4 years after it was announced, Warhammer: Vermintide 2 is finally making its versus mode a reality with a closed alpha: ‘We put it on the shelf to marinate for a bit’

Warhammer: Vermintide 2 is getting a versus mode, as announced four years ago at our very own PC Gaming show, no less. Except it’s for real this time. A steam post by Fatshark outlines their mission statements for the mode’s closed beta test on Steam.  “This isn’t the first time we’ve announced Versus; and our…

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Palworld climbs the Twitch charts as streamers discover it contains bird butt grenade launchers, human trafficking, and other bizarro acts of Pal cruelty

Palworld, aka that game everyone has spent the last two years referring to as “Pokémon with guns,” is out on Friday, but streamers are already broadcasting it ahead of launch—and going off early Twitch numbers, it’s a hit. Wednesday morning (Pacific time) Palworld had around 60,000 viewers on Twitch, and that figure has climbed steadily…

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Vampire Therapist is a game about helping the living dead come to terms with their centuries-old emotional hangups

Some game announcements just immediately grab my attention, and Vampire Therapist is definitely one of them. Honestly, it had me at the title—I mean, Vampire Therapist, there’s no way you don’t want to know more about that—but the underlying concept looks genuinely interesting too: It’s a dark comedy narrative adventure about a cowboy who was…

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