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Big Walk Preview: An Even Sillier Game from the Makers of Untitled Goose Game

If the absurd silliness of 2019’s Untitled Goose Game is the type of thing that floats your boat, then the upcoming multiplayer puzzle game Big Walk by the same developer should rank pretty high on your list for 2026. This wacky adventure occupies the growing number of games lovingly dubbed ...
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“He doesn’t have a heart, but he has heartstrings”: The making of Nick Valentine, Fallout’s best-loved companion

When Emil Pagliarulo was growing up in South Boston, he lived in fear of Whitey Bulger: a local crime boss who had been shaped not only by street gangs but Alcatraz, and a stint in the CIA’s mind control program, MKUltra. "He was basically the boogeyman," Pagliarulo says. "He was ...
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‘We’ll Getcha One Day Silksong’ — Slay the Spire 2 Dev ‘Blown Away’ by Enormous Launch as It Joins Steam Top 20 Club

Slay the Spire 2 has enjoyed an enormous early access launch on Steam, breaking into the top 20 most-played games of all time on Valve’s platform.Mega Crit’s sequel had already become the most-played roguelike ever on Steam after it launched last week, but now, after hitting an astonishing 574,638 peak ...
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A Steam Machine update reignited release date fears, but Valve say the new hardware is still shipping this year

Valve have reworded a Steam blog post after its original, unsure-sounding text left open the possibility of further long-term delays to the new Steam Machine. The 2025 Year in Review article only briefly touches on the Machine, as well as the upcoming Steam Controller redesign and the Steam Frame VR ...
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Pokémon Pokopia Physical Edition Price Raised to $80 on Amazon, Amid Reports of Stock Constraints

Amazon has unofficially made Pokémon Pokopia an $80 Nintendo Switch 2 game, after the retailer suddenly increased the price for the new life sim's physical edition amid supply constraints. Numerous retailers have completely run out of Pokémon Pokopia boxed copies, though Amazon still has availability in the U.S., albeit now ...
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Octopath Traveler 0’s Latest Update Is Now Live On Switch 1 & 2, Here Are The Full Patch Notes

Doctor Octopath.Rejoice, Octopathers! Square Enix has released yet another update for Octopath Traveler 0 on Switch 1 and 2, tweaking some mechanics and squashing some bugs along the way.The ver. 1.0.7.0 patch was released at the end of last week (thanks for the heads up, Nintendo Everything), and the main ...
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Here’s Mega Skarmory EX From the Upcoming New Mega Pokémon TCG Set

Today brings an ultra rare Pokémon card from the upcoming Mega Evolution — Perfect Order expansion, and it's the first time this Mega Evolved ex creature has appeared in the Pokémon trading card game. Mega Skarmory ex sees the recently-revealed Mega Pokémon appear in powerful form, with 260 HP and ...
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Slay The Spire 2 update fixes some spectacular multiplayer bugs, like the relic that gives infinite block

Slay The Spire 2 launched into early access last week to the tune of over half a million Steam concurrents, which isn't too shabby for a game with placeholder art that looks like it was knocked up in MS Paint. I played a couple runs of the roguelike deckbuilder this ...
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Website that let Marvel Rivals players pay each other to throw matches pivots to “transparency initiative” after NetEase get mad

Marvel Rivals developers NetEase have introduced new systems for detecting thrown matches. This follows a bizarre wave of people getting bribed to take a fall, instigated by a third-party website who are now advertising themselves as some kind of community advocacy initiative. Read more ...
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Project Motor Racing: ‘We Let You Down, and We Let Ourselves Down’

The team behind Project Motor Racing has acknowledged the game did not meet expectations upon its initial release in November. The admission comes via a new newsletter update from developer Straight4 Studios, which also announced a major update is set to arrive at the end of March.“When we launched Project ...
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