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While the average Windows user might not really worry about what changes Microsoft has planned for its range of operating systems, system administrators and other IT professionals certainly do. Up to now, though, we’ve all had to make do with keeping an eye on beta channels or blog updates, but now Microsoft has a full…
Bear with me, dear reader, and ask yourself: What makes for a good collectible? I obviously have a few good ideas now, because I’m writing this article, but before then I admit I’d be hard-pressed to give you a proper list. I know what makes a bad one, mind, but what gives them the juice?…
Feeling a bit stumped by Monday’s Wordle? Then let us help you sort it out. Our clue for the March 31 (1381) game can quickly turn those yellow letters into green ones, and today’s answer is ready to go if you need it. Not feeling stumped at all? Then why not take a look at…
Any strategy fan likes to see a nice tower defense game, and hey, here’s one now: Nordhold has you managing a little Nordic village and using replayable combinations of towers to defend it from hordes of fantasy monsters. It’s chock full of all the modern roguelike stuff—metaprogression, a slew of customizable upgrades, and the like—but…
We’ve known it was coming since last year, but atmospheric, beautiful, ecologically-driven metroidvania platformer Rain World‘s new expansion has dropped. In Rain World: The Watcher, you become Nightcat, AKA The Watcher, a new and adorable slugcat with its own (new, adorable) gimmick—finding mysterious echoes of itself, which will require you to check out all kinds…
Best of the best (Image credit: Xbox Game Studios) 2025 games: Upcoming releasesBest PC games: All-time favoritesFree PC games: Freebie festBest FPS games: Finest gunplayBest MMOs: Massive worldsBest RPGs: Grand adventures On an average day about a dozen new games are released on Steam. And while we think that’s a good thing, it can be…
Given the popularity of the Wicked Whims mod for The Sims, and nude mods for almost every game someone could possibly mod nudity into, it’s no surprise that Inzoi modders are already hard at work on the horny stuff. “This feels like watching the calm beginnings of a hurricane gently shake a tree”, as one…
Coffee Stain Studios has announced some contents of the upcoming 1.1 update for Satisfactory, the first update for the popular and genre-defining sandbox factory game since its quite successful 1.0 release last year. It’s a doozy, combining a ton of quality-of-life and design features that players have been modding in on their own since Satisfactory…
Soap company Dr Squatch and Activision have released a line of soaps based on characters from the Call of Duty series of first person shooters. Characters who to be frank I cannot imagine ever being properly clean because they spend all their time rolling in gun grease and powersliding through back alleys and wearing ghillie…
When I spoke to Obsidian region director Berto Ritger about Avowed earlier this month, the conversation mostly focused on the game’s excellent level design and exploration. But he also touched on how drastically Avowed’s early game changed in development. While that was probably for the best, a great Elder Scrolls gag in Avowed was originally…