Dungeons and Dragons is coming to VR

Demeo is a videogame take on tabletop dungeon crawling that we quite liked: Weekend editor Jody Macgregor described it as “like having the Monster Manual thrown at your face,” but in a mostly good way. Now Resolution Games, the studio behind that game, is taking Demeo’s D&D roots a big step further in a partnership…

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Palworld struggled to find a dev with shooter experience in Japan before stumbling on a self-taught hobbyist who worked at a convenience store

Only five days post-launch, Palworld has sold over seven million copies and become the second game ever to log over two million concurrent players on Steam. Its unexpectedly absurd level of success has led to much speculation over the source of its appeal—as well as some condemnation—but the simple notion that it’s “Pokémon with guns”…

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The survival game that got kicked off Steam over a stolen source code dispute with Ark: Survival Evolved is set to launch in February, and a playtest is happening right now

After a wild two-year ride that saw it forced off Steam over allegations of source code theft, the “multiplayer war sandbox game” Myth of Empires is set to launch on Steam on February 21. For those who want to see what the game behind the kerfuffle is really all about, a closed technical test is…

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‘I’m a big believer in our community’: Tasty Steve on Tekken 8, the competitive scene and why you should pay more attention to South America and South Africa

We’re just a few days away from Tekken 8, and to say I’m excited is a bit of an understatement. I’ve been having an absolute blast playing the game—which you can read all about in my Tekken 8 review—and I’m anticipating the next Tekken World Tour in April, which’ll give us a great look at…

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Chinese regulators may be having second thoughts about online gaming crackdown: Proposed rule changes have been removed from government website

China may be walking back a series of sweeping new restrictions on gaming that were announced in December 2023, as a Reuters report says the country’s gaming regulator has removed the proposed rule changes from the National Press and Publication Administration website entirely. The proposed changes, which apparently appeared without warning to gaming companies, included…

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