The highly desirable refurbished Steam Decks are back, but only if you live in the ***. Of the five available Steam Deck models, only the 512GB OLED is currently back in stock, but its price is heavily reduced to £389 (approximately $526) from its £479 MSRP. We still consider the Steam Deck to be the best gaming handheld for most, in part due to how easy it is to use, thanks to the streamlined Linux-based operating system called SteamOS. This position could soon be under threat, however, as the Asus Xbox Ally prepares to launch later this year with a new, simplified version of Windows, purpose-built for handhelds. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Scalpers now want $23,000 for this gold Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 graphics card Grab an AMD Radeon RX 9070 graphics card for $599 in the US, while you still can A mysterious "future" AMD Ryzen gaming CPU is on the way, according to MSI View the full article
Stellar Blade PC is already a hit. In less than 24 hours, the new port of the 2024 action game has soared to become Playstation's most-played single-player game by concurrent users, outdoing the likes of Ghost of Tsushima and God of War. Only the multiplayer Helldivers 2, which launched simultaneously with the console version, has the newcomer beat. In even better news for developer Shift Up, Steam reviews are already glowing, praising the port for its excellent performance. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Stellar Blade PC review - a slick but hollow action RPG The Stellar Blade system requirements are surprisingly low as PC demo impresses Stellar Blade dev's next game could be an anime Ghost of Tsushima View the full article
Within minutes I had that classic Zelda N64 feeling when playing the Azaran: Islands of the Jinn demo – this 90s homage feels like a homecomingView the full article
A new rumor claims that pre-orders for Call of Duty: ****** Ops 7, the upcoming shooter from Treyarch Studios and Raven Software, will begin on June 20. Call of Duty fans have seen very little of ****** Ops 7, as the next entry in the series was only revealed a few days ago during the Xbox Games Showcase. However, if rumors are to be believed, new information on the title may be shared soon, as pre-orders are expected to begin in just over a week. View the full article
The PC version of Stellar Blade only launched yesterday, June 11, but it's already Sony's biggest single-player Steam launch ever. Right now, the concurrent player peak is almost 105,000, but that's the seventh all-time peak the game has set since I started writing this story. There's no doubt player numbers will continue to climb, especially as we move into the weekend. By comparison, Ghost of Tsushima topped out at 77,154 players, God of War peaked at 73,529, and Marvel's Spider-Man Remastered sports a peak of 66,436 players. In fact, the only Sony-published game to have a higher concurrent record than Stellar Blade is Helldivers 2, which is, of course, a multiplayer game. PC-specific features include AI upscaling via Nvidia DLSS 4 and AMD FSR 3, an unlocked framerate, Japanese and ******** voiceover, ultrawide display support, higher resolution environment textures, and DualSense support for haptic feedback and trigger effects. The PC version was originally region locked in 100+ countries, but is now available in "over 250 regions." And yes, there are mods. Dozens and dozens have popped up, with modders making all kinds of tweaks and buffs since the demo dropped a few weeks ago. Not all of them are safe for work, though... Stellar Blade has done so well for developer Shift Up that a sequel is already confirmed. The Sony-published action game launched to a positive response back in April 2024, with players saying its gameplay mixed elements of NieR: Automata and Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice. IGN's Stellar Blade review returned a 7/10. We said: "Stellar Blade is great in all of the most important ways for an action game, but dull characters, a lackluster story, and several frustrating elements of its RPG mechanics prevent it from soaring along with the best of the genre." 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
Theropods is an upcoming point and click adventure that combines puzzles with a cinematic story. The demo in Steam Next Fest is quite impressive. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article
As yet another Balatro-style roguelite hybrid emerges raging from the volcanic portals of Steam Next Fest, as the smaller-scale gamedev scene at large threatens to melt into a soup of RNG and deckbuilding, I want you to picture me leaning over you like Samwise Gamgee leaning over Frodo, trying through his tears to remind the Ring-bearer of life back in the Shire, before the horror of Mordor. "Do you remember the taste of strawberries?" Sam whispers. I do not want you to remember the taste of strawberries. I want you to remember how good it felt to sneak a ball behind the blocks in Breakout. It is the only thing that will save you now. Read more View the full article
A popular Fortnite leaker has revealed that a new mode called "Expeditions" could be coming to LEGO Fortnite in an upcoming update. Fortnite recently concluded its Galactic Battle mini-season, which added Star Wars characters, locations, and items to many of the title's game modes. View the full article
Stellar Blade is surprisingly playable on Steam Deck, but this gorgeous action RPG might be one to play on your more powerful PC or PlayStation 5 if you have the option available. View the full article
The newly released PC version of Stellar Blade has become only the second PlayStation-published game to pass 100,000 concurrent players on Steam. The PC port of the game was released on Wednesday and has seen its concurrent player count continue to gradually grow since then. At the time of writing, the game’s concurrent player count has just passed six figures, with a current all-time peak of 100,904 players. Read More... View the full article
Follow some great and interesting stores in the Narrative Arc Humble Bundle with 7 games available to grab for cheaps. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article
Stellar Blade is finally available on PC, and it looks like a lot of you have felt every second of the year and a bit long wait since it launched exclusively on PS5. The Shift Up game hasn't even been available on Steam for 24 hours, and it has already outperformed every single PlayStation PC port in the most important demographic. View the full article
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