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GTA Online's first new heist in years is heading to the Kortz Center
Rockstar is giving GTA Online players a July art-gallery job and a free current-gen GTA 5 upgrade for eligible PS4 and Xbox One owners.
Short Games Respect the Clock We Actually Have
A huge open world can be wonderful, but the six-hour game is starting to feel like a gift: focused, memorable, and honest about the time players can spare.
Steam Next Fest's AI labels are now part of the demo hunt
Eurogamer found 1,704 Steam Next Fest demos with generative AI disclosures on SteamDB. That does not make every demo suspect, but it does make the label worth checking before you wishlist.
The EU said no to a game preservation law, but Stop Killing Games is not dead
The European Commission will not force publishers to keep games playable after shutdowns. It is still opening talks on end-of-life standards, which gives players a narrower but real pressure point.
Luna Abyss launched well, then its team was reportedly laid off
Kwalee Labs CEO Hollie Emery says the entire Luna Abyss team has been made redundant only weeks after launch. The shooter is still worth playing, but the timing is a nasty reminder that good reviews do not always protect developers.
The Best PC Gaming Launcher Is the One You Forget Exists
Steam earned trust by fading into the background. Rival launchers can compete, but only if they stop turning every play session into account maintenance.
Xbox's smaller studios are reportedly trying to survive outside the machine
Reports say Double Fine, Ninja Theory, Compulsion Games, and other Xbox teams are exploring buyouts or spin-offs as closures loom. For players, the worry is simple: what happens to the strange, personal games Xbox once promised to protect?
Dan Houser just explained why GTA survives players ignoring the plot
Houser reportedly says Rockstar worlds work because players can make their own trouble. That is the part GTA 6 has to nail, not just the next big story trailer.
MOLE turns horror into a machine you have to keep alive
Off Black Creations has launched MOLE on Steam, a short psychological horror sim about a lone Navigator, a colossal drill, and the terrible business of learning what all those levers do.
Give Me the Messy Game With a Pulse
Perfect games are nice. The ones players remember for decades are often stranger: rough, stubborn, full of ideas, and impossible to mistake for anything else.
Croakwood wants the Anno brain buzz without the panic spiral
Texel Raptor's frog townbuilder keeps production chains, custom homes, and fussy residents, but drops war, timers, and hard collapse states. That might be exactly the comfort-management niche players need.
Dead by Daylight is planning the next decade, not a sequel
Behaviour's 10th anniversary roadmap puts Jason Voorhees, Terrifier, community chapters, modding tools, and a 2027 visual overhaul on the same board.
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We Were Wrong About Neverwinter Nights 2: Enhanced Edition
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Steamletter makes free Steam games easier to catch, but mind the notification trap
A small Android tracker has reportedly sent more than 600,000 alerts for free-to-keep Steam games. …
Best short games to finish in one weekend
A tighter backlog list for players who want a full game, a real ending, and no second job pretendin…
ESP32 is the tiny board behind some wonderfully weird DIY gaming gadgets
A new ESP-NOW HD voice project is a neat excuse to look at why ESP32 boards keep showing up in pock…
AI Dungeon is weirdest when you stop treating it like a normal RPG
AI Dungeon is a text adventure where the story answers back. New players will have a better first h…
Foundry VTT is still the power-user answer to online RPG nights
Foundry Virtual Tabletop asks more from the GM than a throwaway browser room, but regular RPG group…
Why Wait for the Sold-Out Steam Controller 2.0? Turn Your Steam Deck Into the Ultimate PC Gamepad
Valve’s second-generation controller sold out in under an hour. But if you own a Steam Deck, you al…