Tag: games

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,…
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…
The first gameplay footage from Astroneer studio’s next space game looks like co-op chaos on colorful planets, but I’m not crazy about the idea of timed missions in a hangout game

The first gameplay footage…

Today we got our first look at gameplay from Starseeker: Astroneer Expeditions, the next game from Astroneer developer System…
Enginefall asks ‘What if Snowpiercer was Rust and DayZ’ in a game with great vision and so-so execution

Enginefall asks ‘What if…

I’ll be honest, if you asked me to run down a list of good settings for a survival/crafting extraction…
As Destiny 2 hits its lowest ever daily peak for Steam concurrent players, Bungie U-turns on controversial plan to reset player power next season

As Destiny 2 hits…

All is not well in Destiny 2. Last month I detailed my many issues with the Edge of Fate…
Vampire Survivors devs say online co-op mode is ‘coming soon’—along with the answer to ‘a burning question that has been asked thousands of times’

Vampire Survivors devs say…

Vampire Survivors is aptly named—because of all the vampire stuff, sure, but more because it stubbornly refuses to die.…
Thank God: The new Hell Let Loose will only have ‘historically authentic’ frogs

Thank God: The new…

It’s a pretty great time for lovers of historical fiction in their videogames. Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 is a…
‘We give players what they want’: Battlefield 6 devs sing the praises of Battlefield Labs and chatty players, ‘We believe in the power of tapping into the community’

‘We give players what…

It’s been apparent for some time now that Battlefield 6 is ready to break the internet, eat Call of…
‘We’re still on track to release *** *******’: Arc Raiders pokes fun at EA and Activision censorship while reminding players that they’re still coming for the end of the month

‘We’re still on track…

Word has spread about Arc Raiders’ censorship across EA and Activision. It may sound weird, but during the Call…