PC Gaming
Valve’s let slip a preview for SteamOS 3.5, the system that runs the Steam Deck, among a few other things, and you can now opt-in to an updated build rich with visual improvements and tweaks—among a few other fixes. The biggest single change is that Valve has rebalanced the Steam Deck’s default colors. It’s now…
I’m now 200+ hours deep in Baldur’s Gate 3 and midway through my third run, a massive time sink I have decided to blame on a teenager-strength crush on Astarion and the slightly more sensible desire to really sink my teeth into the magnificent battle system. I want to fully understand it. I want to…
The shuffle feature in NYT’s Connections can be a real game saver—or a complete failure, depending on the day and the words in question. That’s where we come in. There’s a set of helpful hints for the September 16 (#97) puzzle ready if you need them, as well as every answer for today’s game if…
Give your daily Wordle game a little nudge in the right direction with today’s helpful clue, or go straight for the win—it’s entirely your choice. However you want to approach the September 16 (819) Wordle, we’ve got it covered. I had a fantastic start today, with the first letter locked in and two yellows left…
Upcoming third-person tactical shooter Helldivers 2, where you friendly fire your buddies and also spread managed democracy for Super Earth, will release on February 8, 2024. That’s a short hop back from its previous 2023 release date before we dive back into the tongue-in-cheek cooperative combat that the original Helldivers established. The new trailer is…
It’s common practice for PC games today to launch with Denuvo, a form of DRM designed to stop the spread of pirated copies of games, and it’s also common practice for developers to remove Denuvo several months after launch as interest (and the risk of piracy) dwindles. Less common is a developer publicly announcing it’s…
The wildly unpredictable spinoff publishers over at Riot Forge have got something new for you—Bandle Tale: A League of Legends Story will be a crafting RPG inspired by games like Stardew Valley that stars the adorable fluffballs known as the Yordles, set in their hometown of Bandle City. It’ll be developed by Lazy Bear, the…
True to the tease earlier this year, a new MechWarrior game is coming in 2024: MechWarrior 5: Clans will return the sci-fi universe of huge stompy robots to perhaps its most iconic period, the invasion of the honor-bound warriors of the technologically advanced Clans. The announcement of the new game is accompanied by a teaser…
It’s incredible enough that one of the most influential video games in history was made by a teenager. But what cements Digital Eclipse’s The Making of Karateka as a groundbreaking encapsulation of that history is young Jordan Mechner’s dutiful chronicling of his fledgling journey into game design. Since its release in late August, The Making…
Well this doesn’t happen very often. Bill Willingham, creator of the Fablesuniverse which serves as the setting for Telltale’s fondly remembered adventure game The Wolf Among Us, has placed the property in the public domain. The announcement was made in an extensive post on Willingham’s Substack, which opens “As of now, 15 September 2023, the…