Latest articles by Rick Lane
Wreckfest 2's latest update lets you drive a grotty motorhome that's definitely had meth cooked in it, and ensures that 'realistic damage mode is now more realistic'
News New tracks and demolition derby arenas also added.
For the first time in three years, Sable is free to keep on the Epic Store
News Grab Shedworks' beautiful open-world game gratis for the next week.
The brilliant Half-Life-inspired survival game Abiotic Factor cascades into 1.0 this July
News Deep Field Games wraps up early access development next month.
I played Lovecraftian doctor simulator Do No Harm, and let me tell you, my brother in Cthulhu, I did some serious harm
Hippocratic oaf Doctor Eadful is in the house.
Dying Light continues celebrating its 10th anniversary with a big graphical facelift, but don't you dare call it a remaster
News The Retouched update is "about squeezing out even more from the Dying Light you already love."
Two Point Museum's first DLC adds a fantasy flourish to your exhibitions, letting you display mimic chests, a giant d20, and a chicken statue that turns people into poultry
News Fantasy Finds is out this July.
Atari's reboot of Mad Max-style racer Fatal Run is coming later this year, and its new trailer shows a hefty dose of Burnout in its irradiated DNA
News Mad tracks.
Hellblade 2 is getting an enhanced edition that brings back the fake permadeath system from the first game, but there's every chance it's real this time
News Also improves photo mode and adds even more graphics.
Blasphemous is currently 90% off, so cheap it's giving me a guilty conscience
News Blasphemous 2 also half-price.
Pathologic 3's time travel system will let players 'explore the unknown boldly and without fearing permanent ruin' and that makes me way more inclined to play it
News "Unlike previous entries in the series, now you must fight for every new day of the town’s life."
Victoria 3 is playable for free this weekend, and on a 70% discount until Thursday
News Play Paradox's Victorian grand strategy gratis, then grab the full game cheap if you like it.
Almost a year after launch, Frost Giant's StarCraft wannabe has finally added the feature it's named after: 'We called the game Stormgate, yet we didn't actually have any stormgates'
News "Long-requested" feature arrives to shake up the troubled RTS.
Total War: Warhammer 3's latest patch radically reattunes its magic item system: 'In total some 600 ancillaries have had their effects and rarity adjusted'
News Also adds new units and campaign AI options.
Tempest Rising's first major update targets the Command and Conquer successor's multiplayer, adding 6 maps, a 2v2 ranked mode, and an extensive balance overhaul
News Rally & Recon update available now.
That 16-bit Terminator 2 throwback doesn't feature Arnie's likeness, but it did license the guy who played adult John Connor for 30 seconds in the film's intro
News Facing judgement.
No More Room in Hell 2's latest update transforms its zombie horror from a cooperative game to a solo extraction shooter when enough players die
News 'Early individual extraction' lets you choose to abandon your teammates when the rotting flesh hits the fan.
FBC: Firebreak review – Delightfully silly, but hindered by balancing issues and limited replay value
Uncontrolled A big old mess. Mainly by design, partly by mistake.
Hardcore World War 2 shooter Hell Let Loose is free to play all weekend, and on a 50% discount for the next two weeks
News Team17's Battlefield aspirant will let you sign up for free until Monday.
I was surprised and delighted to learn that every FromSoft protagonist outside of Elden Ring Nightreign is 5 feet 7 inches tall, aka the best height for cool people
News Height mapping.
Still Wakes the Deep is getting an expansion where you investigate the events of the base game ten years later, and it's out next week
News Siren's Rest will lure you in on Wednesday.
Less than a week from launch, FBC: Firebreak has broken out its roadmap, with two new updates coming this year adding new levels, enemies and even systems
News Remedy's cooperative shooter releases on Tuesday.
This massive mod for Mount and Blade 2: Bannerlord not only converts it to Sengoku-era Japan, it adds fully simulated naval battles months ahead of the base game
News Shokuho is available to download now.
Two Point Museum's latest update adds memorial exhibits for staff who vanish on expeditions, which you can put on display or sell for cold, hard profit
News The 3.0 update also adds new decorative posters and backpacks for burglars.
Satisfactory's biggest patch since launch makes it friendlier for Steam Deck players: 'It's no exaggeration to say this update includes more than a year's worth of work'
News The 1.1 update also expands conveyor belt modularity, tidies up your pipework, adds a personnel elevator and overhauls photo mode.
