There've certainly been a lot of Valve Deckard rumours over the last couple of years, but this one, at least, seems more tangible than previous ones referencing driver files and so on, because it's at least about something physical that's actually moving around in the world.The word on the street according to prolific Deckard leaker SadlyItsBradley (via Notebookcheck) is that "Valve has been importing equipment to manufacture VR headset facial...

Changes to the campaign AI of Creative Assembly's border-gore simulator Total War: Warhammer 3 were the focus of a recent beta test, which revealed one reason the AI was playing too defensively was a bug that made it overreact to the presence of a single hero. Since that beta a second round of improvements has been outlined, which Creative Assembly has detailed in a recent blog post.The first enhancement will...

I am prepared to break my own rules and impulse buy the Oddworld bundle that has just popped up on Fanatical. It includes every single Oddworld game—a series of lavishly animated 2D puzzle platformers starring a weird-looking green guy—for just one dollar, a price that compares extremely favourably to its usual $84.92.That dollar gets you six games (though one of them, New 'n' Tasty, is a remake of another, Abe's...

More than two weeks after launch, Schedule 1 is still the top-selling paid Steam game. That means that the open world drug-dealing RPG is raking in more dough than Assassin's Creed Shadows on Steam, which released only five days earlier. Its active player count is often over 300,000 (with a peak of over 450k), suggesting the $20 early access game has sold at least a million copies (or maybe a...

The Xbox Games Showcase is returning in June with a look at new games from first-party studios and third-party partners, and a deeper dive into Obsidian's upcoming sci-fi sequel The Outer Worlds 2.The double-feature format follows similar Xbox showcases in 2023, when Starfield took center stage, and 2024, which featured Call of Duty—although we all spent some time pretending we didn't really know what it was going to be at...

The Last of Us Season 2 doesn't hit the airwaves until April 13, but HBO has already renewed the series for a third season."We approached season two with the goal of creating something we could be proud of," executive producer Craig Mazin said (via The Hollywood Reporter)."The end results have exceeded even our most ambitious goals, thanks to our continued collaboration with HBO and the impeccable work of our unparalleled...

The start of 2025 brought a familiar refrain, with Cloud Imperium CEO Chris Roberts sallying forth to declare that 'we are closer than ever to realizing a dream many have said is impossible' with Star Citizen. Which is to say actually releasing the thing: the holy grail of version 1.0.Naturally Roberts didn't even put the vaguest of timelines on this. Why bother? Star Citizen, and its singleplayer component Squadron 42,...

Less than four years after being acquired by CD Projekt, The Molasses Flood is no more—at least as a "separate legal entity." A message posted on the studio's website (via Eurogamer) says that as of April 1, The Molasses Flood has been fully merged with CD Projekt Red."As a result of the merger TMF, in its former legal state (of a separate legal entity) ceased its operations, while CDPR Inc....

If you've played any amount of REPO, you'll want to know how to heal and how to revive your teammates. Given the amount of monsters that will inevitably swarm you during a run, keeping your health up and your teammates together is essential for that all-important valuable haul. There are bound to be some sacrifices and friends lost along the way, but that doesn't mean they're ruled out of playing...

TSMC, the world's biggest chip maker, could potentially be on the hook for $1 billion or more according to Reuters which cites "two people familiar with the matter… who requested anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly about the matter." And although $1 billion isn't make-or-break for TSMC, it's hardly chump change, either.This fine will reportedly be in the form of a settlement the semiconductor giant will have...