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Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous, one of my favorite recent CRPGs, is getting a monster farewell DLC in the style of Mass Effect 3's Citadel add-on
news End things on a high note.
Helldivers 2 remains delisted in 177 countries and territories even as Sony backs down on PSN requirement, Arrowhead CEO says 'I won't rest in my desire to have it available everywhere'
news It's a curious lingering effect of Helldivers 2's greatest challenge to date.
Nothing makes sense anymore: They're making Funko Pops out of the cult classic 2004 Obsidian RPG, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 2: The Sith Lords
news Ah yes, eternally tormented flayed skin psycho killer Funko and mean Objectivist grandma Funko.
An Arrowhead community manager was fired after all for encouraging Helldivers 2 review bombing and refunds (updated)
news Nobody was having a good time during Helldivers 2's catastrophic weekend.
Cybersecurity researchers find that fake USPS phishing sites account for at least as much internet traffic as the Postal Service itself
news "The way we filtered the data suggests that the malicious traffic significantly outweighs the legitimate traffic in the real world."
Sony doubles down, removing Helldivers 2 from sale in 177 countries and territories that can't access PSN while Arrowhead CEO says 'I don't have the final say'
news 211 thousand negative Steam reviews and counting for the former people's champion of 2024.
Eyeing the Helldivers 2 backlash with a nervous flop sweat, Sucker Punch assures us that Ghost of Tsushima won't need a PSN login for single player
news Its co-op online multiplayer mode, on the other hand, will require a PSN account.
Update: With over 211 thousand negative Helldivers 2 Steam reviews in three days, developer Arrowhead seems to be grappling with Sony over its controversial PSN sign-in requirement
news "Our team is on the side of the players in this fight."
Insanely ambitious Elder Scrolls remake Skyblivion shows off another reason it's not releasing until 2025: refreshed dungeons with unique appearances for each region
news I wish I lived in an Ayleid ruin.
Even a boomer shooter freak like me can't keep up with them all anymore, but this one where you run around on the ceiling and shoot ray guns at Cthulhu guys woke me from a retro FPS stupor
News The first time you walk on the ceiling in They Came From Dimension X is a special videogame moment.
After two long years in early access, my favorite indie Elder Scrolls-alike is getting its full release—and it'll let you fly around in your own airship
news The one thing Morrowind was missing.
Elden Ring lead Hidetaka Miyazaki won't say how long the DLC is since everyone thinks he lowballed the main game: 'Everyone told me I was lying and that's not remotely enough time!'
news All signs point to this being the monster expansion of my dreams.
On the heels of Tarkov's worst week ever, a new rival extraction shooter is looking to woo its disgruntled audience
news Gray Zone Warfare promises a similarly unforgiving and simulationist shooter.
Bethesda beefing it with a calamitous 'next-gen' Fallout 4 update just as everyone's falling in love with Fallout again is the most Bethesda thing imaginable
apocalyptic Just as the company reaches its greatest heights of popularity in years, it rolls out a massive, unnecessary disruption that offers extremely little in return.
Escape From Tarkov dev finally caves, says people who paid $150 for the game will get access to its new mode 'in waves'
news Battlestate's COO stated he was "sorry that fans and the game community in general are experiencing these feelings."
You may be kicking yourself for deleting Destiny guns that are all of a sudden viable again, but one of the game's biggest YouTubers has been Marie Kondo-ing his friends' arsenals on camera for years
news Datto has released a tongue in cheek "apology" video in the cancelled YouTube guy house style.
Continuing the Fallout bonanza, Humble is offering $238 of the Wasteland Warfare tabletop game's digital sourcebooks and accessories for $18
news Uranium fever continues unabated.
YouTube's been experimenting with ads that play while your video is paused
news YouTube executives were bullish on the initiative in a recent earnings call.
A group of modders are building 'Baldur's Village' in Stardew Valley, an idyllic little town where you can date Astarion and maybe hang out with some of those other guys
news Two great tastes that taste great together.
Update: Tarkov studio claims it actually doesn't have the server capacity for everyone who bought the game for $150 to play its upcoming PvE mode, but has relented on making those players pay extra for it
news Battlestate Games continues to assert that this upcoming mode does not constitute "DLC," and is thus not part of the $150 bundle.
Wait, how did I miss that you can finally preorder Armored Core 6 model kits?
news Plastic Haze (Empty Wallet).
Thanks to Fallout 4's disaster update, GOG's patch rollback feature makes it the best version of the game right now
news Fixing Fallout 4 on Steam requires a delicate scaffolding of repository downloads and offline management. On GOG you just click two menu options.
Arrowhead says Helldivers 2 players should avoid bullying those fancy lads with the blue preorder armor, who are canonically frozen yogurt salesmen
news Democracy never tasted so good.
