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Nothing beats the sounds of virtual industry. Whether it's the clang of carts on redstone rail in Minecraft, the gentle hum of a Satisfactory conveyor belt, or the chaos of miles of facilities in Factorio, watching the fruits of your industrial labor bloom is a reward unlike any other. If, like me, you're always on the lookout for your next opportunity to engage in some video game manufacturing, then, you need to give Foundry a try. Currently in Steam Early Access, the game's second update just ...

We’re in a golden era for action RPGs at the moment. Last Epoch currently has my attention, but Path of Exile 2 continues to make great strides forward, its predecessor is gearing up for a new chapter, and Diablo 4 Season 8 is as robustly reliable as ever. If you love smashing mobs and snagging loot, however, you’ll want to make time for Titan Quest 2. The upcoming Greek fantasy ARPG recently closed the doors on its first big playtest, and in its wake developer Grimlore Games offers fresh feedba...

Update 7 also overhauls terrain and adds tunnels.

Beginning in 1997, Grand Theft Auto has been a platform for Rockstar to expound its version of satire. The cast of the original GTA is a nihilistic rogue’s gallery of corrupt cops and seedy politicians. The poster that comes in the game’s box says it was co-developed by ‘The Hand of Satan,’ marking the first of many middle fingers that Rockstar has raised to good taste. But in Grand Theft Auto 4, and protagonist Niko Bellic, Rockstar becomes more sympathetic, more humanist.

Warframe, like any long-running MMO or live service game, is overwhelming. What started as a third-person action game where you take control of bio-mechanical suits has grown into something much, much bigger. Digital Extremes has spent the last 12 years throwing everything but the kitchen sink into Warframe, with fishing, dating, hoverboards, and just about anything else you can imagine already in the game. That’s why, throughout 2025, the team is going to make Warframe much easier to understand...

Beaver-based city builder Timberborn just got a lot more flexible. The voxel colony management sim has been gnawing its way through early access since September 2021 and is already a big winner, with 95% of players recommending it. Now, it’s just taken another big leap forward as developer Mechanistry deploys Timberborn update 7, titled ‘Ziplines and Tubeways.’ The major overhaul introduces Satisfactory style transport networks and a range of additional terraforming tools that would make Minecra...

Let's roll. We are back with another edition of Box Art Brawl! Are you ready to rank some cover art? Last time, we took a look at 1080° Avalanche for the GameCube, and the results were an absolute blowout. The European / North American design took a staggering win, claiming 80% of the vote and leaving the Japanese variant with the remaining 20%. Oof, an avalanche indeed.

It'll also have four different versions of Cloud's date.

Say hello to Unika. The Arc System Works fighter Guilty Gear Strive was released on Switch earlier this year, and at EVO Japan this weekend a new DLC fighter has locked in a release date. Unika will be arriving on 27th May 2025 as part of the Season 4 character lineup. More details about this new character will be released closer to her launch later this month.

Help with solving Sunday's puzzle.

Fandom is calling it a "strategic decision".

The race begins next month. Nintendo's new Mario Kart World game arrives on the Switch 2 next month and if you're planning on getting a physical copy, this is what you can expect when you flip over the back of the box art.

The crossover vortex draws in new victims.

Right, sorry parents that proudly put their kids' borderline impressionist drawings on the fridge, there's a new bare minimum you have to meet. If you're not turning your child's drawings into full on video games, then I'm sorry to say you're not doing a good enough job. This doesn't apply to Artur Latkovsky, though, who is quite literally doing that with his game Odd Dorable (I'm sure I don't need to explain the name to you), a game where every single bit of art in the game was made by his four...

Citizen, we have detected installation of an unlicensed "Bowsette" software modification. Prepare for interdiction by a licensed Nintendo paramilitary subcontractor.

Horror asymmetric multiplayer game Dead by Daylight is celebrating its ninth anniversary later this year, an amount of time so large it really makes you think "man, most live service devs should have had the foresight to make their game a decade ago, huh?" With that anniversary approaching imminently, developer Behaviour Interactive held a year nine anniversary broadcast where there was one reveal that'll have you going "yeah that makes sense" and another where you'll say "ok, sure."

The Federal Trade Commission has delayed the start of a rule that aims to make the process of canceling subscriptions less of a nightmare. Last year, the FTC voted to ratify amendments to a regulation known as the Negative Option Rule, adding a new "click-to-cancel" rule that requires companies to be upfront about the terms of subscription signups and prohibits them "from making it any more difficult for consumers to cancel than it was to sign up." Surprising no one, telecom companies were not h...

As first reported by 9to5Mac, PS5 users now have a direct way to buy games in the PlayStation store with Apple Pay. When you purchase a game on your PS5 with Apple Pay, you'll be shown a QR code that you can scan with your iPhone or iPad to complete the transaction from there. Previously, PS5 users had to go through the console's browser or the PlayStation App on iOS to buy games with Apple Pay. The latest update is a simple quality of life upgrade for PS5 owners since most already have a credit...

Judging from the number of gleeful screams heard throughout its PAX East Magic: The Gathering x Final Fantasy showcase presentation, Wizards of the Coast may have nailed its highly anticipated RPG crossover. The two-hour presentation, which you can watch above, rips open the new packs to reveal everything from Chocobos to luscious land cards inspired...

If you’ve ever been worried about the price of signing up to a VPN, things could be about to get a lot cheaper. Swiss-based Proton AG – which produces Proton VPN and Proton Mail – has come down firmly on the side of the consumer.

Spoilers for “The Story and the Engine.” Doctor Who lives and dies by the quality of its writing and acting far more than almost anything else on TV. Audiences may demand big explosions and trippy visuals but its best work is often done in small rooms. The Disney era began with an episode that, for all its glossy excess, rested its big moment on Catherine Tate’s acting. Now, as the Disney era potentially draws to its end, it’s once again highlighting what a smart script and great actors can do. ...

Risk of Rain 2 is still trudging along, it seems, as yesterday publisher Gearbox announced that a new expansion is on the way, Alloyed Collective. In a post over on Steam, the Risk of Rain team explained that alongside updating the game's previous bit of DLC, Seekers of the Storm, they've brought on some "additional folks that are familiar with Risk of Rain to help us build out the next DLC." Alloyed Collective is apparently still a while away from being ready, but it sounds pretty jam packed.

Mortal Sin now has two art styles for the price of one.

DayZ creator Dean Hall is alleging that Unity are threatening to revoke all licenses for workers at his current studio Rocketwerkz, the team behind Icarus. The developer made this claim in a lengthy post on Reddit saying that Unity are doing based on "bogus data about private versus public licenses." Hall shared what he claims is an email from Unity dated May 9th where they explained that the Unity Compliance Team has flagged Rocketwerkz's account as according to their data, the developer "curre...

The Food and Drug Administration has approved a new device called the Teal Wand, which its creator describes as an "at-home vaginal sample self-collection device for cervical cancer screening." It could be especially useful for women who find pap smears uncomfortable, painful and even traumatic, as well as for those who may not have time to go to a doctor or have disabilities preventing them from traveling to consult one. Users who get the Teal Wand will have to swab their vagina with the sponge...

*Tips fedora* Milady.

Seven months after it ended support in US territories, developer SGRA Studio confirms that its free-to-play fantasy RPG Dragonheir: Silent Gods is coming back to North America as part of a global “rebirth” that dramatically redesigns the game’s combat, progression, and pricing model. While its player count reached more than ten million worldwide, its Steam rating has remained ‘mixed,’ and in September 2024 service in the United States was discontinued, leaving the game inaccessible on the Valve ...

Windblown is an early-access roguelike that just keeps getting better. The next game from Dead Cells developer Motion Twin, this time the focus is on tough-as-nails isometric combat you can play with friends. It’s still in its infancy, sure, but every time I come back to Windblown when there’s a new update, I enjoy it even more than last time. This is especially true of the latest beta patch, From the Leapers, where Motion Twin makes some comparatively smaller changes than we’re used to.

Nintendo’s latest legal move to combat piracy may be super effective. According to a new change in the Nintendo User Agreement, the console maker can brick your Switch, or render it useless, if it’s found with pirated games or mods. While some people may have glazed over the changes since Nintendo didn’t make this a major announcement, Game File’s Stephen Totilo dug through the changes and spotted the major updates. In Nintendo’s own words, you shouldn’t "bypass, modify, decrypt, defeat, tamper ...

There's a new union in town. Yesterday, the Communications Workers of America (CWA) announced that almost 200 developers at Activision Blizzard working on Overwatch have joined the union. They're doing so as the Overwatch Gamemakers Guild-CWA (OWGG-CWA), described in a press release as a "wall-to-wall unit that includes game developers across all disciplines, including design, production, engineering, art, sound, and quality assurance."

For those of you thinking of firing up Revenge of the Savage Planet this weekend - and why wouldn't you; it's available for no additional cost for Game Pass subscribers on PC and Xbox, and I had a blast with its predecessor - a little PSA: co-op doesn't work if you're appearing as offline.

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is the breakout hit of 2025; the turn-based RPG has fantastic combat design and great writing for its ensemble cast. But one member of that ensemble cast has stood out for a specific reason: Lune, the dark-haired sorceress of the group, is barefoot for the entire game. Now, there are some...

Activision Blizzard’s Overwatch team has formed a wall-to-wall union under the Communications Workers of America (CWA). The union, which has been recognized by parent company Microsoft, includes nearly 200 developers "across all disciplines," from design and production to quality assurance, the CWA said in its announcement. It’s the latest development in a broader organizing effort by video game workers, who aim to secure better job protections and improve their working conditions. Last summer, ...

Manor Lords. Frostpunk. Against the Storm. Cities Skylines 2. When it comes to excellent city building games, we’re spoilt for choice. In fact, it’s so easy to lose countless hours to any of these games that it becomes incredibly difficult to finally put one down and move onto another. But if you’re looking for a fresh genre entry to keep you busy, I can’t recommend Citadelum enough. Adding a distinct Roman flavor to the strategy pot, Abylight Barcelona recently introduced a free 2.0 update, whi...

2025 is proving to be a really strong year for roguelike deckbuilders and strategy games. We’ve recently seen the launch of Starvaders, Spellrogue recently hit 1.0, Breachway has just delivered a major set of upgrades, and we’ve still got many newcomers ahead such as Dragon Age creator David Gaider’s demon-battling Malys and, of course, Slay the Spire 2. But the one to beat for me this year is Die in the Dungeon, and the delightful pixel-art dicebuilder has just expanded once again with the laun...