September 2026
Making our favorite FPS modes 1v1 to decide the greatest of them all
FOV 90 (Image credit: Future) Welcome to FOV 90, an FPS column from staff writer Morgan Park. Every other week, I cover topics relevant to first-person shooter enjoyers, spanning everything from multiplayer and singleplayer to the old and the new. Organized FPS scrimmage is a time-honored tradition of PC gaming. Countless battles have been waged,…
One of my all-time favorite games just announced an expansion, yet all I feel is fear
“Core Values is the first paid DLC for Satisfactory and a major expansion,” developer Coffee Stain studios announced on Tuesday, with the trailer above revealing that the construction sim is taking building deep underground for the first time, introducing “new resources, flora, fauna and more.” Here’s how this news finds me: I should be Matt…
Garry Newman adds necks to his neckless characters because the lack of necks ‘comes up consistently in our many many many negative reviews’
NECK NEWS FLASH: WHAT IS GOING ON WITH NECKS? s&box is the spiritual sequel to Garry’s Mod from creator Garry Newman and Facepunch Studios Characters in s&box didn’t have necks Now they have necks If you liked that they didn’t have necks, you can adjust their necks so they don’t have necks again If you…
Deadlock’s gigantic new update gives its city a spooky new coat of paint and debuts 6 new heroes, including the one and only Rat King
The cursed city where Deadlock’s battles take place just got even spookier than it already was in the City Never Sleeps update. Valve’s second major overhaul for the invite-only MOBA marks another major step in its pseudo-early access development, giving it a much stronger visual identity than it had before, six striking new heroes, and…
Diablo 5 director promises Diablo 2-style combat where ‘the right build’ matters more than Diablo 4’s action-heavy approach
2026 games: All the upcoming gamesBest PC games: Our all-time favoritesFree PC games: Freebie festBest FPS games: Finest gunplayBest RPGs: Grand adventuresBest co-op games: Better together
Ace Combat 8 Steam reviewers are steaming mad about its pre-order bonus not being a standalone app
Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve is technically out on Thursday, but as is commonplace now folks who pre-order the $90 deluxe edition get to hop into the cockpit a few days early. Anyone who pre-orders the $70 standard edition, meanwhile, gets a pretty sweet bonus: Ace Combat Zero, a 2006 entry in the series…
The weird experience of liking a game before it’s ‘fixed’
I was one of the weirdos who gave Battlefield 2042 a positive review at the same time as it was being called the worst Battlefield of all time. Its detractors weren’t wrong, we were just coming at it from different perspectives. BF 2042’s giant 128-player maps did have desolate stretches where you could wind up…
Wardogs boss talks balance, XP, and why ‘the endgame is sh*t’ right now
Dev Reacts: @jbowendaman made an awesome video that I thought warranted a response this morning about balancing and XP. Appreciate you all still playing our game, this video ended up longer than I thought! Link to orginal video: https://t.co/1tF0F9Mo94 pic.twitter.com/ERi8CltXVKSeptember 29, 2026 A few notable quotes from Bulkhead CEO Joe Brammer’s latest Wardogs discussion video…
The algorithm comes for Steam’s Discounts and Events
More changes are coming to the way you buy games on Steam. WHAT IT MEANS Steam’s Discounts and Events page is, as the name suggests, basically a collection of discounted games and special events: The Nier Franchise Sale, Game Devs of Color Expo, some lifts from your wishlist, and some that just match up with…