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After a forgettable launch, Ubisoft's Avatar game is getting a huge new update later this year, introducing new game plus and a third-person mode

But you'll have to wait until December.

'The age of gameplay mechanics has already passed' says Shadow of The Colossus director as he praises Katamari Damacy creator's new game for not being systems-driven

"Even if there’s nothing novel about the mechanics, you can push the game further with a certain vibe or artwork."

How well do you know your videogame spells? Put your arcane knowledge to the test with our latest quiz

Find out whether you're an archmage or just a lowly apprentice.

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Get all the help you need with today's Wordle.

A Wolfenstein TV series is in development by the Fallout TV series people: 'The story of killing Nazis is evergreen'

Patrick Somerville, creator of Station Eleven and a writer for HBO's The Leftovers, is reportedly on board.

Fans claim Blizzard's new Diablo Immortal x Hearthstone art was made with generative AI

Nothing about this looks right.

Gabe Newell on the difference between billionaires and the rest of us: 'an awful lot of luck'

"...It would be great to say I'm just this absolutely f***ing wonderful person, and that I earned all of this, and that this expresses my awesomeness, but..."

A 21-second video of a hand ignites a sizzling debate over the FPS 'tac sprint'

"Walking. Sprinting. That's all we need."

Dune: Awakening 'temporarily' disables Steam Family Sharing, potentially through the end of 2025: 'We have unfortunately seen this feature abused frequently'

"We are actively working on changes that will allow us to re-enable the system as soon as possible."

After selling to Krafton, Last Epoch dev says fans shouldn't be worried about the Subnautica 2 dispute: 'Krafton isn't looking to change us'

Eleventh Hour Games already has plans to hire several more developers in the coming months.

How Mycopunk's devs turned a school project with zero funding into a 'Very Positive' Steam launch: 'We wanted to make our own dream version of Deep Rock or Helldivers'

"You put yourself in a situation to be lucky. And I think we absolutely did that."

The first 'real videogame' Gabe Newell played was Star Trek, where you made your choices via punch cards before running over to the printer: 'It usually takes about 15 minutes to do a move'

"This was just a complete distraction or a waste of time versus what I was supposed to be doing."

Gabe Newell says he founded Valve after Doom showed him Microsoft 'was missing the opportunity' offered by the internet: 'I was willing to sort of put my money where my mouth was'

"And if I was wrong, I'd have to go back to Microsoft."

The young Gabe Newell thought he'd be a doctor until he ended up visiting his brother at Microsoft, where 'Steve Ballmer got mad and said 'If you're going to be hanging out here, why don't you do something useful?''

We might not have Steam if Ballmer hadn't blown his top.

Overwatch 2's new China-exclusive dating sim event looks so good that players say they've been 'robbed' of the experience

"If she killed me wearing that skin, I'd thank her."

Astarion voice actor Neil Newbon sinks his fangs into AI and shreds it: 'AI sucks … It doesn't have the happy accident possibility that are those great moments in film'

You don't get Baldur's Gate 3's acting with AI, I tell you that much.

AMD's powerful Strix Halo chip has been stuffed inside a handheld gaming PC, and it only requires carrying a battery in a backpack

You wanted your gaming handheld to be portable? Pfft.

'We proved people wrong:' After Silent Hill 2, Bloober Team's survival horror developers are no longer 'feeling like underdogs all the time'

Skepticism around Bloober's Silent Hill 2 development "was very tough for the whole company," says developer Jacek Zięba.

Cronos: The New Dawn's sci-fi survival horror channels RE4 and Dead Space, but it took Bloober awhile to realize it 'subconsciously' is also a game about Covid

After Silent Hill 2, Bloober is returning to its roots with a Kraków-set horror game dripping with Soviet paranoia.

US government announces that its investigation into chip imports will have results within two weeks, potentially paving the way for a raft of new tariffs on all things silicon

I need your clothes, your boots, your motorcycle, and more of your money. Please.

Microsoft claims 'Windows 11 24H2 is our most reliable version of Windows yet', which would be a welcome change

Is it time for that update?

Kung fu action game Phantom Blade Zero's has my new favorite take on hard mode balance: Beating it 'in a very beautiful manner' is the true challenge

"Hellwalker" difficulty is easier than many other action games, because being brutally hard to beat isn't actually the goal.

9 million people have played Oblivion Remastered, and you've gotta think that number has Bethesda looking at its other old games and drooling

That's a lotta closed Oblivion gates.

We've just crowned a new best capture card, dethroning Elgato in favour of AverMedia—now let me tell you why

Who can say no to 4K gameplay capture?

Wuchang: Fallen Feathers gets another patch to improve performance, though the fixes appear to be nothing more than forcing on upscaling, even when it's supposed to be off

Why more pixel when fewer pixel better?

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 uses a plugin called KawaiiPhysics, a free engine built to 'cutely animate things' that's used in a ton of popular games from gachas to soulslikes

C'est kawaii, desu non?

Which Samsung Galaxy S25 Should You Choose for Mobile Gaming? We Break It Down

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After a forgettable launch, Ubisoft's Avatar game is getting a huge new update later this year, introducing new game plus and a third-person mode

'The age of gameplay mechanics has already passed' says Shadow of The Colossus director as he praises Katamari Damacy creator's new game for not being systems-driven

How well do you know your videogame spells? Put your arcane knowledge to the test with our latest quiz

Today's Wordle answer for Saturday, July 26

A Wolfenstein TV series is in development by the Fallout TV series people: 'The story of killing Nazis is evergreen'

Fans claim Blizzard's new Diablo Immortal x Hearthstone art was made with generative AI

Gabe Newell on the difference between billionaires and the rest of us: 'an awful lot of luck'

A 21-second video of a hand ignites a sizzling debate over the FPS 'tac sprint'

Dune: Awakening 'temporarily' disables Steam Family Sharing, potentially through the end of 2025: 'We have unfortunately seen this feature abused frequently'

After selling to Krafton, Last Epoch dev says fans shouldn't be worried about the Subnautica 2 dispute: 'Krafton isn't looking to change us'

How Mycopunk's devs turned a school project with zero funding into a 'Very Positive' Steam launch: 'We wanted to make our own dream version of Deep Rock or Helldivers'

The first 'real videogame' Gabe Newell played was Star Trek, where you made your choices via punch cards before running over to the printer: 'It usually takes about 15 minutes to do a move'

Gabe Newell says he founded Valve after Doom showed him Microsoft 'was missing the opportunity' offered by the internet: 'I was willing to sort of put my money where my mouth was'

The young Gabe Newell thought he'd be a doctor until he ended up visiting his brother at Microsoft, where 'Steve Ballmer got mad and said 'If you're going to be hanging out here, why don't you do something useful?''

Overwatch 2's new China-exclusive dating sim event looks so good that players say they've been 'robbed' of the experience

Astarion voice actor Neil Newbon sinks his fangs into AI and shreds it: 'AI sucks … It doesn't have the happy accident possibility that are those great moments in film'

AMD's powerful Strix Halo chip has been stuffed inside a handheld gaming PC, and it only requires carrying a battery in a backpack

'We proved people wrong:' After Silent Hill 2, Bloober Team's survival horror developers are no longer 'feeling like underdogs all the time'

Cronos: The New Dawn's sci-fi survival horror channels RE4 and Dead Space, but it took Bloober awhile to realize it 'subconsciously' is also a game about Covid

US government announces that its investigation into chip imports will have results within two weeks, potentially paving the way for a raft of new tariffs on all things silicon

Microsoft claims 'Windows 11 24H2 is our most reliable version of Windows yet', which would be a welcome change

Kung fu action game Phantom Blade Zero's has my new favorite take on hard mode balance: Beating it 'in a very beautiful manner' is the true challenge

9 million people have played Oblivion Remastered, and you've gotta think that number has Bethesda looking at its other old games and drooling

We've just crowned a new best capture card, dethroning Elgato in favour of AverMedia—now let me tell you why

Wuchang: Fallen Feathers gets another patch to improve performance, though the fixes appear to be nothing more than forcing on upscaling, even when it's supposed to be off

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 uses a plugin called KawaiiPhysics, a free engine built to 'cutely animate things' that's used in a ton of popular games from gachas to soulslikes

Which Samsung Galaxy S25 Should You Choose for Mobile Gaming? We Break It Down

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Five Nights at Freddy's 2 movie gets its first full trailer for Comic-Con, promising even more animatronic terror