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Final Sentence Pronounced
Polden and Button Mash announce Final Sentence, a new type of battle royale coming to PC via Steam in Q2 of this year. Rather than rewarding your aim or ability to avoid combat, this puts the focus...
Wednesdays Released
Wednesdays is now available on Steam, offering a visual novel that takes on the disturbing topic of sexual abuse of children, which is some heavy lifting for a videogame. The Windows and macOS game...
Demos and Freebies
Pirates Outlaws 2: Heritage on Steam (Windows). "Pirates Outlaws 2 is a swashbuckling roguelike deckbuilder. Collect & fuse cards, gather powerful relics and adapt your strategy during each run....
Release Dates
Asgard's Fall - Viking Survivors - Release Date Announcement. April 9th. Maze Mice - Coming to Early Access on May 2nd - Trailer. Moroi - Official Release Date Announce Trailer. April 30th. Quantum...
Business and Finance
GameStop Stock Surges as Video Game Retailer Adds Bitcoin to Its Investment Policy - Yahoo! Finance. When your meme stock memes.
Engagement Ring
inZOI has become the most wishlisted game on Steam, but I wouldn't get too caught up in the hype - TechRadar.
Vampire: the Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 Delayed
A new Game Update video for Vampire: the Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 discusses the status of the action/RPG sequel. Word right up front is the game is "done," before resetting expectations of what that...
Wildgate Announced
Moonshot Games announces Wildgate, a crew-based, multiplayer first-person shooter set in space, where no one can hear you go wild. This promises "action-packed emergent gameplay with explosive...
The Darkest Files Released
The Darkest Files is now available on GOG.com* and Steam, offering a detective/courtroom adventure for Windows and macOS from Paintbucket Games. This self-published spiritual successor to Through the...
Game Informer Returns
A post on Game Informer informs us that Game Informer is once again Game Informer, as the site and entire staff are back following a shutdown last August. There's also a video covering the news....
Playtest Signups
Shadow of the Road on Steam (Windows). "Shadow of the Road is a story-driven, turn-based RPG where feudal Japan meets magic and machine. Assemble your team from a diverse set of characters and test...
Release Dates
Soulslinger- Envoy of Death - Release Date Announcement. April 17th. Sunderfolk release date and more announced at Dreamhaven showcase hosted by The Game Awards - Eurogamer.net. April 23rd.
Quoteworthy
After 23 years of making Dwarf Fortress, even its creator is still 'terrified' of drowning all his dwarves with aquifers- 'Part of the problem is we are just not good at videogames' - PC Gamer.
On Sale
Leisure Suit Larry Complete Collection Bundle 2025 (pay what you want and help charity) - Humble.* EARTH DEFENSE FORCE COLLECTION (pay what you want and help charity) - Humble.* *Blue's News may...
NVIDIA Project G-Assist Launches
NVIDIA announces Project G-Assist, a new AI Assistant for owners of NVIDIA RTX graphic cards. Rather than help you glue the cheese on your pizza and solve other IRL problems, it uses AI to help...
Breakout Beyond Released
Atari announces Breakout Beyond is now available for PC and consoles, offering the latest new twist on a classic IP from the now-defunct first iteration the Atari brand. While the original arcade...
The HELL - City Builder of the Dead Demo
A playable demo is live on Steam for The HELL - City Builder of the Dead, a strategy game that seems to ignore the three rules of real estate: location, location, location. If it seems like it was...
The Deadly Path Released
On the same subject as above, The Deadly Path is now available for Windows on Steam, offering, yes, another management game set in hell. This one promises roguelike strategy where you gather...
More Game Releases
theHunter- Call of the Wild - Rapid Hunt Rifle Pack on Steam (Windows). "Gear up for a new level of hunting with the Rapid Hunt Rifle Pack, featuring three semi automatic rifles known for their...
Demos and Freebies
Monster Crown: Sin Eater on Steam (Windows). "Hand-craft your team of perfect Monsters and wage a one-man war against fate and the world in the Crown Nation! With a True Crossbreeding system, every...
Release Dates
Memoriapolis - Launch Date Reveal Trailer. April 30th. SWAT Commander: Prologue - Release Date Trailer. April 4th. Viscerafest - Full Release Date Announcement Trailer. April 14th.
Rumor Mill
Half-Life 3 May Be Getting Close to Release, as the Game Is Reportedly in the Optimization Phase - Rumor - Wccftech.
Steam City Builder & Colony Sim Fest
The Steam City Builder & Colony Sim Fest is underway, offering a weeklong chance to be large and in charge by testing your ability to lead your people to greatness (or at least less terribleness)....
Folklands Early Access
Early Access to Folklands is now underway on Steam, offering the first chance to folk around in this settlement builder from Light Up Games and Bromantic. This shows it's for Windows and Linux, and...
Dark Deity 2 Released
Dark Deity 2 is now available for Windows on Steam, offering a turn-based tactics sequel from Sword & Axe and indie.io. This is a follow-up to the crowdfunded original, which may be unexpectedly in...
Sintopia Announced
Team17 and Piraknights Games announce Sintopia, a business simulation where you toil hell coming to PC this year. This is not the first comparison between the hellishness of bureaucracy and torturous...
More Game Releases
SONOKUNI on Steam (Windows). "Battle your way through a biopunk and Japanese mythology-inspired landscape filled with over-the-top, hip hop-infused 2D action. A single hit means death, but use your...
Demos and Freebies
ALL WILL FALL: Physics-Based Survival City Builder on Steam (Windows). "A post-apocalyptic city builder where every structure can collapse. Master a unique physics-based 3D construction system,...
Rumor Mill
Warner Bros was working on a Mario Kart-like crossover game - VGC.
Quoteworthy
One of Valve's original executives shares a very simple secret to its success- 'You can't use up your credibility' by trying to make bad games work - PC Gamer. Disco Elysium staff say rival projects...
SILENT HILL f AU Classification Questioned
Yesterday's report that SILENT HILL f was Refused Classification in Australia has come into question. GameSpot points to some social media posts, including from former contributor Edmond Tran saying...
The First Berserker: Khazan Reviews
With The First Berserker: Khazan set to go berserk in a couple of days, reviews are arriving for this hardcore action/RPG based in the Dungeon & Fighter (DNF) universe. The playable demo remains on...
Psycho Patrol R Early Access
Early Access is now underway on Steam for Psycho Patrol R, a first-person shooter with a decidedly throwback feel from Consumer Softproducts. This post covers the launch, carefully setting...
Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing's "Triumphant Return"
Margarite Entertainment announces Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing "will be making its triumphant return to Steam in Q2 2025!" Triumphant is an interesting perspective for a game that earned a hate-fill...
More Game Releases
Airlock Arena: Profit or Perish on Steam (Windows). "Strap in, space slugs! Join forces with up to three buddies in this chaotic multiplayer roguelike. Dodge treacherous asteroid fields, outsmart...
Demos and Freebies
Bigfoot Life Demo on Steam (Windows). "A simulator game where you live life as Bigfoot. Catch fish, forage for mushrooms and berries, build shelters, and more. Be the legend and live your best...
Release Dates
Kdomon: Hyper Auto Battlers - 1.0 Release Date Trailer - Launching April 7th.
Rumor Mill
Battlefield Labs Leak Confirm the Return of Two Features; Menu Quick Look Surfaces - MP1st.
SILENT HILL f Refused Classification in Australia
The Australian Classification Website reveals SILENT HILL f is the latest game to run afoul of Australia's guidelines governing content in video games (thanks Press Start). These rules are...
Minecraft Plans Do Not Include Sequel
A Minecraft LIVE 2025 Recap is here, reflecting a presentation from Mojang about the voxel-powered sandbox adventure. Here's the VOD version of the show, described as "jam packed," with its game...
Rumor Mill
A new God of War side-story project' set in Greece is coming this year, it's claimed - VGC.
Quoteworthy
'We all got laid off', says former Deck Nine narrative designer, after no-one was around to pick up Life is Strange- Double Exposure's GDC Awards win - PC Gamer.
Engagement Ring
Assassin's Creed Shadows Hits 2 Million Players 2 Days After Release, Ubisoft Says It's Now Surpassed Origins and Odyssey Launches - IGN. Two thirds of total PC playtime last year was on games that...
Issues and Activism
How Gamergate foreshadowed the toxic hellscape that the internet has now become - CNN. An FPS studio pulled its game from Steam after it got caught linking to malware disguised as a demo, but the...
Sunday Patches
Official patch. Myst - The Rime update is now LIVE. Thanks PC Gamer.
Sunday Multiplex
Thanks Ant. Malevolent Madness - Official Trailer. Launches next week. Official trailers. Content creator videos. The Origins of Dwarf Fortress - Dwarf Fortress Series (Episode One) - Noclip....
Get Amerzone: The Explorer's Legacy for Free
Amerzone: The Explorer's Legacy for Windows and macOS is now available for free on GOG.com,* and this point-and-click adventure is yours to keep if you stake your claim this weekend. We guessed a...
Renown Open Beta Playtest
A playtest is underway for Renown to help prepare RDBK Studios' action/adventure for its impending Early Access launch. You can request access on Steam, but this post refers to the playtest as an "ope...
Demos and Freebies
Nightingale on Steam (Windows). "Nightingale is an open world survival crafting game, where you'll adventure across the mysterious and dangerous Fae Realms. As a daring Realmwalker, you'll defeat...
Rumor Mill
A New God of War Game Could be in Development at Santa Monica Studio - GameRant.
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