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If you're on the hunt for a new survival game to play with friends, you'll want to check out Railgods of Hysterra. Your home base is a moving train. The world is a Lovecraftian nightmare. Contrary to a lot of the genre staples, where realism reigns supreme, Railgods is driven by a vivid, eccentric central concept. So if you're tired of Palworld, Rust, Sons of the Forest, or V Rising, the game's Steam Early Access launch is definitely one to check out. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Grab a free Steam Deck OLED and a key for new ARPG Railgods of Hysterra Lovecraftian survival game RailGods of Hysterra shows off its weapon arsenal Lovecraftian survival game RailGods of Hysterra has a Steam demo you can try now View the full article

The future rarely looks all too bright in videogames. From the dystopian cityscapes of Cyberpunk 2077 and Deus Ex to the war-torn outer space settings of Titanfall 2 or Stellaris, it's all pretty grim. As might be expected from a new studio created by former Metro Exodus veterans, the future of its debut game La Quimera seems dismal, too. Fortunately, it's also looked like a fascinating place to explore since we first heard of the game and now, at last, you can check it out for yourself thanks to its surprise launch today on Steam. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: New sci-fi FPS La Quimera comes from ex Metro devs, and you can play it soon New shooter from Metro team feels like a mix of Cyberpunk 2077 and Crysis View the full article

Providing Ifa with the best builds in Genshin Impact can enhance his potential as a Swirl DPS in team comps, but the character does have some specificities in his kit that must be addressed in order to unlock his full power. Ifa is a 4-star Anemo character who wields a catalyst in battle. Arriving in Version 5.6 alongside Escoffier, Ifa is a character from Natlan who was first introduced as an NPC and then made playable. Ifa’s kit in Genshin Impact is a versatile one and allows him to perform various tasks. View the full article

One of Electronic Arts’ biggest current properties is Apex Legends, a fusion of the battle royale and hero shooter genres, developed ... Read more View the full article

Humble Bundle have another good one here for you with Vampire Survivors, Atomicrops and various other similar survivorlike bullet hell / bullet heavens. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article

In 2024, indie developer VEA Games released Nikoderiko: The Magical World, their love letter to classic platformers. Now, they’ve released a Director’s Cut that refines gameplay and adds new content, and they’ve offered it as a free upgrade. If you missed out on Nikoderiko the first time around, it’s a family-friendly platformer with an art style inspired by Saturday morning cartoons. It stars mongooses Niko and Luna and can be played in single-player or couch co-op. You travel through the game’s varied worlds on a quest to retrieve an ancient relic stolen from you by the nefarious Baron Grimbold, and you can team up with animal mounts to defeat his Cobring army and save the local tribes. Since the release of the base version of the game, the dev team has received extensive feedback from players and worked to improve on as much as possible with the Director’s Cut. “We have a lot of emails; I personally read and answer every email,” said Dmitry Smirnov, founder of VEA Games and director of Nikoderiko. “We tried to implement all the necessary features you asked for. There are a lot of ideas for the game and how to improve the game. It really helps us to make a good game a great game.” One of the biggest improvements to the Director’s Cut is the expansion of its difficulty options, which target a wider range of players and experience levels. For hardcore players, there’s a new Hard Mode with level modifiers. “It will push players,” Smirnov said. “There are more challenges, more hard but honest mechanics. We would like to give you the experience of a soulslike game in a family platformer.” On the other end of the spectrum, Easy Mode has been made easier, lowering the barrier to entry for younger players or those new to gaming or the platformer genre. It is a family game, after all. “We decided to make it more accessible for kids and younger players,” Smirnov said. “While we were developing Nikoderiko, it was nice to know that my kids will be able to feel the same impressions like I did in my childhood.” Keeping with the theme of making Nikoderiko accessible to as many people as possible, the Director’s Cut adds text and voiceover options for several languages, including *******, French, Italian, Spanish, Japanese, and ********. It also adds Steam Deck compatibility for the first time. There’s also a new secret eighth world for players to unlock, with its own hidden treasures and new boss. With the new world comes new music from veteran composer David Wise, who composed the soundtrack for the base game. Wise has worked in gaming for more than 30 years and is probably best known for his composing work in the Donkey Kong Country series. “On my fourth birthday, I got a present and it was Donkey Kong Country,” Smirnov said. “I always loved to play with my brother, and it changed a lot of my direction in life, because I was very inspired by the graphics and the mystical and atmospheric music.” In addition to all the new content in the Director’s Cut, it also refines what was already there. Graphics have been upgraded, animations have improved, and performance has been optimized across all platforms. If you’ve already bought Nikoderiko, the Director’s Cut is available as a free update and is compatible with your previous saved games, so you don’t need to start over. For the achievement hunters, the update adds new trophies and achievements on the appropriate platforms. If you haven’t picked it up before, the Director’s Cut has replaced the base game on all platforms, so buying it now will get you the expanded version. It’s available on PC, Nintendo Switch, PS4/5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, and Amazon Luna, so it’s safe to say you probably have access to it. It's also offered on ***** pretty regularly, so you can always wishlist it on your preferred platform and buy it when it's at a price you're comfortable with. For the collectors among you, a physical release was recently announced and is scheduled to release on August 22. The base game will be available on its own, and there will also be a Collector's Edition that comes with the game, David Wise's soundtrack on CD, and an official artbook with around 100 pages. For more information, check out the game’s official website or join the community on Twitter for updates. View the full article For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

A Spanish retailer may have just leaked that a physical edition of Gears of War: Reloaded is on the way for PS5 and PC. The remake of the first game in the series will launch on August 26, 2025, for Xbox, PC, and PS5. Offering cross-play and cross-progression on all systems,Gears of War: Reloaded will mark the first time a Gears of War title has been playable on a Sony console. View the full article

Nvidia is potentially about to announce a new CPU for PCs, featuring an integrated Blackwell GPU, according to reports. This is a story that's parked well and truly in the rumor and speculation space, of course, but if there's one company that has the resources to design an Arm CPU for the PC and make it work, it's Nvidia. If you want the best gaming CPU for your PC at the moment, you'll need to buy a chip based on the x86 architecture from Intel or AMD, as that's what the PC standard has used since the very start (for the most part, at least). However, with Qualcomm showing that you can run some PC games pretty well on Arm CPUs already, Nvidia could potentially make a big splash here, particularly in the race to make the best gaming handheld, where the benefits of Arm CPUs are keenly felt when it comes to battery life. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 release date, price, and specs This imposing Star Wars-themed gaming PC build oozes Imperial majesty New AMD Radeon GPUs fail to chart as gamers lap up Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 cards View the full article

Back in the late summer of 2020, RyseUp Studios put its roguelike FPS Roboquest out on Steam Early Access, after many years working on the game before it was ready for players to preview. Over time, it went on to garner a solid reputation, its all-time 'overwhelmingly positive' user rating on Valve's platform placing it alongside renowned fast-paced shooters like Echo Point Nova and action-heavy roguelikes such as Returnal or Hades 2. Now, after supporting the game for nearly five years, RyseUp has announced that it's ready to cease work on Roboquest. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Roguelite mecha shooter gets huge update, adds entire new arsenal Roboquest release date window, trailers, gameplay View the full article

Developer Eric Engestrom today officially announced the full release of Mesa 25.1, bringing with it plenty of upgrades for open source graphics drivers. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article

Your Alta Interglobal career may be short, but there's still money to make. Kindred Trainings offer quick cash, starting with the "Welcome to Your New Home!" survey. Nail the answers, and you'll profit fast. Here's your cheat sheet for mastering the quiz in Revenge of the Savage Planet. What are the correct answers to the Welcome to Your New Home survey in RotSP? Once you've activated your Habitat, head to the computer on the left to begin your Kindred Trainings. The quiz will explain what you can or cannot do on this planet, guiding you through Alta Interglobal's proper etiquette. Choose these answers to ace the Welcome to Your New Home survey in Revenge of the Savage Planet: QuestionsCorrect AnswersYou arrive to find a race of inferior beings, rich in culture but poor in weaponry. Do you...Choose D: Notify Alta that, unfortunately, your uninhabited planet is actually inhabited and wait for reassignment. After interacting with an alien planet and following Alta's corporate guidelines to relocate to a new planet, you are contacted by someone purporting to be a part of Alta's security team. They offer you a small reward for your silence on the stipulation that you sign a non-disclosure agreement banning you from ever mentioning your discovery. Do you...Choose C: Both A and BThe rumor mill is buzzing. In the lunchroom, word is that Alta has found a new and high potential planet deep in the Atredes system. Resources are already being assigned and opportunity is high. But there is a muttering that perhaps there was a precursor civilization on the planet before we arrived. Do you...Choose C: Say nothing. Gossip is gossip. No need to bring more attention to it. Even if Alta Interglobal just kicked you to the curb, your quiz answers must still put their interests first. For the first question, pick the option that alerts Alta. In this scenario, they would transfer you to a planet with better resources. Profit comes first, and they do not like you mingling with the lower class. Moving onto the second question, you can choose options A and B. This answer would have you report this so-called security team and record their wrongdoings with the AltaEye. Screenshot by Destructoid The last question is tricky, as you might feel tempted to report the gossip. But in this case, the correct move is to do nothing. You have to trust that Alta will handle it on their own. Strangely, even if you choose "Say nothing," it might still say you got it wrong. I'm not sure why it comes up incorrectly. Maybe it's just Alta being Alta, pulling their usual shenanigans to ensure you're always in the wrong. Regardless, you'll receive the 80,000 Alta Bucks by completing the Welcome to Your New Home survey. Enter the Living Quarters to use it, allowing you to buy furniture from the catalog. Unfortunately, you can only afford another Camping Bed and a Lama Poster with this money. The best thing you can do is to save this cash to afford the more extravagant stuff, like the Fast Fashion' Wardrobe, Brizzik' Stove, and Sci-fi Arcade Cabinet. If you want to discover more unique content in Revenge of the Savage Planet, check out our guide on how to get the Dave the Diver outfit. The post All Welcome to Your New Home Kindred Trainings answers in Revenge of the Savage Planet appeared first on Destructoid. View the full article

This is just a quick write-up, because it's outside office hours, but... Mobius Digital, creators of wondrous virtual orrery and gravitational stageplay Outer Wilds, are making a new game. Read more View the full article

Starfield will get a big update later this month with a Very Low graphics setting, quality of life improvements, Creation improvements, quest fixes, and more. View the full article

Developer Sandfall Interactive has announced that the Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 soundtrack has managed to top Billboard album charts in the weeks since its release. As fans continue to flock to the mega-hit turn-based RPG, one element that seems to have almost everyone pleased is its music. It’s been a specific highlight for those discussing Sandfall’s debut title on social media, and now, that praise is being reflected across Billboard. Head to the Billboard website and you’ll find that Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 currently sits atop both the Classical Albums and Classical Crossover Albums charts. Sandfall also revealed that the soundtrack has managed to make a mark at 13 on the Official Soundtrack Album chart and 31 on the Official Album Download chart. It means players are gravitating to more than just the experience’s story and gameplay as its dreamlike tunes back the entire adventure. The Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 soundtrack is comprised of more than 150 individual tracks, with many boasting hundreds of thousands of streams on Spotify. It’s the epic Lumière that has established itself as the most popular track, though, as it has nearly 1.9 million views on YouTube and a little more than 1.9 million streams on Spotify. A video game resonating with music fans in such a way is no doubt a feat to be proud of, but it’s especially impressive considering the soundtrack was handled by composer Lorien Testard, who, as Sandfall stated in an interview with BBC, was discovered on SoundCloud. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 launched for PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X and S (as well as Game Pass) April 24, 2025, less than two weeks ago. In that time, it’s managed to blow past the 2 million copies sold milestone, securing Sandfall’s first game as quite the success story. It’s seen so much praise that French President Emmanuel Macron even chimed in to offer his congratulations. For more on how Clair Obscur: Expedition 33’s reception, you can read up on why Sandfall doesn’t believe the surprise launch of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered impacted its sales. You can also check out how the project is dredging up familiar arguments surrounding turn-based games. Michael Cripe is a freelance contributor with IGN. He's best known for his work at sites like The Pitch, The Escapist, and OnlySP. Be sure to give him a follow on Bluesky (@mikecripe.bsky.social) and Twitter (@MikeCripe). View the full article

Every Fromsoftware game requires practice. Yes, they're challenging, but with a deep understanding of the mechanics and bosses, you can exploit the systems to become victorious. This is true of Dark Souls, Bloodborne, Sekiro, and Armored Core - that's why you can beat the Asylum ****** and Tree Sentinel the first time you meet them. I'm certain this design philosophy will be part of Elden Ring Nightreign as well, but that doesn't mean changes aren't coming. After the game's recent network test, Fromsoftware has heard your concerns with the overall difficulty, and is making some key adjustments to balance the experience. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Elden Ring Nightreign release date, gameplay, and news The Elden Ring Nightreign system requirements are too good to be true Elden Ring Nightreign beta start and end times View the full article

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The director of Elden Ring Nightreign has shared that the team behind the game has made adjustments to the title's difficulty after receiving invaluable feedback during the network test that took place earlier in 2025. Gamers looking to jump into Elden Ring Nightreign won't have to wait long, as it is scheduled to release on May 30 for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, and PC. View the full article

We're closing in on the May 30 release of Elden Ring Nightreign, and game director Junya Ishizaki has offered some interesting insight into how particular bosses will affect your strategy. Those lucky enough to be selected played Elden Ring Nightreign during its Closed Network Test in February, and feedback from it has informed changes to the game made by FromSoftware. View the full article

There aren't a ton of major narrative decisions to be made during your playthrough of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, despite it having an incredible story and well-fleshed-out characters. Aside from the final major choice in the game, your decisions will more or less be a matter of preference that don't have a profound impact on the outcome of the story. However, there are a few key moments in the game that present you with a choice that can give you alternative dialogue and/or cinematics, and in one case, your choice could prevent you from unlocking a powerful skill. View the full article

Xbox Game Pass recently added four new games for subscribers, including three titles that were previously only available in the Ultimate tier. These new Xbox Game Pass titles include the highly-rated action RPG Dungeon of Hinterberg, which was originally released last year. View the full article

In the past week I've seen loads of complaints from Pokémon Pocket players about Solgaleo ex, with fans calling the giant metal lion overpowered, or pointing out how powercrept it is over similar 'mons from previous packs (such as Machamp ex). Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: You can get two free Pokémon Pocket packs thanks to Japan's super festival The 14 best Pokémon Pocket cards in Celestial Guardians New Pokémon Pocket Sun & Moon set has one card that will rewrite the meta View the full article

Genshin Impact players based in the United States will need to verify their age by July 18, as part of the settlement between HoYoverse and the Federal Trade Commission. While Genshin Impact allows players to obtain any of its characters for free, the amount of currency available is deliberately limited. As a gacha game, it incentivizes players to spend real money, and the conversion rate is often purposefully obfuscated. View the full article

There are ten White Nevrons in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, and speaking to them will give you a specific task or quest to complete in the associated area. You'll find these White Nevrons as early as the very first mission all the way up through Act 3. Completing each quest rewards you with some pretty decent loot, including unique weapons and upgrade materials. Speaking with the final White Nevron named Blanche in Act 3, you can receive one of two rewards depending on whether you decided to kill any of the White Nevrons along the way. View the full article

A devastating Blue Princesavebug is still causing problems for players on PS5 nearly a month after the game's release. Hailed as one of the greatest puzzle games ever made, Blue Prince is a roguelike that sees players exploring an ever-shifting 45-room manor with the hopes of reaching its mysterious 46th room. The ultra-unique first-person puzzler took the gaming world by storm when it was released in April, and it is already in the conversation for Game of the Year along with titles like Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 and Monster Hunter Wilds. View the full article

The Tailor's Song "Sewing Machine" is available in both English and Japanese uploads from Level-5. View the full article