Deltarune Chapter 5 launches to nearly 300,000 concurrent players on Steam, Chapter 6 is coming in 2027

The long-awaited fifth chapter of Deltarune hit Steam like an asteroid yesterday, sending its concurrent player count skyrocketing to nearly 300,000—more than double its previous peak player count—and putting the game amidst the platform’s top 10 best-selling games. Despite its age and somewhat irregular release schedule, interest in the game clearly remains high. And for…

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I’ve played countless Doom engine games, so believe me when I say this one that combines the FPS with JRPG combat might be the coolest one in 30 years

I know my Doom, and its many derivatives. I’ve been covering it for years. It has almost never left my PC in over three decades, so I do not say this lightly. End of Starchild—a completely free, standalone game from prolific musician and indie dev Em Essex—might be the single coolest thing built on Doom’s…

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It’s not layoffs, but you can see them from here: Numerous Compulsion Games employees are looking for new jobs

As reports that major layoffs are coming to multiple Microsoft-owned game studios continue to swirl, numerous developers at South of Midnight studio Compulsion Games have indicated that they are leaving the studio and looking for new work. Posting “open to work” messages on LinkedIn is a very common way for game industry employees to search…

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Valve says Steam Machine won’t have ‘as long of a timeframe’ as Steam Deck, and new models are ‘just a matter of when it makes sense’

I’ll be honest, my Steam Deck is still trucking along just fine, even with four years of light between today and its 2022 release date. Nevertheless, there are more than a few people who’d quite like a Steam Deck 2 (though, uh, even they are probably prepared to wait for prices to become sane). It’s…

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