There is a new update on Steam which informs other players if a review left on a game's page was primarily played on Valve's handheld Steam Deck.The news was shared via the Steam Deck's social media team on X, with the straight to the point wording: "We've just shipped a new feature on Steam that shows when a customer review was written by someone who played primarily on Steam Deck."Valve... Read more ›
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Good news, Nintendo fans - Super Mario and Pokémon products will be popping up in the middle aisles of Aldis everywhere this weekend.Whilst some Teenage Mutant Ninja/Hero Turtles, Paddington Bear, and Hello Kitty stuff crept into Aldi earlier this week, from Saturday 24th August middle aisles will boast a selection of cut-price game-flavoured treats, including duvet sets, throws, and cushions. Read more Read more ›
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It looks like people are quite keen to get their hands on the next instalment in the Nikki series.As shared on social media platform X, over 12 million of us have already pre-registered for Infinity Nikki, the "cosy open-world adventure" follow-up to the highly successful mobile series of dress up games.Infinity Nikki is helmed by PaperGames with Kentaro Tominaga - whose name you may recognise from his days at Nintendo... Read more ›
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Development on the upcoming Tomb Raider game from Crystal Dynamics and Amazon is "going well".Amazon announced it would be working alongside Crystal Dynamics on the next Tomb Raider game back in 2022, when it said it would provide its "full support" to the team as it works on "the biggest, most expansive" series entry to date.Since then, details have been pretty sparse for the upcoming release. In fact, all we... Read more ›
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Gearbox founder Randy Pitchford has admitted his long-term hopes for Epic were "misplaced or overly optimistic", having previously predicted Steam could become a "dying store".For a bit of context, back in 2019, Pitchford wrote a lengthy post on social media discussing Gearbox's decision to make Borderlands 3 on PC a timed Epic exclusive. At this time, the exec said he believed Epic's "investment in technology will outpace Valve's substantially", and... Read more ›
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Brace yourself, Star Wars fans – early copies of Star Wars Outlaws are already out there, and some players have elected to livestream the game.This means spoilers will likely follow, so if you'd like to keep the surprises hidden, it may be prudent to update your mute list and/or stay off social media for a few days. Read more Read more ›
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Suspicious Developments' latest builds a witty, wonderfully generous adventure around a smart, rewarding, and endlessly imaginative turn-based tactics core.Tactical Breach Wizards starts with a bang - literally. Each mission, and even the game itself, begins with a flash of magic and the splintering of wood as doors are blown off their hinges with an endlessly satisfying boom. It's a stylish opener that never loses its air-punch thrill, a wonderfully cool... Read more ›
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Hello! Welcome back to our regular feature where we write a little bit about some of the games we've been playing over the past few days. This week, we enjoy Delta Force coming back in a big way; we try out the new character creator for pretty Sims-like Inzoi; and we wince a bit as Skyrim shows its age.What have you been playing?Catch up with the older editions of this... Read more ›
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Amazon's latest crack at a Lord of the Rings MMO still needs to find its "hook".That's coming from Amazon Games boss Christoph Hartmann, who in conversation with IGN said the team doesn't "just want to go and do the same thing over" with its Middle-earth game."While it's tempting sometimes with an existing IP, that's not the point of doing it. You've got to find a fresh twist, and we're still,... Read more ›
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Has there been a more competitive time to release a video game? Possibly. Without resorting to blunt totting-ups of metascores and sales figures and some kind of dividing-by-gap-between-release-dates, it's not really something you can measure. One particularly rectangular section of my brain was tempted, mind, in the same kind of doomed endeavour as Civilization 7 designer Ed Beach trying to mathematically quantify whether his team was sticking to Sid Meier's... Read more ›
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When Supermassive Games' Directive 8020 arrives in 2025, it will have been three years since the studio's horror anthology series The Dark Pictures saw its last full release. This new sci-fi story, the studio's first foray into the future, is the fifth main game in the franchise (or sixth, if you count 2023's PlayStation VR spin-off). But that extra wait seems to have been put to good use, and ensured... Read more ›
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Starship Troopers: Extermination developer Offworld Industries has shared more on the new features coming to its bug-stomping 16-player co-operative FPS when it leaves early access and launches for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC on 11th October this year. Extermination, which entered early access last May, casts players as members of the Deep Space Vanguard, an elite Special Forces branch of the Mobile Infantry whose job it is to... Read more ›
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Following the launch of Classic Marathon 1 & 2 earlier this summer, Classic Marathon Infinity is now available on Steam, meaning all three games in Bungie's acclaimed first-person sci-fi shooter trilogy have now made it to Valve's platform. Classic Marathon Infinity, which has been released on Steam with Bungie's blessing, comes from the team behind Aleph One - a fan-created engine based on the Marathon 2 source code. And as... Read more ›
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![The Callisto Protocol roguelike spin-off [REDACTED] gets October release date](https://times42.com/media/7/4/6/9001746_640x200.jpg "The Callisto Protocol roguelike spin-off [REDACTED] gets October release date")
[Redacted] - that roguelike set in the Callisto Protocol universe announced under the codename Project Birdseye, which we reported on earlier this year - has landed itself a release date.It will be coming to Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5 and PC via Steam and Epic on 31st October, Striking Distance Studios revealed today.Described as a "fast-action isometric roguelike", [REDACTED] will task players with fighting off monsters, reanimated corpses and more.... Read more ›
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If you are partial to a freebie (or two), you can currently get your hands on both The Callisto Protocol and Gigantic: Rampage Edition over on the Epic Games Store.The two games are available to claim until 29th August.After this time, the store will switch up its freebies, and offer interested patrons the ability to claim the Fallout Classic Collection and Wild Card Football up until 5th September (honestly, where... Read more ›
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Bloober Team creative director and lead designer for Silent Hill 2 Remake has confirmed the psychological horror game will take 16-18 hours to complete on average, but teased that it will take "more than 20 hours" for players to find "everything that [the team] put into the game and things we've hidden for you".In a message posted to X/Twitter, Mateusz Lenart hinted that even that kind of run time would... Read more ›
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Supermassive Games and Behaviour have given us all another look at The Casting of Frank Stone, the upcoming interactive horror game set in the world of Dead by Daylight.This latest peek at the game - which debuted at Gamescom - introduced "several unique and never-seen-before features in a Supermassive game".This includes a feature known as Cutting Room Floor, which allows players to go back to key story decisions, and then... Read more ›
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Black Myth: Wukong continues to attract record-breaking numbers of players, establishing itself as the most-viewed game on Chinese livestreaming platforms on its first day of release.According to Niko Partners analyst Daniel Ahmad, that's a new record to go alongside its newly-minted accolade of being the most popular single-player game by peak concurrent users (PCCU) in Steam history.Ahmad also points out that this success isn't just limited to digital, either. Read... Read more ›
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Nintendo has confirmed it's shutting down Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp at the end of the year, shifting focus to a "paid version of Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp" which will release "in the future".The current free iteration of Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp - which has been running for seven years - will close at 3pm UK time on 28th November 2024. In a statement, the developer/publisher said it would share more... Read more ›
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Thunderful has confirmed A Lost in Random: The Eternal Die is on the way to Nintendo Switch, PC, and current-gen systems next year.Lost in Random: The Eternal Die will "introduce the next chapter in the eerie and twisted Lost in Random universe, with players adventuring at The Queen of Random through new riveting and beautifully crafted realms, immersive isometric combat and colourful creatures around every corner." Read more Read more ›
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