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Combining the classic game of Billiards with various news rules and roguelike features, Drop Pockets is set to arrive on August 8th. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article

Dune: Awakening developer Funcom said it is aware that "players are reporting being cut out of the endgame due to the extremely competitive nature of the Deep Desert." Last week, Funcom assured players in an AMA it was already "formulating a plan" to improve PvP in the Deep Desert, which players have previously branded as "toxic" due to griefing even after patching out the ability for players to squish other people with their Ornithopter. In a candid letter from the creative director, Joel Bylos said: "So let me start by stating this unequivocally — we want PvE players to be able to play the endgame and have access to the content of the endgame. Our goal is not to force PvE players to interact with a PvP system that they may have no interest in. "We still believe in the core concept of the Deep Desert — an endlessly renewing location that resets every week and creates an activity loop for great rewards. The tension of heading out there, head on a swivel, eyes peeled for foes as you enter the most dangerous part of the most dangerous planet in the universe, Our wish was that players would embrace this loop, forming guilds to work together to overcome the bleakness of the Deep Desert. But as Stephen King says, 'Wish in one hand, sh*t in the other, see which one fills up first.' One of my hands is overflowing right now and sadly not with wishes." Bylos admitted that the "extremely competitive nature" of the Deep Desert was forcing players to engage when they may prefer PvP, and consequently, some areas of the Deep Desert will now be flagged as "Partial Warfare (PvE)" where players can grab rare resources without getting ambushed. The largest spice fields, shipwrecks and Landsraad control points will remain "War of Assassins (PvP)" as "high reward, high risk" areas. That said, the whole game is balanced around guilds and groups, so if you prefer to be a lone wolf, you can expect it to be "grindy if [you] play solo." As for the Orni griefing? "Thopters will always be incredibly important for crossing the desert, but they shouldn’t also be the dominant force in actual battles," Bylos said, adding that the following will be implemented "shortly": Scout Ornithopters with rocket launchers attached will have their speed maneuverability reducedRockets fired from Scout Ornithopters will have increased heat generationThrusters will provide a max speed bonus regardless of wings, ensuring that thruster equipped scouts will be the fastest vehicles in the game A new T5 infantry rocket launcher will be added to help improve the dynamics of vehicle/ground combat Finally, the Landsraad. Bylos defines it as "an umbrella for all endgame activities," such as dungeons, contracts, and "more specialized delivery tasks." "As a system it is an activity driver that is designed to promote the conflict between the factions, internal politics between the guilds, while providing goal thresholds for individuals and groups to work towards getting personal rewards," the director explained. "And the Landsraad should be doing that for everyone who wants to participate in the elder game, be they PvEer or PvPer. The Landsraad should be giving you things to do every day and every week. "It’s nothing new, from a design perspective, we’ve seen daily/weekly quest systems in games for a long time. Our approach was to try and frame this system around the greater politics of the Dune universe, by having players engage in activities to earn the votes of the various Landsraad houses." Consequently, Funcom will shortly be addressing "key flaws" in the Landsraad design, too, including stockpiling, which is currently rewarded but was not designed to be that way. "Once a live game launches, it becomes a collaborative effort between the developers and the players to make it something amazing," Bylos concluded. "We appreciate your feedback on what we hope is the beginning of a long journey together. "Bear with us — our intention is to be clear and open in our communications and to make Dune: Awakening a game that everybody can enjoy." We gave Dune: Awakening a Great 8/10 in our review, writing: "Dune: Awakening is an excellent survival MMO that captures Frank Herbet’s sci-fi world incredibly well, mostly to its advantage and occasionally to its detriment. The survival climb from dehydrated peasant to powerful warlord of Arrakis is a joy almost every step of the way, and the story and worldbuilding filled this nerd with absolute joy. There’s still plenty for Awakening to work on though, as its combat never really hits its stride, the endgame is a bit of a chaotic mess not worth the effort." If all that's got you interested, make sure to check out all the Dune: Awakening classes you can choose from, and keep an eye on our in-progress Dune: Awakening walkthrough for a step-by-step guide to the story. To help you survive on Arrakis, we've got Dune: Awakening resource guides that'll help you find iron, steel, aluminium, and a Dune: Awakening Trainers locations guide. Dune: Awakening has enjoyed a superb launch, with a 'very positive' user review rating on Steam. Within hours of going live on June 10, Funcom's survival MMO had clocked up over 142,000 concurrent players on Valve's platform, and hit a new high earlier this month of 189,333 players. And it's already [Hidden Content], making it Funcom's fastest-selling game ever. Vikki Blake is a reporter for IGN, as well as a critic, columnist, and consultant with 15+ years experience working with some of the world's biggest gaming sites and publications. She's also a Guardian, Spartan, Silent Hillian, Legend, and perpetually High Chaos. Find her at BlueSky. View the full article

Still Wakes The Deep and Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 developers The ******** Room have laid off a number of staff, seemingly as part of parent company Sumo Digital's wider strategic decision in February 2025 to move away from original game creation and "focus exclusively on development services for partners". Read more View the full article

Build up your game collection with the Serenity Forge Humble Bundle. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article

Need a free game? You can currently claim SteamWorld Dig to keep for a limited time, and the later games in the series have heavy discounts. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article

After some supply chain issues that put both the Steam Deck OLED models out of stock for the US and Canada, they're now back. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article

Carcinisation comes for us all, in time. Today, it is Total War: Warhammer 3's turn. The crustacean nation mod adds four legendary lords, heroes, 27 crabulous units, new spells, plus custom tech and building trees for a complete crab-paign experience. It would have been shellfish of me not to share, if not downright altruistic to avoid any and all crab puns. Read more View the full article

Xbox Game Pass Ultimate has added Volcano Princess to its content catalog. The unusual RPG with a unique parenting mechanic is the 12th new title to reach the subscription service since the beginning of June, and the 73rd Xbox Game Pass Ultimate release of 2025. View the full article

The Borderlands 4 community has compiled 54 pieces of legendary gear that have been revealed thus far in pre-release footage and trailers. This is only a miniscule fraction of the weapons and gear that Borderlands 4 players can expect later this year, as the game is expected to have the franchise's largest weapon selection ever. View the full article

Some of the areas will be special with fixed enemy and boss encounters. View the full article

The Genshin Impact 5.8 character banner lineup has been leaked, and in addition to a brand-new character from the region of Nod-Krai, the update could feature several anticipated reruns that can help bolster your team comps heading into the new area in Version 6.0. The action RPG by HoYoverse has just entered Version 5.7, a new patch that brings forth important story revelations. The Archon Quest highlights an adventure with the Traveler and Dainsleif, as they uncover more details about the Traveler’s sibling and the time they spent in Natlan. Genshin Impact 5.7’s release also added new characters. View the full article For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

The same trailer has been available without subtitles on the Japanese channel. View the full article

PEAK has multiple levels you need to get through before you can escape the island you just ******-landed on. While you initially start on a beach, you'll explore some interesting locations throughout your journey, with each requiring specific strategies to conquer. Table of contentsComplete PEAK level listShore level guideTropics level guideAlpine level guideCaldera level guideThe Kiln level guideComplete PEAK level list PEAK has five levels to complete before you reach the end and escape the island. Here's a brief list of all five levels: ShoreTropicsAlpineCalderaThe Kiln The exact strategy you'll use throughout your playthrough depends on your difficulty, whether you're playing solo or with friends and the resources you collect along the way. For the sake of this guide, we'll follow the perspective of a solo player on Peak difficulty while briefly touching upon aspects you'll encounter with harder options. Shore level guide The first level you'll encounter after crashing your plane is the Shore. You'll arrive on a beach surrounded by luggage and other items, with a large mountain off in the distance. Your first goal is to climb this mountain to complete the level. However, you have the perfect opportunity to claim early resources before progressing. Alongside the luggage containing items like rope, food, and bandages, you'll also find Bing ***** and a Bugle, which you can optionally bring with you for Steam achievements. There is also a nearby backpack you can carry to store additional items and a flare you can avoid unless you're on Ascent 4 or higher. If this is your first playthrough, only worry about the backpack and luggage supplies for now. Oh, and study the guidebook. There's useful information that'll make your entire playthrough much easier. More on this later, though. Screenshot by Destructoid As you venture across the beach and toward the mountain, you'll spot jellyfish on the ground that will poison you upon contact. Avoid stepping on these as you move, and loot any luggage you encounter along the way. As you get closer to the mountain, you'll find purple plants that'll also poison you, giving you two obstacles to face. Climb around these so you don't have to worry about draining precious stamina. As you loot luggage from here onward, you want to carry just enough food to satiate you if you become hungry. You don't need to oversupply on food, as you'll find plenty throughout the levels. The most important thing is finding items like rope cannons, pitons, and, if you're really lucky, legendary items with powerful effects. Generally speaking, since the Shore doesn't have any major weather conditions or obstacles, you're free to tread carefully here and venture off occasionally to loot luggage. Take advantage of bridges, as they can lead you to helpful spots if you're lucky. Otherwise, watch your stamina as you climb and avoid unnecessary damage from poisonous plants or falling off random ledges. Once you reach the top, you'll find an Ancient statue that gives you a legendary item for free, a campfire, and some extra luggage bags. Take a moment to relax here before moving on to the next level. Tropics level guide Your next location after sitting by the campfire is the Tropics, a lush forest area filled with vines. The terrain is much more challenging to navigate, with a different variety of poisonous plants scattered around and the introduction of explosive bushes. Fortunately, you'll have vines that help you traverse it. Screenshot by Destructoid You'll also find mushrooms along the way that you can eat for various effects. However, some variants are poisonous, which can quickly end your run in some circumstances. The guidebook from the Shore will help you identify each type. Beyond this, your strategy is mostly the same as that of the Shore. Climb up, use vines to make traversal easier, and keep supplies like rope cannons on hand as often as possible. The legendary item you received from the Ancient Statue from the last level can also significantly impact your strategy, especially if you gained a resource that grants you infinite stamina temporarily or cures all of your injuries. Alpine level guide Our next stop is Alpine, a tundra level full of snowstorms. Alongside the terrain being tricky to traverse and requiring more climbing than the previous two, you'll also periodically get hit with blizzards that freeze your character, reducing your stamina until it ends. There are also fewer food sources compared to the last two levels. Screenshot by Destructoid Fortunately, opening luggage in this area will start introducing heat packs. Although they don't completely mitigate the effects of these snow storms, they'll restore your stamina much quicker, making it easier to recover from the experience. You won't survive without using these, so make sure to hunt for as many as possible. The terrain is also one of the most difficult parts of this level. There are no vines or bridges, only ice spikes jutting out of the mountain that make navigation much more difficult. Tread carefully, and don't be afraid to check out some of these spikes for unexpected luggage bags on their tips. Just watch out, as you'll occasionally encounter dark blue patches of terrain that freeze you upon contact. Don't worry, though. There's an adorable surprise that appears in this section of the level. As you venture around Alpine, you can find a few capybara chilling in a hot spring. Not only are they cute, but they're also part of a Steam achievement. Caldera level guide PEAK's next level, Caldera, is a challenge. While the previous one was a frozen tundra, this one is full of lava. Luggage bags are also few and far between, making it more important than ever to rely on items, nearby chains, and parkour skills to navigate this region. Screenshot by Destructoid However, there's a catch. Over time, you'll notice rising and falling levels of lava under your feet. If there's a bunch of exposed red rocks, you can run across this to help you travel across the map. Sure, you'll take some burning damage, but it's better than dying instantly. Don't touch the lava, though. That'll kill you quickly. Fortunately, you won't be doing much vertical climbing during this one. This is mostly about running across the map, avoiding the lava and minimizing your burning damage until you reach the volcano on the other side. As you get closer, you'll see a ****** brick structure to climb up, bringing you to the next statue, luggage batch, and your final challenge. Rather than scaling a mountain, though, you'll be entering the belly of it. The Kiln level guide The final level, The Kiln, is located inside the volcano after completing Caldera. As you enter the volcano, you're met with a very similar environment to Caldera, with a region full of hot stones, lava, and difficult terrain to navigate. The only difference is that while the previous level had you traveling along a mostly horizontal path, this one has you climbing up again. Screenshot by Destructoid Overall, The Kiln is a massive pit that you must carefully climb up. You won't find many ledges to rest on or luggage to open. Instead, this is mostly an endurance test until you reach the top. What's at the top? The end. Completing The Kiln will lead you directly to the final point of PEAK's story, letting you progress to the end and see what happens when you master all five sections. The post All PEAK levels and tips to get through them appeared first on Destructoid. 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Funcom, the developer of survival MMO Dune: Awakening, has detailed a number of upcoming changes to the game's high-level endgame designed to address player complaints and diversify the experience. Dune: Awakening launched early in June 2025, impressing players with its free-form desert gameplay with elements of competitive PVP. View the full article

Juggling games across Steam, the Epic Games Store, GOG, the Xbox app, and other clients has long frustrated users. Some launchers, like GOG Galaxy, have tried to solve the problem by syncing accounts across services. However, the only workaround with anything close to broad acceptance is manually adding shortcuts to... Read Entire Article View the full article

There are quite a few amazing horror games out there that either defined or redefined what was possible, such as Dead Space or Silent Hill 2, and it's amazing to see how the genre has evolved over time. The games included on this list have totally reshaped the horror video game space and have introduced features that new horror games have tried to emulate in multiple ways. Horror games don't come down to how many jump scares are involved, but are ultimately about building suspense and forcing the player into tense situations with unexpected twists and turns that truly set them on edge. View the full article

Although it's only been out for two weeks, there are dedicated Dune Awakening players who have already reached the MMO's endgame, and despite the allure of an immense challenge, there have been complaints about the unfair treatment of PvE and solo players when compared to those that love PvP. A Reddit AMA last week addressed some of these complaints, but the answers weren't enough to satisfy most. In response, Funcom has outlined some big changes that are in the works. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Is Dune Awakening down? Server status right now Does Dune Awakening support mods? New Dune Awakening update removes the most annoying and embarrassing way to die View the full article

Players in the global English server will have to wait until the next version update, slated for around August. View the full article

We have just shipped an updated Steam Deck Client to the Preview/Beta channel. Steam Input Fixed thumbstick centering range for Nintendo Switch Pro controllers View the full article

The Steam Client Beta has been updated with the following changes: In-Game Overlay Fixed Mhz/Ghz conversion for CPU speed values in Performance Monitor so values are not 2.4% lower than expected. Fixed overlay UI restart taking HDR screenshots on older CPUs on Windows Steam Input Fixed thumbstick centering range for Nintendo Switch Pro controllers View the full article

The game was originally slated to launch on the PC platform the day following this announcement. View the full article

Clear the digital cobwebs off your wishlist and stretch those thumbs because some absolute gems are on ***** across every major platform this week. Whether you're chasing a retro-style indie for loose change or something AAA to chew on until tax returns hit, there’s something to tempt just about everyone. Enough talk, though. Let's get amongst some bargains! This Day in Gaming In retro news, I'm celebrating the 28th birthday of my personal favourite moustache racer, Mario Kart 64. What sold me was its first-in-series 4P multi, and probably about a hundred hours spent doing "winner plays on" 150cc VS. Mode and Block Fort balloon battles at a mate's house. When the surf was crap in Kiama, his headland-based abode basically became the local youth drop in centre—just a constant state of shoulder-to-shoulder competition and trash talk. Truly, some of the best gaming years of my life. Aussie birthdays for notable games - Mario Kart 64 (N64) 1997. Get - Destroy All Humans! (PS2,XB) 2005. Get - Tekken 5 (PS2) 2005. eBay - Guitar Hero Smash Hits (PS3,Wii,X360) 2009. eBay Contents NintendoXboxPlayStationPCPC GearLEGOHeadphonesTVsNice Savings for Nintendo Switch Nintendo gets weird and wonderful with Inside for under three bucks. This eerie side-scroller was developed in near-total secrecy by Playdead, with its wordless storytelling spawning more fan theories than a late-season Lost episode. Also up is Sonic x Shadow Generations, a return of the “edgiest” hedgehog, whose original design notes included motorbikes and guns because… 2005. Pokémon Legends: Z-A (-13%) - A$78Sonic x Shadow Generations (-35%) - A$49Inside (-90%) - A$2.90Front Mission 1st: Rem. (-66%) - A$17.80Sniper Elite 3 Ult. Ed. (-80%) - A$10.50Overcooked! All You Can Eat (-66%) - A$19.30 Expiring Recent Deals Super Mario RPG (-18%) - A$65.90Persona 5 Royal (-33%) - A$66.80Burnout Paradise Rem. 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Get your phone ready and put your tactical thinking cap on, because Sunderfolk is finally on ***** - and you can check out a free trial on Steam now, before you buy. Although Steam's Summer ***** hasn't quite arrived yet (it's currently scheduled to begin on the 26th), deals and discounts abound on the digital storefront. Those include a great deal on an excellent tactical game that came out just earlier this year. View the full article For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

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Tucked into a corner of Summer Games Fest, Spine is definitely the kind of game meant to turn heads and grab attention. There is a decidedly late-’90s arcade style to the third-person action title that compels players to grab a controller and see what is going on for themselves. While it’s still early, in my hands-on demo with Spine, I can safely say that it’s absolutely something I’m excited to see evolve as it develops. Aesthetically, Spine fits the cyberpunk-Blade Runner mold of an overcrowded dystopian city with profuse neon-yet-dark corners everywhere. The player assumes the role of a street artist named Redline who, in the demo, has been accused of a crime she did not commit and quickly finds herself surrounded by thugs at a bar. Redline fights off the enemies with deadly force and keeps going while punching and shooting everything that gets in her way. Players familiar with Sifu will notice an immediate resemblance to that game in the form of the quick jabs, special attacks, and parry-driven finishing moves, but the developer shies away from that particular comparison. Instead, they insist it is a little bit more like Rocksteady’s Arkham series of Batman titles, with a heavy focus on reading tells more than predicting enemy movements. Rather than comparing combat to Sifu, Spine's developers insist it is a little bit more like Rocksteady’s Arkham series. Regardless of inspiration, the true carnival-game feel of Spine comes from the flashy and over-the-top finishers that are earned by parrying enemy attacks. Not for the squeamish or meek at heart, Redline will often force enemies to ******** a bullet with a gun shoved between their teeth or spin around them like John Wick with a well-placed shot to the back of the skull. The camera zooms, spins, and pans around the finishers to showcase the most dramatic and cinematic angles for her gunkata before Redline quickly moves on to the next goon coming her way. Parrying also works at enemies throwing things or shooting at her as well, allowing her to spot-dodge the incoming projectile with a quick lean or turn that feels immensely satisfying, regardless of the ease to pull off. Occasionally, Redline will pick up another weapon with limited ammo, such as a shotgun, and blow enemies away in one hit. These sections feel more like Hotline Miami than anything Batman has ever done, and sometimes even adopt that overhead camera angle to complete the allusion, intentional or otherwise. There is some degree of ***** Genesis vibe going on with Spine that I cannot quite put my finger on, but it absolutely evokes an alternate reality where beat-‘em-ups became the biggest genre in the world in the ‘90s and iterated on that formula for decades. While there is a lot more to see before deciding where in that storied hierarchy Spine will land, I am more than interested in watching it get there. View the full article