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The vibey offroading game with more than a million Steam wishlists has a release date
Over the Hill looks set to be a low key hit.
id Software dev says mass layoffs like Microsoft's are weakening the games industry, because developers 'don't have the incentive to care anymore'
"A lot of gamers, even if they don't know it, they can feel it's not right. There's something wrong."
Chill shop sim about repairing off-brand PS1s makes its budget back "within 12 hours" and earns $3 million days after launch
ReStory sounds like my ideal cozy game
2 years later, famous Palworld bug returns in 1.0 to bless players with a giant Sekhmet "at least 200x her normal size"
Bless and/or terrify
50 Cent is producing a Payday project for 'the screen'
Whether that's a TV or movie screen isn't clear at this point, but I'm pretty sure it's one or the other.
As GTA 6 anticipation builds and the games industry buckles, Take-Two boss says "I don't love winning by attrition, but I'll take it"
"The people who hate running public companies are the people who hate telling the truth"
18 AAA games in 8 weeks: With the GTA 6 shadow looming, Gamescom suddenly feels like the most essential gaming event of 2026
With the world migrating to Vice City this November, all eyes are on Gamescom 2026 to help us better understand the fall schedule
"It's time to sue Sony": Stop Killing Games joins lawsuit over PlayStation's digital "monopoly" amid death of physical games
"Once Sony stops selling physical games in 2028, you won't have any choice at all"
Xbox finally fixes bug that made it impossible to play physical games while exec promises "to improve reliability of our products"
That would be nice
Grand Theft Auto 5 averages more copies sold per year than most megahits manage in their entire lifetime, with a total of 230 million since 2013
The people yearn for Los Santos.
Battlefield 6 player claims to have received Steam refund after 470 hours due to surprise mode removal
Mode madness.
Over the Hill, SnowRunner's hippie off-roading cousin from the Art of Rally devs, gets an October release date
Fire up the Landy! Over the Hill , Funselektor and Strelka Games' off-roader which takes the hardcore trail-running you get in a sim like SnowRunner and sands off the edges a bit to make for more chill countryside-roaming, finally has a release date. It's set to motor onto the scene in October, following a Steam Next Fest demo which I dug. Read more
'Thank you so much for the best weekend ever': The id Software gang got together at QuakeCon, and it sure looks like everyone had a great time
I love a happy ending.
Overwatch's huge "battle pass revamp" is out tomorrow and makes things a lot more complicated but, seemingly, better
New Overwatch battle pass "Tier Hack" lets players unlock old skins
Halloween: The Game denied classification in Australia and New Zealand over drug depiction
IllFonic's asymmetric horror title Halloween: The Game has been refused classification by the Australian Classifications Board, barring its sale in both Australia and New Zealand. Read more
Overwatch's old battle passes are finally coming back permanently starting next month, but some of the rewards will be left out
After years, Blizzard is loosening up on the battle pass FOMO.
Oblivion intern tried to outsmart Bethesda's AI and was stunned when his apple murder strategy actually worked: "I can't believe you accounted for this"
"'Can I abuse this in any way?'"
There was originally supposed to be a 'much bigger' reveal of Light No Fire: here's why Sean Murray changed his mind
There was so much hype after the teaser in 2023 that Murray decided "We don't need to say anything more right now."
Valve confirms Steam hardware buyers' data exposed in CEVA Logistics cyberattack
Valve has begun notifying European customers who ordered Steam hardware that their personal information may have been exposed following a cyberattack on CEVA Logistics, the company that handles Steam hardware deliveries across the region. Read more
Steam user data 'may have been compromised' by a cyberattack targeting Valve's European shipping partner
An attack targeting CEVA Logistics "likely" exposed the personal information of European customers who ordered Steam hardware, Valve says.
Genki's New Controller Is Chunky, Boasts Haptic Feedback, And Its Own Screen
Kickstarter live soon. Accessory manufacture Genki is getting into the controller space with the Manta, a premium pad that contains its own 2.79-inch screen and operating system for intuitive customisation without the need for a separate companion phone or desktop app. So you can switch profiles, remap buttons, tune controls, edit macros, manage connections, and more directly on the controller itself. You've also got haptic feedback, up to 8,000hz polling rate when wired (1,000 wireless) and, remarkably, a proper headphone jack. Unfortunately, however, it only features 3-axis gyro. Read the full article on nintendolife.com
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic devs were so committed to the RPG's bad language that they spent a day watching the films to prove Lucasfilm wrong
But in the end, Lucasfilm got its way
Payday has come to Fortnite, because today's cool gamers are 'discovering legendary IPs in entirely new ways'
The new game is called, literally and in totality, Heist Escape Roguelike: Payday Experience.
Halloween The Game has been banned in Australia and New Zealand because players can smoke weed in it
It was denied a rating due to "the presence of a controlled substance", IllFonic says