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Former Helldivers 2 writer is astonished by the monster he helped create, as he describes how the game's approach to storytelling led to the community's showdown with Sony: 'We trained them to fight together. And then they fought together'
By Rick Lane published
News "It was built from the beginning to have the players involved."
Helldivers 2 director says new de-listings are an 'administrative error correction' by Valve on Sony's orders, but 'we still want the game to be available everywhere'
By Rick Lane published
News Communication breakdown.
It sure looks like The Talos Principle 2 is about to get an expansion
By Rick Lane published
News Teaser videos and cryptic tweets hint at something new on the horizon.
Dota 2's Pudge becomes the MOBA's first character to be played in over a billion matches
By Rick Lane published
News Pudge gets a nudge, likely won't budge.
As Helldivers 2's Steam reviews begin to recover, Arrowhead's CEO shares an 'accidental' cape design based upon its Overwhelmingly Negative rating, and of course the community wants it added to the game
By Rick Lane published
News "Do it Pilestedt, it would be a genius play!"
NetherRealm gives us a proper look at Homelander in Mortal Kombat 1's latest DLC trailer, and somehow the fatalities aren't the grossest thing in it
By Rick Lane published
News Milking it.
The best GTA 5 mods
By Christopher Livingston, Joe Donnelly, Rick Lane, Heather Newman last updated
New and updated! Our favourite tweaks include forests in San Andreas and more than 50 new heists.
Valheim's 'most challenging biome yet' is now available for public testing
By Rick Lane published
News Ashlands introduces a smoldering new area, weapons, creatures, buildable items, crafting materials, and more.
Chart-topping city-builder Manor Lords hits 3 million wishlists four days before launch
By Rick Lane published
News Early birthday peasant.
Doom played in space by satellite computer 'ten times more powerful than any current ESA spacecraft'
By Rick Lane published
News Computer Station.
Embracer Group embraces its new future as three separate companies including 'Middle-earth and Friends', which its CEO says 'reinforces Embracer's vision of backing entrepreneurs and creators with a long-term mindset'
By Rick Lane published
News Making friends.
Prison Architect 2's release delayed due to 'new technical challenges', has its sentence extended until September
By Rick Lane published
News Parole denied.
Team Fortress 2 joins us in the modern age as Valve updates the 17 year old shooter to 64-bit
By Rick Lane published
News Should result in performance improvements for "most users".
Dragon's Dogma 2's getting an update which nerfs dragonsplague, stops Pawns incessantly yapping, and makes them 'less likely to fall off cliffs'
By Rick Lane published
News Changes will arrive later this month.
Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 isn't just bigger, it's more diverse, with Warhorse adding a 'wide range of ethnicities and different characters'
By Rick Lane published
News The studio is also working with a "group of experts from different ethnicities or religious beliefs".
Instead of making Baldur's Gate 4, Larian is working on 2 new projects based on its own IPs, and CEO Swen Vincke reckons it'll result in the studio's 'best work ever'
By Rick Lane published
News "I get excited like a kid watching the key imagery."
Descent 3 programmer releases the classic space shooter's source code, including a surprise patch developed 15 years ago but never released
By Rick Lane published
News Infinite degrees of freedom.
One of Steam's best-reviewed games gets a surprise open world sequel, and it's a plunder-em-up built around rickety pirate robots
By Rick Lane published
News SteamWorld Heist 2 will ricochet onto Steam on August 8.
Broken Roads review: A cerebral narrative adventure trapped in an unsatisfying RPG
By Rick Lane published
Loose morals Descartes before the horse.
New multiplayer survival game features crafting, base building, automatic weapons and flying. The twist? Everyone plays as a bunch of ducks
By Rick Lane published
News Quackshot.
Helldivers 2 players return to site of their greatest defeat, as a new Major Order demands the liberation of Malevelon Creek
By Rick Lane published
News And it might be done within the next few hours.
'Please publish this to the main game': Arma Reforger players go wild for April Fools' gag that purports to turn the military simulator into a battle between toy soldiers
By Rick Lane published
News Tiny Wars gets a big response.
'We don't see a place for microtransactions in singleplayer games', says CD Projekt Red following Dragon's Dogma 2's DLC fiasco
By Rick Lane published
News Though the Cyberpunk 2077 developer doesn't rule out using them for multiplayer projects.
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