The Dwarf Fortress of survival gaming has been in continual development for 33 years, and its creator doesn't think he'll ever stop updating it: 'When I accomplish one feature, I always have two more waiting'
June 22, 2026
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The Dwarf Fortress of survival gaming has been in continual development for 33 years, and its creator doesn’t think he’ll ever stop updating it: ‘When I accomplish one feature, I always have two more waiting’

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Weird Weekend Weird Weekend is our regular Saturday column where we celebrate PC gaming oddities: peculiar games, strange bits of trivia, forgotten history. Pop back every weekend to find out what Jeremy, Josh and Rick have become obsessed with this time, whether it’s the canon height of Thief’s Garrett or that time someone in the…

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Beaver-themed city builder Timberborn will leave early access soon, and while there’s no specific date yet, you can try out some of its new features right now

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After four years in early access, Timberborn has gnawed within touching distance of a 1.0 release. While a specific date hasn’t been set for the release, developer Mechanistry has revealed what’s coming to the 1.0 version. What’s more, you can get hands-on with some of those new features right now. In a Steam post, Mechanistry…

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GOG’s preservation program now includes Splinter Cell, Resident Evil HD and, er, Spore, while you can also get 95% of XCOM 2 in its Autumn Sale

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GOG’s preservation program is a commitment by the distribution service to ensure that classic PC games included in the program will run on your Windows machine no matter what. This doesn’t mean included games will receive any fancy overhauls or resolution boosts—quite the opposite. GOG’s pledge is to preserve the look and feel of the…

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This wildly ambitious Bully mod adds online multiplayer, racing minigames and even a rat-based deathmatch, but the modders’ demand for lunch money has fans worried about Rockstar’s response

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While Bully 2 remains a dream for Rockstar fans everywhere, the chances of it happening are unlikely. Former Rockstar cofounder Dan Houser recently explained that the project was killed due to “bandwidth issues” within Rockstar management, and the chances of a modern revival are slim given how long it’s taken the studio to make Grand…

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Hyperbeat review

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Need to know What is it A bite-sized, dreamlike rhythm game with dizzying visuals.Release date October 22, 2025Expect to pay $15/£12.79Publisher Dreamware MediaDeveloper Alice Bottino, Chancellor WallinReviewed on Windows 11, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 TI, Intel Core i7-12700F, 16 GB RAMMultiplayer NoneSteam Deck VerifiedLink Steam You’re running out of time. You’ll certainly have less of…

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Brendan Greene’s open-world survival roguelike hikes into early access later this month, and it’ll actually let you save your run through its brutal wilderness

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Prologue: Go Wayback!, the ultra-hard hiking sim developed by Brendan Greene’s studio PlayerUnknown Productions, has technically been playable for a while now. The studio has been running an open beta for the last two and a half months, giving players curious about Greene’s first proper game since PUBG: Battlegrounds the chance to try it out….

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