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Honkai: Star Rail Version 3.6 brings new forms for Dan Heng and March 7th, and you can earn one of them for free

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Honkai: Star Rail will deliver new forms to two of the game's most beloved characters in the upcoming Version 3.6 update.

New Magic the Gathering x Final Fantasy card art might be a tease for 7 Remake Part 3, might be just another Tetsuya Nomura cryptic tease

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Magic: The Gathering's Final Fantasy Commander Decks Are Packed With Fun, Surprising References
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Magic: The Gathering’s Final Fantasy Collab Has A Card For Every Cid (With One Exception)
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Magic The Gathering May Have Weighed In On Final Fantasy 7 Canon
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Dragon Quest 7 is getting a full remake - and it's not HD-2D

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Dragon Quest 7 is getting the full remake treatment, as revealed at today's Nintendo Direct stream.

Here's everything announced in Nintendo's latest Direct

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It's Mario birthday! The moustachioed maestro is 40 this weekend, and Nintendo is in a celebratory mood. Its latest Dir…

Balatro's 1.1 update won't come out this year, so developer Localthunk can keep working at a healthy pace

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Balatro's 1.1 update won't come out in 2025 developer Localthunk has announced.

Slay the Spire 2 has been delayed but it wasn't Silksong's fault, promise

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Slay the Spire 2, the sequel to the roguelike deck-building game that spawned a genre, has been delayed. Developer Mega…

French Lara Croft actor starts lawsuit over alleged AI-generated voice lines in Aspyr's Tomb Raider remasters

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French Lara Croft voice actor Françoise Cadol is reportedly taking legal action against Aspyr over alleged AI-generated lines in Tomb Raider IV-VI remastered.

Slay the Spire 2's early access release delayed to a "secret Thursday" in March 2026, alternate acts teased

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Slay the Spire 2 developers Mega Crit have delayed the rogulike deckbuilder's early access launch to a "secret Thursday" in March next year.

French Lara Croft taking legal action against Aspyr for AI-generated voice use in Tomb Raider remasters

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Has an actor's voice been recreated by AI in the Tomb Raider 4-6 remasters? The actor thinks so.

The Dorfromantik devs are back with Star Birds, an enchanting asteroid factory game that's out now in early access

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Toukana Interactive's new "soft strategy" puzzler puts you in charge of a fleet of avian space miners.

Paradox apologise for Crusader Kings 3's Coronations DLC not being "up to the standard you deserve"

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The QA manager at Crusader Kings 3 developers PDS Black has penned an apology for the Coronations DLC releasing in a suboptimal state.

Here are our PS Plus Extra and Premium games for September

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Sony has revealed the additional games coming to its PS Plus subscription service this month for Extra and Premium subs…

Crusader Kings 3's Coronations DLC debuts to boos and jeers from the Steam review court, largely thanks to "broken" oath breaking

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Crusader Kings 3's Coronations DLC has debuted to mostly negative reviews on Steam amid complaints about its price and its oath breaking not working as intended

Edmund McMillen says the "big important bits" of Mewgenics are done, shows off 50 minutes of weird cat roguelikery

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The Binding of Isaac creator Edmund McMillen has shared 50 minutes worth of him playing his upcoming cat breeding roguelike Mewgenics.

The original PlayStation turns 30 years old in America today, so here are some nice stories about it

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Feeling spritely? This shouldn't help: the original PlayStation console was released 30 years ago today in the United S…

Somehow we're halfway through Honkai: Star Rail's Amphoreus storyline already, and Kafka and Silver Wolf are finally back, alongside the debuts of Hysilens and Cerydra

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Honkai: Star Rail’s latest version has been officially announced, and it all kicks off later this month.

Reports of mind control exaggerated as Pokemon Legends: Z-A debuts new Mega Evolution

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Mega Malamar debuts for Pokémon: Legends Z-A and promises to be everyone's best friend!

Honkai: Star Rail officially kicks off Fate/stay night collaboration with no boosted 4-stars and no plans for English VO - but there's a free character

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Honkai: Star Rail's long-awaited Fate/stay night collaboration event has finally arrived.

Zelda: Breath of the Wild is now MetaCritic’s #1 game in 2025, and that just feels weird

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The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild has muscled its way into MetaCritic’s list of the top-rated games released in 2025.

Do you know gun fu?

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Is gun fu just a bloody spectacle or a mildly transgressive practice? RPS investigates.

Rally Point: The ants are willing to die for me in Empires Of The Undergrowth

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Empires Of The Undergrowth is a strategy game about guiding a colony of ants towards growth and survival.

The Binding of Isaac creator's Mewgenics finally gets a release date, almost 13 years after it was announced

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Mewgenics finally has a release date! The endless cat breeding RPG will be released on 10th February, 2026 on PC. That's over 13 years since its announcement.

Infinity Nikki's latest update lets you build your dream home, and pal up with a Stardew Valley Junimo

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There’s a big new Infinity Nikki update out today, with a cross-over you may not expect - and a big new feature.

Layoffs confirmed at Civilization 7 developer Firaxis

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Fireaxis is the latest developer to be subject to layoffs.

Civilization 7 developers Firaxis have laid off an unspecified number of workers, 2K confirm

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Civilization 7 studio Firaxis have laid off an unspecified number of staff, 2K have confirmed to RPS.

Beloved Japanese racehorse that inspired Umamusume: Pretty Derby character has passed away

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Japanese racehorse Haru Urara, who inspired a character of the same name in popular gacha game Umamusume: Pretty Derby, has passed away.

My machine gun-toting choo-choo will enlengthen and ponder whirling orbs in Trainatic, which is out today

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Trainatic, a train builder about going on journeys to ponder orbs, is out today, September 8th, and we've played its demo.

Amazon's God of War TV series will finally start filming early next year, new report claims

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Amazon's God of War TV series will commence filming in March 2026.

Final Fantasy Tactics remake could "open the door" to a sequel if it sells well, says director

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A sequel to Final Fantasy Tactics could be on the cards if the forthcoming remake sells well, its director has teased.

In rare show of hacking for joy, Blue Archive player fills the world with clones of their favourite character

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Nexon's free gacha RPG underwent a strange transformation this weekend, thanks to one particular Koyuki nutter.

Honkai: Nexus Anima is MiHoYo Pokemon and you can register for the closed beta now

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MiHoYo may be about to dominate another subgenre of games, and take on a giant.

Epic finally revokes fraudulent V-Buck purchases on Xbox, but a "malfunctioning" refund system only causes more confusion

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Epic Games has sped up repercussions for Fortnite players who used V-Bucks and refunded them through an exploit on Xbox…

RoadCraft's first expansion adds a bridge layer, two new maps, and the option to make your life much tougher

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RoadCraft's first expansion, Rebuild adds in two new maps, vehicles like a bridge layer, and some advanced difficulty options.

Nine months after release, Marvel Rivals will arrive on your aging PS4

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Marvel Rivals is set to release on PS4 later this month, alongside the hero shooter's fourth season.

26 years later, this excellent 4X space strategy game still has plenty of firepower, and it's also now free

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Aged 4X enthusiasts might want to check out this new and spruced-up version of a 26-year-old classic.

Honkai: Star Rail Version 3.4 will finally introduce those Fate/stay night collab characters you've been hearing about

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HoYoverse has delivered a bunch of new announcements, also including Phainon's long-awaited playable debut, plus new content for team Stellaron Hunter.

Palworld Mod Restores Pal Gliding Feature Cut By Nintendo

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Palworld Throws Shade At Nintendo With Its New Terraria Collab
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Palworld's Terraria collab is coming this summer, though I have some questions about it
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Palworld Tides of Terraria Crossover Arrives Alongside Summer Update
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Paradox apologizes for botching yet another DLC release: 'It hurts so much when we f**k up like this'

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Crusader Kings 3: Coronations landed yesterday with a distinct splat.

I jumped into the management god game Sintopia, only to have all my devil workers go on strike because I spent too much money on punishing sinners

PC Gamer -

I gave them a restroom and a motivational poster—what more could I have done?

Stellaris' Shadows of the Shroud DLC will make communing with cosmic entities more rewarding later this month

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Prepare for a psionic overhaul on September 22.

The most exciting new turn-based strategy game of 2025 throws together Jagged Alliance and Warhammer 40,000 in a dark sci-fi sandbox

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Menace is an ambitious and brutal procedurally-generated playground.

September's PS Plus monthly games are now available

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Those PlayStation Plus subscribers among us are now able to access the monthly games for September.

The Blood Ravens' Chapter Master Gabriel Angelos won't be in Dawn of War 4 so it can focus on relatively 'normal' heroes instead

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Where's Gabriel?

Crusader Kings 3 players have struck out on nearly 5 million seduction attempts, but we still don't know how many Popes have been kidnapped

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Give us the real CK3 stats!

Total War: Warhammer 3's new random locations can cause a game-ending plague, plant nukes under your settlements, or even buff you in all future campaigns thanks to the power of Tzeentchian time-warpe

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Creative Assembly really cooked with its latest batch of reality-altering Unusual Locations.

Chill simulation strategy game Plan B: Terraform has hit 1.0

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Terraform and chill.

Stardew Valley will be getting another update after all

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Just months after revealing there'd be no more Stardew Valley updates until Haunted Chocolatier released, creator Eric …

Darkest Dungeon 2 is free this weekend on Steam as horrible mosquito folk swarm the Kingdom

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Red Hook's roguelite RPG Darkest Dungeon 2 gets its first free weekend on Steam to mark the launch of the Curse of the Court update for Kingdoms mode.

The creators of Duskers are making a twisted dungeon roguelike driven by love and contempt for chess

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Misfits Attic reveal an 80s-style roguelike with plenty of secrets and combat based on classic chess maneouvres.

Hollow Knight: Silksong's release date causes delays for more games than you might think

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Have you heard of a game called Hollow Knight Silksong? Silly question - the chances are you heard little else during G…

Rally Point: Crop to Selection

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Sin serves a strategy smorgasbord with dispatches from Pioneers of Pagonia, Lord of Rigel, Citystate 2, and Let Them Trade.

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 sequel or DLC confirmed: it's only "one of the stories that we want to tell"

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Sandfall Interactive are making a follow-up to Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, but whether it's a sequel or a sizeable DLC pack remains to be seen.

Coffee convos, demonic detectives, and cow life simming are part of a pro-Palestine charity bundle coming to Itch.io

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Play for Peace - Games for Palestine, a bundle of 382 games on Itch,io aiming to raise money for a Palestinian refugee charity, is set to go live soon.

Vaults are open, flames are thrown and ghouls are sick, as Doom mod Fallout: Bakersfield shows off more shootering

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Doom mod Fallout: Bakersfield, which recreates the original Fallout's Necropolis as the setting of a shooter, has shown off some more gameplay.

Baldur's Gate 3 custom campaign mod recreates the original Baldur's Gate's Candlekeep and prologue

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A new Baldur's Gate 3 custom mini-campaign mod aims to recreate the original Baldur's Gate's prologue, complete with library fortress Candlekeep.

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is "not the end" of the franchise, director confirms

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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 director Guillaume Broche has said the game is "not the end" of the series.

The creator of Dread Delusion is making a turn-based JRPG set in another Morrowindy fantasy world

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Entropy is Final Fantasy but set in a world of "barren lands", demons and "inexplicable infertility".

Here are our PS Plus Monthly games for September

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September's PS Plus games.

PlayStation CEO doesn't want first party studios to "play it safe" but "fail early and cheaply"

Eurogamer -

PlayStation CEO Hermen Hulst wants the company to mitigate expensive risks with its future games, following last year's…

Demonschool delayed due to Hollow Knight Silksong release, "the GTA of indie games"

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Demonschool, the forthcoming RPG Eurogamer described as "Persona meets Buffy", has been delayed once again due to the s…

It's a bank holiday here, please talk amongst yourselves

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It's a free and simple territory control game from hobbyist dev snow-kiss, in which you switch your tiles between rock,…

Creator of Stardew Valley doesn't charge for collabs with other games, does it to please players

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The creator of Stardew Valley - Concerned Ape - has revealed they've never made any money off in-game crossovers.

Two Point Museum getting spoof video game exhibits in free Digiverse update next week

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Two Point Museum is set to receive a free update next week adding digital exhibits.

Pokémon TCG Pocket's next booster pack out next week

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The next booster pack coming to Pokémon TCG Pocket has been revealed, and it's out next week.

Daedalic reveal story-driven Star Trek: Voyager strategy game in which you can betray everything Janeway ever stood for

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Created by gameXcite, Star Trek: Voyager - Across The Unknown asks you to manage a ship and crew and tackle 'what if' scenarios in the distant Delta Quadrants.

Pokémon Legends Z-A goes full survival horror with a Resident Evil-style spoof to reveal its latest Mega Evolution

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Mega Victreebel has been revealed for Pokémon Legends: Z-A and its quite bouncy...

Lost Hellden is an action JRPG from veteran Final Fantasy and Gravity Rush developers, here's a new gameplay trailer

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JRPG Lost Hellden has received a gameplay trailer to show off its "Deep 2D" painted art style and action battle system.

Mount and Blade 2's massive War Sails expansion delivers viking death metal in this new trailer—and don't worry, it's not delayed again

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War Sails is still set to launch sometime this fall.

Tropico 7 announced for PC and consoles, and it's coming to Game Pass on day one

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Tropico 7 is being helmed by Gaming Minds Studios (Port Royale 4, Railway Empire 2) and features a new story campaign playing out across 5 maps.

Triangle Strategy Makes Its Xbox Debut

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Three years after its debut, Square Enix game Triangle Strategy finally set sail for the PS5 and Xbox Series X at gamescom 2025.

Dawn of War 4 is a "modern interpretation" of Dawn of War 1 with some cool Adeptus Mechanicus, er, mechanics

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Relic's original Warhammer 40,000 RTS from 2006 is Dawn Of War 4's "guiding star", say the fourth game's developers.

Civilization 7's latest update has "hit mods harder than usual", but for a good reason

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Firaxis have released Civilization 7's update 1.2.4, and it delivers the likes of wonder balancing, but has tripped up more mods than is usually the case.

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Honkai: Star Rail Version 3.6 brings new forms for Dan Heng and March 7th, and you can earn one of them for free

New Magic the Gathering x Final Fantasy card art might be a tease for 7 Remake Part 3, might be just another Tetsuya Nomura cryptic tease

Dragon Quest 7 is getting a full remake - and it's not HD-2D

Here's everything announced in Nintendo's latest Direct

Balatro's 1.1 update won't come out this year, so developer Localthunk can keep working at a healthy pace

Slay the Spire 2 has been delayed but it wasn't Silksong's fault, promise

French Lara Croft actor starts lawsuit over alleged AI-generated voice lines in Aspyr's Tomb Raider remasters

Slay the Spire 2's early access release delayed to a "secret Thursday" in March 2026, alternate acts teased

French Lara Croft taking legal action against Aspyr for AI-generated voice use in Tomb Raider remasters

The Dorfromantik devs are back with Star Birds, an enchanting asteroid factory game that's out now in early access

Paradox apologise for Crusader Kings 3's Coronations DLC not being "up to the standard you deserve"

Here are our PS Plus Extra and Premium games for September

Crusader Kings 3's Coronations DLC debuts to boos and jeers from the Steam review court, largely thanks to "broken" oath breaking

Edmund McMillen says the "big important bits" of Mewgenics are done, shows off 50 minutes of weird cat roguelikery

The original PlayStation turns 30 years old in America today, so here are some nice stories about it

Somehow we're halfway through Honkai: Star Rail's Amphoreus storyline already, and Kafka and Silver Wolf are finally back, alongside the debuts of Hysilens and Cerydra

Reports of mind control exaggerated as Pokemon Legends: Z-A debuts new Mega Evolution

Honkai: Star Rail officially kicks off Fate/stay night collaboration with no boosted 4-stars and no plans for English VO - but there's a free character

Zelda: Breath of the Wild is now MetaCritic’s #1 game in 2025, and that just feels weird

Do you know gun fu?

Rally Point: The ants are willing to die for me in Empires Of The Undergrowth

The Binding of Isaac creator's Mewgenics finally gets a release date, almost 13 years after it was announced

Infinity Nikki's latest update lets you build your dream home, and pal up with a Stardew Valley Junimo

Layoffs confirmed at Civilization 7 developer Firaxis

Civilization 7 developers Firaxis have laid off an unspecified number of workers, 2K confirm

Beloved Japanese racehorse that inspired Umamusume: Pretty Derby character has passed away

My machine gun-toting choo-choo will enlengthen and ponder whirling orbs in Trainatic, which is out today

Amazon's God of War TV series will finally start filming early next year, new report claims

Final Fantasy Tactics remake could "open the door" to a sequel if it sells well, says director

In rare show of hacking for joy, Blue Archive player fills the world with clones of their favourite character

Honkai: Nexus Anima is MiHoYo Pokemon and you can register for the closed beta now

Epic finally revokes fraudulent V-Buck purchases on Xbox, but a "malfunctioning" refund system only causes more confusion

RoadCraft's first expansion adds a bridge layer, two new maps, and the option to make your life much tougher

Nine months after release, Marvel Rivals will arrive on your aging PS4

26 years later, this excellent 4X space strategy game still has plenty of firepower, and it's also now free

Honkai: Star Rail Version 3.4 will finally introduce those Fate/stay night collab characters you've been hearing about

Palworld Mod Restores Pal Gliding Feature Cut By Nintendo

Paradox apologizes for botching yet another DLC release: 'It hurts so much when we f**k up like this'

I jumped into the management god game Sintopia, only to have all my devil workers go on strike because I spent too much money on punishing sinners

Stellaris' Shadows of the Shroud DLC will make communing with cosmic entities more rewarding later this month

The most exciting new turn-based strategy game of 2025 throws together Jagged Alliance and Warhammer 40,000 in a dark sci-fi sandbox

September's PS Plus monthly games are now available

The Blood Ravens' Chapter Master Gabriel Angelos won't be in Dawn of War 4 so it can focus on relatively 'normal' heroes instead

Crusader Kings 3 players have struck out on nearly 5 million seduction attempts, but we still don't know how many Popes have been kidnapped

Total War: Warhammer 3's new random locations can cause a game-ending plague, plant nukes under your settlements, or even buff you in all future campaigns thanks to the power of Tzeentchian time-warpe

Chill simulation strategy game Plan B: Terraform has hit 1.0

Stardew Valley will be getting another update after all

Darkest Dungeon 2 is free this weekend on Steam as horrible mosquito folk swarm the Kingdom

The creators of Duskers are making a twisted dungeon roguelike driven by love and contempt for chess

Hollow Knight: Silksong's release date causes delays for more games than you might think

Rally Point: Crop to Selection

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 sequel or DLC confirmed: it's only "one of the stories that we want to tell"

Coffee convos, demonic detectives, and cow life simming are part of a pro-Palestine charity bundle coming to Itch.io

Vaults are open, flames are thrown and ghouls are sick, as Doom mod Fallout: Bakersfield shows off more shootering

Baldur's Gate 3 custom campaign mod recreates the original Baldur's Gate's Candlekeep and prologue

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is "not the end" of the franchise, director confirms

The creator of Dread Delusion is making a turn-based JRPG set in another Morrowindy fantasy world

Here are our PS Plus Monthly games for September

PlayStation CEO doesn't want first party studios to "play it safe" but "fail early and cheaply"

Demonschool delayed due to Hollow Knight Silksong release, "the GTA of indie games"

It's a bank holiday here, please talk amongst yourselves

Creator of Stardew Valley doesn't charge for collabs with other games, does it to please players

Two Point Museum getting spoof video game exhibits in free Digiverse update next week

Pokémon TCG Pocket's next booster pack out next week

Daedalic reveal story-driven Star Trek: Voyager strategy game in which you can betray everything Janeway ever stood for

Pokémon Legends Z-A goes full survival horror with a Resident Evil-style spoof to reveal its latest Mega Evolution

Lost Hellden is an action JRPG from veteran Final Fantasy and Gravity Rush developers, here's a new gameplay trailer

Mount and Blade 2's massive War Sails expansion delivers viking death metal in this new trailer—and don't worry, it's not delayed again

Tropico 7 announced for PC and consoles, and it's coming to Game Pass on day one

Triangle Strategy Makes Its Xbox Debut

Dawn of War 4 is a "modern interpretation" of Dawn of War 1 with some cool Adeptus Mechanicus, er, mechanics

Civilization 7's latest update has "hit mods harder than usual", but for a good reason

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