May 7, 2026
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In ‘a bit of an experiment’ Rust’s latest update makes softcore mode even softer, and some changes may be brought over ‘to the vanilla game in future’

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Rust is, famously, an unforgiving affair, a survival game where someone murdering you and stealing everything you own is also known as ‘Tuesday’. But Facepunch’s open-world cruelty simulator does have at least one merciful bone in its emaciated, battle-scarred body. In 2021, Facepunch added a softcore mode, which mitigates some of the vanilla game’s brutality…

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Pacific Drive’s ‘largest ever’ update adds endless expeditions to the vehicular survival game, but it’s a big change to how saving works that has me pondering a reinstall

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Pacific Drive received its “largest ever free content update” this week, one which introduces a brand new way of playing Ironwood Studios’ vehicular survival game. But you’d better step away from the newswheel, bucko, because I’m hijacking this article for my own devious ends. While the headline addition of the update is some fancy-sounding expeditions,…

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Dishonored and Prey’s director says ‘I could see myself working on Dishonored 3 right now’ but the chances of that happening is in the realms of ‘science fiction’

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Of all the unmade sequels that I’d like to exist, Dishonored 3 is at the top of the list. The original Dishonored ranks among my favourite games ever (especially when you throw in its incredible expansions), while Dishonored 2 is generally regarded as one of the best games of all time. Sadly, a third game…

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Poll: Box Art Brawl – Nintendo Switch 2 Special

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All-star brawl. Hello folks, and welcome to another edition of Box Art Brawl! Before we get onto this week’s very special one-off battle, let’s see how things went down last time. We looked at Tomodachi Life to celebrate the newly-announced sequel for the Nintendo Switch, and it wasn’t even remotely close. North America absolutely killed…

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‘Switch 2 Editions’ Are Supposedly A Switch Game Card And Download Code For The Upgrade Pack

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The physical version, according to Nintendo’s customer support. Nintendo earlier this week announced select games from the Switch generation would be getting ‘Switch 2 Edition’ releases. A Nintendo customer service representative has reportedly shed light on the exact content included in the physical versions – claiming the Switch 2 Edition upgrade packs will be “download…

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