
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News'Sims don't plan anything' says former Sims 4 developer, though he always wanted to program them to: 'it's always shot down, rightfully so'
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News'I took those files and deleted them': Former Sims 4 developer says he totally rewrote the sims' AI in the middle of development and 'that was a scary thing to do'
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Castle KeysAll Disney Dreamlight Valley codes and how to redeem them
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NewsStardew 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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newsThe Sims announces a Creation Club-style Marketplace and Maker program enabling content creators to sell their work directly to players
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shining starStardew Valley's soundtrack is the game's unsung hero, and nails the surprisingly difficult task of making a cosy game's music memorable
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The GOATStardew Valley has basically become the Tolkien of cozy gaming
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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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NewsOur idea of Azeroth could have looked very different, because Jeff Kaplan said he 'really wanted WoW to be first-person' in its early days: 'I argued a lot for that'
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NewsFF14's most determined challenge runner finally hits a wall after 1,000 hours, then unveils a backup strategy that took 233 days to prepare in secret: 'I wanted so badly to tell people'
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NewsBlizzard struggles to balance its Abundance world event in a way that makes anybody happy, with recent potential nerfs making it even more stressful to optimize
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BIG PULLSQuestion time: How many of you actually care about going fast in an MMO dungeon?
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Blood RedEverything we know about Crimson Desert
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News2 years after its announcement, FF14's monster-taming Beastmaster job finally arrives this year, along with what looks like a Slay the Spire-esque roguelike mode
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Free stuffAll Blue Protocol: Star Resonance codes
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Eternally OnlineFormer EVE Online developers are building a society simulation MMO where your character keeps playing even after you log off
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newsWoW's questing system was inspired by a playtest that didn't work out as planned, because the testers didn't play MMOs and had no idea what they were supposed to do: 'I ran out of quests right away!'
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NewsDeadlock'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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newsAfter 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
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FACTSEvery Deadlock hero and all abilities
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NewsLeague 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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NewsDeadlock's snazziest rich boy, Apollo, gets struck down by a bunch of nerfs after terrorising matches: 'Yoshi took him out back'
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LOCKED AWAYI'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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NewsAll 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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NewsValve isn't putting Gordon Freeman into any new games, so Deadlock modders have taken matters into their own hands
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NewsDeadlock 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
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NewsThe creator of Stephen's Sausage Roll has released a new puzzle-platformer where you play as an egg, in the latest example of a developer fallen to the sunny side
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Rise and shineI'm celebrating Spring by helping a little frog wake up from hibernation in the cosy puzzle game Walk the Frog
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Buddy SystemAn 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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NewsYou 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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NewsHuman 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
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GuideBlue Prince foundation elevator: how to use it
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house callBlue Prince tips: 10 useful tricks for mastering the mysterious mansion
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newsYou might think hidden object games aren't cool, but that's only because you haven't tried the Find My Frogs: Branches demo yet
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OLD BILLSObsidian 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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NewsClair Obscur's narrative lead says while it's 'a painful process' to write, AI has never tempted her: 'The whole point of writing is to express what I have in my head'
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+1Solasta 2 is shaping up to be the kind of tactical D&D hexcrawl Baldur's Gate 3 very much was not
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newsExodus, the space opera epic with trailers narrated by Matthew McConaughey, drops a trio of gameplay clips that still look a lot like Mass Effect
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newsDealing trillions of damage in Diablo 4 isn't a problem worth worrying about as long as 'there's something that makes it meaningful', game director says: 'I know a lot of it is from fear'
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choo chooCrimson Desert is the most hyped game I've seen in a minute
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High TideNext and current banners in Wuthering Waves
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WishmasterNext and current banners in Genshin Impact
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PATH FINDINGAs a Pathfinder 2e sicko, I'm excited for Starfinder: Afterlight after playing an hour of its playtest—but Epictellers has a lot of work to do before demo time this summer
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NewsClair Obscur: Expedition 33 'opened a new avenue' up for Daredevil actor Charlie Cox as he announces taking part in another videogame later this year
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NewsDawn of War 4 playtesters want the combat to take longer because of how much they enjoy watching it
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NewsAge 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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NewsStronghold Crusader: Definitive Edition gets a massive update introducing Steam Workshop support, 10 new maps, and a 10-mission cooperative campaign
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NewsDawn 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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NewsTotal 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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NewsThe 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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NewsI'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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NewsPromising 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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newsDawn 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'
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Pretty petals
How to craft and use a golden dandelion in Minecraft
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Carry That Weight
Death Stranding 2 review: Catharsis in the age of the algorithm
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Clair Obscur's narrative lead says while it's 'a painful process' to write, AI has never tempted her: 'The whole point of writing is to express what I have in my head'
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