MindsEye developer offers a starter pack that lets you try the beleaguered action game’s best mission for free, though you should imagine air-quotes the size of skyscrapers around the word ‘best’

Although MindsEye only released five months ago, it somehow feels like a century since it burst forward from the starting line, smacked its head off the first hurdle and was driven away comatose in an ambulance that then exploded. Build A Rocket Boy’s third-person action adventure/reconstituted metaverse was plainly unfinished when it stumbled onto Steam,…

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Sektori developer says the response to his Geometry Wars-inspired roguelike has been ‘awesome’, but the game’s sales still leave him ‘with zero salary for 4.5 years’

As I discussed in exuberant detail last weekend, Sektori is one of my favourite video games of 2025. The vast majority of people who play this Geometry Wars-inspired roguelike love it too, as its 97% positive Steam rating attests. But Steam’s rapidly revolving release tombola means that making a great game is no guarantee of…

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The Long Dark’s final episode has been pushed back yet again, but at least it has an actual release date now

The end of The Long Dark is nigh. After more than ten years in development and seven years working on its controversial story mode, Wintermute, the climactic episode is in the final stages of production. However, those stages aren’t quite as final as developer Hinterland Studio would like, so they’ve announced the episode won’t arrive…

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Best Cyber Monday PC gaming UK deals 2025: The yearly tech discounts will be rolling through Black Friday weekend and beyond

Psst, pass it on: A lot of Cyber Monday PC gaming deals are just renamed Black Friday deals—not that this makes them lesser deals, mind. In fact, it’s actually been quite surprising to see how many of the deals have stuck around since dropping well before Black Friday week started. Though, fingers crossed, there might…

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This spiritual successor to Desert Strike has exploded into Steam early access with a 98% positive rating, and its developer plans to represent the whole Strike series in future updates

I have fond memories of ye olde helicopter shooter Desert Strike, as it was one of the very few games that caught the attention of my dad. While my dad was always happy to fund my childhood gaming obsession no matter how concerning it became, he rarely showed much interest in games himself. But Desert…

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Feature: “We Were Fighting Nintendo Clones Backed By Big Companies” – How A Small Toy Company Helped Sega Conquer Brazil

Former Tectoy CEO Stefano Arnhold on the Master System, Mega Net, and more. When it comes to recounting the history of video games, it’s pretty easy to fall into the trap of funnelling everything through the American experience, from the rise and fall of Atari, to the emergence and overwhelming dominance of the NES, and…

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