2023's release of Starfield was, in a way, Bethesda Game Studios' long-awaited return to single-player RPGs following 2015's Fallout 4. Starfield is certainly more ambitious than its predecessor it's immense scale is almost unrivaled but it's not uniformly iterative, even if Starfield's May 2024 update makes significant strides. Starfield makes some welcome reversions, like abandoning the much maligned voiced protagonist that tanks Fallout 4's roleplaying potential, but despite the long wait for Starfield, it still feels like a step backward regarding certain features. View the full article
Look, it's Baldur's Gate 3, and it's on ***** on Steam for less money than it has been at any point since launch. If you have somehow not checked out the BAFTA ******, the gaming award show hat trick champion, PC Gamer's own 2023 Game of the Year and 16-year review high score champion, what are you waiting for, hoss? Baldur's Gate 4 ain't coming any time soon, or from the same developers... Read more.View the full article
Back in 2015, Grim Fandango Remastered came out, making it easier than it had been since the original version's 1998 launch to play one of the most beloved adventure games ever made. Still, even with the attention given to the classic LucasArts launch - one as well regarded as the studio's The Secret of Monkey Island, Day of the Tentacle, and Maniac Mansion - the remaster didn't provide players with every one of the updates they were looking for. Fortunately, almost a decade later, fans of the game have just put out a new mod that finishes remastering the remaster for free. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Grim Fandango cast will reunite at E3 for an anniversary celebration Free games: Grim Fandango Remastered is free as part of the GOG Winter ***** Double Fine's finest adventures are cheap for the Humble Day of the Devs Bundle View the full article
Is this a Game Boy Advance SP or Nintendo DS Lite? Who can say? | Image: Retrohai hai Softbank Have you ever looked at a Nintendo DS and thought it would be cooler if the top screen was swapped for the Game Boy Advance SP’s? Or looked at a Super Nintendo controller and wished it had a GBA SP screen bolted onto the back? Whether you have or not, Hardware modder Hairo Satoh, aka Retrohai hai Softbank, has you covered with some truly cursed reimaginings of Nintendo’s portable consoles. (Recall their portable emulated PlayStation built into the Takara Roulette Controller.) Let’s go on a little journey through Satoh’s Instagram account. Before we get into my favorite mutated Nintendo handhelds — frankententos, if you will — know that Satoh also does some very pretty custom jobs on the company’s various portable consoles. And they’re m... Continue reading… View the full article
Truly, there are few games that could work me into a lather with a single, context-free image of a new ******, but Elden Ring is certainly one of them. The official Elden Ring Twitter account casually dropped the new ****** boy—who was not featured in the Shadow of the Erdtree expansion's first trailer—this morning... Read more.View the full article
Though Stardew Valley is filled with plenty of romanceable villagers and NPCs to befriend, there are certain underrated NPCs players have always had a soft spot for. Theres the Hat Mouse, selling hats out of the decrepit building to the south of Cindersnap Forest; Krobus, who runs a shop out of the towns sewers; and the Dwarf, who hides in the mines. These characters dont often interact with the townspeople, instead making their relationship with the character a special one though it seems the changes in the 1.6 update has made one of those characters a bit more sociable. View the full article
Helltides are world events that have been a crucial end game event in Diablo 4. These demonic incursions are great sources for experience and loot, but Helltides have seen drastic changes for season four. Loot Reborn has expanded Helltides to more players than ever before and introduced new mechanics that players should be aware of. View the full article
For many Star Wars faithful, bringing up the canned Boba Fett 1313 title instantly evokes some painful memories. The game, which was set to start the beloved bounty hunter from the original movie trilogy, was revealed over a decade ago but was canceled quite soon after its reveal, leaving fans of the franchise to wallow and think what if. Now, a new Starfield mod allows players to carry out their dreams of exploring space as the famed bounty hunter, along with his infamous *******. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Starfield Shattered Space DLC release date window and latest news New Starfield update gives your CPU a performance boost Starfield's upcoming update will fix one of the game's biggest issues View the full article
One of the most compelling RPG games to launch so far this year is the final version of Dread Delusion. Inspired by earlier, pre Oblivion and Skyrim entries to The Elder Scrolls series, like 1996's Daggerfall and 2002's Morrowind, Dread Delusion offers audiences a fantasy world that avoids the typical elves and wizards, Western ********* medieval aesthetics to provide something truly, well, fantastic instead. Since it left Early Access on Steam earlier this week, the game's enjoyed a positive reception. Unfortunately, though, its player count has struggled to reach the same heights as its reviews so far. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Retro RPG finally hits Steam 1.0 with massive free content update Dread Delusion review - a bumpy but fascinating new RPG Retro RPG with near-perfect Steam scores feels like a new Morrowind View the full article
Despite Dragon Age Inquisition dropping nearly a decade ago, fans of the famous BioWare franchise are still playing the game and circulating various mods for it online. The third-person fantasy RPG captivated fans during the early days of the Xbox One & PlayStation 4 console era. Although the game received rave reviews at the time of launch, players have never necessarily grown warmer to some of the gameplay elements of the third installment in the series. Now, one modder has taken up the duty of cutting out all the needless **** that Inquisition makes players play through to get through its incredible story. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: One of the greatest RPGs ever is currently free, but not for long Get Baldur's Gate 3's spiritual predecessor for the price of a reroll Dragon Age Inquisition dev says BioWare "resented" its writers View the full article
Despite the recent news of Arkane Austin’s closure, the developer announced on Friday that it would release one final update for its hero shooter Redfall, adding many new features, including the highly requested offline play mode. On the official Redfall X account, the studio announced that it would release Update 4, the game’s final patch. It is set to include “revamped Neighborhood and Nest systems, Single Player Pausing, Offline Mode, and more.” While Redfall launched as an online-only title several players have wanted the game to be playable offline ever since its launch. View the full article
A recent update made by Bandai Namco has suggested that the upcoming Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero will launch sometime this year. Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero has been one of the fandom's most greatly anticipated titles, as it is a return to the classic Budokai Tenkaichi series after a long absence. Players get the chance to control some of their favorite Dragon Ball characters, with this iteration of the game featuring fighters from across the original Dragon Ball, Z, and Super. While Bandai Namco hasn't given an official release date yet, ratings for the game suggest it could be soon. View the full article
There was another record-breaking silver scrapes in the semifinals at the League of Legends 2024 Mid-Season Invitational today. The home crowd erupted into cheers as the ******** first-seed Bilibili Gaming came out on top against T1, with over 2.8 million tuning in to watch the series worldwide. The moment broke yet another all-time Mid-Season Invitational viewership record set during the league stage match between G2 Esports and T1, which was also a five-match series at this year’s MSI. View the full article
Disney Dreamlight Valley players have completed one of the objectives in the game's recent Dreamlight Park community challenge. The new Dreamlight Parks Fest gives Disney Dreamlight Valley players the chance to work together to earn rewards, with the first milestone now reached. View the full article
Baldur's Gate 3 is firmly rooted in the rules of fifth edition Dungeons & Dragons, but it also diverges from its source material in a lot of key regards. Not every concept that works for tabletop would be as effective in video game form, so choosing what's essential and what would just generate its own problems is an essential part of translation. Some cut rules and concepts just wouldn't have had much place in the game, but there's a select variety that would have the potential to completely break Baldur's Gate 3. View the full article
Drama has engulfed the PokeRogue community following the resignation of a senior dev earlier this week, with community members and outsiders alike accusing the game’s devs and mods of transphobic comments and policies. The resignation of Samuel “FlashfyreDev” on May 16 came as a shock after the title became a viral sensation overnight. In a post on X, formerly Twitter, the developer stated his various reasons for stepping down, citing “scope creep” and that “a project like this ultimately isn’t compatible with my intended trajectory in life,” aiming to focus on his family and ****** rather than a fangame. View the full article
An informative Honkai: Star Rail chart details the ownership rates for the sci-fi RPG's five-star characters, showing off all of the game's limited and standard five-star units. The sci-fi RPG from HoYoverse has debuted a plethora of new characters to its playable roster since its release in April 2023. Honkai: Star Rail currently boasts a roster of more than 25 five-star characters available for players to acquire through the game's gacha system, recently introducing Robin and Boothill in Version 2.2. A new chart from the game is now revealing its most popular characters. View the full article
Getting your friends to play a new board game can often be more challenging than explaining the rules. While this is a long-standing tradition of board games, digital board games offer a few advantages that physical play can't compete with. This includes zero setup and cleanup, the ability to play with friends from across the globe in an instant, and preventing that one friend who hates losing from knocking the table over right before the game is over. One of Steam's highest-rated online board games, 100% Orange Juice, is entirely free to download. Read the rest of the story... View the full article
We're not exactly hurting for pirate games right now. Even ignoring this year's forgettable Skull and Bones, anyone looking to live a (much gentler, safer) version of the pirate's life can check out games like Return to Monkey Island, Don't Starve: Shipwrecked, Sea of Thieves, *********'s Creed IV: ****** Flag, and more. Still, there's plenty of room left to continue working in the genre as evidenced by yesterday's launch of a new pirate RPG called Seablip, which seems to draw on FTL and Terraria for inspiration. Read the rest of the story... View the full article
Between Steam and the Epic Games Store, PC gamers have four free games they can claim right now. PC gamers are treated to free games on a regular basis between various digital storefronts. Free Steam games are often given away by the developers and publishers themselves, whereas the Epic Games Store free game giveaways are a weekly occurrence that happens through the launcher. View the full article
******** Floor 2, the zombie co-op shooter from Tripwire Interactive, has received a large player count boost on Steam, thanks largely to the series' 15th-anniversary celebrations. ******** Floor 2 was originally released back in 2016, and has continued to receive frequent new content from its developer until recently. View the full article
If you thought that The Finals' standard playlists were intense, then you should definitely see what Ranked Leagues are all about. Each battle brings together the best players around on PS5 and Xbox, and it could get even spicier in The Finals Season 3. Speaking about the future of its acclaimed FPS game, Embark Studios' co-founder Rob Runesson reveals the one tier that is missing from The Finals Ranked playlists right now. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: The Finals Season 3 likely to debut at SGF, so here's what to expect The Finals makes one of its best gadgets an in-game pickup 7 million The Finals players stand between you and some pink shoes View the full article
Hype continues growing around Paradox Interactive’s upcoming strategy game codenamed “Project Caesar,” believed by many to be the sequel to its flagship, Europa Universalis 4. Now, players have managed to piece together the rumored sequel’s map of Europe, and it’s the ugliest thing in the best of ways. After weeks of drip-feeding the community with snippets of the Old Continent’s many regions, players in a May 17 Reddit thread have managed to piece together a full map of Europe, though not with all the details. It features the world as it was in 1337—an aristocratically fragmented France, the Eastern Roman Empire still pulling through, and, of course, the Holy Roman Empire being the nightmarish border gory hellscape that it always was. It appears to be the most detailed map of Europe Paradox has ever created, and the HRE, in particular, has been compared with meticulous mods such as Voltaire’s Nightmare. View the full article
***** Cells was blessed with several excellent animated trailers, each one produced by French animation studio Bobbypills. Now the slick metroidvania is getting a full animated television series from the same folks, and the first trailer is below. Read more View the full article
A new Honkai: Star Rail ***** is teasing the contents of several upcoming patches for the HoYoverse RPG, potentially through the release of Version 3.0. The launch of the sci-fi RPG's newest world of Penacony brought plenty of new mechanics to the game, alongside a plethora of characters joining the roster. Each new update to the RPG following Version 2.0's debut has seen multiple characters added, with HoYoverse recently confirming Firefly and ***** for Version 2.3. Now, recent leaks are hinting at the focus of several upcoming patches. View the full article
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2023's release of Starfield was, in a way, Bethesda Game Studios' long-awaited return to single-player RPGs following 2015's Fallout 4. Starfield is certainly more ambitious than its predecessor it's immense scale is almost unrivaled but it's not uniformly iterative, even if Starfield's May 2024 update makes significant strides. Starfield makes some welcome reversions, like abandoning the much maligned voiced protagonist that tanks Fallout 4's roleplaying potential, but despite the long wait for Starfield, it still feels like a step backward regarding certain features. View the full article