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The new Rimworld expansion adds therapy pandas, tameable insect hive queens, nanotech-enhanced alligators, prehistoric beasts, giant toads, flamingos, and something called a 'bog hound'

Odyssey is packed with animal magic.

Obsidian stuck to some fantasy conventions for Pillars of Eternity and Avowed because that's what people want: ''I didn't want to completely flip it and say, oh you want to play an elf? F**k you, this isn't your daddy's elf'

At least the team still gave us orlans.

I convinced myself that I could easily win Squid Game, but after putting myself through the Roblox version it's clear that I absolutely would not walk away champion

Because why wouldn't you want to recreate Netflix's most popular, and most morally questionable show?

Call of Duty: WW2 pulled from PC following reports of remote code exploit trolling players with 'Notepad pop-ups, PC shutdowns' and desktop wallpaper of a lawyer

RCE attacks are among the nastiest out there, though this hacker seems to be in it for the memes.

Monster Hunter Wilds' poor post-launch reception bubbles up to the surface in shareholder meetings, though Capcom says it's 'committed' to fixing performance and content woes

As the Steam reviews continue to rage, Capcom's putting out fires.

EA Japan exec laments Microsoft's crushing layoffs, and the demands shareholders make for 'short-term results from large-scale investments'

"In Japan, 'restructures' are very directly perceived as 'layoffs'."

Chinese FMV game about getting 'revenge on gold diggers' plunges the country into online gender tumult

Pretty much like we do on the anglophone internet all the time.

'Night City lives on'—Cyberpunk: Edgerunners season 2 teaser trailer may give us our first glimpse at the series' next protagonist

Bringing back some sad memories with this one.

Summer Games Done Quick 2025 is now live—kicking off a full week of speedruns and goofs to raise money for Doctors Without Borders

We're barely off to the races, and SGDQ has already raised over $124,000.

I hit one of Australia's biggest retro fairs and PC gaming was nowhere to be seen, though collectors told me that's down to one of its major retro strengths

Because you can still play most retro PC games on current-gen hardware.

Baldur's Gate 3 actor Samantha Béart says people don't realise how awful Karlach was before the events of the game: 'I think she was a piece of work in hell'

Béart says they imagine Karlach as someone who was forced to do awful things to survive in a kind of interplanar supermax prison.

Rematch players are still crashing out over 'self-absorbed' ball hogs, and while I do get it, I can't help but wonder if some zen is in order

Pass! To me! Back post!

Grow a Garden has added new pets, mutations, and a seed even better than the Candy Blossom as part of its newest update

Time to get your hands (virtually) dirty.

Update: Valve only blocked a creepy fascist Mount and Blade: Warband mod in South Korea, not worldwide, and the mod's own author took it down entirely

The story now lines up with prior Valve moderation decisions.

'Game Pass is an unsustainable model': Arkane founder slams Microsoft for its Game Pass focus after mass layoffs

Former Dishonored and Prey developer Raphael Colantonio issues a warning about Game Pass.

European game publisher group responds to Stop Killing Games, claims the proposal 'would curtail developer choice'

Video Games Europe voices opposition to Stop Killing Games movement as it clears threshold to become an EU Citizens' Initiative.

Today's Wordle answer for Tuesday, July 8

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

Farming Simulator 25 finally figures out what the rest of us already knew: you gotta have some fishing in your farming game

And this being Farming Sim, you'll grow the fish yourself when the Highlands Fishing expansion comes out this fall.

OLED burn-in anxiety will ruin my sanity long before it ruins my monitor

Nice OLED you've got there, sure would be a shame if the pale outline of an Excel document burned into it.

15 hidden gems in the Steam Summer Sale you've still got time to grab

Hipster picks for oddball tastes, all without destroying your wallet.

Romero Games is not closed: 'We are doing everything in our power to ensure that it does not come to that'

The studio says it's now in talks with other publishers about finishing the game it was working on prior to last week's funding cut.

'Hi modders <3': Peak devs know we're using mods to break past the 4-player limit, and they're so cool with it they're even fixing mod-specific bugs

Peak decides that modders are its friends, not adversaries.

Today's Dune: Awakening patch takes another sidestep away from the PvP-heavy endgame

The Deep Desert keeps getting more friendly to players who want to avoid PvP.

Peak modder celebrates the grim achievement of generating 10,000 skeletons in a single day with a mod that 'creates a shared experience of failure and discovery' by littering the island with the corpses of your fellow scouts

And here I was worried that my failures weren't visible enough.

Xbox bet that Game Pass would be the future of gaming, and we're all paying for it

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The new Rimworld expansion adds therapy pandas, tameable insect hive queens, nanotech-enhanced alligators, prehistoric beasts, giant toads, flamingos, and something called a 'bog hound'

Obsidian stuck to some fantasy conventions for Pillars of Eternity and Avowed because that's what people want: ''I didn't want to completely flip it and say, oh you want to play an elf? F**k you, this isn't your daddy's elf'

I convinced myself that I could easily win Squid Game, but after putting myself through the Roblox version it's clear that I absolutely would not walk away champion

Call of Duty: WW2 pulled from PC following reports of remote code exploit trolling players with 'Notepad pop-ups, PC shutdowns' and desktop wallpaper of a lawyer

Monster Hunter Wilds' poor post-launch reception bubbles up to the surface in shareholder meetings, though Capcom says it's 'committed' to fixing performance and content woes

EA Japan exec laments Microsoft's crushing layoffs, and the demands shareholders make for 'short-term results from large-scale investments'

Chinese FMV game about getting 'revenge on gold diggers' plunges the country into online gender tumult

'Night City lives on'—Cyberpunk: Edgerunners season 2 teaser trailer may give us our first glimpse at the series' next protagonist

Summer Games Done Quick 2025 is now live—kicking off a full week of speedruns and goofs to raise money for Doctors Without Borders

I hit one of Australia's biggest retro fairs and PC gaming was nowhere to be seen, though collectors told me that's down to one of its major retro strengths

Baldur's Gate 3 actor Samantha Béart says people don't realise how awful Karlach was before the events of the game: 'I think she was a piece of work in hell'

Rematch players are still crashing out over 'self-absorbed' ball hogs, and while I do get it, I can't help but wonder if some zen is in order

Grow a Garden has added new pets, mutations, and a seed even better than the Candy Blossom as part of its newest update

Update: Valve only blocked a creepy fascist Mount and Blade: Warband mod in South Korea, not worldwide, and the mod's own author took it down entirely

'Game Pass is an unsustainable model': Arkane founder slams Microsoft for its Game Pass focus after mass layoffs

European game publisher group responds to Stop Killing Games, claims the proposal 'would curtail developer choice'

Today's Wordle answer for Tuesday, July 8

Farming Simulator 25 finally figures out what the rest of us already knew: you gotta have some fishing in your farming game

OLED burn-in anxiety will ruin my sanity long before it ruins my monitor

15 hidden gems in the Steam Summer Sale you've still got time to grab

Romero Games is not closed: 'We are doing everything in our power to ensure that it does not come to that'

'Hi modders <3': Peak devs know we're using mods to break past the 4-player limit, and they're so cool with it they're even fixing mod-specific bugs

Today's Dune: Awakening patch takes another sidestep away from the PvP-heavy endgame

Peak modder celebrates the grim achievement of generating 10,000 skeletons in a single day with a mod that 'creates a shared experience of failure and discovery' by littering the island with the corpses of your fellow scouts

Xbox bet that Game Pass would be the future of gaming, and we're all paying for it

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Sophie Rain Buys Private Jet With OnlyFans Earnings From '10 Million Men'

KeKe Palmer's Former Co-Star Reveals Her Mother Was 'Financially Abusive' When She Was A Child Actor

Scarlett Johansson Just Took the Box Office Crown, And Left RDJ In The Dust

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