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Empulse and Splitgate: Arena Reloaded are officially over as 1047 Games says it's probably done making arena shooters

The studio will remain operational, but its next game "may look very different" from what it's done before.

Some of WoW's hardest dungeons and raids have gotten just a bit easier—that's on purpose, developers say

"People are a little bit more willing now to say, 'Well I'd like to try out tanking. I'd like to try out healing.'"

Haunted Chocolatier's development has been 'very productive' in recent months, Eric Barone says: 'Working on Haunted Chocolatier is what I’m most eager and driven to do'

The Stardew developer says he's now "certain" he'll enjoy Haunted Chocolatier once it's finished.

I added player-seeking hit squads to GTA 5, though the billion other mods I have installed keep getting in their way

47 never had this problem.

With GTA 6 leaker hunt 'rapidly evolving,' Take-Two asks court to keep latest subpoena request sealed to avoid tipping off leakers

The filing contains "highly sensitive, confidential information" that lawyers fear could help the GTA 6 leakers destroy evidence or evade detection.

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Onimusha: Way of the Sword review

Ferociously good combat brings this long-dormant series back from the afterlife.

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The Blood of Dawnwalker review

A horror RPG with novel ideas of its own, even if it doesn’t always have the courage to follow them through.

Fable's story will be '15-20 hours' long, according to its game director, although the game's life systems are 'limitless'

"You can literally play it forever if that's what you want to do."

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A 38-year-old NES platformer is getting a Steam remake by its original husband-and-wife team, as the pair's 'final major game product'

The Battle of Olympus will arrive on Steam in 2027.

The Steam 'teraleak' extends far beyond Valve games, including prototypes of third-party titles like Mafia 2 and Grand Theft Auto 3: 'This may be one of if not the biggest leaks to occur'

Hundreds of Steam file groups were included in the leak relating to game builds, trailers, soundtracks and more.

1666: Amsterdam's developer says it 'won't be using AI anymore', and the tech was only used 'in conception and pre-production'—arguably the most creative phase of the entire process

Patrice Désilets says AI has been "totally removed" from the development process.

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Steam Week in Review: Here are the top 10 most popular genres on Steam

All the interesting Steam facts for the week ending August 30.

'Sidequests are almost my reason for doing videogames in the first place:' The dev behind one of the coolest upcoming RPGs says its word count is ballooning because they just love side stories so much

You won't see me complaining

A Star Wars Galaxies community server was allegedly hacked with AI assistance by a Reddit moderator harboring a primeval grudge

"We’re obviously bothered by this, but there isn’t much we can do outside of being up front with all of you and staying focused on what makes Legends great."

Star Wars Zero Company's permadeath makes it a better RPG than most RPGs, even though it's not really an RPG

Choice and consequence vs. death and consequence.

Total War: Warhammer 40,000 wins best PC game at Gamescom

Previews of the grimdark strategy game are turning heads.

Thanks to a dedicated team 'art-directing' every single NPC, GTA 6 has over 10 times as many unique animations as GTA 5

Over 600,000.

Elden Ring's Tarnished Edition is exciting enough on its own, but it's also our last chance to properly experience the game's launch day hype

One last hurrah for "fort comma night," "Mist, or Beast," and "offer pickle."

14 years on, the creator of DayZ is still searching for a solution to survival gaming's biggest problem: 'I think I am going to die without having solved it'

"And honestly, I'm okay with that."

Am I out of touch? No, it's the children who are wrong: The Wii and PS3 are 'retro' now, according to iconic Japanese gaming show

80% of nearly 17,000 viewers agree: Wii Sports is even more of a grandpa game in 2026 than it was two decades prior.

The highly customisable Corsair Frame 4000X promised it would be my dream PC case, but I'm not completely convinced

It's definitely got plenty of parts to pick from, but does it all come together?

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This newly-announced FPS will let you blast through the worlds of Medieval Europe's weirdest artist, and I really hope it includes the 500-year-old butt song from hell

Hieronymus invites you to step into artworks like The Garden of Earthly Delights.

A massive cache of Valve data has reportedly leaked online, appearing to include Portal 2's elusive beta build and a potential weapon from Half-Life 2: Episode 3

The leak purportedly includes files that date between 2003 and 2013.

Activision serves cease and desist to infamous Call of Duty cheat maker—and films the whole thing: 'We will find you'

The publisher says it has disrupted 375 reseller operations so far.

Peter Cullen, voice of Optimus Prime in The Transformers, dies aged 85

The prolific voice actor also appeared in Knight Rider, Gremlins, King Kong, Crystal Crisis, and plenty more.

PSA: Swap the radial ability menu in Star Wars Zero Company for more of a trad XCOM-style experience

It's the Runa-approved way to play.

A native port of Donkey Kong 64 is finally playable on PC thanks to a team of programmers who boast that 'no generative AI [was] used at any point in the process'

The unofficial native port of the classic Nintendo platformer runs on modern hardware.

Elden Ring players are hard at work putting the new Tarnished Edition DLC's gear to the test

Some poor bosses are getting "the Matador treatment".

Valve assures Deadlock players hungry for its next big update that it will notify them, 'or order a ton of pizza', when it's ready

Yoshi said to expect the new big update by the end of September.

All the key details on HoYo's co-op monster slayer Nodusfall

Paimon could never.

The Long Dark will get new DLC again as studio shifts devs away from the sequel to survive an 'uncertain' industry: 'We have to adapt to this'

Blackfrost's early access release won't make it this year after all.

Modern gamers spoiled by Steam will never understand the joy of a MegaPak

A requiem for the early days of budget PC gaming.

I want MMOs to waste our time again

I've accomplished very little on a Star Wars Galaxies private server, and I wouldn't want it any other way.

I played just an hour of Total War: Warhammer 40,000 and it was the highlight of my year

Living the grimdark dream.

Rockstar considered having four protagonists in Grand Theft Auto 6, but the studio 'worried about diluting the amount of player time' with each character

"How do we follow up three characters? Is it four characters now?"

I've checked gaming PC deals every week for two years and I'm not exaggerating when I say there isn't a single well-priced PC left

Even AMD builds are now depressing to look at.

'Well, that didn't go as planned' says EA as it footage of its Iron Man game leaks online

"But now you know, we've got a lot more to show you."

Hello Neighbor's multiplayer spinoff has been 'temporarily shut down' after a hacker wiped player progression and demanded the game's 'removal from sale across all platforms'

Secret Neighbor will remain offline until Hologryph and tinyBuild have addressed the breach.

'Claude Strife': DLSS 5 has escaped into the wild, and things are immediately weird

The controversial generative AI tech can look alright when used subtly, but the 'AI look' seems to be inescapable.

Path of Exile 2's first event league goes 'oops, all bosses' and reworks its worst mode so sane people can finally enjoy it

Forbidden Rites is a rerun of the action RPG's best league yet with some twists.

Bland or badass? The internet is split on GTA 6's Jason, and so is PC Gamer

Everyone's got an opinion, including us.

Nodusfall isn't Elden Ring, Monster Hunter or a typical HoYoverse game—it's something very different

Hands-on with the free-to-play boss-killer.

5 samurai movies to watch before playing Onimusha: Way of the Sword

While you were out partying, I was studying the blade (on DVD).

I have modded many dogs, several cows, 2 lions, and a chimpanzee into Grand Theft Auto 5, and they are all my friends

Rolling deep.

I tried the sequel to Task Manager and it has too many special effects

If Task Manager is so good, why isn't there a Task Manager 2?

Chinese memory maker YMTC wants to dethrone Samsung and SK hynix by the end of 2027

YMTC has some big plans.

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Rockstar has to 'be careful' about what GTA 6 picks to satirize because 'very specific political issues or memes will date fast'

So no Skibidi Toilet? Got it.

Fable director says they aren't 'scared of other big games' except one—it's GTA 6, in case you were living under a rock

"There's just one that I'm happy to avoid entirely."

All the key details about 'anime GTA' game Ananta

Does whatever a (legally distinct) Spider(-Man) can.

Pulsar's new mouse is sliced in half to make it genuinely 'crazy-light'

'I swear it came like that,' I say as I chew through half a mouse.