A beefy new update for Civilization 7 is coming soon, featuring "several long-awaited features" including Large and Huge maps, new advanced game options, town specializations, and Steam Workshop support.The full low-down for those who want to dive deep is up on the Civilization website, but here's the crash course version:Large and Huge map sizes, with a note that "bigger maps have bigger hardware demands," so you may notice slower turn...

The developer of Mecha Break, an anime-inspired mech battler which recently had a popular beta on Steam, wants to make sure we feel like we're playing as mech pilots, rather than the mechs themselves. To that end, Amazing Seasun CEO Kris Kwok says that the studio is putting special attention toward building explorable, interactive hangars—with toilets that flush, as all videogame toilets should."The ultimate goal for the hangar is for...

Four days after appearing on stage at Summer Game Fest in a MAGA-style "Make FPS Great Again" hat, Splitgate 2 boss Ian Proulx has posted a video apologizing for his poor judgment, although he still insists that there was no intentional political message behind it.Proulx said during his Summer Game Fest appearance that he was "tired of playing the same Call of Duty every year," a call-out seemingly designed to...

The video where YouTuber Syrobe kills Elden Ring Nightreign's final boss solo with a bell is paused right now, but I can still hear the ringing. I just watched them fling orbs at this Night Aspect guy for eight minutes straight with one of the most annoying items I've ever seen.It works, but at what cost?The Wraith Calling Bell in Nightreign is much stronger than it was in Elden Ring....

Grounded 2 was announced at the Xbox Games Showcase over the weekend, and it's releasing into early access next month—July 29, to be specific. Early access can be a real boon for games, as it enables developers to iterate with (hopefully) large-scale feedback toward a complete, as-good-as-it-can-be final release, but there are risks involved too, especially when you're following up on a big hit."When you're a sequel to a game...

I've been spending my free time sifting through all the new demos showcased in this month's Steam Next Fest. And while there's a whole host of incredible multiplayer games that are right up my alley I've landed on Sizzle and Stack, an infuriating, stress-inducing cooking card game.It all starts slowly. At first there are just a couple of dishes for you to learn and cook, mostly revolving around all the...

The Divine Comedy is one of the classics of world literature, and still taught in Italian schools to this day. This epic poem was finished in 1321, shortly before author Dante Alighieri's death, and essentially follows his quest to right the world's wrongs and put a lot of people he didn't like in hell. Virgil mouths off a bit too, though once he's replaced in Purgatorio it all gets much...

In our Outer Worlds review back in 2019, we called Obsidian's sci-fi satire "a quirky romp across a solar system ruled by brutal corporations," but the zany ribbing about the excesses of corporate misconduct didn't land for everyone living in the world where the delivery drivers of major companies are pressured to pee in bottles to be able to make their quotas. In The Outer Worlds 2, Obsidian says that—while...

Glorious' new entry-level lightweight gaming mouse is out. At least the Glorious Model O Eternal is out literally everywhere across the world except the US. And the reason? "Ongoing global supply chain issues," apparently.Quite how a "global" supply chain issue prevents release in just one country isn't clear. Perhaps the real reason would more accurately be adjacent to tariff uncertainty and the Texas-based Glorious doesn't want to court the wrath...

However much help you need with Tuesday's Wordle, we've got something for you. Keep it nice and light with our general tips, here to give your guesses a broad boost. Use our brand new clue for the June 10 (1452) puzzle to quickly turn confusion into a confident win. Or go straight for the win with today's answer.One very weird green on my opening row solved the whole game for...