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The runaway success of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has been exhaustively documented by this point. But the game’s ecstatic reception by players came as a surprise not only because the game was made by a small (though not that small) team, but also because it’s a turn-based RPG at a time when the market is…
I assumed that everyone with access to a PC would have played Portal at this point, but it seems this is far from the case, at least if Portal’s all-time concurrent players are anything to go by. According to Steam Charts, the record for Steam player concurrents stands at just 3,370 players, which is apparently…
Rust has been playing with its parameters a lot lately (which mum once told me can make you go blind). Back in February, developer Facepunch introduced a medieval-themed Primitive, while April saw Rust’s softcore mode become even softer. But just in case you suspect Rust is losing its edge in its advancing years, the survival…
Every now and then one of my American friends will admit to me, with a slight sheepishness, that they don’t really get Warhammer. They didn’t grow up with it and now there’s so much of it—a far-future science-fantasy setting, two fantasy settings (one of which has been re-released as a prequel to itself), and a…
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Federal contracting documents freely available online (via Stars and Stripes) show the US Air Force would very much like to purchase two (2) Cybertrucks for the purpose of target practice. As one of the documents explains, “In the operating theatre it is likely the type of vehicles used by the enemy may transition to Tesla…
First spotted by Battlefield Bulletin on Twitter, Battlefield 6’s open beta is doing spectacularly well on Steam: Around 500,000 concurrent players at the time of writing, down from a peak of 521,079 according to SteamDB. That puts the BF6 beta at 18th place for peak concurrents in Steam history, two spots ahead of the unified…
If you’ve been searching for new games to try out, but don’t want to break the bank, you won’t want to miss Steam’s Tiny Teams sale. Live until August 14th, this sale spotlights games made by small dev teams, from cozy deckbuilders to haunting psychological horror thrillers. It’s also a great chance to take a…
In a recent episode of Nightdive’s Deep Dive podcast, Looking Glass Studios programmer Marc LeBlanc shared his recollection of how the team came up with the audio logs in System Shock, which are now a ubiquitous game design standby. LeBlanc came to the topic after describing why Shock 1 eschewed RPG stats, unlike Ultima Underworld…
On September 30, AOL’s dial-up hold-outs will need to finally move on to another internet service. AOL announced this week that it will be discontinuing its dial-up service next month, which probably isn’t as surprising as the fact that AOL was still offering dial-up in 2025 to begin with. Dial-up usage has plummeted over recent…