Friends in factory-building, a day has come which I thought I would never see. Wube Software has announced that, in the upcoming Factorio 2.0 release, objects on conveyor belts will be allowed to stack upon each other, and a new bulk inserter type will pick up and drop entire piles of objects at once. It’s…
Category: Games July 29, 2025 Buggin’ Out: A Survival Guide to Getting Started in Grounded 2 Danielle Partis It’s time to get shrunk, gear up, and enter Brookhollow Park in Grounded 2, out in Xbox Game Preview and Steam Early Access today. Grounded 2 takes us – and the first game’s cast of teenagers –…
Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard has been a major source of corporate drama these past few months. Back in April, the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) moved to block the acquisition, stating “Microsoft’s proposed solution failed to effectively address the concerns in the cloud gaming sector”. This block included a massive, 200-plus page findings…
“We’re reigniting and rebooting the series”. SNK’s legendary run-and-gun series Metal Slug is currently celebrating its 30th anniversary, and to mark this milestone, the company has today released a special retrospective video showcasing the franchise’s history. It covers not only the past and present, but also taps into the series’ “ever-exciting future” with a teaser…
“It’s time to break the habit”. Retro accessory maker Hyperkin has issued an apology on social media after a series of fumbled launches and heavily delayed releases. The company has an unfortunate track record of announcing products and then going quiet on them for ages; for example, the RetroN GX was revealed back in 2022…
So you’re thinking about playing Chrono Trigger. Your friends and peers have already told you it’s the greatest JRPG ever made, but you were born too late to experience it in its heyday on Super Nintendo. It only gets worse if you decide you want to live that experience for yourself. You can get an…
Doug Bowser at Nintendo has responded to questions about the infamous Joy-Con drift, or rather explained more about the company’s stance around repairs, when asked about the issues surrounding the problem during an interview with Polygon. “First and foremost, we want every consumer to have a great experience with their Nintendo Switch and with the…
Genre hybrids are everywhere these days—whether a turn-based soulslike or a city-building deckbuilder—but I’m still regularly surprised by new combos, some so natural that it seems ridiculous that there aren’t already a hundred games doing the same mash-up. Absolum‘s mix of side-scrolling beat-’em-up and roguelike action-RPG is the perfect example. Beat-’em-ups thrive in repetition—the classic…
Just like the classics. Atari and developer Choice Provisions have provided a new update for Breakout Beyond on Switch. It’s good news for those who weren’t keen on the new landscape orientations – you can now play in TATE Mode! With the new update applied, all you need to do is head into the options,…
Best of the best (Image credit: Xbox Game Studios) 2025 games: Upcoming releasesBest PC games: All-time favoritesFree PC games: Freebie festBest FPS games: Finest gunplayBest MMOs: Massive worldsBest RPGs: Grand adventures On an average day about a dozen new games are released on Steam. And while we think that’s a good thing, it can be…