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I found the co-op roguelike I've been looking for: picture Risk of Rain 2 with more melee and MMO raid bosses, and it's no wonder it's one of the biggest games in Steam Next Fest
News Godbreakers is instantly fun even in single-player
Some Japanese devs played Stardew Valley and loved it, but wanted something more "carefree" – now their anime life sim RPG is tearing up Steam Next Fest, and it's hard to put down
News Starsand Island is exactly what it sounds like, and very good so far
2 years ago, a Genshin Impact player declared their loyalty to a dead character – after 806 videos and 1,700 pulls saved, they've finally stopped preparing for her banner
News Here lies Signora fans' hopes and dreams
Helldivers 2 players melt down, accuse Arrowhead of becoming a real-life Ministry of Truth over YouTube drama, and get a response from the CEO: "We work with a partner for the propaganda commanders"
News Helldivers 2 content creator dips inflame complaints in the community
Indie dev hatches the ultimate can't-fail game, combining Minecraft mechanics and Skyrim combat in a co-op RPG that's topping charts at Steam Next Fest for good reason
News Everwind is a co-op survival sandbox RPG about airships, and it's off to a flying start
I played the top-rated Soulslike in Steam Next Fest to see what the fuss is about – turns out it's not a Soulslike but a boss rush with amazing combat, and I see what the fuss is about
News Rubinite has the absolute juice
Battlefield 6 has sold 7 million copies, EA says it's "the biggest launch in franchise history" and immediately imagines "a connected Battlefield universe"
News Battlefield 6 has seen over 172 million matches already
Beating Hades 2, Megabonk, Dying Light: The Beast, and everyone else, the most powerful Steam release of the past month is an open-world physics sandbox with 27,000 gilded reviews
News Everyone loves Wobbly Life
I endured physical pain to keep playing this Shadow of the Colossus meets Mirror's Edge action-platformer in Steam Next Fest, which is about the highest praise I can give
News Motorslice brings a bit of Prince of Persia to a machine war
"I literally feel like I just got my life back": To escape MMO prison after 1,200 hours, one player resorted to an army of Discord ninjas and divorced dragon fan fiction
News Old School RuneScape challenge runs are not for the faint-hearted
As Pokemon Winds and Waves rumors swirl after huge leak, ex-Nintendo marketing lead says "Nintendo and Pokemon really need to rethink their approach to information security"
News The purported Pokemon leak may have revealed several years of games
Better hurry and finish your 100% Silksong playthrough, because I've found another must-play Metroidvania coming next month, and it has one of the best demos in Steam Next Fest
News Well, Constance is outstanding
Facing backlash and worst-ever player counts on Steam, Bungie decides to remove ill-conceived Destiny 2 currency it just added in the MMO's Edge of Fate expansion
News Destiny 2's unpopular Unstable Cores have been sunset in record time
"Share this to scare Team Cherry": Dev of gorgeous roguelike with bosses "built like MMO raid encounters" declares war on contact damage, quickly adds "Silksong is great, and so is Team Cherry"
News Getting hit without getting hit can be a bummer sometimes
Baldur's Gate 2 writer was unconvinced anyone would care about romance in an RPG: "People don't come here to romance, they come here to fight s**t and battle dragons"
News Hear me out: date the dragons
Battlefield 6 is EA's biggest Steam launch ever, passing 700,000 concurrent players in under an hour and finally dethroning Apex Legends as the king
News Battlefield 6 is having a huge launch day on PC especially
Battlefield 6 queue system will keep players in line and servers stable at launch and "peak moments," devs hope: "We anticipate many of you to login at the same time"
News Battlefield 6 will use a queue system, assuming you can even get to the queue
Genshin Impact takes a shot at Roblox with its own game creator: Miliastra Wonderland is a new permanent UGC mode with PvP and the first fully customizable character
News Miliastra Wonderland is coming in Genshin Impact update 6.1 after years of development
Battlefield 6 Metacritic score is the best the FPS series has had in years, but still can't match the likes of Battlefield 3
News Battlefield 6 praised as a return to form for DICE, Criterion, Motive, and Ripple Effect
PS6 release date speculation soars as PS5 architect Mark Cerny teases "future console" and says "current approach" to lighting and graphics has "reached its limit"
News Sony and AMD reveal Project Amethyst tech aimed at next-gen GPU and memory
One of the best and most popular anime on Crunchyroll for fall 2025 is not from Japan, and I like it way more than I thought I would
News Who Made Me a Princess has some of the best animation we've seen all year
"The beaches will dry before the Helldivers do": Helldivers 2 players made Seyshel Beach the new Malevelon Creek, complete with propaganda and a stunned response from Arrowhead
News "Sir, I'm finishing this fight"
Genshin Impact is giving out free 5-star Constellations for the first time in 5 years, but FOMO beckons: after today, you'll miss out on one
News The road to free 5-star Constellations in Genshin Impact is long and unforgiving
