The Dead Space remake will blur out ‘disturbing scenes’ if you want it to
Dead Space (opens in new tab) is a disturbing game. One of its most iconic moments is the discovery early on of the helpful hint, “Cut off their limbs (opens…
Wizards of the Coast fully retreats from D&D license changes after community outrage
In a blog post published Friday (opens in new tab), Wizards of the Coast announced that it is fully putting the kibosh on the proposed Open Gaming License (OGL) 1.2…
Overwatch 2 director: New ranked system suffers from ‘poor comprehension,’ will change in future seasons
A lot of Overwatch 2 players aren’t happy with the sequel’s new ranked mode, and Blizzard is starting to agree. In a new blog post (opens in new tab) meant…
16 weird reasons games get removed from Steam
Did you buy Prey on Steam? Not the 2017 version from Arkane and Bethedsa: I’m talking about the 2006 version from Human Head Studios and 2K Games. If you didn’t…
Album Review: Samia, ‘Honey’ – Our Culture
“Somebody stop me,” Samia begs as she walks into the middle of the party, overcome by the sudden urge to write a poem. The Nashville-via-NYC singer-songwriter’s striking 2020 debut The Baby was…
Steam launches a new ‘Discovery Hub’ dedicated to DLC
Steam has a multitude of systems for recommending games to people as accurately and precisely as possible. Now it’s looking to do the same with DLC through a new personalized…
Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened invites you to cross-examine the creepiest evil doll I’ve ever seen
After 20 years and nine Sherlock Holmes games, Frogwares, a Ukrainian studio based in Kyiv, has established itself as the undisputed champions of making games about one of literature’s stuffiest…
The Last of Us has already been renewed for season 2
In what will likely be the day’s least surprising bit of news, HBO has confirmed that The Last of Us (opens in new tab) has been renewed for a second…
Darktide studio admits the state of the game means promised features are being ‘pushed back’
Fatshark’s Warhammer 40,000: Darktide launched in early access in November 2022 and, despite being a pretty good game as it stands, is far from complete. To the extent that a…
Intel has reportedly eliminated a big bottleneck in its Arc GPUs in an upcoming driver release
Back in December, we reported on a new graphics driver (opens in new tab) that went a long way toward fixing Intel Arc’s DX9 performance issues. Now comes news that…