Tag: games

Helldivers 2 begins the long march back into the community’s good books with a technical patch that represents the ‘opening salvo’ in a battle for better performance

Helldivers 2 begins the…

Helldivers 2 is currently in the “it’s so over” phase of its live-service cycle. A dodgy Warbond plus a…
Shai Hulud defanged: In Dune: Awakening, your vehicles are no longer permanently lost if a sandworm eats them

Shai Hulud defanged: In…

I never overcame my fear of sandworms in Dune: Awakening, no matter how many times I crossed the desert.…
The original System Shock 2 is being removed from sale on Steam later this week

The original System Shock…

I can’t say I’m entirely surprised, but it’s still a little disappointing: The original 1999 edition of System Shock…
Paralives cheats: Every cheat code your parafolks need for living the easy life or causing a little chaos

Paralives cheats: Every cheat…

As I start my new life simming adventures in Paralives, I’ve realized that decades of using shortcuts in The…
Today’s Steam outage may have been part of a massive DDoS attack targeting Xbox, PlayStation, Riot, and other game companies

Today’s Steam outage may…

Steam went offline earlier today in an odd but thankfully brief hitch that may have been a small part…
Battlefield 6 dev says its destruction tech is so delicious for one simple reason: ‘The only magic trick is that we’re not on the PS4 or Xbox One any more’

Battlefield 6 dev says…

Battlefield 6 launches this Friday, the first entry in four years for a once-bombastic series that never got bad,…
You can now watch the first 13 minutes of 007: First Light, and the intro is giving serious Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes vibes

You can now watch…

007 First Light releases in just two days’ time, but developer IO Interactive had decided to give players desperate…
Star Citizen blasts through $1 billion in player funding, as its developer lists a new $5,000 spaceship for sale that is ‘not yet ready to play’

Star Citizen blasts through…

It finally happened. Star Citizen has officially surpassed $1 billion in player funding. Well, I say ‘finally’, it actually…
Game Pass subscribers ‘in certain countries’ will not be affected by the price increase, at least ‘for now,’ because sometimes government regulation is actually a good thing

Game Pass subscribers ‘in…

The big Game Pass price hike announced last week took an unexpected twist today as Microsoft has confirmed that…
I’m glad they didn’t release Subnautica 2 all at once—the episodic early access structure has me even more excited to explore its alien ocean

I’m glad they didn’t…

I’ve always thought the expression “Too much of a good thing” was a bit dumb. If a thing is…