Dune: Awakening's sandworms aren't just scary, they're the most brutally punishing feature of Funcom's new survival MMO. When you get eaten by a sandworm, you permanently lose all your stuff. Weapons, armor, tools, gear, your entire inventory gets swallowed up when Shai-Hulud sucks you down, and you can't go back and recover it. Even your vehicle is gone forever.That's why crossing the desert gaps between regions is so harrowing: the...

Gecko Gods has released its first demo as part of the Wholesome Direct alongside showcasing a brand new trailer for the reptile adventure, and as someone who has kept an eye on the development of this game since 2021 I could not be more thrilled.It's been a while since we've received any sort of update on Gecko Gods, and a lot of my excitement probably stems from the fact the...

Instants, a story-rich puzzle game that tells its narrative through a series of family photo albums, has launched alongside the Wholesome Direct. Throughout the game you'll watch the family grow and experience significant life events like learning how to ride a bike, family vacations, and moving house. You know, all that sentimental stuff that brings a tear to your eye when you look back on it later down the line.As...

When Spring rolls around each year, so many people I know will flock to fields and forests to gather wild garlic. But, that's as far as their foraging goes. When woodlands are filled with mushrooms ripe for the picking, the same crowd of enthusiastic gatherers don't trust themselves to collect everything edible because there's more risk.Which is where a game like Out and About comes in handy, and thanks to...

Welcome to your first Wordle win of the weekend. Keep it simple with an easy click through to the June 7 (1449) answer if you like, or relax, see how things go, and know that today's hint is here if you need it. Make sure you check out our general tips and tricks too—however you want to win, they can help get you there.I had a proper lightbulb moment today....

Splitgate 2 launched a battle royale mode live at Summer Game Fest today. 1047 Games CEO and co-founder Ian Proulx took the stage himself to announce the news while slamming the state of shooters. Almost immediately, reactions to the segment weren't as much about Splitgate 2 as Proulx's peculiar fashion choice: a black "MAKE FPS GREAT AGAIN" hat.In response to negative reactions to the CEO's donning of the Trump slogan...

If you're anything like me, a Gen Z caffeine addict with the attention span of a fruit fly, ancient classics like Pong and Breakout don't do much for you. 'How am I supposed to play this without roguelite elements and heaps of stacking upgrades?' I cry, and if the lesson is that sometimes less is more, an hour with Ball X Pit has made sure I may never learn it....

Outerloop's previous RPG, Thirsty Suitors, featured an elaborate cooking minigame—complete with quick-time-event handwashing—where you had to prepare Indian cuisine as a way of impressing and subsequently bonding with your mother. What I'm saying is, they've got prior when it comes to games where food is important. Outerloop's next RPG, shown off today on the Day of the Devs stream following the Summer Game Fest show, takes the cooking and makes...

Beneath my television sits a small, underpowered rectangle. It's called the 'Nintendo Switch' and I purchased it—in its advanced, glowing OLED form—to play Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom. That is its sole purpose—filling that single hole in my PC's gaming library (yes, yes, I know you can black-magic your way to Zelda on PC, but consider that I am very lazy and stupid).Except maybe that hole...

In Chapter 4 of Deltarune, I'm playing as a pixelated character named Kris when I encounter a hallway with a locked door, a step stool, and a bright green book on a shelf. Obviously I need to move the step stool so that Kris, or another party member, can reach the book and hit the switch mechanism I think is hidden behind it. But when I go to move the...