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A Delisting Forza is Being Discounted, Modern Resi Evils Bitten Down in Price, and More!

It always makes me sad when bona fide AAAs go the way of delisting, like Forza Horizon 4 will by year end. However, I find the sting of that loss is lessened when the publisher not only has the good sense to warn gamers about the axe well in advance but also provides an 80% discount to boot. Such a sweet ride. Put it in your Steam garage before it peels off into the sunset forever. In retro news, I'm celebrating the 33rd birthday of Dr. Mario, gaming's most trusted and beloved antivirus software. The brainchild of producer Gunpei Yokoi, creator of the Game Boy and Game & Watch, and Metroid series creator Takahiro Harada, I fondly recall Dr. Mario for its simple addictiveness and earworm tunes that were way more infectious than the...
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SteamWorld Heist 2 Unannounced for Game Pass, PR Says Logo Was a Mistake

SteamWorld Heist 2 is no longer confirmed for a Game Pass launch despite previous messaging from developer Thunderful. When the studio originally revealed its steampunk strategy follow-up in April of this year, it promised fans that they would see it launch on August 8, 2024, for PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X | S, and Game Pass. However, as spotted by XboxEra, social media posts mentioning a Game Pass release have since been deleted, and trailers that included the Xbox service’s branding have seemingly been modified and reuploaded without the logo. Its inclusion can still be seen in re-uploads from third-party accounts like YouTube channel GN Game Trailers. A representative with...
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Steam Is Getting Built-In Game Recording, And It'll Work on Steam Deck, Too

Valve has announced a new built-in recording system for Steam that will allow players to easily replay, clip, and share moments from their favorite games. It's a nice alternative to the third-party solutions that have been circulation for years, and it even works on Steam Deck. According to Valve, the new system will work with any game and is engineer with performance in mind. It includes numerous options for customizing disk usage, and allows players to either send a clip to the device of their choice or export it as an mp4 file. In addition, Valve confirmed that the system is Steam Deck verified, meaning players will no longer have to use apps like Decky Recorder to capture clips. Those who want to try out the new system can opt...
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Valve Reveals that 59 Percent of Steam Players Use Xbox Controllers Along With Other Stats

Valve has published a report that highlights an increase in users who play their Steam games with a controller. The stats reveal that, since 2018, the daily average of controller use has tripled from around 5% to 15%. While many users put the mouse and keyboard aside when playing, Valve says they do have a preference in which controller they choose. The Steam team explains that 59% of controller sessions use an Xbox controller, while PlayStation controllers account for 26% and Steam Decks make up 10%. Valve adds that 46% of controller sessions utilize its controller-friendly service, Steam Input. As users have flocked to use controllers more often, the company has brought in a number of features and options for those players. Some...
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Bethesda Games Studios Montreal Is the Latest Studio to Unionize

Bethesda Games Studios' (BGS) Montreal location is the latest studio to form a union. In a thread on X/Twitter, the account for the BGS Montreal union, called the One BGS MTL, revealed it filed for certification with the Quebec Labour Board today. The union intends to unionize with the Communications Workers of America (CWA) Canada. "As a union, we will strive to make BGS a supportive workplace that fosters creativity and talent," One BGS MTL X/Twitter account wrote in one post. "This will allow us to keep creating some of the best video games in the industry, both in the jobs and at the studio we all love." Bethesda Game Studios, headquartered in Rockville, MD, announced it was opening an office in Montreal, Canada, in late 2015...
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Colorful Disney-Like Platformer Ari Buktu and the Anytime Elevator Announced

Adventure Works, a new game development studio headed up by one of the creators of Disneyland's Millenium Falcon ride, has announced Ari Buktu and the Anytime Elevator, a colorful new puzzle-platformer for PC (via Steam) that wears its 1980's pop-culture inspirations, like Back to the Future and Indiana Jones, on its sleeve. You play as Ari, on a time-traveling adventure with Professor Lionel Raventhorpe as he seeks out the perfect historical artifact as a gift to the love of his life, history teacher Miss Baron. You'll visit lots of different places both geographic and chronological – 13 total levels in six different environments, specifically. Adventure Works was founded by former longtime Disney Imagineer Jeffrey Ashbrook...
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PlayStation Plus Games for July 2024 Announced

Sony has announced the PlayStation Plus Essential Tier games for July 2024 are Borderlands 3 (PS4 and PS5), NHL 24 (PS4 and PS5), and Among Us (PS4 and PS5). Revealed on the PlayStation Blog, all three games will be made available at no extra cost to PlayStation Plus subscribers on July 2. Genshin Impact players will also gain access to the PlayStation Plus Pack on July 16 which includes 160 Primogems, four Fragile Resin, 20 Hero's Wit, 30 Mystic Enhancement Ore, and 150,000 Mora. Borderlands 3 is perhaps the biggest game in July's line-up as the latest game in Gearbox's beloved looter shooter franchise. Players explore the world of Pandora either solo or with friends, taking on all manner of over the top baddies and teaming up with...
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The Alters: Meet the Jans, aka the Many Alternate-Reality Versions of Yourself – IGN First

Have you ever wondered what you’d do if you ever ran into another version of yourself? What you’d say? How they’d act? What kind of haircut they’d have? Whether or not you’d be proud of them, and vice versa? How their life would be different from yours? Where they live, what they do for work, who they are? Well, imagine being stranded on a hostile planet and having to create, manage, and work with several versions of yourself to survive. That’s the predicament Jan Dolski finds himself in in The Alters, the latest from This War of Mine creator 11 bit Studios. In a previous interview with game director Tomasz Kisilewicz and lead designer Rafał Włosek, we talked about how The Alters handles branching narratives, but what about the alters...
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Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster Announced

Capcom has announced Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster, a remaster of the original Xbox 360 game coming to modern platforms. No release date was shared for the game, nor specific platforms. As the once Xbox exclusive franchise has since appeared on other platforms, however, a release on PlayStation and PC as well as Xbox is perhaps likely. In a trailer, below, Capcom showed the opening scenes of the game, with protagonist Frank West on the helicopter to Willamette Mall. While the visuals have received an upgrade, another change seemingly comes as it appears voice actor T.J. Rotolo is not reprising his role as the notable zombie-slaying photojournalist. Capcom previously remastered Dead Rising when it released the HD version for PC...
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Helldivers 2 Director Defends Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree Difficulty

Helldivers 2 director Johan Pilestedt has defended FromSoftware for the difficulty of Elden Ring expansion Shadow of the Erdtree. As reported by PC Gamer, Pilestedt responded to someone on X/Twitter who complained about the intense difficulty of Shadow of the Erdtree, which has been a heavily discussed topic since its launch on June 21, 2024. Pilestedt initially shared another post saying FromSoftware doesn't make bosses hard for the sake of it, but for the feeling overcoming them gives players. "Indeed, this 1,000%," Pilestedt said. "Good game design is evoking emotion more than anything." X/Twitter user @Indoor_Carrot responded, saying "the problem with this design philosophy is it only caters to a select audience. I tried Dark...
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Cattle Country Aims to Mix Stardew Valley With a Dash of Red Dead Redemption

Developer Castle Pixel and publisher Playtonic Friends have announced Cattle Country, a new "cozy cowboy life-sim adventure" in the works for PC (via Steam). It promises pixel-art graphics, 18 romanceable characters, cattle to raise, bandits to fend off, and buried treasure to dig up, among other gameplay elements. Watch the announcement trailer above or check out the first screenshots in the gallery below. Fishing, hunting, and farming will make up the core of the gameplay in what Castle Pixel and Playtonic Friends bill as a game that aims to be "Red Dead Redemption meets Stardew Valley." Playtonic Friends is the publishing arm of Yooka-Laylee developer Playtonic, while Castle Pixel previously developed Blossom Tales and Rex...
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Alkahest Is a New First-Person Medieval Fantasy Action-RPG that Looks Stunning

Alkahest is a new first-person fantasy action-adventure RPG from developer Push On that bills itself as a spiritual successor to Dark Messiah of Might & Magic while also citing Dishonored and Kingdom Come: Deliverance as its influences. In it, you'll engage in close-quarters combat, explore realistic medieval locations, learn alchemy, and more. Check out the fantastic announcement trailer above and the first screenshots in the gallery below. Alkahest is set in the kingdom of Kadanor, where you're the youngest son of a petty lord. The region's balance of power is tenous at best as three houses vie for control. You'll explore castles, villages, forests, and other settings befitting of the medieval fantasy setting. Perhaps even more...
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Ex Destiny and Halo Producer Says Live Service Is 'Better for Developers and Players'

A former Halo and Destiny executive producer at Bungie has said the live service model is "so much better for developers and players" than the one-off $60 or $70 purchase model. Speaking to PC Gamer, Theorycraft Games CEO and former Halo: Reach and Destiny executive producer Joe Tung said the traditional method of buying video games, meaning to make a single payment of around $60 or $70, causes developers to make decisions which were not "in the best interest" of players. "I always felt like, in the $60 boxed product model, I was having to make decisions that were not in the best interest of players," Tung said. The games as a service model is so much better for developers and players. "It was in the best interest of: 'How do we...
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Resident Evil Is Finally Back on PC via GOG, Resident Evil 2 and 3 to Follow

The original Resident Evil is now finally available on PC again thanks to a collaboration between Capcom and CD Projekt-owned storefront GOG. An announcement from the latter revealed the classic Resident Evil, not the remastered version, is now available on the store for $9.99. GOG also announced that Resident Evil 2 and Resident Evil will join it sometime in 2024, and a $24.99 bundle is available for those who want all three games. Resident Evil originally arrived on PC in 1996 but didn't exist on any digital storefronts until now. Steam, which has the remastered version but not the original, is expected to get the classic version soon, however, as a listing for it was spotted on European rating website PEGI. "In joint efforts...
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Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree Gets First Patch in Update 1.12.2

Elden Ring developer FromSoftware has released its first patch for the game following the release of Shadow of the Erdtree, bringing it up to Update 1.12.2. A blog post from Bandai Namco outlined the changes, which mainly involve a handful of balancing updates. Shadow Realm Blessings have been revised, affecting their attack and damage negation curve scaling. The patch also addresses a PC bug where raytracing settings are automatically enabled if players have previously loaded save data from previous game versions. This can be addressed by visiting System, then Graphics Settings, then Raytracing Quality, and setting Raytracing to Off. FromSoftware made no mention of the bug affecting Steam Deck users that makes the game unplayable...
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Save 55% Off the Official ASUS ROG Ally Charger Dock (Also Works with Steam Deck)

For this week only, Best Buy is discounting the official ASUS ROG Ally Charger Dock by over 50% off. It's normally $65, but you can get it today for $29.99. Note only does it work for the ASUS ROG Ally, users have reported that it works with the Steam Deck as well. If you want a traditional docking station style charger, then Anker has a model that's still much cheaper than the official Steam Deck one. ASUS ROG Ally Charger Dock for $29.99 The ASUS ROG Ally Charger Dock is an extremely handy accessory if you want to connect your ROG Ally to an external monitor and use peripherals. Although a basic charger is included with the ASUS ROG Ally, no docking station is supplied. The charger dock looks very similar to a basic brick style...
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Gayming Awards 2024 Winners: Baldur's Gate 3 Wins Over Tears of the Kingdom and Spider-Man 2

Recipients of the 2024 Gaming Awards have been revealed, celebrating LGBTQ+ representation in video games, with Larian Studios and its 2023 RPG Baldur's Gate 3 winning the most awards, including Game of the Year. Revealed online during a virtual ceremony, Baldur's Gate 3 took home Game of the Year, beating out games such as Marvel's Spider-Man 2, Final Fantasy 16, and The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom for the award. As mentioned previously, this year's Gayming Awards saw Larian Studios nominated six times in five categories and take home an award in almost every category. This includes the Belgian-based studio winning the Gayming Magazine's Readers' Award and the Best LGBTQ+ Character award. Additional award winners include...
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Forza Horizon 4 Will be Delisted From Digital Stores in December

Forza Horizon 4 will be delisted from digital stores on December 15, meaning it and additional content will no longer available for purhcase on the Microsoft Store and Steam, Playground Games announced today. Playground Games attributed the decision to delist Forza Horizon 4 to "licensing and agreements with our partners," referring to the franchise's complex array of car and music deals. Forza Horizon 3 was previously delisted in 2020. As part of the run-up to delisting, Playground Games revealed its final roadmap for Forza Horizon 4, confirming that the final series will begin July 25 and end on August 22. After that, it will no longer be possible to access the playlist screen, but fans will still be able access the Forza Events...
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Elden Ring Dataminers are Revealing All Sorts of Cool Shadow of the Erdtree NPC Secrets

Shadow of the Erdtree has been out for less than a week, yet dataminers are already hard at work unravelling the DLC's secrets and revealing what lies beneath the armor of the NPC characters and bosses that inhabit the land of shadow. Warning: mild spoilers for Shadow of the Erdtree follow: To that end prominent Elden Ring dataminer and YouTuber Zullie the Witch recently put out a short but information packed video peeling away the armor to reveal the likenesses of no less than 25 humanoid NPCs, ranging from Redmane Freyja to the Ancient Dragon Man. With their outfits stripped away, the vast majority of the NPCs look surprisingly normal, albeit unique with some interesting scars and blemishes, even in the case of the Hornsent, who...
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Payday 3 Finally Getting 'Offline Mode' But It Requires Online to Play and Runs Worse Than Normal

Payday 3 developer Starbreeze Entertainment is finally adding what it's called an "offline mode" to the game but it requires an online connection to access and runs worse than normal. As reported by VG247, Starbreeze claims to have finally addressed the "online only" criticism by adding what it's dubbed the Solo Mode Beta. The mode will be updated over time, seemingly to make it a legitimate offline mode at some point, but for now players must be connected to the internet to access it and they won't receive progression rewards until they connect again. When will these updates come? "[Solo mode] will be improved once we improve this feature," head of community and global brand director Almir Listo said in a developer update video...
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Tomb Raider's Lara Croft Is the Newest Survivor Joining the Dead by Daylight Roster

Dead by Daylight's roster grows a little bigger today, as Behaviour Interactive announced that Tomb Raider protagonist Lara Croft is joining as a survivor in the hit asymmetrical horror game. In a press release, Behaviour Interactive confirmed that beginning July 16, those who wish to play as Lara Croft now can do so via the time-limited public test build available on Steam. "With her experiences and skillset, Lara Croft perfectly embodies the characteristics needed to survive in The Fog and is right at home in the world of Dead by Daylight alongside other iconic characters," Behaviour Interactive wrote. "Though she may be well-prepared for the Trials ahead, in the Entity's twisted world, the future is never promised." Behaviour...
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Tekken Chief Katsuhiro Harada Gets Remarkably Candid Discussing Why Soul Calibur Disappeared

It’s been six long years since the last Soul Calibur game, 2018’s Soulcalibur 6, and fans haven’t heard a peep out of Bandai Namco about a sequel. With Tekken seemingly the focus of the publisher’s fighting game ambition, the once-great Soul Calibur appears to have fallen by the wayside. But why? In a remarkably frank tweet, Tekken chief Katsuhiro Harada pointed the finger at a number of factors, including Bandai Namco itself. Harada responded to a tweet from a user who claimed that if Soul Calibur 2 had a director like Harada himself, then sales of that game and the series would have grown over time. The user even pointed to mechanics in the older Soul Calibur games that were ditched for more recent entries as a reason for the...
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Supervive (Nee Project Loki) First Preview: A Bold New Battle Royale

From the outside looking in, Supervive looks like many a top-down, twin-stick style shooter you may see on any given digital game store. It only takes a couple minutes after dropping into its massive battle royale-style map to see that it does more than just look like a beautifully modeled and animated computer action game you’ve might be familiar with, but it combines elements of many games from many genres to create a battle royale that is wholly unique, with a surprising amount to learn and do in each session outside of surviving against other teams. Clashes against enemies are frantic thanks to the big emphasis on fast and varied styles of movement and cleverly designed characters with abilities that interact with each other and...
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Epic Mickey: Rebrushed Release Date Confirmed

Disney's Epic Mickey: Rebrushed comes to PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X and S, Nintendo Switch, and PC on September 24, 2024. In the trailer, below, publisher THQ Nordic also revealed a $60 price for the remake and a $200 Collector's Edition. Those who preorder either edition of the single-player adventure also get three skins and 24 hours of early access, though the latter offer is not available to PC players. The Collector's Edition comes with a 28cm Mickey Mouse statue, an Oswald the Lucky Rabbit keychain, a vintage Mickey Mouse tin sign, six postcards, a steelbook, a digital costume pack, and the game itself for the $200 cost. "Join Mickey Mouse on a colourful adventure as he traverses Wasteland, a world...
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Earth Defense Force 6 Preview: Absolutely Loaded With Bugs (in a Good Way)

There aren't that many arcade shooter series left, folks. They've started to vanish, along with the middle-tier game developer and the dodo. There is, however, Earth Defense Force, the unapologetically arcade-y shooter that puts you and maybe some friends up against unending hordes of giant insects, alien invaders, robots, flying saucers, and extra-large kaiju in a battle to mow down the enemies of Earth no matter how many blocky collapsible buildings get leveled in the process. Yes, this year will see the international debut of Earth Defense Force 6, a game which series fans in the West have long awaited after its 2022 Japanese release. At five years since EDF5, I'm happy to say that after spending plenty of time with a pre-release...
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The Best Power Banks for Switch Are Back on Sale For a Limited Time in the UK

The perfect power bank to use with your Steam Deck or Nintendo Switch is back on sale in the UK right now. We are, of course, talking about the INIU 140W 27000mAh Fast Charging Portable Charger, available on Amazon for just £37.98 right now (see here). Ensure you use the listed voucher (35% off) and promo code 995LXLXE to get the full discount. The last time we saw a discount like this, it sold out before the end of the day, so act fast! This incredibly affordable INIU power bank is ideal for portable gaming systems like the Steam Deck or the Switch. It boasts super-fast charging capabilities, a robust battery capacity, and a sleek design. It's our favourite pick for portable gaming, and well worth it at such a discounted price. But...
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Midnight Murder Club Revealed from Knockout City Developers

Velan Studios, makers of Knockout City, Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit, and Hot Wheels Rift Rally, has announced Midnight Murder Club, a new six-player first-person hide-and-seek multiplayer party game where all you'll have in order to survive against other players are a flashlight, a revolver, and your wits. It's due out on PC via Steam in Fall 2024. Midnight Murder Club is planning four game modes for launch: a traditional Deathmatch (in regular or 2v2v2 team variants); Free For All, which values deadliness above all else; Hunter/Hunted, in which two players become Hunters and try to prevent the rest from locating and burning four hidden effigies; and Thief in the Night, where teams of two try to steal more valuables than the other...
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GTA Online: Bottom Dollar Bounties Update Out Now — Here’s What It Does

GTA Online’s big summer 2024 update, called Bottom Dollar Bounties, is out now across PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X and S, Xbox One, and PC alongside the release of patch 1.69 for Grand Theft Auto 5. Players assume the role of “the new lead dog” for Bottom Dollar Bail Enforcement, and work with notorious bounty hunter Maude Eccles’ daughter, junior assistant bounty hunter Jenette, to take down targets. Elsewhere, LSPD officer Vincent Effenburger provides new off-the-books Dispatch Work. New rides include three new Law Enforcement vehicles, below, new Drift Tuning upgrades for select vehicles, as well as new tools and props in the Creator. Declasse Impaler SZ Cruiser Bravado Greenwood Cruiser Bravado Dorado Cruiser...
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Mortal Kombat 1 Dataminer Unearths What Looks Like the Next 6 DLC Characters

An established Mortal Kombat 1 dataminer has revealed what he believes to be the next six DLC characters coming to the game. Dataminer @interloko, who IGN has reported on before, released a video on YouTube that details six upcoming characters, five new announcers, and two new arenas, all found in the Mortal Kombat 1 game files. Warning: potential spoilers for upcoming Mortal Kombat 1 content follow: Mortal Kombat 1 is set to round out the six DLC characters included in Kombat Pack 1 with the release of Takeda in July alongside final Kameo character Ferra. Thoughts have now turned to the inevitable Kombat Pack 2 and which DLC characters developer NetherRealm has up its sleeve for the gory fighting game. According to Interloko, the...
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