PSA: The creator of PoE’s foremost loot filter released an experimental ‘light filter’ for Path of Exile 2, just in time to help sort all the freshly buffed loot drops

Path of Exile is, in part, a game about comparing items. As we progress our character builds into the endgame and continue specializing our skill setups, stat and gear needs become more specific. Most melee characters won’t need to bother with spell damage; DoT builds might skip over critical hit chance. Gradually, more and more…

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In this cozy survival game you’re a mouse who knits tiny wool sweaters, bakes pies for his friends, lives in a furnished tree trunk, and I can’t even go on because it’s so darn cute

One of the reasons I love survival games is there’s something inherently cozy about them. You may struggle and starve and bleed, but at the end of a long perilous day when you decompress in front of a fire with a belly full of food in a shelter that keeps out the cold and rain…

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If you’ve got a passion for baking, gardening, or giving broken things a new lease on life the reveal trailer for Piece by Piece is bound to spark joy

If you love the satisfaction of renovating or repairing something broken, then Piece by Piece is worth keeping an eye on. I’m the sort of person who is quite clumsy with repairs. Usually, I’m satisfied with a slathering of superglue and an optimistic mindset, but there’s something about Piece by Piece that tempts me to…

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Cyberpunk 2077’s surprise new update lets Keanu ride shotgun through the streets of Night City and makes some PC-specific improvements—and it’s out now

CD Projekt shared details on the surprise Cyberpunk 2077 2.2 update today, including new vehicle customization options, major enhancements to photo mode, and more—and another surprise, that it’s out now. Sorry, no New Game+ in this update, but car collectors will be happy to hear that the color-changing CrystalCoat system, previously exclusive to Rayfield vehicles,…

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