Founding Black Sabbath frontman Ozzy Osbourne has died, his family reports. The extremely influential metal singer and reality TV star was 76, and had recently performed at a benefit concert with Black Sabbath’s original members. He was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 2019. Osbourne’s most direct connection to gaming is his appearance in Double Fine’s…
For years, Dwarf Fortress co-creator Tarn Adams has been planning a more mythical turn for the notoriously dense fantasy sim—which, by his own admission, has been a little lacking on the fantastical front. Today, thanks in large part to the efforts of programmer Putnam, who joined Bay 12 Games in 2022, Dwarf Fortress makes its…
This meeting could have been an email, or better yet, it could be an Abiotic Factor guide. We’ve poured countless hours into combating the Half-Life horrors found in developer Deep Field’s survival crafting parody, and documented plenty of Office Sector do’s and don’ts along the way. With the Abiotic Factor 1.0 update finally live and…
I think this sufficiently checks all the boxes for a complete disaster: 1047 Games has announced that it will revert portal FPS Splitgate 2 back to beta, lay off an unspecified number of employees, and will shut down the Splitgate 1 servers next month. The sequel launched not even two months ago on June 6,…
Celebrating a History of Collaboration and Coinciding with PAC-MAN’s 45th Anniversary, the Collection Features New Hardware, Classic and New Games and Limited-Edition San Diego Comic-Con Exclusive Cartridges To learn more about PAC-MAN’s 45th Anniversary celebration, please visit www.bandainamcoent.com/pac-man-45th-anniversary NEW YORK, NY / IRVINE, CA – July 21, 2025 – Atari, an interactive entertainment company, is teaming up with…
Roll for initiative. Dungeons & Dragons has had a long and checkered history with video game adaptations, with every ascendant Baldur’s Gate 3 being matched by an equally disappointing Iron & Blood: Warriors of Ravenloft. Then there are the games that fall firmly in the middle, like Neverwinter Nights. After the success of the first…
And it’s not long after other versions. Borderlands 4, announced for Switch 2 back in the Nintendo Switch 2 Direct in April, finally has a release date on the newest Nintendo console. We’ve known about the game’s release date on PC, PS5, and Xbox for a while now, but in a video posted on social…
No scientist is a master chef out of the GATE, but studying up on some of the best Abiotic Factor soup recipes before throwing everything in the pot can spare you from hunger headaches early on. Batches of good soup provide handy bonuses, while the bad stuff is lethal. After nailing the basics on how…
You’ll need to craft a Keypad Hacker to bypass more sophisticated locks in Abiotic Factor. This is one of the survival-crafting game’s first big walls to bypass, as it places a GATE security keypad between you and its second zone. The materials aren’t hard to come by, but the early game to-do list is a…
If you’re looking for Refined Carbon in Abiotic Factor, that’s probably because you’ve finally made it to Cascade Laboratories. Cascade is one of the meanest, most dangerous, and downright fascinating wings of GATE. It’s also a location you’ll be returning to often, as it’s host to an infinite supply of Refined Carbon (one of the…