Best of the best(Image credit: Xbox Game Studios)2025 games: Upcoming releasesBest PC games: All-time favoritesFree PC games: Freebie festBest FPS games: Finest gunplayBest MMOs: Massive worldsBest RPGs: Grand adventuresOn an average day about a dozen new games are released on Steam. And while we think that's a good thing, it can be understandably hard to keep up with. Potentially exciting gems are sure to be lost in the deluge of...
In a new video from Zullie the Witch, the prolific FromSoftware dataminer dug into those shadowy giant guys who appear in the distance on day two of Elden Ring Nightreign. My main takeaway: These guys are big, only eclipsed by the biggest dudes in Armored Core in the FromSoft back catalogue.Zullie measured them to be 3,450 meters, or a little over two miles tall. They're officially the biggest dudes to...
FromSoftserve on YouTube posted a preview of his upcoming Dark Souls 3 lighting engine mod on July 6, showcasing an in-depth look at DS3 re-imagined with vastly improved lighting and textures.FromSoftserve's mod is built on top of the DS3LightingEngine, which allows for deep customization of light mechanics. DS3LightingEngine is also a work in progress, but the modder, Ragevitamins, said in an update that it will be finished in Q4 of...
One of the Vice Presidents of the European Parliament, Nicolae Ștefănuță, publicly voiced his support for Stop Killing Games in a major win for the newly-minted EU Citizens' Initiative. On July 12, Ștefănuță posted a video on his Instagram story announcing that he had signed the Stop Killing Games petition and plans to continue helping the movement.Ștefănuță said in the video, "I stand with the people who started this citizen...
First spotted by Blue's News, GOG is showing some love to Neverwinter Nights 2 and its fans ahead of the launch of the game's enhanced edition this week. The original game has been added to GOG's preservation program, and owners of NwN2 on GOG have a 15% off "loyalty discount" on the remaster, one that stacks with the 10% off preorder discount.The preservation program is a commitment by GOG to...
Reuters reported on July 9 that OpenAI is preparing to launch an "AI-powered web browser" in a bid to take a slice out of Google's ad revenue pie. While there isn't an official release date for this new browser yet, insiders at OpenAI told Reuters it "is slated to launch in the coming weeks."The motivation behind this new browser, as Reuters points out, is to get more direct access to...
Destiny 2’s newest expansion is on the horizon. Now that the previous Light and Darkness saga has concluded, this latest expansion marks the beginning of a new era in Destiny 2’s narrative. The Edge of Fate will include new navigation menus, new Vanguard and Crucible activities, and an overhaul to the gear system. Below, we list the Destiny 2: The Edge of Fate release time in your time zone with...
When I first heard about Missile Command Delta, turn-based gameplay was not what I expected. Changing the 1980 arcade classic’s concept from a never-ending real-time rocket strike to a more relaxing puzzle experience seemed quite the gamble, but a few minutes in the game’s tutorial room won me over. But as I left that tutorial, I didn’t walk into the virtual arcade parlor I had hoped for. Although Missile Command...
Why the director of Parasite picked this Tom Cruise project as Spielberg’s best movie of the century
The New York Times recently published the results of a poll determining the 100 best movies of the 21st century so far, and the #1 slot went to Bong Joon Ho’s Best Picture winner Parasite. (It topped the paper’s subsequent readers’ poll, too.) As it happens, Bong Joon Ho also voted in the poll, and the Times made his ballot (along with many others) available online. He lists the 2005...
Through this summer's deluge of game announcements, nothing made me sit up quite so fast as Owlcat revealing it's making an Expanse RPG. One that seems, from its initial trailer at least, heavily inspired by Mass Effect. Much as I've enjoyed PC gaming's recent return to highly complex CRPGs, watching the trailer made me realise how much I miss a bit of BioWare-style guns & conversation. The Expanse: Osiris Reborn...