Games

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.

Dwarf Fortress is getting dinosaurs, because the caves were too safe

The June 25 Dino Update adds 100 extinct creatures, baby variants, dinomen, and new world settings. The important bit for players: the prehistoric chaos is optional.

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.