All about Sandy: Stardew Valley gift guide, schedule, and events
Get to know Sandy (Image credit: ConcernedApe) Birthday: Fall 15Occupation: Oasis shop ownerLocation: The Desert, inside the OasisLoves: Crocus, Daffodil, Sweet PeaHates: Holly, Red Mushrooms, Void Eggs It’s official—You’ll be able to romance Sandy in Stardew Valley after the 1.7 update, when she joins Clint as one of two new marriage candidates. But before then,…
Xbox Is Bringing Another Game To Switch 2 Later This Month
Compulsion’s award-winning title ‘South of Midnight’. It’s been a busy week for Xbox, but it’s not done just yet! Following the announcement of its next generation console, it’s now locked in a release date for the Switch 2 version of the “award-winning” title South of Midnight. This third-person action-adventure title by Compulsion Games was announced…
It’s a happy ending for the artist whose work was stolen by Bungie and used in Marathon: She’s credited in the game as ‘visual design consultant’
It came to light in 2025 that Bungie had stolen work from artist Antireal and used it in Marathon—and I don’t mean in the “borrowed ideas from” way, I mean in the straight-up “copied and pasted” way. The situation was made doubly awkward because this had happened previously, in Bungie’s other game Destiny 2—and more…
Marathon secret hunters hit their first gold mine: Spooky terminals, a hidden website, and a Durandal audio log
If there was any doubt that Marathon would be Bungie’s new canvas for community puzzles and ARGs, let it go, because the community has already stumbled into a doozy. Terminals linked to Marathon (the ship) on Perimeter have suddenly awoken, and they’re pointing toward a spooky audio log seemingly left by Durandal, the rampant AI…
Valve still ‘hopes’ to ship Steam Machines in 2026, but a delay into 2027 is starting to look like a real possibility: ‘Memory and storage shortages have created challenges for us’
The new hardware lineup revealed by Valve in 2025—the Steam Controller, Steam Frame VR headset, and Steam Machine—made quite a first impression. The Steam Machine in particular came off as streamlined, simple, and very capable: A significant evolution over Valve’s early Steam Machines that has the potential to finally bring livingroom PC gaming to the…
A decades-old Diablo 2 easter egg has suddenly become relevant again as players hunt for the best loot in Reign of the Warlock
Diablo 2 players have discovered a decades-old easter egg is now the single strongest way to find the rarest loot. The changes that came alongside the Reign of the Warlock expansion expanded the late-game loot hunt and opened the door for the easter egg’s one secret benefit to finally have a use. Known as the…
The horse gamers have spoken: This new horse sim has ‘a beautiful sense of realism I haven’t felt since RDR2’
Horse games have a reputation—a fairly earned one, I’m sad to say—for being bad. If they’re horse-accurate, they’re ugly. If they’re pretty, they’re boring. If they’re highly anticipated, they’re buggy and unsupported. Horse enthusiast gamers have been burned before and often left half-fulfilled by the latest horse games. Horse courier sim The Legend of Khiimori…
The makers of idle farming sensation Rusty’s Retirement have announced a new game, and this one’s taking over your whole screen
While we all impatiently shuffle our cards and stack our chips until Balatro 1.1 gets here, we’ve got plenty to keep us busy: there are lots of Balatro-like games out there to play right now, and plenty more on the horizon. One of them is coming from a surprising direction. Mister Morris Games, maker of…
Slay the Spire 2 dev celebrates its instant success by reminding players to support ‘small indie passion projects’ like Marathon too
After being delayed in late 2025, Slay the Spire 2 entered early access on March 5 and was instantly a mega-hit. It shot past the two most recent big-hitters, Marathon and Resident Evil: Requiem, and remains firmly entrenched at the top of Steam’s best-sellers. That’s perhaps not surprising for the sequel to one of the…
‘Oh s**t, here we go again’: White House uses videogame clips to promote its war in Iran, including CJ’s iconic line from Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
One of the most famous and enduring lines of dialog in videogames is the prophetic utterance of Carl “CJ” Johnson in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas: “Ah shit, here we go again.” It’s a feeling I can relate to, because the US government is once again using videogames to promote its policies and activities, this…
