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Crimson Desert’s hit the public and, as I suspected, has buckled a bit under its own weight. It’s a charming but messy complex of systems in dire need of some quality-of-life brushups—and while some of Pearl Abyss’ design choices going into launch are a little baffling, it’s at least fixing some of them. The full…
Occasionally, there’s some Windows news that gives a little glimmer of hope for the operating system. A recent statement from Microsoft, however, does not mark such an occasion—not because it’s bad, but rather because, for a change, it offers far better than a mere glimmer. This is Microsoft actually promising to deliver on all the…
AI is increasingly creeping its way into gaming, and it’s been the cause of a fair few blunders at this point: Call of Duty and Battlefield 6 have been accused of using it, both Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 and the latest Anno game mistakenly included AI-generated assets in the final product, and just last week…
Beating the Crimson Nightmare boss in Crimson Desert is part of House Roberts’ faction quest. The count has a bit of a thing for sending you after annoying bosses, since previously you had to head to Karin Quarry and defeat a diving suit-looking robot by the name of Marnie’s Excavatron. This time you’re going to…
After expressing worry about the future health of games storefront GOG in an RPG Site interview, New Blood CEO Dave Oshry has recommitted to supporting the platform, including fuller parity with the Steam releases of its games. GOG’s clear remit—offering the titular “good old games” you can’t get elsewhere—has been long been challenged by Steam’s…
Do you want to play Resident Evil Requiem in VR? If so, seek help. Your fear gland may be broken and next you’ll be jamming a fork into the toaster just to feel something. In the meantime though, go ahead and download a mod that lets you be Grace Ashcroft, an FBI desk jockey so…
Best of the best (Image credit: Rockstar) 2026 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 understandably hard…
In November of 2017, MMO action RPG Marvel Heroes was shut down. Though it had the traditional rough launch, the basic idea of “Diablo but you can be Scarlet Witch” had promise, and turned itself around after some updates. Though not enough to save it when Marvel eventually cut ties with developer Gazillion Entertainment. While…
Have you ever stumbled onto an extremely popular artist that you’ve never heard of before, just to wonder if you’re so out of touch that a global phenomenon could pass you by? Well, in at least one recent case, there was a ‘musician’ with billions of streams that basically all came from bots—and if that…
Slay the Spire 2 has been raking in the dough and enjoying all sorts of positive feedback, but the precarious thing about making something people love is that the minute you change it, you’re messing with that thing people love. Developer Mega Crit experienced this last week when its first balance changes incurred the collective…