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The Rust Jungle update is a testament to the team at Facepunch Studios. Over a decade since it first launched, one of the founding figures of modern survival games remains steadfastly atop the Steam charts, pulling in hundreds of thousands of players daily. Competitors such as Ark, Valheim, and Once Human certainly have their moments, but Rust remains the most consistent presence among them, and a big part of that its regular cadence of impactful updates. Now, it’s introducing the game’s first n...

French President Emmanuel Macron has congratulated Sandfall Interactive for its new RPG Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, calling it a "shining example of French audacity and creativity".

Back in February, Valve released the source code for Team Fortress 2 (TF2) into the Source SDK, which allows modders to see how it all works and get their standalone mods onto Steam. But also, it allows them to fix up issues directly in Team Fortress 2.

The release of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered is theoretically terrible news for the creators of Skyblivion, a long-in-development mod that recreates Bethesda's 2006 RPG in the Skyrim engine. On the one hand, you could argue that the official comeback care of Virtuos Studios renders Skyblivion unnecessary. On the other, there's the usual worry that Bethesda's intellectual property lawyers are going to erupt from the toilets like radioactive rats and eat the modders alive. The Skyblivi...

Until now, Escape From Tarkov PvE has been a place where you can do raids, hunt PMCs, and get loot without having to wipe all your progress. When it was made available as an expansion back in 2024, Battlestate said that EFT’s player-versus-environment mode would never force you to reset your character. Now, with the 1.0 and Steam releases on their way, BSG confirms that to reach the conclusion of Escape From Tarkov PvE, you will in fact need to wipe. But it’s not forced - and starting from scrat...

I knew Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 was something special from the first moment I laid eyes on it. In a sea of Summer Game Fest trailers showcasing everything from Doom: The Dark Ages to that Diablo 4: Vessel of Hatred trailer, it was, for me, the standout. Between its gorgeous world, stellar graphics, and intriguing plotline, Sandfall's debut has cemented itself as one of the greatest turn-based RPGs of all time, arriving to critical acclaim and even giving Bethesda's much-anticipated Oblivion R...

Valve continue rolling out changes to SteamOS Preview readying it for the eventual public SteamOS 3 for more handheld devices beyond the Steam Deck, with SteamOS 3.7.5 Preview now available.

Apple's is continually working with suppliers on successive iPhone models simultaneously, which is why we often get rumored features so far ahead of launch. The iPhone 18 series is no different, and we already have a picture forming of what to expect from Apple's 2026 smartphone lineup. If you're skipping this year's upcoming iPhone 17 series, or just plain curious about Apple's plans further out, here are the rumored features that we are expecting to see in the iPhone 18 lineup next year. Varia...

Some interesting industry news for you here. Epic Games have announced a change to the revenue model of the Epic Games Store, as they try to pull in more developers and more gamers to actually purchase things.

Valve released the Steam Hardware & Software Survey results for April 2025, so here's your usual round-up of where things stand right now.

The Photo Of God is not an especially brilliant game, but it is a game I keep thinking about. It's a spooky, throwaway interactive epistle from the evidently self-deprecating Serious Daniel, in which you play a photographer standing on a rooftop in a flooded city, under a low, funereal sun. The photographer decides he is going to snap a picture of God. To do this, he must first take pictures of birds that form a breadcrumb trail around the rooftop and through an abandoned building, lit by blazin...

It feels like Sackboy - the once-beloved mascot from the LittleBigPlanet games - is slowly getting sidelined by the PlayStation brand.

Everyone's now heard of Deadlock, the in-development MOBA from Half-Life maker Valve. Maybe you're even playing it, as part of the game's still-invite-only alpha playtest.

The Shire comes to Switch this July. In case you somehow missed it, we're getting another Lord of the Rings game, but this one is probably like no other entry you've seen in the series before. This new title, known as Tales of the Shire, has been described as a "cosy" Tolkien-inspired lifestyle-like game and it's arriving on the Switch this July. In the lead up to the big release, the New Zealand team Wētā Workshop is now showcasing various aspects of the title with special "inside look" videos....

The surprise release of Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered hasn't impacted the sales of French JRPG Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, its publisher has said.

Which do you prefer? The latest Switch update brought with it a couple of pretty substantial new features in the form of Virtual Game Cards and GameShare as Nintendo looks to prepare for the upcoming Switch 2. In addition to this (and, apparently, a few nasty error messages), the Switch eShop has also received a slight makeover, changing the once-iconic orange setup to a bright red; presumably to just align it with the general Nintendo and/or Switch branding a bit more.

And there's physical goodness, too! We have been through a range of emotions with this one. Pac-Man, arguably the most useful yellow ball since the sun, and a true video gaming legend at 45 years in the biz, has made the jump to full-on action fare. Bandai Namco's Shadow Labyrinth - which launches on July 18th, with a Switch 2 version inbound - sees Pac-Man descend into a side-scrolling adventure, whereby he assumes the role of a side-kick named "puck", as he sets out alongside the game's playab...

A 3DS banger has arrived!

As Nintendo prices rise, so follows the industry.

Nintendo Switch 2 pre-order lottery winners will have first dibs!

The "overriding factor" is money. There have been ongoing requests over the years for the revival of Rare's famous bear and bird duo Banjo-Kazooie, but will fans ever see this series return? The game's composer Grant Kirkhope already spoke about this earlier in the year - mentioning how he had "zero hope" for a new entry, and now in an interview with our friends at Eurogamer recently, he's elaborated on why he thinks it's "unlikely" to happen.

In the wake of yesterday's court ruling in the dispute between Apple and Epic Games over Apple's policies restricting developers' ability to inform users about alternatives to making purchases through Apple's in-app purchasing system, Apple has updated its App Review Guidelines to comply with the ruling. Apple summarized the changes in an email to developers today:3.1.1: Apps on the United States storefront are not prohibited from including buttons, external links, or other calls to action when ...

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ARMS, Pokémon and much more. We've been overloaded with all sorts of information about the Switch 2 and one thing many fans might not even know is that 12 original Switch games will be getting free Switch 2 upgrades. We highlighted this when it was initially announced and now our video team has issued a reminder while also chiming in with their own thoughts about what exactly the upgrades could be for each game.

Improved performance, better visuals, and gameplay tweaks can be yours for the remastered classic RPG.

Nintendo says it's investigating the issue. Nintendo released a new firmware update for the Switch 2 earlier this week and while it's been exciting to unpack all the new features and surprises, it seems it hasn't gone as planned for everyone. Some Switch users are reporting problems with their systems after performing this update. It results in "Error Code: 2206-1015" and stops the device from working. Nintendo has now officially acknowledged this error code via its customer support page on soci...

Open to paid NSO subscribers a week later. Alongside the Switch 2 release, Nintendo is adding the GameCube library to the Switch Online + Expansion Pack. If you want to experience this library of games in the most authentic way possible (outside of the real thing), you're going to want one of the new GameCube controllers. This looks like an original GameCube controller but also contains wireless capabilities and includes additional buttons like the Capture Button - as seen on other Switch 2 cont...

Late last year, Reddit introduced its AI-powered search tool, Reddit Answers. Now, the company plans to make the feature even more prominent by adding it into Reddit’s main sitewide search, CEO Steve Huffman said during the company’s first-quarter earnings call. “We are now working to integrate it into Reddit core search experience to further streamline the path from question to answer on Reddit,” Huffman said. “Integrating into Reddit search means we want one search box. That'll be the primary ...

Spotify today submitted an app update to Apple that will include information on Spotify plan costs and options to subscribe through weblinks without using the in-app purchase system. Spotify will not need to pay a fee to Apple when customers subscribe to the service using alternate payment methods in the Spotify app. In a blog post announcing the changes, Spotify said that yesterday's ruling "delivers the benefits that all consumers deserve around the world," calling it a great day for Spotify u...

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The popular streamer was kicked out of the PogChamps 6 tournament for a "fair play violation."

It's safe to say that Overwatch 2 Stadium may just have saved Blizzard's troubled FPS. Still clocking in as one of Steam's worst-rated games, recent reviews have risen to mixed: 45% of players who have rated Overwatch 2 in the last 30 days say they like it, compared to the game's damning 23% positive score overall. Most of those reviews cite Stadium as the shooter's saving grace, with many claiming that the Overwatch sequel has finally earned its '2.' But, as announced on Thursday May 1, Stadium...

Apple held its earnings call for the second fiscal quarter of 2025 today (second calendar quarter), announcing revenue of $95.4 billion and net quarterly profit of $28.4 billion. During the call, Apple CEO Tim Cook spoke about tariffs, the App Store changes Apple is facing, device sales, and more. We've rounded up the most interesting tidbits from the Q2 2025 earnings call below. U.S. App Store Changes Cook was asked about some of the high-profile legal cases that Apple is facing right now, incl...