There are various unfinished versions of Half-Life 2 that have come to light over the years, all of which reveal interesting things about how Valve’s plans changed over time as it painstakingly refined and pruned one of the PC gaming greats. A new video by YouTuber and Half-Life 2 obsessive CMDR RileySV delves into the…
Category: Games January 20, 2026 Jump into the Biggest THQ Nordic & Handy Games Sale Yet, Running Until February 2 Melanie Klose, Marketing Director, THQ Nordic Featuring limited-time savings on almost 200 different games and DLCs, THQ Nordic’s 2026 annual Publisher Sale is its biggest to date! From January 20 through February 2, Xbox players…
World of Warcraft: Midnight‘s doing some interesting stuff—reimagining zones from The Burning Crusade which (sorry) came out in 2007 (so sorry) which was almost 20 whole years ago (I really am sorry). That’s only a couple years shy of being able to drink in the US. But that’s not where Blizzard’s stopping. It’s tackling Northrend…
Humble Bundle’s dropped another great TTRPG deal—this time for Lovecraft lovers with its Call of Cthulhu book bundle. At the time of writing, the bundle has raised over $22,000 for the World Wildlife Fund. It’s also a pretty damn good deal from a buyer’s standpoint, too. The bundle includes the game’s Starter Set as well…
Your old Switch cards won’t work, it’s time for an upgrade. Switch 2 has a lot more internal storage than its predecessor, boasting 256GB compared to the meagre 32GB seen in Switch 1 (or 64GB if you have an OLED Model). Still, more storage is always better, and with Switch 2 you’ll need to opt…
Fixing the fever. Mario Tennis Fever launched in a pretty solid state on Switch 2 earlier this year, but that hasn’t stopped Nintendo from going in and tweaking the format with an update or two. Well, what do you know, now we’ve got another one. The latest Fever patch launched yesterday, bumping things up to…
(Image credit: Firaxis Games) Reinstall: Tim Edwards plays Sid Meier’s Railroads! and tracks his progress – PC Gamer #201 (UK, July 2009) I didn’t realise I enjoyed business. But business is competition. Competition is a game. And games, I think we can all agree, are awesome. That’s why I’ve fallen in love with the railroads….
Games have been announced, awards have been handed out, speeches have been made, musical performances have been done, and so much more. But, all things must come to an end. As of this article’s writing, The Game Awards 2020 have now come to a close, and we now know everyone who took home awards. There…
What’s a-happenin’, PlayStation Nation! Get ready for the best announcement you’ve heard all week! The IGF award-winning Gonner is coming to the PS4 on May 15! I will conveniently ignore the fact that you probably learned that from the subject line and pretend that your mind was just blown by that statement. It’s true: the…
Hello fellow card sharks! I’m Phil Gaskell, Creative Director of Poker Club, the Texas Hold’em simulation which launches today on PS5 and PS4. Here at Ripstone, we’ve been bringing the best-loved pastimes including poker, pool and chess to PlayStation platforms for close to a decade. So for myself and our small team, working with impressive…