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Among the heavy hitters and viral sensations that make up Steam’s most-wishlisted games, Over the Hill exudes “little engine that could” energy. It’s a chill, vibey offroad driving game that puts you in an old school 4×4 and sets you off among some low-poly hills to get lost. You’ve got a grappling hook and the…

At the end of last month, id Software lead services programmer Chris Hayes offered a blunt appraisal of Xbox’s management during an interview with YouTube channel Auf ein Bier, saying Microsoft’s repeated mass layoffs have proved that its leadership “fundamentally don’t understand art.” Elsewhere in the interview, Hayes expanded the scope of his criticism beyond…

Payday-in-Fortnite isn’t the day’s only big news out of everybody’s favorite violent clowns rob banks franchise. Starbreeze, in partnership with Vice Studios, has also done a deal with Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson’s G-Unit Film and Television to “executive produce” an adaptation of Payday. What sort of adaptation is being made—that is, television or movie—isn’t specified….

You won’t win any prizes for guessing that Grand Theft Auto 5 has sold well since its initial 2013 release, several lifetimes ago, but on a recent Take-Two earnings call, CEO Strauss Zelnick revealed the up-to-date, astronomical figure: 230 million copies. “The Grand Theft Auto series once again exceeded expectations, and to date, Grand Theft…

First spotted by Eurogamer, ExplorEverythingOnce on the Battlefield subreddit claims to have received a full refund on Battlefield 6 from Steam support after 470 hours logged, well in excess of the platform’s standard refund window of two hours within two weeks. ExplorEverythingOnce supplied a redacted screenshot of their Steam purchase history, showing a full refund…

The recently concluded QuakeCon was a big one, marking the 30th anniversary of the game that started it all and, more notably, bringing id Software co-founders Adrian Carmack, John Carmack, Tom Hall, and John Romero together for the first time in a very long time. I had wondered, in the lead-up to the event, if…

Overwatch’s next season will finally move the hero shooter more in line with the other live service games that don’t purely rely on FOMO for their battle passes. In season 4, Blizzard will “unvault” an old battle pass and make it available again. The details on how exactly the system will work are slim at…

It’s been close to three years since we saw the announcement teaser for Light No Fire, the next game from No Man’s Sky developer Hello Games. Studio founder Sean Murray spoke to PC Gamer last week in conjunction with No Man’s Sky’s 10th anniversary, and I naturally had to ask if we might see more…