More than two weeks after launch, Schedule 1 is still the top-selling paid Steam game. That means that the open world drug-dealing RPG is raking in more dough than Assassin’s Creed Shadows on Steam, which released only five days earlier. Its active player count is often over 300,000 (with a peak of over 450k), suggesting…
The Xbox Games Showcase is returning in June with a look at new games from first-party studios and third-party partners, and a deeper dive into Obsidian’s upcoming sci-fi sequel The Outer Worlds 2. The double-feature format follows similar Xbox showcases in 2023, when Starfield took center stage, and 2024, which featured Call of Duty—although we…
The Last of Us Season 2 doesn’t hit the airwaves until April 13, but HBO has already renewed the series for a third season. “We approached season two with the goal of creating something we could be proud of,” executive producer Craig Mazin said (via The Hollywood Reporter). “The end results have exceeded even our…
The ongoing US tariff catastrophe that has made new PC hardware purchases (and a lot more) such an absolute nightmare got even more confusing earlier today as US president Donald Trump announced that he’s pausing the imposition of a new round of tariffs for 90 days—except for China, for which he’s increased tariffs to 125%,…
A Minecraft Movie had a great opening weekend in terms of box office numbers, but the staff at certain theaters—and one chicken—might describe the film’s theater run differently. As we reported earlier this week, young audiences have made a thing out of overreacting to a scene in which Jack Black shouts “chicken jockey” at a…
Poker has long been one of the most popular and enduring card games in the world. During the 19th century, poker was played in smoke-filled saloons, quickly becoming a staple of social interaction and entertainment. Later, poker emerged in casinos and has transformed into a global phenomenon played in digital arenas. It was a remarkable…
Let’s see how it matches up. I don’t know about you, but I’m already giving my shelf space a worried look as I consider the number of Switch 2 launch titles I want to pick up. It’s been just about a week since Nintendo revealed the Switch 2 and its 21 separate launch games (24…
The start of 2025 brought a familiar refrain, with Cloud Imperium CEO Chris Roberts sallying forth to declare that ‘we are closer than ever to realizing a dream many have said is impossible’ with Star Citizen. Which is to say actually releasing the thing: the holy grail of version 1.0. Naturally Roberts didn’t even put…
Less than four years after being acquired by CD Projekt, The Molasses Flood is no more—at least as a “separate legal entity.” A message posted on the studio’s website (via Eurogamer) says that as of April 1, The Molasses Flood has been fully merged with CD Projekt Red. “As a result of the merger TMF,…
Available for NTSC and PAL systems. Pix’n Love has announced it will be bringing out a new “Ultimate Edition” of the SNES action platformer Nightmare Busters, as part of the Kickstarter for its remake Nightmare Busters Rebirth (which is coming to PlayStation, Nintendo Switch, and PC). According to a video on the Pix’n Love Games…