Censorship on Steamhas been a hot topic recently, and the restriction of another game from the storefront probably won't cool down the conversation. Earlier this week, arthouse horror game Horses launched without a Steam listing thanks to a ban received earlier in development. Now, it looks like Steam's content policies may have affected BrownDust2, a port of a mobile RPG from the publisher behind Lies of P. View the full article
I'm a real sucker for the beautiful automation of a well-oiled Satisfactory base. Seeing all your carefully engineered solutions ticking along efficiently is an incredibly rewarding feeling, and a big part of why Coffee Stain's creation is one of the best sandbox games around. However, it's mostly a surface offering, save for a handful of caves, and sometimes I crave the mines. Enter MineMogul, which is all about the kind of industrial tunneling you'd associate with Minecraft or Terraria, but with that automation loop layered lovingly on top, and it's not afraid to embrace a little chaos as a result. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Upcoming retro-inspired RPG channels Elder Scrolls and Dark Souls predecessor King's Field with a demo you can try today This relaxing take on Civilization wrapped in Windows 2000 style just hit 1.0, it's completely free, and I'm mesmerized Blending Diablo's horror with Age of Empires' real-time combat, Band of Crusaders just got a new demo View the full article
Sometimes you can tell a board game is going to be great just based on the names of its components. Queen of Spies contains, amongst a selection of other cards, tokens, and counters: five pigeon markers, a success bag, and something called an "escape plan card". All of these peculiarly named pieces come together in a strategic solo card game, designed to tell the story of World War One's underground Belgian spy network. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Infiltrate massive Warhammer 40k-style space hulks in this solo RPG 5 board games releasing next year that I'm stoked about, and you should be too Reiner Knizia, the busiest board game designer on Earth, has even more reprints crowdfunding on Kickstarter View the full article
PlayStation 5 owners will finally have a chance to play one of the year's best cozy games, Tiny Bookshop. The charming simulation game has been available on Nintendo Switch, PC, Mac, and Linux for a few months now, and its wider availability is also coinciding with a physical release perfect for cozy game collectors. View the full article
It's clear that Everstone Studios has big plans for Where Winds Meet as a new content roadmap has revealed some big additions coming in December. It's already been a whirlwind month for Everstone Studios following the launch of Where Winds Meet on November 14, as the action RPG has proven to be a massive success story for the company. View the full article
Facepunch's survival sim Rust has had a busy 2025, adding its medieval-themed primitive mode at the start of the year, introducing a massive jungle biome in March, and experimenting with radical changes to its progression systems and meta through the summer and autumn. But the biggest planned patch of 2025 was the naval update, which aims to expand Rust's survivalist battles to the oceans, letting players build their own ships and exchange cannon blasts in seaborne conflicts... Read more.View the full article
Tim Cain said in a recent YouTube update that he is returning to Obsidian Entertainment (above). Although he has spent the last several years contracting for the studio, he will now work there full-time – rejoining a company closely tied to his most famous creation, Fallout. Read Entire Article View the full article
Year in Review 2025 | Ubisoft Quebec's Simon Lemay-Comtois on the intersection between Shadows, Syndicate, and the series' wide-open futureView the full article
Octopath Traveler 0's director Yasuhiro Kidera and producer Hirohito Suzuki discuss the appeal of turn-based RPGs and balancing long narrativeView the full article
Warhammer 40,000 is all about BIG STUFF in space, with said stuff often killing any poor souls trapped inside. One of the best examples of these colossal dangers are the iconic space hulks. These ships are a veritable treasure trove of lost relics and crucial history about mankind. At the same time, they are filled to the brim with deadly traps, endless corridors, and vicious vagrants. If you've ever wanted to see how it felt exploring one of these by yourself, then 2D6 Void might be the TTRPG for you. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: 5 board games releasing next year that I'm stoked about, and you should be too Reiner Knizia, the busiest board game designer on Earth, has even more reprints crowdfunding on Kickstarter For just $10, this PC board game bundle has some phenomenal cozy games - but you'll have to be quick View the full article
From DOOM to Warhammer 40,000, Hell (or whatever fancy name your favorite setting has for it) is one of the most fascinating locales to visit. Sure, it's no mai tais by the beach, but it's more "fun" to see the damned wail in terror. Most times, Hell is just brimstone and pitchforks, but some settings have more visceral metaphors. In HELLSPAWN, the realm is portrayed not as a pit, but a violently bureaucratic nightmare. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Mad Max meets Twisted Metal for this brutal post-apocalyptic TTRPG "Typefaces carry meaning": Why rebellious tabletop RPG MÖRK BORG ditched Russian fonts for its Ukrainian edition Indie tabletop RPG Mörk Borg gets an ultra-silly Jurassic Park inspired spin-off View the full article
The Genshin Impact 6.3 character banners have allegedly been leaked, highlighting the new characters that will appear as featured pulls, as well as the potential reruns that may have been long-awaited by some players. Currently, the action RPG by HoYoverse is at the very start of Version 6.2, the update that introduced Durin as a playable character. There is a lot of content in Genshin Impact 6.2, including new Archon Quests and several events. View the full article
There are a ton of upcoming RPGsthat fans of the genre will be looking forward to as we head into 2026, with multiple new titles on the horizon. Souls fans have a big year ahead as well, with FromSoftware's hugely anticipated The Duskbloods scheduled to launch as well. View the full article
Yakuza Kiwami and Kiwami 2 updates for Steam have been delayed to December 11. These updates will bring in new subtitle options and licensed music into Yakuza Kiwami. View the full article
Does the name Dungeon Rampage stir up any long-buried memories in your soul? If you were gaming online back in the 2010s, there's a good chance it will. The online dungeon crawler drew from some of the best RPGs of the '80s and '90s, from Gauntlet to Diablo, and it was being enjoyed by millions of players in its heyday. Then, in 2017, it was taken offline, and ten-year-old die-hard fan Angelos Mako was devastated. Eight years later, he's been spearheading a campaign to bring it back, and now it's out in early access on Steam. Read the rest of the story... View the full article
To celebrate the 25th Total War anniversary and a slew of new game announcements, here are the best Total War games that you can pick up and play todayView the full article
December is already upon us, and it could be any day for Steam Replay 2025 to release. The popular feature has been a staple for Steam over the last few years. It allows you to recap games you played the most over the course of the current calendar year. As of writing, an official release date has yet to be announced. This guide will give you a fair idea about when to expect the upcoming Replay, along with a few of the anticipated features. Table of contentsSteam Replay 2025 expected release dateWhat to expect from Steam Year in Review 2025Steam Replay 2025 expected release date As of writing, we have yet to get a confirmed date for when Steam will release Replay 2025. However, a prediction can be made based on when Steam typically releases an annual Replay. Historically, the yearly Replays include stats about all the games that you play between Jan. 1 and Dec. 14. This pattern has been followed strictly since Steam started the program. Keeping that in mind, this year's recap could be revealed between Dec. 15 and Dec. 16. Of course, Steam is free to make changes as they deem fit. However, that seems rather unlikely given the usual pattern that's been followed over the last few years. What to expect from Steam Year in Review 2025 I am not expecting too many changes in terms of what the Steam Replay 2025 will offer to us. Here's what you should be able to view from the yearly Replay once it goes live. Check out the games that you played the most.Find out how your top-played games did among the community (in terms of hours played).Find out more about preferred genres. There are plenty of smaller stats you can find from the Steam Replay once it goes live later this year. An option is also likely to be available that will allow you to share your yearly results with your buddies. The post When will Steam Replay 2025 release? Expected dates and more appeared first on Destructoid. View the full article
Civilization 7 hasn't gone according to plan. Sitting at 'mixed' reviews on Steam, it's a shadow of its predecessor, which sits at 'very positive' with over 100,000 community critiques. Though I'm sure that didn't go down a storm on release, either. And while you won't have to look far to find people clamoring for the golden age of the best 4X games out there, seeing a homage built with the look of classic grey and blue Windows operating systems, I'd usually say "not like this." So why can't I take my eyes off CivIdle? Yes, like this actually. Exactly like this. Thank you, FishPond at Fish Pond Studio. You absolute genius. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Civ 6 becomes a relaxing 4X game in this free RTS with a playable demo View the full article
The Minecraft seed you end up with determines everything about your playthrough. First and foremost, it decides the entire makeup of the world you're in, spawning biomes, landmarks, and everything else that makes up your map. It also decides where you spawn within that world, determining the direction of your early hours of play. View the full article
Valve is on the hunt for fresh Counter-Strike 2 designs for an upcoming update, and it's offering a new payment model to entice creators with an up-front licensing fee. It's no secret that CS2 skins are right at the heart of the Steam economy, and despite the recent ****** in value for some elusive items, they're just as popular as ever. It is, after all, the most-played game on the platform to this day. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: New Counter-Strike 2 update could seriously shake up your defuse dance All CS2 maps for competitive and casual play Best CS2 crosshair codes list used by pros View the full article
After the huge success of the Amazon Fallout TV show, some have wondered whether The Elder Scrolls, Bethesda’s fantasy video game franchise, might be next in line for an adaptation. But what does Bethesda boss Todd Howard think? In an interview with Eurogamer ahead of the launch of Fallout Season 2, Howard refused to rule out the possibility of an Elder Scrolls TV show, but did suggest the post-apocalyptic sci-fi franchise Fallout was better suited to an adaptation. "I will say this, the Fallout journey was like a 10 year one," Howard replied to the suggestion of an Elder Scrolls adaptation. "After Fallout 3, people were asking to do a movie or show for Fallout, and we really took our time." Howard "can't rule in or rule out an Elder Scrolls thing in the future," Eurogamer said, but he also believes the Fallout franchise was "more uniquely suited" and had "more to say in its genre.” Howard continued: "But, you never know. I think the impact of the show on Fallout as a franchise has been ******* than I expected, so it does make you think like, 'Hey, is there a path?' But, nothing today... [and] I'm willing to say 'no' for a decade." The Fallout series is wide-ranging in tone and content. Indeed, Season 2 star Macaulay Culkin touched on this in a recent interview with IGN, explaining why he’s so big into the Fallout lore. “You could have zombies in it, you have deathclaws, you have monsters and things like that,” he said. “I mean, gosh, you have aliens. You name it, you can throw it at the wall. Even Fallout 76, I mean, the Mothman is now fair game. It is that kind of stuff. There's no really shape to it. You can kind of stick any kind of shape piece into that hole.” And in any case, there’s no sign of Fallout slowing down when it comes to the TV series. Season 3 is already confirmed, and its stars have indicated they’d be willing to continue playing their characters for many more series beyond that. In May, Aaron Moten, who plays Brotherhood of Steel hopeful Maximus, said the Fallout series’ “endpoint” runs until Season 5 or Season 6. “When I signed on to do the series, we would have a starting point and they gave me the endpoint,” Moten said. “And that endpoint hasn’t changed. But it is Season 5, 6 type of endpoint. “We’ve always known that we were gonna take our time with the development of the characters.” Perhaps when that is done and dusted, Bethesda might turn its attention to an Elder Scrolls adaptation. Will The Elder Scrolls 6 be out by then? One can only hope. Wesley is Director, News at IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at [email protected] or confidentially at *****@*****.tld. View the full article
Разработчики выходящих в Xbox Game Pass игр часто хвастаются общим количеством оценивших их игроков — получается более впечатляющая цифра в сравнении с обычными продажами. В случае с Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (наш обзор) ничего подобного не было — студия Sandfall Interactive рассказывала исключительно о реальных продажах, которые оказались очень внушительными. View the full article
Пользователи VK Play получили функцию синхронизации со Steam, сообщила пресс-служба отечественной игровой площадки. Авторизация через сервис Valve добавляет игры в библиотеку VK Play, обеспечивая единый список контента и удобный запуск через лаунчер платформы. View the full article
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