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As I get older I find more and more pleasure in things that are pared back and aren’t expansive, seven hundred-hour experiences. I like limitations, things that either through choice or circumstance have something imposed on the design and the player. Straftat is a new free FPS that looks to be exactly up my street […]
When I think of the best space games, I imagine fast, frantic combat with missiles and lasers flying across the stars – I’ll always be more enamored by the speed of Everspace 2’s action than the lumbering weight of Starfield ships. Further distilling that essence down, Nova Drift is a high-octane roguelike that finally launched […]
If you’re looking to massively bump up the storage in your Steam Deck, or other handheld gaming device, then this Corsair gaming SSD deal is a bargain right now. With a $10 discount and an extra $30 saving to be made with a discount code, this offer gets you a 2TB drive for just under […]
You’d be forgiven if you’d never heard of the original Rivals of Aether – it was an excellent but niche Smash Bros-style fighting game with a modest yet dedicated audience. However, thanks to its slick new look and the clout of a well-known livestreamer, there’s a better chance of you hearing about Rivals of Aether […]
Gaming has a fascination with the apocalypse, and it’s easy to see why. The wasteland offers a fresh start, a wiping clean of the slate, while also letting you comb through the remnants of the world that’s gone before. Zero Sievert is a game that delves deep into the shattered ruins of the Earth, making […]
If I had a penny for every deckbuilder released recently I would have at least several shiny pennies. That’s not to say we’re overwhelmed with them by any means, but deckbuilding games are definitely a genre on the rise. Thankfully, there are several titles that are aiming to provide unique variations, and Technotopia is one […]
The Arc Raiders system requirements have been revealed with the first technical playtest taking place on October 24 and lasting four full days. These aren’t the final specs, but they do offer a great insight into where the system requirements may sit come the 2025 release date. With technical tests, the listed specs can sometimes […]
Did you have a fine old time in Blackreach, the mazy, Dwemer-built underside of Skyrim’s sprawling mountain map? Do you like murdering Ents in slow motion? Do you want to see smells? You might be interested in The Axis Unseen, which has just launched on Steam – it’s the work of former Bethesda developer […]
Choosing to launch your new PC game without including a Steam version can feel like a scary prospect. The Valve storefront maintains a seemingly unassailable cultural presence, even as the likes of GOG, the Epic Games Store, and Microsoft’s Xbox App offer alternatives. Dark fantasy FPS Witchfire did just that, and having now launched on […]
The arrival this week of Once Human update The Way of Winter sees the sci-fi survival game climbing again on Steam. The new PvE scenario has brought the game back above 100,000 concurrent players for the first time in October, threatening to reclaim its crown from returning champion Rust, but has come with a number […]