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Valve’s upcoming Steam Machine reboot might not be as troubled by ongoing memory shortages as previously feared. Or, at least, not as delayed.
Free games for Steam Deck don’t exactly grow on trees, but if you’re willing to spend just $14.99, you can grab eight Steam Deck-friendly games worth over $219, thanks to this month’s Humble Choice selection. This game subscription service lets you download all eight titles from each month’s offering and keep them forever, with no obligation to pay again next month. If you end up playing all eight games, that’s a massive saving on their retail price. What’s more, seven of this month’s games are Steam Deck Verified, while the final one is still rated as Steam Deck Playable -…
The Pokémon Company has announced that it will premiere a “special video” during the upcoming Super Bowl LX.In a teaser trailer posted to social media, Jigglypuff – a Pokémon that can put other Pokémon to sleep with its voice – is seen in what appears to be a backstage green room.The trailer ends with the Pokémon 30 logo, and the date February 8.The Pokémon Company hasn’t said when the video will broadcast during the Super Bowl LX broadcast, but it may appear in one of the highly sought-after half-time commercial slots.This video is the latest in a long list of…
Amiibo cards are back, and I’m not talking about the Street Fighter 6 cards released alongside the Switch 2. Nintendo UK has restocked Animal Crossing amiibo card packs Series 1, 2, 3, 5, and even the mega-adorable Sanrio packs are available again.These aren’t brand-new releases, and instead, the Switch 2 accessories are the same old packs as before, if that’s not obvious from the old 3DS and WiiU inclusions on the packaging, but that’s still a big deal. There are a ton of fake versions of these cards around, and sealed packs continue to be sold at inflated prices at…
Apex Legends season 28 launches on February 10th, and appears to add competitive glazing to the now 7-year-old battle royale. The game’s “newest tactical mechanic”, so says the announcement post, is Hardlight Mesh, a glowy, bullet-resistant window that teams can either throw up to defend a hidey hole or, with enough lead, rockets, and/or angry kicks, break down to form a new ingress point. Holes in walls? That’s old hat. ApeLegs is disrupting holes in walls. There’ll probably be a TechCrunch article on it.
New Helldivers 2 update Into the Unjust has dropped in to deliver some serious managed democracy, and it’s already pushed the beloved co-op game all the way up to the top of Steam’s sales charts. The ‘Into the Unjust’ patch brings a new heavy tank stratagem into play, makes the Automatons more of a challenge, and sees the addition of the Siege Breakers warbond, which reintroduces one of the most beloved and powerful weapons from the original Helldivers. Helldivers 2 was my personal game of the year back in 2024. It’s been through many ups and downs as Arrowhead swung…
With Nioh 3, Team Ninja has made a ‘masocore’ game entirely its own.I can understand why Nioh 3 producer Fumihiko Yasuda and the team refer to Nioh and their other tough-as-nails titles as ‘masocore’, after all, they might be heavily inspired by FromSoftware’s slate of monolithic action games, but they strive to give each game a unique atmosphere and feel, along with mechanics that set them apart from the pack. So far, the results have been mixed.While I can’t complain about the core gameplay mechanics in Rise of the Ronin or Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty, the former took too much…
Audio brand OneOdio has piqued my interest today as it’s launched a brand new audio interface geared at gaming live streamers and content creators. In my opinion, we don’t see enough brands trying to streamline audio with devices like these, but the reason this one has caught my eye is that it looks eerily similar to one of the very best streaming mixers, the RodeCaster Duo.Complete with colorful lighting, physical faders, and some multi-function FX pads, the new OneOdio Solocaster looks exactly like a wannabe RodeCaster. But being very familiar with that device and its premium $499 price, my jaw…
Epic have discussed their latest plans for growing the Epic Games Store’s audience and stealing more eyeballs from industry overlords Steam. One side of it is launching a proper unified multiplatform store and shared libraries across PC and mobile, alongside better performance and features such as voice chat. The other side of it is channelling the brand clout of Fortnite to increase sales of third party releases, with a new official program of Fortnite cosmetics and Epic Store avatars for people who buy games from participating developers. They’re going to do upwards of 100 hats (or equivalent) a year,…
Hytale’s heroic rescue from Riot Games and its unexpectedly rapid revival always came with a big caveat. By Hypixel’s own admission, the game would be scrappy and constantly evolving by design – the studio’s CEO, Simon Collins-Laflamme, said before release that it was intentionally launching an early build of Hytale that is “not good enough,” but hoped to build it up over time with the community. At no stage was a feature-rich, totally stable product promised to players. However, some appear to have forgotten what Hypixel’s strategy is, and why it’s important. Collins-Laflamme has now provided the community with some…