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Having your very own Subnautica 2 metal farm is a total game changer, especially when it comes to the resource-heavy late game story beats. That’s not to say that you won’t have to explore at all – you must have discovered the farthest reaches of the early access Subnautica 2 map to get a metal farm for yourself, but it will make everything past that point a bit easier.The second part of the story sees you discovering an Alien Power Plant, and you must fix the turbine to be able to power it up again. Just beyond this point, in…
Dragon Age: Inquisition's lead narrative designer is making an adventure game world "where the ordinary starts to feel like it is hiding something"
Efforts to start a blaze by huffing on the embers of BioWare’s legacy continue with the announcement of Studio Reset – a new Canadian independent whose members include veterans of Mass Effect, Dragon Age, and Anthem. The key personalities are Kaelin Lavallée, lead narrative designer on Dragon Age: Inquisition (*smiles, nods) and Mass Effect Andromeda (*frowns), who has also served as a designer in different capacities on The Long Dark. Kris Schoneberg, meanwhile, is Anthem’s former creative director and a former Mass Effect level designer. Francis Lacuna, finally, is a character artist and later, character director who has worked…
May 21, 2026: We last checked for more information on the next Minecraft update on May 21, and have ensured that our release date estimate is up to date. Minecraft update ‘drops’ occur every three months, introducing smaller, more thematic changes to the game on a more regular basis than the annual overhauls of years past. The next Minecraft update in the pipeline is Chaos Cubed, and as its name suggests, it involves a lot of chaos, and more than a few cubes. The current Minecraft update is Tiny Takeover; the update introduces baby mobs, name tags for your pets, and…
French union accuses Quantic Dream of ‘catastrophic project management’ over Spellcasters Chronicles shut down
Quantic Dream announced the shutdown of Spellcasters Chronicles after it was available for just three months, and a French labour union has some choice words for the publisher.As spotted by Game Developer, French labour union STJV (Le Syndicat des Travailleureuses du Jeu Vidéo) issued a statement on May 21, 2026, which accuses Quantic Dream management of “Catastrophic project management,” even after worker representatives “sounded the alarm about the project’s colossal risk level numerous times.”This follows the announcement of Spellcasters Chronicles’ shutdown, which Quantic Dream announced via social media on May 20, 2026. “Today, Quantic Dream is announcing the discontinuation of…
"Entire nations will hate you": Steam expert warns devs to use good regional pricing and localization if they don't want Silksong-style review bombs
Depending on where you live in the world, you’re bound to see different prices for games than you would do in another country, but one Steam and game sales expert warns devs and publishers that ignoring regional pricing – as well as localization – is a surefire way to make players “hate you.”Speaking in a talk about how to price games at Digital Dragons 2026 – attended by GamesRadar+ – Tom Kaczmarczyk, founder and CEO of business intelligence company IndieBI, discusses why devs shouldn’t just be thinking of their prices in US dollars. While he considers it “good practice” to…
Squabble over Disco Elysium's legacy continues as Hopetown studio recruit another ex-ZA/UM dev while dropping a new trailer on Zero Parades' release day
Today, May 21st, marks the release of ZA/UM’s Zero Parades, the studio’s Disco Elysium follow-up arriving following years of drama and turmoil surrounding the original game and the people who made it. So, naturally, one of numerous Disco-like games which have sprung up over the past few years has chosen that day to put out a new trailer, while also shouting about having recruited another former Disco Elysium developer. Read moreBird view / Isometric,RPG,Single Player,PC,Hopetown,Action Adventure#Squabble #Disco #Elysium039s #legacy #continues #Hopetown #studio #recruit #exZAUM #dev #dropping #trailer #Parades039 #release #day1779371890
Valve has just released the latest beta version of SteamOS that brings with it a massive list of bug fixes and tweaks to the Steam Deck’s operating system, including patching one of the more irritating issues we’ve encountered with the Steam Deck OLED. SteamOS 3.8.5 Beta: Second Clutch isn’t just for Steam Deck users, though, as it also includes changes for other devices that run the software, including the Asus ROG Ally and Lenovo Legion Go ranges of gaming handhelds. It’s the fix for the best gaming handheld of all, though, that caught our eye in this release. If you’ve…
Fans have been eagerly awaiting a longer look at the gameplay of Virtua Fighter 6, and they may have just got their wish via allegedly leaked footage.The footage appears to be an off-screen recording of an upcoming Virtua Fighter trailer. Gameplay sequences are spliced between interview footage of developers. The audio quality is quite poor, and very little dialogue can be heard or understood.The footage bears a bilibili watermark, indicating it was likely posted to the Chinese social network ahead of finding its way to Reddit.The allegedly leaked footage appears to show detailed animation work between fighters. It also bears…
Deep Rock Galactic roguelike spin-off launches to "Mostly Positive" Steam reviews that can't decide if they love or hate its timer and shared progression tool
Deep Rock Galactic: Rogue Core puts a roguelite spin on the beloved, bug-squashing, interplanetary dwarf series – not to be confused with the other DRG roguelike – and its Steam Early Access release is already making quite the impression. As is often the case on the internet, however, no once can quite agree on two of the game’s big new ideas.Since digging into Steam yesterday, Deep Rock Galactic: Rogue Core amassed almost 2,000 user reviews of which 70% were positive. That gives the game an average ‘Mostly Positive’ rating – not bad considering developer Ghost Ship Games predicts the game…
If you’re in the market for an Nvidia RTX 5080 gaming PC, you’ll want to pay very close attention to this deal from iBuyPower. The company is offering a wide range of discounts on pre-built gaming PCs as part of its Memorial Day sale, and the pick of the bunch is the massive $400 saving on one of its RTX 5080 PCs. This makes the PC so cheap that you physically can’t build an equivalent for the same cost, and this one comes ready-made with a three-year warranty. iBuyPower makes the RDY Y70 R17 system, which currently sits at the…