Modders have already put mechs, music boxes, and an ‘MMO-style dungeon’ in Hytale, impressing Hypixel founder: ‘Absolutely crazy talented’

Hytale’s been dropping updates faster than I’ve been able to keep track of, what with the addition of necromancy and flamethrowers, but Hytale’s players are keeping a pretty strong pace too. The game already has a whopping 4,000 mods on CurseForge, and it doesn’t seem like things are slowing down anytime soon. Browsing CurseForge you’ll…

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Sometimes simple character designs make the most effective cosplays, and this group of Peak Scouts is the perfect example of that

Much like the rest of the internet, I spent an ungodly amount of time playing Peak when it launched in June last year, and despite the simplicity of its character design, me and my friends became quite fond of our little characters quite quickly. You’re only given a few customisation options when you start,but you…

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Stronghold Crusader: Definitive Edition gets a massive update introducing Steam Workshop support, 10 new maps, and a 10-mission cooperative campaign

Age of Empires 2: Definitive Edition’s consistent popularity has proved there’s a big audience for classic RTS action, even as the broader genre struggles to break new ground. Hence, it’s a little surprising to see other grizzled strategy veterans polishing their blades for one last stab at glory. One such example is last year’s Stronghold…

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‘A classic fake reflection where it’s just the same room under a glass floor’: I no longer trust my senses after reading this gamedev thread breaking down cost-effective graphical sorcery

If you’ve ever trundled around on the back of a Warthog in the original Halo, you’ll remember the way its tires seemed to melt into noisy blur as they got going. Turns out, there’s no actual blur effect being applied—the game just swaps out a normal tire texture with one that looks hazy whenever the…

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A GTA modder has got the 1997 original working perfectly on modern PCs and Steam Deck, and it’s a joy to behold: ‘I wanted pick up-and-play GTA on Windows with the best possible compatibility without classic installation’

In the most welcome of news, you can now play the original Grand Theft Auto—the 1997 top-down, chaos-in-a-shoebox crime simulator that started it all—on modern PCs and Steam Decks without cursing at your screen and tearing your hair out. As a long-suffering bald man, I’m not sure I can confidently pin my lack of follicle…

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You’ve had Skate Story, now get ready for Skate Style, a ‘next-gen skateboarding game’ that lets you customise your character’s animations

The skating game revival of the last few years has been an unexpected, but welcome surprise. Vicarious Visions’ remaster of Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1+2 heralded a new wave of aspiring skate sims, ranging from the ultra-authentic Session: Skate Sim to the abstract brilliance of Skate Story, with EA’s online playground Skate landing somewhere between…

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Terraria’s biggest mod manager will require months before it’s fully compatible with the 1.4.5 patch: ‘Updating tModLoader to major Terraria releases is a huge undertaking’

Terraria‘s long-awaited 1.4.5 update finally arrived in January, digging up a treasure trove of new features like an overhauled crafting interface, a new world seed, updated visuals, crossover items with Palworld and Dead Cells, and a vast array of new objects, mobs, and secrets to discover. It’s gone down a storm with Terraria’ community, but…

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