I wasn’t a fan of how Steam’s achievement pop-ups looked on the Steam Deck, so I changed them. I made a Decky-Plugin that provides the gamer, to design their ideal achievement pop-up look with some added themes. from r/SteamDeck Here’s one for all you achievement addicts out there; you can now customise your Steam Deck achievement pop…
This time it’s war. What is a Castlevania game? Nothing but a miserable little melting pot of horror tropes drawn from famous literary archetypes—Carpathian gothica populated by Universal monsters and their lesser minions—with inspirations that run the gamut from Scandinavian folklore to Greek myth. Schematically, it is a series of platform-navigation sequences interspersed with combat…
Info by a thousand cuts. Following on from last week’s initial announcement, tech manufacturer AYN has released its first teaser trailer for its upcoming handheld, Odin 3 Portal. The short video is a little light on info, but offers up some key details about the sleek-looking unit’s infrastructure. The AYN Odin 3 Portal is powered…
“Focus on what’s important”. Stellar Blade will grace the Switch 2 next month, and ahead of the official launch, developer Shift Up has released a new trailer for this version, showcasing the game’s Photo Mode. This will allow you to “transform each moment” into your own personal masterpiece. Attached to this mode are precise controls,…
When it comes to Enshrouded base locations, Embervale real estate has no bad options, but I tend to favor scenic waterfront properties over any strategic positioning. The world has plenty of fast travel points, so I don’t suffer much from my form-over-function choices, though I do appreciate conveniently placed mines or higher elevations to get…
Speeding into cinemas next March. It’s Sonic’s 35th birthday this year, and the celebrations will continue next year with the release of the new live-action movie Sonic the Hedgehog 4. Since the cast reveal and the news filming has officially wrapped, we haven’t heard much, but there’s now been a new discovery. As highlighted by…
Development house Team17 has become a prolific, popular company best known for its Worms series, which has appeared on nearly every platform since the 16-bit era. But in 1991, they were a new group that formed from the European demo scene. Their first major release was a top-down shooter called Alien Breed, which was released…
Award season is here. We’re getting closer to that time of year when a lot of game awards are announced and it seems Nintendo is already up for some nominations. The 44th annual Golden JoyStick Awards for 2026 have now opened voting across 21 categories, and a handful of Nintendo games have been shortlisted. Read…
Here’s what the critics think. The new live-action Street Fighter movie made its debut in cinemas last week, and the critic reviews are now rolling in. The first global box office update has also been shared, with the film reportedly banking $51.1 million in its opening weekend. In comparison, the Mortal Kombat 2 movie, which…
The studio behind the Moonlighter series has announced it will no longer host a public playtest for its forthcoming roguelike due to fears it will be “reverse-engineered, cloned and published”. The move comes as a surge in rapidly vibe coded clones floods Steam, Roblox and mobile app stores in the aftermath of Claude Opus 5.5….