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The Alters has changed the way I play games for the better, and after 18 years I can finally finish Mass Effect
Opinion Opinion | Learning to live with your choices
Palworld is back in Steam's top 10 thanks to its Terraria update, but one dev is "sure it'll be branded a 'dead game' for the 100th time a week from now"
Over 100,000 players doesn't seem dead to me
Terraria update 1.4.5 grows ever larger as devs try "our very best to narrow in on that elusive launch window" but also tease "there will be Palworld content in Terraria"
News Patience, my friends
Helldivers 2 finally gets its review bomb cape to celebrate your "unquestioning commitment to the defense of Managed Democracy"
News It's beautiful
Elden Ring Nightreign has a secret way to get a buy-one-get-one-free buff if you're extra nice to one of its annoying raid enemies
News Play nice now
Resident Evil Requiem devs spent "some time experimenting" with open world and online formats, but in the end settled for a "single-player, offline game"
News No multiplayer shenanigans here
Switch 2 permabans are so permanent that not even Nintendo itself can overturn them, as one user named 'Twink Link' discovered to their horror
News "Permanent system bans cannot be revoked by Nintendo at all"
It looked normal at first, but Helldivers 2's new Major Order snuck in a big surprise: "Hulks can jump! I repeat, HULK CAN JUMP NOW!"
News The jet brigade is back
The FTC is giving $126 million-worth of Fortnite refunds to players, and there's still time to submit a claim for one
News Are YOU eligible for compensation?
Elden Ring Nightreign's new Everdark Sovereign is "not even close to as hard as juiced-up Gaping Jaw," players declare, so go and kill it quickly before FromSoftware buffs it
News Go, go, go!
Mario Kart World player declares a new "world record" with 770 tricks in the air off one jump as they soar across the map
news They're defying gravity
Upcoming sci-fi action RPG The Expanse: Osiris Reborn isn't just inspired by Mass Effect, but Baldur's Gate 3 and Soulslikes, and it's even "a little bit similar" to Persona 5
news Rise up Beltalowda!
Elden Ring Nightreign's next beefed-up Everdark Sovereign has been announced, and fans all have the same reaction: "Oh no"
News Get ready to suffer
Borderlands 4 creative director says new endless quests "remind me of the simpler missions from BL1," which became harder to make as the games got more complex
News A return to the good ol' days
Helldivers 2 patch finally lets you take the fight to the Illuminate Leviathans, but the real MVP is the fabled review bomb cape that's been datamined: "This is the one cape I won't remove"
news I need it yesterday
Finally, Jurassic World Evolution 3 devs have successfully been bullied out of using generative AI: "Thanks for your feedback on this topic"
news Remember, it's always okay to mock gen AI
One of the most underrated "Metroidvanian" games buried thousands of feet underground is now free on Steam
news For 2 more days only
As Dune: Awakening celebrates 1 million players, Funcom reveals an unforgiving 816,720 deaths to Shai-Hulud and over 6 billion grams of Spice consumed by fans of the survival MMO
news "Bless the Maker and his water"
Dune: Awakening creative director reduces PvP for Deep Desert endgame and makes some of it PvE-only since his "wish" for players to "embrace" its loop turned to "s***": "One of my hands is overflowing right now"
news Not everyone is happy
PS5 owners beware: Death Stranding 2 Quality Mode "is largely redundant on the Pro"
news The differences are so minor you're better off with the Performance Mode's 60fps
GTA Online's new Money Fronts update is a solo-friendly Breaking Bad fantasy, and it's the most fun I've had in the game's 12-year run
Now Playing Now Playing | Cleaning your money still requires getting your hands dirty
Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet apparently has "RPG progression systems," which could be as simple as The Last of Us' supplements or usher in a whole new era
news It's a vague term, so the possibilities are endless
Daredevil star Charlie Cox says hold the Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 praise, please, as he only spent 4 hours working on the French JRPG and now feels like "a total fraud"
News He also hasn't played the game but he's "thrilled" it's doing well
