Issue #267

NEWS Link to heading

28th Annual DICE Awards Nominees Revealed

Valve blocks ambitious Counter-Strike mod eight years in the making from Steam

All sales and fests coming to Steam in first six months of 2025

Awesome Games Done Quick 2025 raises $2.5m | News-in-brief

Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 director claims it has the longest script in game history

Baldur’s Gate 3 Studio’s “Full Attention” is Now Focused on Next Game

Marvel Rivals devs promise a new hero every month-and-a-half to “keep everyone excited”

Valve dev says SteamOS isn’t about killing Windows: ‘If a user has a good experience on Windows, there’s no problem’

The Sims 4 is getting 2 base game updates to celebrate the series 25th anniversary

Diablo IV’s Season of Witchcraft finally arrives next week on January 21

Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League ends on a whimper with a two-minute-long comic strip that renders the whole plot utterly pointless

Nintendo attorney explains why it’s strengthening measures against illegal emulation

Baldur’s Gate 3 modder says the community’s been making ‘huge strides’ towards custom campaigns: ‘I think we’ll see many of them refined, improved, and released this year’

Evo 2025 main game lineup announced

PlayStation Plus Game Catalog Gets 11 New Games In January

New report says PC games are outselling console games, calling PC gaming a ‘bright spot’ in a troubled industry

Video Game Piracy Enters New Era as Japan Arrests Its First Alleged Modder of Nintendo Switch Consoles

Nintendo Switch 2 Revealed, Full Nintendo Direct Coming In April

Jagex outrages the Runescape community yet again, this time with a survey hinting at big price hikes and worse service for those who don’t want to pay

Sony has cancelled two more live service games, reportedly including a God of War title

Dragon Age: The Veilguard Director Reportedly Exits BioWare

REVIEWS Link to heading

Corsair Virtuoso Max

RedMagic 10 Pro

Dynasty Warriors: Origins

Aloft Early Access

8BitDo Ultimate 2C

Alienware Pro Wireless

FEATURES Link to heading

The return of Verdansk will not rescue Warzone, as much as we want it to

Dragonflight got WoW back on its feet, now we get to see if Blizzard can make the Worldsoul Saga run

MassivelyOP’s complete MMO 2024 awards recap and debrief

It’s time for me to admit that AI-accelerated frame generation might actually be the way of the future and that’s a good thing

Best Strategy Games To Play Over And Over Again In 2025

Cryptocurrency: Changing the Landscape of Online Gaming

15 Cinematic Single Player Games That Can Be Completed in 10 Hours

Marvel Rivals interview – how to make a hit live service game

Arm could shake up entire gaming and PC industry by making its own chips

Deep Dive: Sound design for the living world in Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora

25 Best Indie Games To Play In 2025

NVIDIA’s AI NPCs are a nightmare

Here’s how the new RTX 50-series cards perform against the previous generation of GeForce GPUs

Revolutionizing the Future of Interactive Gaming with NFT Technology

PC Gaming Has Been Outperforming Console For Years – And It’s Getting Stronger

Hate and harassment targeted at players with religious, ethnic and national game identities | ADL

Everything we know about Switch 2, Nintendo’s next-gen console

Civilization 7: The Final Preview

How the Monster Hunter Wilds Team Select Their Beastly Lineup – IGN First

Kingdom Come Deliverance 2’s dedication to letting me be a drunk, boorish oaf is so committed, it honestly left me astounded - preview

If Switch 2 is the end of innovative Nintendo, there’s much to be sad about

DISCUSSIONS Link to heading

Completely lost in life. Recommend me some games.

What, in your opinion, was/is the greatest Free to Play game?

VIDEOS Link to heading

Nintendo Switch 2 – First-look trailer

Project Pantheon I Teaser Trailer #1 - The Guiding Hand

Shuhei Yoshida’s First Interview After PlayStation - Kinda Funny Gamescast

Introducing Atomfall | Official Gameplay Overview Trailer

The Blood of Dawnwalker — Cinematic Trailer & Gameplay Teaser

Castlevania: Nocturne Season 2 | Official Trailer | Netflix

The Witcher: Sirens of The Deep | Official Trailer | Netflix

PGA Tour 2K25 - Official Announcement Trailer

Black State | CES 2025 4K Alpha Gameplay

UNTIL DAWN – Official Trailer (HD)

Elon Musk is Lying About Being Good at Video Games

Monster Hunter Wilds: 13 Minutes of Gravios Gameplay

FUNNY Link to heading

Finally some positivity in chat. Almost. (Rocket League)