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Xbox shared a blog post earlier today that's mostly just a bunch of self-congratulatory waffle about how easy it is to play games you own on the service anywhere, and for the most part, it wasn't very interesting. There was one notable thing about it that has now been scrubbed from the post: an image of a bunch of devices you can play Xbox games on with some new UI, and oh, would you look at that, one of the filters for your game library is for Steam. Now isn't that interesting?

Great Windward Aloe is a special item in Monster Hunter Wilds that you can use to trade for other items. This item only appears in a certain region, under special conditions, so it’s not always easy to find. Once you get it, it has some limited, but useful, applications that can help you get other...

Snapshot Games and Arc Games have announced a video game adaptation of Gloomhaven followup Frosthaven, and there's a closed beta next week.

System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Edition (formerly titled System Shock 2: Enhanced Edition) will be arriving on PC, Xbox, PlayStation, and Nintendo Switch on June 26, courtesy of Nightdive Studios. Announced at the Future Game Show Spring Showcase, the 25th Anniversary Edition brings a fresh coat of paint to the classic 1999 sci-fi horror game...

Season 6 comes bearing balance changes, Power Shift changes, and more.

Frosthaven - the sequel to Cephalofair's knock-a-horse-out massive board game - is getting a digital version from Julian Gollop's Snapshot Games. You can sign up here to its closed beta kicking off March 27th, and it's coming to Steam early access later this year. Like predecessor Gloomhaven, Frosthaven is a tactical RPG where you'll resolve story events and encounters between dungeon delving, retiring old characters and unlocking new classes as you progress. New to Frosthaven is a fleshed-out m...

PikPok has revealed that upcoming zombie survival game Into the Dead: Our Darkest Days launches for PC via Steam Early Access in April.

Console makers and game developers like Microsoft, Nintendo and Electronic Arts have created a new initiative, managed by the Entertainment Software Association (ESA), that aims to make it easier to know what accessibility features games have.  The new Accessible Games Initiative has defined a set of 24 accessibility tags that will appear in participating game storefronts and product pages so players can know what features a game has before they buy it. The tags have easy to understand definitio...

Metal Eden is coming out May 6 and we can’t wait for you all to enjoy this shooter fans paradise! To make the wait even more exciting, we’re launching a free demo on April 8 at PlayStation Store. Get ready to experience Aska in action—stay tuned! Now, let´s focus on her.  In a world ravaged...

Latent Power is a powerful skill in Monster Hunter Wilds that you can get by crafting and equipping certain pieces of armor. In addition to influencing your stats, the armor in Monster Hunter Wilds have additional buffs called “skills.” These skills activate under special circumstances and provide additional powers to your hunter. One of these...

While the first iOS 19 beta is still more than two months away, there are already plenty of rumors about the upcoming software update. Below, we recap the key iOS 19 rumors so far. visionOS-Like Design In January, the YouTube channel Front Page Tech revealed a redesigned Camera app that is allegedly planned for iOS 19. According to Front Page Tech host Jon Prosser, the Camera app will have more translucent menus and buttons, along with a larger viewfinder. The alleged design looks similar to vis...

You know, with there being so many games set in ancient Rome, most of them being strategy games, I'm not sure I've ever seen a pixel art game with that setting. I bring this up because Romestead, a pixel art game with that exact setting, just got announced at the Future Games Show. From the offset it looks a little bit Stardew Valley, a little bit Terraria, and according to the publisher behind it Three Friends themselves, the latter is in fact a source of inspiration, alongside SNES classic The...

The Roman Empire has fallen, and I’ve barely escaped with my life. I’m now in a thick wood, surrounded by angry bears and ornery goats, and I’ve been forced to participate in the time-honored tradition of collecting sticks and stones so I can build basic accommodations. The day can be dangerous, but the night is...

There's something to be said for building your own society in a videogame. Starting from nothing, you place very shack, mine every resource, and come to know every citizen. I'm a real sucker for when this involves an awful lot of history, though, which is why Romestead has caught my attention. The survival town builder boasts cozy pixel art, Stardew Valley stylings, and even what looks like some Manor Lords strategy.

Post-apocalyptic turn-based strategy game Chains of Freedom brings XCOM-style tactical combat to a dark-fantasy dystopia set in Eastern Europe. In the shadow of a government on the edge of collapse, the intervention of a rogue scientist brings dangerous mind control serums to the table, while even more dangerous horrors lurk in the darkness. With your elite squad of highly trained specialists in tow, it’s up to you to unravel the conspiracy that threatens to tear civilization apart. Now, develop...

Developers at Nightdive Studios will be the first to tell you no two projects are alike. Nowhere is this more true than the soon-to-be-released remaster of System Shock 2. Announced six years ago as System Shock 2: Enhanced Edition, Nightdive reannounced the project under a new name — System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster. This...

And it looks ace, to boot.

Not every D&D videogame going forward will be trying to replicate Baldur's Gate 3's dizzying depth.

"I don't think he'll let us know when [Balatro 1.1] is gonna drop," said Wout van Halderen, the communications director at Playstack.

Last year saw V Rising, the vampire survival game, finally hit 1.0. Since then, it's established itself as a cornerstone of its genre, inflecting the style of design featured in popular games like Valheim, Palworld, or Don't Starve with vampiric flair. Its creator, Stunlock Studios, hasn't been resting on its laurels, though. The studio has been hard at work on V Rising's 1.1 version, which is set to roll out new features over the course of 2025. Now, we've been given a glimpse of exactly what's...

I Hate This Place adapts an Eisner-nominated comic book and is set to release later this year.

The post Xbox Joins Partners Across the Industry to Unveil Accessible Games Initiative appeared first on Xbox Wire.

Lost Rift is coming to early access on Steam.

When you’re “wanted” in Assassin’s Creed Shadows, you’re going to have a much harder time sneaking around castles to assassinate samurai as Naoe or busting down the door to duel them as Yasuke. Thankfully there are multiple ways to reduce your wanted level in Assassin’s Creed Shadows so you don’t have to worry about the...

InZOI kind of looks like an exercise in pushing the uncanny valley to me, something I'd wholeheartedly respect if that were definitely the intention behind the game, but I have a hunch that it really is just meant to be The Sims, but if it looked like real life. Whether that's enough to win over Sims lovers or not, I'm not sure, its early access release isn't until next week so we'll all know more then. However! You do now have the opportunity to try and test the limits of its character creator,...

Myst and Riven developer Cyan Worlds surprised fans of its three-decades-old-and-counting game franchise this week by dropping an entire new world you can explore for free into its most recent remaster of 1993’s Myst. The setting, Rime, is new to Myst (2020), though not to the franchise as a whole — it was originally designed...

The return of the Ministry of the Bleeding Obvious.

Forteller Games has announced a new TTRPG called Sunset. It is a hopeful RPG about contemplating and introspecting on death.

League of Legends is a lot of things. At its foundation, it's an immensely popular MOBA. It's also, thanks to a plethora of multimedia spin-offs, a TV show in the form of Arcane; a life sim, thanks to Bandle Tale; and a platform game in Song of Nunu. Another arena that LoL briefly looked to have ventured into earlier today was branded cryptocurrency. But Riot now confirms to PCGamesN that this was actually the result of a hacked social media account.

Cat sanctuaries are common in Japan, and the same is true for Assassin’s Creed Shadows, with roaming gaggles of felines appearing in several different locations in-game. However, there is one purrfect island that houses loads of cats (including kittens) — which we’ll colloquially called “Cat Island.” In this guide, we’ll tell you where to find...

If videogames are meant, in certain cases, to serve as escapist fantasies, it's pretty easy to explain the appeal of those that allow players to demolish a car without having to worry about personal safety or taking the smouldering vehicle to the shop after for repairs. This is part of the reason alternative racing games with a focus on destruction — entries to the Burnout, Dirt Rally, and Destruction Derby series — are so enjoyable, and new games in the subgenre so welcome. Fortunately, one of ...

Yup, we're still good for something.

With The Last of Us Part 2 Remastered now exactly two weeks away from its PC release, Sony has detailed the platform-specific features it's implementing - and in the case of PSN requirements, not implementing. That's alongside word of new content coming to all platforms.

The fictional 1980s setting of Papers, Please doesn't feel so distant.

Assassin's Creed Shadows is available for download on the Mac as of today, and it is the first Assassin's Creed title that is launching for Mac at the same time that it is launching on PlayStation 5, Windows machines, and the Xbox. Set in 16th century Japan, Assassin's Creed Shadows is part of the main Assassin's Creed gaming lineup, and it is the successor to Assassin's Creed Mirage. The game focuses on the dispute between the Assassin Brotherhood and the Templar Order, and players can take on ...