Starfield data miner uncovers fossilized remains of a much cooler, more hardcore game tucked away in its files: 'We had a washed version of the game'

Starfield data miner uncovers fossilized remains of a much cooler, more hardcore game tucked away in its files: ‘We had a washed version of the game’

Space travel in Starfield is pretty easy. Remarkably easy, actually. You just bring up the map, click a dot and go. Sure, some things might be out of immediate jump range, but if all the yawning void of the cosmos has to threaten me with is “mild inconvenience,” then I’m gonna complain that documentaries like…

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After 10 years, Titan Forge unveils Smite 2, bringing the god-battling MOBA to UE5 and offering goodies to old-timers

Prepare to be smote. Smited. Smitten. Look, they’re making another Smite—Titan Forge’s godly and enduringly popular MOBA that first released in 2014—and it’s gearing up for an alpha test, should you wish to rage against the heavens as soon as possible. Revealed at the Smite world championships, Titan Forge is pitching Smite 2 as “everything…

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Smite 2 is coming to PlayStation 5

Smite 2 is coming to PlayStation 5

More than 40 million players have already become gods and waged war in Smite.  Now, it’s time for the next generation of godly action multplayer online battle arena (MOBA): Smite 2 is coming to PlayStation 5, and you can register for Alpha testing today. Smite 2 is the Unreal Engine 5-powered true sequel to the…

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Next Week on Xbox: New Games for January 15 – 19

Category: Next Week on Xbox Next Week on Xbox: New Games for January 15 – 19 Mike Nelson, Xbox Wire Editor Published January 12, 2024 Welcome to Next Week on Xbox! In this weekly feature we cover all the games coming soon to Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Windows, and Game Pass! Get more details…

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Valve continues to improve the gaming performance of Linux open source drivers for AMD GPUs, as part of the Mesa project

Mesa is a long-running project that started life as an open-source driver, bringing the OpenGL graphics API to a host of different platforms. Today, developers from AMD, Google, Intel, and others all take part. One of the most well-known Mesa drivers is RADV: A Vulkan-based driver specifically for AMD’s GPUs running on a Linux operating…

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The nicest community in gaming has over 8 million members and an urgent friendly fire crisis as Deep Rock Galactic releases its 2023 stats

By all accounts, space-dwarf mining sim Deep Rock Galactic has one of the last positive communities left in all of videogames. There’s something about rambunctiously stripping the galaxy of resources as a squad of stout ‘n’ shouty guys that brings out the best in people. That must be why—per developer Ghost Ship Games’ own 2023…

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