Valve is expanding Steam’s Daily Deals program to support six games per day instead of four, “allowing us to shine a spotlight on more games while giving us a deeper pool of offers to select from.” And if you’re not sure what Steam’s Daily Deals program is, you’re not alone, but don’t worry, that gets…
Riot Games says recent changes to League of Legends’ reward system “didn’t hit the mark for everyone,” and so it’s bringing Hextech Chests back and reducing the Blue Essence cost for new champions by half. Riot said in a January update that League’s reward systems had “become needlessly complex, with an excessive number of currencies,…
Steam Deck has sold roughly 4 million units. As the Steam Deck turns three years old, and many of us laud its praises for allowing accessible PC gaming on-the-go, market research firm IDC has estimated that the handheld console has shifted roughly around 4 million units since its arrival in February 2022. The Verge spoke…
Last October a science fiction author, Matthew Kelsey Martineau, launched a lawsuit against Bungie focused on a Destiny 2 enemy faction, the Red Legion, which Martineau alleges is based on work from his WordPress blog (Thanks, GameFile). Naturally something on the scale of Destiny 2 faces all sorts of speculative lawsuits, and this didn’t seem…
The Dark Souls 3 seamless co-op mod dodge-rolled out of cover just a few weeks ago, from the same modding talent that added seamless co-op to Elden Ring and, most recently, Armored Core 6. It wasn’t clear at the time when Dark Souls 3 would be getting its co-op mod. But it turns out the…
On February 26th, the Swedish company Clear River Games confirmed the upcoming release of Snow Bros. 2 Special for the Nintendo Switch this coming April 10th. The news follows up the release of Snow Bros. Wonderland last November, which released on the Nintendo Switch, the Playstation 4, and the Playstation 5. The original Snow…
Slack, the cloud-based chat platform used by individuals and companies around the world to communicate, collaborate, and say “holy shit” to each other when interesting or stupid things happen, is down. And yes, for those of you who, like us, use Slack for professional purposes, that means nobody’s watching and you can now safely make…
Category: PC Gaming Undermine(d): How World of Warcraft’s New Update Added Driveable (and Driftable) Vehicles Mark KeladaAssistant Lead Quest Designer, Blizzard Entertainment Published February 26, 2025 Summary One of the lead developers for Undermine(d) joins us to talk about the latest chapter for World of Warcraft. This new city is unlike any we’ve seen before…
“If one day Nintendo wants to knock on our door”. Davide Soliani, the creative mind behind Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle and Sparks of Hope, left Ubisoft last year and formed his own indie studio, Day 4 Night, with the help of Red Dead Redemption’s Christian Cantamessa and composer extraordinaire Grant Kirkhope. Now, in an…
“Our priority remains delivering on past commitments”. With plenty of physical game lovers resisting the shift to digital distribution, the world of boutique, limited-press publishing is booming, with multiple options for anyone desperate to have smaller-scale releases on disc or cartridge rather than a hard drive or SD card. It’s a risky business, though, with…