The holiday deal you didn’t know you needed

The run-up to the holidays can be a bit overwhelming. There’s shopping to do, family to see, and countless parties for mingling. So as we head into the merriest (read: busiest) season of them all, we’re making shopping easy and sharing the holiday deal that every gamer will want to know about. X <!– –> <!–…

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Left 4 Dead’s first internal playtest was so disastrous, Gabe Newell asked its lead: ‘Why don’t I just play Counter-Strike instead?’ then ‘made me watch him play it’

Chet Faliszek, the lead on Left 4 Dead—who is now making his own retro sci-fi version called The Anacrusis—says that Gabe Newell had some pretty strong opinions on the game during its troubled development. That’s according to an interview by GameDeveloper, which outlines the horde shooter’s rocky start. Faliszek recalls stumbling into his position as…

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People are trying to resell Baldur’s Gate 3 Deluxe Editions for a profit even though supplies aren’t limited and there’s plenty of stock

Opportunists are trying to sell Baldur’s Gate 3 Deluxe Edition pre-orders on eBay for as much as $300. It’s always irritating when people snatch up limited edition collectibles and graphics cards to resell them for a profit, but there’s an even bigger problem with this scheme: The Baldur’s Gate 3 Deluxe Edition isn’t a limited…

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The best deals in the 2023 Steam Autumn Sale

When the leaves fall, the deals call. On top of this week’s big Black Friday deals on gaming PCs and components, Steam’s Autumn Sale has begun. With most of the year gone, quite a few 2023 games are discounted during this week-long Steam sale, which ends on November 28. We’ve kicked off this list of…

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Ubisoft has ‘paused’ advertising on Twitter

Ubisoft has confirmed that it has joined other major companies who have paused advertising on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, following a Media Matters report which claims that the platform has been running ads for companies including Apple, IBM, NBCUniversal, and Comcast owner Xfinity next to pro-Nazi content. X denies that…

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