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fromGameSpot
4 days ago

Crimson Desert Is Doing Something Very Uncommon For RPGs

Crimson Desert has seen a significant increase in player count shortly after its launch, indicating strong ongoing interest in the game.
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fromKotaku
2 weeks ago

Everyone's Falling In Love With Picking Up Cats In Crimson Desert

Crimson Desert allows players to pet dogs and carry cats, creating a unique and enjoyable gameplay experience.
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fromKotaku
1 week ago

12 Crimson Desert Starting Tips: Fast Travel, Inventory, & Combat Help

Crimson Desert features a vast open world and complex mechanics that require players to adapt quickly for an enjoyable experience.
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fromKotaku
1 week ago

6 Wild And Overdesigned Details Hidden In Crimson Desert - Kotaku

Crimson Desert features intricate details that enhance player experience, rewarding exploration and roleplay despite some being seemingly unnecessary.
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fromWGB
2 weeks ago

Crimson Desert's Launch Proves Hype Can Cut Both Ways

Crimson Desert's hype drives strong sales but leads to disappointment due to high expectations from critics and players.
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fromKotaku
1 week ago

Scritchy Scratchy Review: Lotto Scratching Without The Shame

Scritchy Scratchy is a Steam game that simulates scratching lotto tickets without the real-life consequences.
#indie-games
fromEngadget
1 week ago
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Beat-based dungeon crawlers, card-battling soccer sims and other new indie games worth checking out

Albatross Interactive is developing Terminal War, a 4v4 shooter inspired by the canceled Factions mode from The Last of Us.
fromEngadget
1 month ago
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Relooted, Reanimal and other new indie games worth checking out

State of Play revealed indie games coming to PS5 and PC, including Big Walk, a Castlevania by Motion Twin and Evil Empire, and Control Resonant.
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fromEngadget
1 week ago

Beat-based dungeon crawlers, card-battling soccer sims and other new indie games worth checking out

Albatross Interactive is developing Terminal War, a 4v4 shooter inspired by the canceled Factions mode from The Last of Us.
fromKotaku
1 week ago

I Can't Stop Playing This Terrible Game, So Maybe It's Good?

Timber Rush is about numbers going up in the crudest way imaginable, a clicker game that barely even features clicking, in which you move your woodcutter side to side as increasing numbers of increasingly silly logs fly around the screen.
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fromBusiness Matters
2 weeks ago

How Crash-Style Gaming Platforms Are Driving Digital Revenue

Crash-style games generate substantial revenue through rapid game cycles, minimal operating costs, and high player engagement driven by simple mechanics and fast-paced gameplay.
#world-of-warcraft
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fromKotaku
1 week ago

10 Things You Should Never Say To A World Of Warcraft Fan

Misconceptions about World of Warcraft persist despite its evolution over two decades, affecting both new and veteran players.
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fromBoard Game Quest
2 weeks ago

Top 10 Solo Board Games for Every Kind of Gamer

Solo gaming is rapidly evolving, with many games now including solo modes or automata, enhancing the tabletop gaming experience.
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fromKotaku
1 week ago

New Everquest Remake Rebalances The Game For Solo Play

EverQuest continues to thrive in 2026, with a revival as EverQuest Legends aimed at solo players.
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fromKotaku
4 weeks ago

Ashes of Creation CEO Breaks Silence Following Legal Victory

Steven Sharif, former CEO of Intrepid Studios, achieved a legal victory against the Board of Directors over claims of fiduciary duty breaches, trade secret violations, and unlawful asset seizure related to Ashes of Creation's collapse.
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fromGame Informer
2 weeks ago

Crimson Desert Review - Open-World Overload - Game Informer

Crimson Desert is a visually stunning open-world game with impressive technical achievement, but suffers from a confusing narrative, lack of thematic depth, and numerous frustrating gameplay elements that undermine its potential.
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fromKotaku
2 weeks ago

Crimson Desert: Everything You Need To Know About The New RPG

Crimson Desert is a standalone single-player open-world action RPG launching March 19 on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series S/X, built on Pearl Abyss's new BlackSpace engine with combat-focused gameplay similar to Dragon's Dogma.
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fromReadWrite
3 weeks ago

Valve disputes claims loot boxes violate gambling laws

Valve defends loot boxes as collectible products rather than gambling, arguing cosmetic-only items provide no competitive advantage while claiming to have blocked over one million accounts linked to gambling activity.
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fromKotaku
3 weeks ago

I Fell In Love With Highguard And Now It's Gone Forever - Kotaku

Highguard, a multiplayer shooter that shut down after three months, provided deeply enjoyable late-night gaming experiences despite initial bland impressions and negative community reception.
fromKotaku
4 weeks ago

Marathon Players Smuggled Powerful Loot From The Beta Into Game

In Marathon, if you drop a piece of gear for a teammate and you all extract successfully, you get that gear back. This is intended to make it hard to trade gear with other players permanently, which could likely be used by some to sell rare loot. It also encourages players to share guns with squadmates to ensure everyone gets out alive.
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#diablo-4
fromVG247
4 weeks ago
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Diablo 4's next season is short, but it lets you become The Butcher, and it has Doom: The Dark Ages skins you probably can't afford

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fromVG247
4 weeks ago

Diablo 4's next season is short, but it lets you become The Butcher, and it has Doom: The Dark Ages skins you probably can't afford

Season of Slaughter launches March 11 with the ability to transform into The Butcher boss, earning rewards for consecutive kills and seasonal currency through various gameplay activities.
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fromKotaku
4 weeks ago

Esoteric Ebb Has A Lot Of Hilarious Ways In Which You Can Die

Esoteric Ebb is an isometric RPG combining Baldur's Gate 3 and Disco Elysium elements, released March 3, where character stat allocation significantly impacts gameplay difficulty and survival.
fromInverse
2 months ago

Could 2026 Be The Best Year For RPGS Ever?

The last five years have seen a tremendous resurgence of role-playing games, from the turn-based masterpieces of Baldur's Gate 3 and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, to the action-packed Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth. And staggeringly, it looks like that trend is set to continue well into 2026. While there's undoubtedly a handful of games we don't know about, even what we do have looks like it's going to make this another banner year for RPGs.
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fromhttps://www.arogyayogaschool.com/blog
2 months ago

Why Short Play Sessions Beat Long Grinds In Modern Game Design

Games did not suddenly become "worse." Games adapted. Attention got tired, schedules got tighter, and competition for free time turned brutal. A ten-minute gap now has to fight against messages, videos, and endless feeds. In that environment, long-form sessions still exist, but short sessions often win because they respect reality instead of demanding a perfect evening. That shift is visible everywhere, from mobile puzzlers to competitive titles and even casino-style experiences where a quick crore win feeling is part of the appeal.
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fromGadgets 360
1 month ago

Crimson Desert Will Not Have Microtransactions, Pearl Abyss Confirms

Crimson Desert is a premium single-player game sold via one-time purchase, with no cosmetic cash shop or microtransactions at launch.
fromKotaku
2 months ago

Loot Capsules Are The Worst Part Of Borderlands 4

Despite the performance issues, annoying jokes, and bugs, I'm still playing and enjoying Borderlands 4. I'm currently working on my second full playthrough with my wife, who is also a big Borderlands fan, and we're having a great time. Mostly. Everything is going fine right up until we encounter another damn loot capsule.
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fromEngadget
1 month ago

Layers of 3 revealed via a mysterious trailer and poem

The new chapter will include not only a game but a novel and music, the company said in a press release. The developer revealed the new IP via a live-action teaser, with an actor reading lines from William Blake's poem, The Sick Rose. A painting then fell from the wall, and the actor then turned over an hourglass with red sand, with a tagline stating "The door won't stay closed."
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fromThe Verge
1 month ago

Returning stolen artifacts becomes a thrilling heist in Relooted

A South African-developed action game stages anti-colonial heists to reclaim stolen African artifacts through parkour-driven gameplay and Africanfuturist storytelling.
#roblox
fromKotaku
2 months ago

Idle Game From Arc Raiders Publisher Offering Full Refunds

Nexon, the publisher behind MapleStory and Embark Studios' Arc Raiders , has apologised for what they describe as a "serious breach of trust" and announced that it's offering MapleStory: Idle RPG players full refunds for all in-game purchases made since the game's release. MapleStory: Idle RPG , a free-to-play mobile spin-off of Nexon's chibi-style MMORPG MapleStory , raked in a reported $100 million in in-game purchases within the first 45 days of its release on November 6, 2026.
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fromEngadget
1 month ago

Diablo II: Resurrected is adding warlock as a brand new player class

Diablo II: Resurrected gains the Warlock class and new content via the Reign of the Warlock DLC, available today for $25.
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fromKotaku
1 month ago

Balatro Meets Luck Be A Landlord In Chaotic Cooking Roguelike That Can't Stop Winning New Fans - Kotaku

Omelet You Cook is a tight, simple, rewarding cooking roguelike that rewards spatial arrangement and offers strong replayability through modes, perks, and quirky patrons.
#roguelite
fromGameSpot
2 months ago

New World Saved? Don't Bet On It, But Rust Dev Cheekily Offers $25 Million To Make It Happen

Posting on social media, McFarlane said he was offering $25 million for New World, and that's a final offer. 'Games should never die,' he added. New World is closing down amid cuts at Amazon Games to its MMO teams. The game is no longer available to buy, but anyone who has it already can keep playing until servers go dark in January 2027.
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fromGameSpot
2 months ago

Divinity Announcement Has Driven Way More People To Larian's Previous Games

Divinity announcement at The Game Awards 2025 significantly boosted sales of Baldur's Gate 3 and Divinity: Original Sin 2.
#roguelike
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fromEngadget
2 months ago

Blizzard lines up WoW, Overwatch, Hearthstone and Diablo showcases

Blizzard will host developer-led showcases for its 35th anniversary, promising major game announcements and roadmaps for WoW, Overwatch 2, Diablo IV, and Hearthstone.
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fromKotaku
1 month ago

Overwatch Fans Are A Bunch Of Disloyal Jerks

Many players are siding with Talon instead of Overwatch during the new lore-driven Splatfest-style event, provoking backlash from longtime Overwatch supporters.
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fromKotaku
2 months ago

Escape From Tarkov's Nasty Ending Will Troll Fans Even Harder

Escape from Tarkov's Terminal end-game enforces a tougher, limited-capacity escape that can force squad members to be left behind and receive bad endings.
fromKotaku
2 months ago

Deadlock Is Secretly Growing Into An S-Tier MOBA Shooter

A thriving fan art community is always a sign of an entrenched playerbase. , Valve's secretive MOBA hero shooter, is currently teeming with creations all over social media that span the big three categories: horny, cute, and funny. In a way, these are perfect descriptors for the overall vibe of the latest six heroes to join the roster, which, alongside a plethora of additions and visual tweaks introduced in last week's big update, have led to a newfound momentum worth paying attention to.
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fromGameSpot
2 months ago

The Best and Worst Starting Locations in Satisfactory

A good starting location offers nearby diverse resources, ample flat build space, minimal hostile threats and obstacles, and flexible migration across the single Satisfactory map.
fromGameSpot
2 months ago

How To Open Security Breach Lockers In Arc Raiders

Every moment counts, and every container in the game could end up having that item that makes all the stress of the run worth it. So, it makes sense you may be disappointed to come across a Security Breach locker you can't open.
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fromWIRED
2 months ago

Board Is Tabletop Tablet Gaming-but With Physical Pieces

Board is a physical-digital hybrid gaming system aimed at children, offering varied launch titles, mixed family reception, and uncertain future content pricing and durability.
fromKotaku
2 months ago

Ex-BioWare Dev Disputes That It Shouldn't Have Made Anthem

My feeling is that BioWare has always been changing,
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fromKotaku
1 month ago

Relooted Review: A Thrilling Heist Game Turns Crime Into Justice

A South African puzzle-platformer turns treasure-hunting into planned heists to return stolen African artifacts, combining methodical strategy and tense parkour action, provoking rage and sorrow.
fromGameSpot
2 months ago

How To Increase Inventory Space In Hytale - Backpack Upgrade Guide

To increase the size of your inventory, you need to unlock and use the backpack in Hytale. The backpack is a separate item from the default inventory, but its sole goal is to give you more slots to put items. Fortunately, the backpack is unlocked fairly early on in Hytale, as all you have to do is upgrade your workbench to tier two.
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