Grim Dawn's next expansion will be honkin' huge, with 54 new bosses and more than 380 new unique items, it takes up 'approximately 3.55sq. km'

Grim Dawn’s next expansion will be honkin’ huge, with 54 new bosses and more than 380 new unique items, it takes up ‘approximately 3.55sq. km’

During the Great Britpop Wars of the 1990s someone might have asked you whether you preferred Oasis or Blur. The correct answer was “Pulp, actually.” Likewise, if someone asks whether you like Path of Exile 2 or Diablo 4, the correct answer is Grim Dawn, dammit. Crate Entertainment’s mud-and-blood action RPG was thought dead when…

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North Korea’s only Steam user disappeared yesterday, but not to worry: They’re back and gaming harder than ever

You will not, as a rule, run across many players from the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (the DPRK, or North Korea) in the Steam community. In place of the world wide web, most DPRK residents keep to the Kwangmyong—the country’s nationwide intranet where you can find homegrown alternatives to Google (called Naenara, also the…

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Artist accuses Bungie of stealing her designs for Marathon’s art: ‘I am tired of designers from huge companies moodboarding and parasitising my designs while I struggle to make a living’

Bungie is, once again, being accused of using the designs of an independent artist without permission, pay, or attribution. In a post on X earlier today, visual artist Antireal said that Marathon’s environment art uses design elements pulled directly from her 2017 poster designs. “Bungie is of course not obligated to hire me when making…

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A fan-made, 7-hour Portal 2 prequel just hit Steam for free and it’s so good that I’m sad Valve stopped making Portal all over again

Remember when Valve made an ingenious pair of puzzle games about portals and then failed to count to three? Nothing new there, but it’s a shame Portal remains one of Valve’s forgotten children while the company aims to keep exploring Half-Life. These days, the hallowed halls of Aperture Labs only make an appearance when Valve…

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Retro Review: ‘5 Star Wrestling’ (PS3)

On the surface, Serious Parody’s “5 Star Wrestling” isn’t even a B+ player. It’s uglier than Bastion Booger and its load times sometimes make Haystacks Calhoun look like Juventud Guerrera. But just like former WWE Champion Daniel Bryan, it’s got something special. It’s got heart- and Greg Hearty. The more you play this game, the…

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Remember Postal? In the last 48 hours publisher Running With Scissors has announced a new game, insulted fans, apologized, canceled the game, the studio making it denied wrongdoing, shut down anyway, and we can thank the magic of AI for all of it

The Postal series is essentially the videogame equivalent of Uwe Boll’s filmography*. They’re notoriously awful—the last one we reviewed was Postal 3 in 2012, which earned a dismal 21%—and they keep happening for some reason. A new addition to the lineup was announced on December 3, in fact, called Postal: Bullet Heaven. And then approximately…

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