One of our most anticipated survival horror stealth games shows off more of its monster juice power-up system, which looks like an unholy cross between Hitman and Mario Odyssey

Gloomwood developer Dillon Rogers has released gameplay footage of upcoming tweaks to the game’s monster serum transformation system. What’s new is that we’ll be getting even more chances to use the monster juice, but I just hadn’t realized how far reaching the system as a whole really was. The video shows Gloomwood’s pragmatic protagonist, John…

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This aggressively vaporwave offroad driving game by a car mechanic turned solo dev just got a Steam demo

Adrift is an upcoming “offroad vaporwave racer” that is, clear as daylight, powered by pure vibes, with a retro-inspired palette that may resonate with people who are interested in relatively lo-fi driving games like Art of Rally—games more about the feel of driving than ultra-hi-res landscapes and cars. “A blisteringly hot desert, fragile and mysterious…

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‘They don’t really make life decisions without asking ChatGPT’: OpenAI boss Sam Altman thinks young people turning to chatbots for life advice is ‘cool’

Remember that movie Her, about a guy who developed an unhealthy relationship with an AI? Apparently it’s happening in real life now, and Sam Altman counts it among the “cool” uses for ChatGPT. At the Sequoia Capital AI Ascent conference earlier this month, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman answered a slew of questions about ChatGPT, including…

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Baldur’s Gate 3 has an ultra-rare Act 3 scenario where zombie versions of the Tiefling refugees show up in their usual spots acting like everything’s normal

In Baldur’s Gate 3 YouTuber SlimX’s deep dive into the game’s out-of-bounds secrets, he revealed a super-niche Act Three world state that beggars belief, one where the Tiefling refugees are all zombie versions of themselves, but show up in their usual locations acting like you saved them. This requires indulging in a quite frankly deranged…

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Czech mayor gifts $200 Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 collector’s edition to country’s Prime Minister, elevating the game alongside the Witcher 2 in the company of CRPG state gifts

Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 developer Warhorse Studios has made it to the big leagues. And I’m not talking about its home run sales numbers: It has joined the Witcher 2 in the illustrious company of CRPG state gifts. “During a recent government visit to Kuttenberg, Mayor Lukáš Seifert surprised the Czech Prime Minister [Petr Fiala]…

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