Borderlands 3 is 95% off on Steam right now, dropping it to just $3—its lowest price ever, and one of the best deals in the 2025 Steam Summer Sale. And somehow, that screamingly good price has turned into yet another opportunity for Gearbox boss Randy Pitchford to annoy Borderlands fans on social media."Sales like this and Borderlands 3 showing up on console subscription programs took over 5 years from the...

Helldivers 2 has, generally speaking, been a massive success for Arrowhead Game Studios and publisher Sony. But it did have one early and notable misstep. Shortly after release Sony made a PSN account a requirement to play, and removed Helldivers 2 from sale in 177 countries and territories that didn't have access to PSN: sparking a review bombing campaign that saw the game receive over 200,000 negative Steam reviews.The then-CEO...

Dark Souls 2 is the black sheep of the Fromsoft herd, beloved only by those rare, intelligent, and cultured individuals who understand that, as Miyazaki himself says, much of what made Elden Ring so great can be traced back to changes the ill-loved sequel made to the Dark Souls formula. But even its most devoted defender probably wouldn't disagree that its DLC bosses were like, stupid hard.But not hard enough...

The man forever fated to be known as the creator of Deus Ex would like you to know that he did not, in fact, create Deus Ex. Not single-handedly, anyway. In a video marking the 25th (oh my god) anniversary of the first Deus Ex, Warren Spector emerged from his hermitage to wish everyone a very merry what a shame."I'm pleased and proud because, like every developer, I hoped to...

There's one thing that budget-sector and massive-capacity SSDs have in common, and it's the type of memory chips they use. They both commonly sport QLC NAND flash, which is great for price and storage, but not so hot for performance. Micron reckons it has the solution to this in the form of a new flash chip that can adaptively work in SLC, TLC, or QLC mode, giving you the best...

As you make your way around Peak, you'll come across a variety of items that give you no guidance toward what they actually do. Occasionally, you can make an educated guess, but a lot of the time these items leave you questioning how much use they will really be. Should you take up precious bag space carting one around and hoping it comes in handy later? Or is it best...

FromSoftware's Dark Souls games have a unifying theme of great power leading to great corruption and decay—fallen kingdoms, ruined kings, and whatever the hell is going on with the Gaping Dragon. It's fitting, then, that an Elden Ring Nightreign player obtained similar godhood before their own hubristic fall.As spotted (and translated) by Automaton, a player by the name of mintius managed to continually stack damage until they achieved godhood, then...

Ever since Resident Evil 9 Requiem was teased at Summer Game Fest players, myself included, have been huffing copium in hopes that, despite everything we've seen, Capcom will bring Leon Kennedy back for this iconic return to Raccoon City.Koshi Nakanishi, director of Requiem, has stated multiple times that Grace Ashcroft will be the protagonist, as shown in the first trailer, but I'm still not convinced that she'll be the only...

The year's already halfway over, but before that leads to too many scary thoughts about the fleetingness of existence, here's another big Steam sale to distract us. Below, we've picked out Steam Summer Sale games that are hitting all-time low prices, that just released, or that we just like and would recommend at any price.For even more recommendations, we compiled a list of great games that always get Steam sale...

The Sims 4 delves into the fantastical again with its second expansion pack of the year, Enchanted by Nature. It's quite the contrast to the grindset-minded Businesses & Hobbies expansion from March, adding all manner of fairy dust and greenery to continue my cottagecore girlie era in a woodsy, whimsical update.And when you get a good look at it, this expansion looks a little more twisted than its closest thematic...