There are few horror projects quite as compelling as Supernatural and Resident Evil. Sure, both have had their ups and downs, but, for the most part, save a handful of less-than-stellar entries, they've delivered fairly consistent scares, adventures, and iconic characters that have inspired future generations of video games, TV series, and films. So, it is only natural that fans of both would want a new project to come along and continue their excellence. View the full article
From the archives: This feature was originally published in PC Gamer #305 (***, June 2017). It appears below as originally written, with only minor changes in formatting and presentation... Read more.View the full article
t this point being into the digital versions of Blood Bowl is basically masochism. In the 1990s MicroLeague published a version that was so cheap and ****** I said, "to call it barebones would be an insult to skeletons." Cyanide picked up the licence after that, releasing two decent adaptations whose DLC model was controversial at the time but seems blessedly sensible compared to Blood Bowl 3, a live-service seasonal microtransaction confusatron that's basically a poster child for "look how they massacred my boy" memes... Read more.View the full article
A brand-new update to Steam has added new features for gifting games, fulfilling a long-standing request from the userbase. This is just the latest in recent changes to Steam's game gifting options in recent months. View the full article
Dell is offering a steep discount on its most powerful desktop computer. The Alienware Area-51 AMD Ryzen X3D edition gaming PC equipped with a GeForce RTX 5090 GPU and 64GB of DDR5-6400MHz RAM has dropped to $5,399.99 shipped after a $1,500 instant discount. No, it's still not even remotely affordable for most people, but if you've got deep pockets, this is a substantial discount on a beastly Alienware system. If you look at the prices of the individual components in today's market, it's (sadly) not as ridiculous as your initial sticker shock might lead you to believe. Alienware Area-51 Ryzen X3D RTX 5090 Gaming PC w/ 64GB RAM The Alienware Area-51 is Dell's flagship gaming PC. The product photos don't give it due justice; this is a big chassis that towers over the Aurora R16 model with superior build quality and a redesigned cooling system with even greater airflow. This $5,400 config is equipped with an AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D CPU, GeForce RTX 5090 32GB GPU, 64GB of DDR5-6400MHz RAM, and a 1TB SSD. Additional system details include a 360mm all-in-one liquid cooling system for the CPU and a massive 1,500W 80Plus Platinum power supply that allows plenty of headroom for future upgrades. AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D is the best gaming CPU for most people Dell is currently offering a free upgrade from a 9800X3D to the 9850X3D. AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D is considered to be one of the best gaming processors on the market and outperforms any Intel or AMD non-X3D chip in games thanks to AMD's 3D-V-Cache technology. It only has eight cores, but that makes no difference in gaming since most games can't utilize more than eight cores (if that) anyways. That's why its gaming performance is better than the 9900X3D and negligibly close to the 9950X3D, even though both are considerably pricier. 64GB of DDR5-6400MHz RAM is a $900+ upgrade, and that won't change in 2026 A quick check on Amazon and Newegg reveals that 64GB of DDR5-6400MHz RAM currently sells for at least $850, with most options closer to $1,000+. Thanks to the overwhelming success of the AI market, RAM pricing is not expected to get any better in the near future. Even heavy hitters like Valve have stated that "it has no bargaining power when it comes to buying memory from the limited number of companies that produce it at scale and control the bulk of the market." The RTX 5090 is the most powerful graphics card ever and costs $4,000+ by itself If you thought GPUs were going down in price, guess again. Although some of the mid-range cards (particularly on the AMD side) have indeed seen recent discounts, the Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 GPU is actually even more expensive that it was at the beginning of the year. The cost to acquire one of these golden eggs standalone is now north of $4,000. The Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 is still far and away the most powerful consumer GPU on the market. Although with this generation Nvidia has prioritized software updates, AI features, and DLSS 4 technology to improve gameplay performance, the 5090 still boasts an impressive 25%-30% uplift over the RTX 4090 in hardware-based raster performance. If you want the absolute best performance for your gaming PC, there is literally no other option from any other brand. How to Follow IGN Deals Recommendations The IGN Deals team has over 30 years of combined experience finding the best discounts and preorders available online. If you want the latest updates from our trusted team, here’s how to follow our coverage: Sign up for our IGN Deals NewsletterSet IGN as a preferred source in GoogleShop on our Amazon StorefrontFollow us on social mediaIGN Finds on XIGN Finds on InstagramIGN Finds on FacebookIGN Deals on Tiktok[/url] Eric Song is the IGN commerce manager in charge of finding the best gaming and tech deals every day. When Eric isn't hunting for deals for other people at work, he's hunting for deals for himself during his free time. View the full article
Though Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game launches on Thursday, July 23, across all current-gen platforms, reviews from several media outlets have trended in a slightly positive direction for the upcoming title. Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game includes a dozen characters from Nickelodeon's Avatar franchise for players to pick from at launch. View the full article
Famed British political figure Count Binface has issued a public demand to ***** to quit horsing around and finish Shenmue 4, and suggested the company may be nationalized by the *** government if it doesn't move with sufficient haste... Read more.View the full article
It seems Japan's Patent Office is getting tired of Nintendo's ongoing patent infringement lawsuit against Palworld as both the Office and Nintendo spar over a particular, related patent application whose rejection is now under review. Patent Publication No. 2026-077713 describes Pokemon's typical "in-game monster-capturing system," according to Automaton, which also points out that even Japanese patent law professionals are surprised how the Patent Office and Nintendo are sparring over how "inventive" it is to huck a Pokeball, using language "rarely seen in standard patent practice," according to attorney Kiyoshi Kurihara. The Office was apparently unimpressed by the fact that "selecting a Poke Ball displayed at the bottom right of the screen causes Ash to throw it; if it hits Pikachu, Pikachu can be captured," but it expressed this while citing a gameplay video from 13 years ago, of the unofficial indie game Pokemon: Generations. The video now has new comments reading, "This game defeated Nintendo in court," and, "You saved Palworld." But it's not that simple! Nintendo fired back at the Patent Office in a counterargument, telling the Office it "acted extremely inappropriately" by citing a copyright-infringing game like Pokemon: Generations in its rejection of its ball-throwing patent. [Hidden Content] The Patent Office then came back with a tommy gun, saying "this argument has no bearing on determining inventive step," but if Nintendo really wanted to talk about copyright infringement, "accuracy should take precedence." "In that case," it continues, "the notice would need to use cumbersome descriptions such as 'an object in the form of a small animal' instead of Pokemon, 'an object in the form of a boy wearing a red cap' instead of Ash, 'an object in the form of a small yellow animal' instead of Pikachu, 'an object in the form of a small green animal' instead of Bulbasaur, and 'a spherical object with a red upper half and a white lower half' instead of Poke Ball." "However," continues the Patent Office, "even with such rephrasing, the logical structure of the grounds for refusal remains unchanged." Ouch – but Nintendo has a band-aid, and it seemingly successfully filed a petition against the rejection. The Patent Office's website now categorizes Patent Publication No. 2026-077713 as having its "rejection decision under review." This patent isn't the one at the center of Pokemon's legal battle against Palworld, but it does belong to the same patent family, and its approval certainly wouldn't help Palworld. Japanese patent law expert says Nintendo may have strengthened its claims specifically to target Palworld. [/url]View the full article
Robocop has been entertaining audiences for nearly four decades. The first film in the series debuted in 1987, starring Peter Weller as a half-man, half-machine cyborg law enforcement officer. The movie is considered by many as one of the best from the 80s, spawning two sequels as well as a... Read Entire Article View the full article
In May 2013, YouTuber JolteonPlays uploaded a video showcasing the rough prototype for an unofficial "3D indie Pokemon" game called Pokemon: Generations. To this day, it occasionally comes up among Pokemon fans dreaming about what new games in the series might look like. Today, recent comments on that 13-year-old video have been flooded with praise for a different reason: the existence of Pokemon: Generations has been used to dismiss potentially limiting patents filed by Nintendo amidst its Palworld lawsuit. As Automaton reports, the Japanese Patent Office (JPO) recently upheld its rejection of a Nintendo patent targeting an "in-game monster-capturing system" – the sort of system that the company's used to argue infringement by Palworld during an extended legal process that has seen developer Pocketpair quietly adjust a few of its own features and designs to be less Pokemon-like. This does not represent a direct shutdown of Nintendo's case against Palworld, however, as this is just one patent indirectly placed in the same family. (Last year, Pocketpair comms lead said patent infringement was something nobody considered during Palworld's exhaustive legal clearance.) [Hidden Content] The JPO cites that exact Pokemon: Generations demonstration in its rejection under "Reasons for Rejection," arguing that Nintendo's patented idea fails to demonstrate adequate "inventive step." Definitions vary between countries, but the World Intellectual Property Organization provides a useful baseline explanation: "The condition of inventive step/non-obviousness is fulfilled if the invention as a whole, compared to the prior art as a whole, would not have been obvious to a person skilled in the art." I pulled the URL for the Pokemon: Generations video straight from the translated notice of rejection posted to the JPO's logs, and it looks like plenty of other people, including several Japanese fans, have heard the news as well. It feels like some people may be overestimating the impact of this patent rejection on Nintendo or its relevance to Palworld's case, but there's an understandable celebratory spirit in the comments among folks happy to see ideas remain unconstrained by patents. "You saved the entire industry," one top comment reads. "To think years later this very footage would be used by the JPO to reject a Nintendo patent claim," adds another. "The butterfly effect in action," says a third. An auto-translated Japanese comment adds: "The comments section is going wild, lol. But even JPO must have thought, 'Nintendo, you're crazy...'" This goes on and on. A huge chunk, if not a majority, of the comments on the video appear to be recent. More than anything, I'm struck by how the JPO's usage of this old fan game has led to this exact discussion. I don't think JolteonPlays ever saw it coming. Palworld 1.0 has already moved over 1.8 million copies for Pocketpair, analyst estimates, with 65% of players on Steam. [/url]View the full article
A brand-new co-op hide-and-seek game called Hollow Hide has appeared on Steam, and it looks strikingly similar to Meccha Chameleon, the latest viral friendslop title on the platform. What makes this potential copycat case unusual is that Meccha Chameleon has only been available for just over a month, making it one of the fastest examples of a similar game appearing on Steam. View the full article
The Asus ROG Xbox Ally X is currently the best Windows gaming handheld PC on the market. It's powerful enough to run even the latest AAA Steam games thanks to the updated AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme processor. The Xbox interface is also intuitive and easy to use. In fact, IGN's Jackie Thomas recommends getting the Xbox Ally (and Ally X) over a Steam Deck. All the miniaturization comes at a cost, and the Xbox Ally X sells for $1,000 with no price drop in sight. Fortunately, there is a simple way to get one for a significantly lower price, and that's by getting an open box unit. Save $100 Off an Excellent Condition Asus ROG Xbox Ally X Best Buy has recently refreshed its inventory of open box Asus ROG Xbox Ally X handheld gaming PCs. Depending on the condition you choose, you can pay as little as $838.99 for the normally $1,000 system. These are Geek Squad verified preowned units that include a 15-day return policy. The better graded "excellent condition" units are in like-new condition both functionally and cosmetically with very low usage time that may even include most or all of its original warranty. The Xbox Ally X Is the New Handheld Gaming PC to Beat The Asus ROG Xbox Ally X is the most powerful handheld gaming PC you can get. It's equipped with the newest AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme processor, 24GB of LPDDR5X RAM, and a 1TB SSD. It runs off the Windows operating system, but with Xbox integration. The nomenclature might be confusing, but the Xbox Ally X is really more of an evolution of the the Asus ROG Ally X handheld than it is an actual Xbox console. Jacqueline Thomas sums it up quite well in her Xbox Ally X review: "The Asus ROG Xbox Ally X is a fascinating little device. Because while it’s being sold as a sort of handheld Xbox, it’s more of a sequel to last year’s incredible Asus ROG Ally X. But the Xbox side of it can’t be ignored, because it’s the first device to launch with support for the new Xbox Full Screen Experience. This allows the handheld to boot straight into the Xbox App within Windows, without loading Explorer or any of the non-gaming-related background tasks that typically load when you boot up Windows 11. In a lot of ways, this partnership feels like Microsoft’s response to the rise of the SteamOS, and for the first time since the Steam Deck came out in 2022 it might actually have something that’s as easy to use." [/url] Jackie also goes on to say that "the Asus ROG Xbox Ally X is easily the best handheld gaming PC available right now." Compared to other gaming handhelds equipped with the same Z2 Extreme CPU, the Xbox Ally X is actually reasonably priced. The Lenovo Legion Go 2 costs $1,100 (and actually recently increased in price) and the MSI Claw A8 costs $1,100. How to Follow IGN Deals Recommendations The IGN Deals team has over 30 years of combined experience finding the best discounts and preorders available online. If you want the latest updates from our trusted team, here’s how to follow our coverage: Sign up for our IGN Deals NewsletterSet IGN as a preferred source in GoogleShop on our Amazon StorefrontFollow us on social mediaIGN Finds on XIGN Finds on InstagramIGN Finds on FacebookIGN Deals on Tiktok[/url] Eric Song is the IGN commerce manager in charge of finding the best gaming and tech deals every day. When Eric isn't hunting for deals for other people at work, he's hunting for deals for himself during his free time. View the full article
They don't make 'em like they used to, but this week, Season 5 of Call of Duty: ****** Ops 7 will introduce an updated matchmaking system that's more in line with how they used to make 'em. In a new tweet, the official Call of Duty Twitter account reflects, "Over the past year, we've continued to learn a lot about Multiplayer matchmaking through player data and community feedback." This comes on the heels of the recent PS4 and PS5 release of Call of Duty: ****** Ops and ****** Ops 2, which has finally given the latest PlayStation consoles official versions of the first two games in this sub-series. Their release also stoked discussion of how ****** Ops used to feel (spoilers: sometimes full of cheaters). "We're also excited to see all the recent love for ****** Ops and ****** Ops II, which reinforced that there are many elements of those experiences that players appreciate," Activision agrees. "Starting this week with Season 05, we're updating ****** Ops Classic, Quick Play, and Party Games in ****** Ops 7 with a new matchmaking system inspired by those classic games." With this change, the exact vibe of which will warrant some hands-on testing in the days ahead, ****** Ops 7 will "continue to offer" modern Open playlists, and Activision says "we'll also include Open playlist options in the upcoming Modern Warfare 4 Beta." But if you're an older Call of Duty fan who maintains that the newer games have lost a little something, you may be in better company than you realized. Call of Duty: ****** Ops 7 expands Ricochet anti-cheat to combat exploits in Ranked after banning over 263,000 cheaters already this year. [/url]View the full article
For years, Microsoft has leaned heavily into extensive backward compatibility across multiple generations of Xbox hardware as a major selling point for its consoles. Today, that effort expands past the console ecosystem, making select original Xbox titles officially playable (and purchasable) on Windows PCs for the first time. The appropriately and bluntly named "Xbox Backward Compatibility on PC" program kicks off today with compatibility for BLiNX: The Time Sweeper, Conker: Live and Reloaded, Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge, and Fuzion Frenzy. PC players can download each title for $10, but those with Xbox Game Pass subscriptions or existing digital licenses for these games on console will have instant access without an additional purchase (no such luck if you simply stick an original Xbox disc in your PC drive, alas). Playing these older Xbox titles on PC enables some bonus graphical features like Vsync support, anisotropic filtering, enhanced anti-aliasing, and up to 4x resolution scaling of the original SD signal (to 2560x1920). Games are limited to their original frame rates and aspect ratios, though, which means a 30 fps 4:3 image in most cases. Microsoft says this first batch of games should be playable with 11-year-old GTX 950 graphics hardware, but recommends a 2017-era GTX 1070 Ti with 8GB of VRAM for best performance. Read full article Comments View the full article
Valve dropped a one-two punch of Steam updates today, adding new details and functions to the store's wishlist while also simplifying the process of gifting games. Let's start with Steam wishlists. In today's update, Valve added custom wishlist categories, letting users assign tags for "games you saw featured in a cool event, games best played with a controller, or even games you have in mind for someone else." By searching for or selecting for a specific category, you can narrow your wishlist down to games of that type. If you're hankering for a JRPG but can't be asked to comb the 500 wishlisted games that you'll definitely get to one day, just search for JRPGs. Or if I filter by the Metroidvania tag, for instance, I am now forced to reckon with the fact that I have 112 Metroidvanias wishlisted. Thanks, Valve. If I want to, I can even fill an obvious gap in the Steam tag system myself: grappling hook. When you add a game to your wishlist through a store page, you can immediately assign tags to it via a new dropdown. Three default recommended tags were shown to me when I ducked my head into roguelike deckbuilder Forsaken Lands: "Birthday List," "Recommended by Friends," and "Waiting For a *****." Additionally, notifications for wishlisted games can now be tailored to different platforms and categories. So if you want to wishlist a game but don't want to be emailed about it, you can tune it out of your list. Another nice touch is the big, green "Demo Available" button that now appears beside wishlisted games. "You can also be notified when a demo is released for a game in your wishlist," Valve explains. In an added boost to visibility, wishlisted games now display the "microtrailers" seen in some other parts of Steam when you hover over them. (Image credit: Team Cherry) The biggest news may be that your Steam wishlist can now be shared by category or through a multi-filtered view. "You can already share a link to your wishlist, now you can share a link to a specific category on your wishlist, or even a filtered view of your wishlist," Valve says. "For example: you might want to share 'My Birthday List' with your family," Valve reckons. "From that shared link, your family can gift games directly to you, even if they don't have a Steam account..." This leads us to the Steam gifting changes, which have seen Valve erode a few barriers. Here's the big one: "Now guest checkout can be used to buy any game on Steam," not just digital gift cards and Steam hardware. And lo, the skies did part at these heavenly words: "You no longer need to be friends on Steam to send gifts." Similar streamlining has come to cross-region gifting, which no longer requires digital gift cards perfectly calculated to regional pricing. Instead, "now you can gift games directly to your friend. Steam will calculate the cost in your friend's region at checkout. Your friend needs to be on your Steam friends list to send this type of gift." "You can send a wishlist share link to a friend or family member and they can purchase gifts directly from that list without needing a Steam account themselves," Valve adds. "If a guest wants to send a gift as a surprise they can send it to any email address instead." Gifting to email will send recipients a link that they can use to log in and claim a game (within 30 days) to their Steam account, and Valve says that if someone gifts directly from your shared wishlist, "the gift recipient in the cart will be pre-populated with your information." Amusingly, Valve demonstrates these changes with two screenshots showing someone buying Hollow Knight: Silksong, developer Team Cherry'****** Metroidvania sequel, for a non-Steam friend and signing the gift, "Happy Birthday! This game rules." It's true, that game rules. Valve admits it's "time to make some ******* improvements" to Steam's mod system, drops massive Steam Workshop update with "completely rewritten" pages. [/url]View the full article
For FFX's 25th anniversary, we compare every version of the remaster including Switch 2, PS4, Xbox, Switch, Steam, and Windows across PS5, PS5 Pro, Switch 2, Switch 1, Xbox Series X, Steam Deck, ROG Ally, and AYN Thor. View the full article
Lee Sang-hyeok, better known to his fans as Faker, is perhaps the most enduring and successful esports pro of all time, with—among a great many other honors—a record six League of Legends world championships to his name stretching back to 2013. When he re-signed with T1 in 2022, the team called him the "Unkillable ****** King," and fair enough because he went on to claim three of his six world titles—among a great many more honors—in an undefeated three-year stretch from 2023-25. Time included him in its 2026 list of the most influential people in sports; he's a member of the ESL Esports Hall of Fame and Riot's own LoL Esports Hall of Legends... Read more.View the full article
If you're under the age of 30, it's possible you might not know the name Fighting Fantasy or even what a 'gamebook' is - but you should. Firstly because they're a unique, excellent kind of fun, somewhere between a fantasy novel and a solo tabletop RPG. And, secondly, because the people still making them tend to be towering tabletop figures - in this case, a literal Knight, dubbed by Princess Anne of Great Britain, and one of the guys who started Games Workshop. Read the full story on Wargamer: Warhammer founder Ian Livingstone's new Fighting Fantasy book has cover art by a White Dwarf legend View the full article
On Wednesday, specialist strategy game publisher Slitherine Games showcased Warhammer Blood Bowl, an upcoming revised digital edition of the game of fantasy footbal. Slitherine acquired the license and back catalogue for the Blood Bowl videogame series in July, with long time developer Cyanide Studio still at the helm. I went backstage at Slitherine's offices in Milan, Italy, to talk to members of both teams and discover their plans for the franchise. Read the full story on Wargamer: Blood Bowl exclusive: behind the scenes on the new digital edition View the full article
With so many amazing games on Steam, players are wishlisting more and more titles. Existing options like ranking and filtering are great, but players have asked for even more ways to manage their Steam wishlists. Today we're adding categorization as well as improved search and sharing to the wishlist. Read the full post below for the details, then try out all the new tools on your own wishlist. Categories added to wishlistFirst and foremost is the ability to create and assign custom categories to games on your wishlist. You might want to create a custom category for games you saw featured in a cool event, games best played with a controller, or even games you have in mind for someone else. Adding custom categories is quick and easy... Filter to a category by simply clicking on the category name at the top of your wishlist or next to the My Categories area of each game Quickly add to your frequent categories from the "On Wishlist" dropdown on store pages Customize wishlist notifications to only be sent for certain categories Other improvementsWe've improved the search experience on the wishlist page and enabled autocomplete for faster results We now highlight when a game on your wishlist has a demo available. You can also be notified when a demo is released for a game in your wishlist. Microtrailers are now shown when hovering each games capsule image Navigating to/from your wishlist in a browser, mobile, Steam Client, or Steam OS does a better job of bringing you back to what you were looking at Plus we've made some tweaks to the wishlist page to improve contrast and legibility Sharing your wishlistYou can already share a link to your wishlist, now you can share a link to a specific category on your wishlist, or even a filtered view of your wishlist. Clicking on the share button at the top of your wishlist gives you a unique URL to share with friends and family. People with the link can view the shared list even if your wishlist is set to private. Links can be revoked at any time. This sharing link will only show the games in the your current filtered view. For example: you might want to share 'My Birthday List' with your family. From that shared link, your family can gift games directly to you, even if they don't have a Steam account... More gifting improvements...As we hinted at above, we suspect one common new category for wishlists will be games you want to buy for a friend or family member. With that in mind, we paired this wishlist change with a big update to gift purchasing on Steam. Check out all the gift improvements here! View the full article
With so many amazing games on Steam, players are wishlisting more and more titles. Existing options like ranking and filtering are great, but players have asked for even more ways to manage their Steam wishlists. Today we're adding categorization as well as improved search and sharing to the wishlist. Read the full post below for the details, then try out all the new tools on your own wishlist. Categories added to wishlistFirst and foremost is the ability to create and assign custom categories to games on your wishlist. You might want to create a custom category for games you saw featured in a cool event, games best played with a controller, or even games you have in mind for someone else. Adding custom categories is quick and easy... Filter to a category by simply clicking on the category name at the top of your wishlist or next to the My Categories area of each game Quickly add to your frequent categories from the "On Wishlist" dropdown on store pages Customize wishlist notifications to only be sent for certain categories Other improvementsWe've improved the search experience on the wishlist page and enabled autocomplete for faster results We now highlight when a game on your wishlist has a demo available. You can also be notified when a demo is released for a game in your wishlist. Microtrailers are now shown when hovering each games capsule image Navigating to/from your wishlist in a browser, mobile, Steam Client, or Steam OS does a better job of bringing you back to what you were looking at Plus we've made some tweaks to the wishlist page to improve contrast and legibility Sharing your wishlistYou can already share a link to your wishlist, now you can share a link to a specific category on your wishlist, or even a filtered view of your wishlist. Clicking on the share button at the top of your wishlist gives you a unique URL to share with friends and family. People with the link can view the shared list even if your wishlist is set to private. Links can be revoked at any time. This sharing link will only show the games in the your current filtered view. For example: you might want to share 'My Birthday List' with your family. From that shared link, your family can gift games directly to you, even if they don't have a Steam account... More gifting improvements...As we hinted at above, we suspect one common new category for wishlists will be games you want to buy for a friend or family member. With that in mind, we paired this wishlist change with a big update to gift purchasing on Steam. Check out all the gift improvements here! View the full article
Steam gifts are a popular way to send copies of games and digital gift cards to friends and family. Today we’re shipping some great new features that improve the gifting experience, making it easier to send both digital gift cards and games. These features pair nicely with the Wishlist categories and other improvements that are also now available. Guest checkoutIn 2024, we added guest checkout, which lets a family member or friend make a gift purchase without needing to create a Steam account. This feature was limited to digital gift cards and hardware purchases at the time. Now guest checkout can be used to buy any game on Steam. You can send a wishlist share link to a friend or family member and they can purchase gifts directly from that list without needing a Steam account themselves. If a guest wants to send a gift as a surprise they can send it to any email address instead. Gift to emailDon't know your nephew's Steam account? No problem, both digital gift cards and games can now be sent directly to email recipients. And don't worry if your nephew's email address is the same one they use for their Steam account. The email will include a link to let them sign in to their account and accept the gift. Please note that any gift email not accepted within 30 days will be automatically refunded, so they cannot be scheduled for future delivery. The recipient of the gift must also live in the same country as the purchaser. Cross-region giftingBuying a gift for a friend in a higher-priced region? In the past, digital gift cards were the solution for gifting, but that required you to know the full price of the game in your friend's region. Now you can gift games directly to your friend. Steam will calculate the cost in your friend's region at checkout. Your friend needs to be on your Steam friends list to send this type of gift. Direct from wishlistSending a friend or family member a link to your wishlist is a great way to help them choose a great gift for your birthday or holiday. We have made a number of share link improvements, including: You can now send a digital gift card or gift a game directly from someone's wishlist You no longer need to be friends on Steam to send gifts You can create a shared wishlist link that is filtered to specific games When a friend or family member clicks on your shared wishlist link, if they choose to gift you a game, the gift recipient in the cart will be pre-populated with your information. And remember from above, your friend or family member can checkout as a guest, without needing to create a Steam account More wishlist improvements...That wraps it up for today's gift related updates. Check out our Steam Wishlist announcement to learn about wishlist categories and other improvements that are now available. View the full article
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There are few horror projects quite as compelling as Supernatural and Resident Evil. Sure, both have had their ups and downs, but, for the most part, save a handful of less-than-stellar entries, they've delivered fairly consistent scares, adventures, and iconic characters that have inspired future generations of video games, TV series, and films. So, it is only natural that fans of both would want a new project to come along and continue their excellence. View the full article