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Somebody finally figured out casual Counter-Strike

Somebody finally figured out casual Counter-Strike

If somebody asked me how to make Counter-Strike 2 more casual while still keeping…
Warhammer 40,000: Darktide’s getting a new roguelite wave defense mode that sounds a whole lot like a souped-up take on Killing Floor

Warhammer 40,000: Darktide’s getting a new roguelite wave defense mode that sounds a whole lot…

Fatshark has done a fair bit of fooling around with Darktide’s format offerings lately,…
‘Players don’t explore’: former Grand Theft Auto 6 and Red Dead Online designer lays out the perils of ‘open world fatigue’

‘Players don’t explore’: former Grand Theft Auto 6 and Red Dead Online designer lays out…

So there I am playing a game with a big, beautiful open world. It’s…
Nearly 2 years after its last update, the excellent Battle Brothers gets ‘a bucket load of fixes’ and free new content

Nearly 2 years after its last update, the excellent Battle Brothers gets ‘a bucket load…

It’s been eight years since the strategy-RPG Battle Brothers—turn-based Mount & Blade meets XCOM,…
Split Fiction is reportedly at the center of a bidding war for its movie rights

Split Fiction is reportedly at the center of a bidding war for its movie rights

It looks like Split Fiction is headed to the big screen: Less than a…
Gabe Newell is hooked on Stalker 2 and once he’s got the fourth ending (!) will ‘figure out what I’m going to play next’

Gabe Newell is hooked on Stalker 2 and once he’s got the fourth ending (!)…

It’s been one heck of a week for serious Valve news, thanks largely to…
Like a Dragon series director sums up why sidequests are essential to a great RPG with a single metaphor: ‘a good main dish alone will not earn you a Michelin star’

Like a Dragon series director sums up why sidequests are essential to a great RPG…

In a talk at San Francisco’s Game Developer’s Conference on Friday, Like a Dragon…
Bethesda marks Oblivion’s 19th with a sweetroll, a candle, and absolutely no happy birthday gift for fans eager for the still-unannounced remaster

Bethesda marks Oblivion’s 19th with a sweetroll, a candle, and absolutely no happy birthday gift…

The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion, the second or maybe third-best game in Bethesda’s long-running…
Valve’s DRM was inspired by an exec’s nephew, who ‘used a $500 check I’d sent him for school expenses and bought himself a CD-ROM replicator… he sent me a lovely thank you note’

Valve’s DRM was inspired by an exec’s nephew, who ‘used a $500 check I’d sent…

One of this year’s most interesting GDC talks was delivered by Monica Harrington, a…
REPO dev says it wasn’t actually inspired by Lethal Company, and started as a singleplayer cleaning game: ‘It was nice, but far from what REPO is now’

REPO dev says it wasn’t actually inspired by Lethal Company, and started as a singleplayer…

You’d be forgiven for thinking REPO is a lot like Lethal Company. Both games…