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CDPR "thought it was going to be more of a challenge" porting Cyberpunk 2077 to Nintendo Switch 2, but beefier specs and microSD made it "surprisingly fast"
news The future is now, samurai
Tiny Tina's Wonderlands is free, but Borderlands boss Randy Pitchford has somehow found a way to make fans mad about it: "Dude's milking people for hate clicks at this point"
News Pitchford's latest comments follow remarks around Borderlands 4's potential affordability
Elden Ring Nightreign player channels their inner Sekiro to parry the co-op roguelite's final boss to death – completely solo – just 2 days after launch
News Now that's someone I want on my team
15 years later, Red Dead Redemption's John Marston is playing the open-world cowboy game for the first time and reveals why "John is screaming at people for no reason" when riding a horse
News He also shoots a hat out the air without dead eye, because he can
Elden Ring Nightreign's creators are begging you: upgrade your flasks, stick together, and don't be afraid to use an ultimate for a revive
News You can do it, and publisher Bandai Namco Entertainment is here to help
"The longer the game is, the less likely people are to finish": Fallout creator Tim Cain says 100+ hour RPGs are "deep" and all, but they're also intimidating money pits
news "Some people go, 'Why are games costing 150 million, 500 million, a billion?' That's why"
Even though "it works for all FromSoft games," The Witcher 3 devs quickly discovered that forcing you to fight ridiculously strong enemies "was a bad idea"
News Games aren't one size fits all
Helldivers 2 players are in mourning over the death of Super Earth's President, who "died heroically"
News Managed democracy has never been more under siege
After a string of losses, Helldivers 2 players tell the Illuminate "Not Today" in 'Super China' Mega City Equality-on-Sea, which is so dang defended our forces have "pushed the Illuminate to the edges"
News Hold the line!
Helldivers 2 players no longer think the bugdivers are threatening the chances of saving Super Earth as the latest Major Order is finally brokering peace with the squiddivers
News Finally, time to kill some bugs
Pokemon Legends: Z-A seemingly features a returning X and Y character who has fans going feral after spotting her in the RPG's cover art
News She was a huge part of X and Y's postgame
EA's canceled Black Panther game supposedly contained Skrulls and had you playing as T'Challa's son Azari
News A story we'll never see
It's not looking good: Helldivers 2 players lost another Super Earth city, so now they've got reduced ammo and Stims – oh wait, they're back to normal and we've got free napalm too
News You win some, you lose some, and you win some again
A Skyrim player has put their body on the line and proved High Hrothgar's 7,000 steps are actually just 3,600, but they still took 45 minutes to climb
News Those stair climbing machines are no joke
For the first time, Epic's State of Unreal will take place during Unreal Fest, with presentations from CEO Tim Sweeney and more
News Epic news
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 devs use Tekken 8 mod on a lunch break to figure out whether Verso or Renoir is stronger, attracting the attention of fighting series boss Katsuhiro Harada
News "Is that a leverless controller? You're a serious fighting game player!"
REPO devs say "we've heard your feedback" and you can chill a bit: the Museum is "not finished," and the difficulty's going up with "Moon Phases" because "the game needs to keep up with you"
News "Things will get spicier and spicier as you get spicier and spicier"
After multiple PS5 price hikes in several regions, the console is now actually cheaper in some countries – but only for a couple of weeks
News The Days of Play celebrations won't last forever
The oldest Elder Scrolls game might finally become more playable on modern machines thanks to a fan-made project giving the 31-year-old RPG the Oblivion Remastered treatment
News It runs way smoother and sharper than the original
Assassin's Creed Shadows is getting a much-needed parkour update, and the pre-order quest about a vengeful dog will be available to all later today
News Jump with even more style
"Valve never made a Portal 2 sequel. So we did," claims impossibly bold indie puzzler which actually reminds me more of a different puzzle game
news ChromaGun 2: Dye Hard is more Qube than Portal, but it still looks awesome
This dev's first game, a surreal trip based on a YouTube animated series, came out 3 days after Schedule 1 and is right on its heels for best-reviewed Steam release of the year
news It's hard to describe Ena: Dream BBQ
This post-apocalyptic farming sim might have the best pixel art and Steam trailer I've seen all year, but it's the Terraria vibes that really set the hook
news Like a Metroidvania Stardew Valley
