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Steam Families is out of beta, letting you share games with up to five others

Steam’s family sharing feature Steam Families is now available to everyone on the platform, letting up to six total people share games from a single library, with each individual having access to their own saved games, achievements, and workshop files. This means that, yes, when you all sit down together ...
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Wild Bastards review: a messy roguelike shooter that’s nonetheless full o’ beans

There are cold opens and there are freezing ones. Sci-fi roguelike shooter Wild Bastards doesn't start on its strongest cowboy boot. You are dumped into the middle of an interstellar chase and summarily shown the ropes. The guns feel simplistic, the arenas bare, the loot vanilla, and the entire loop ...
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Poll: Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection Is Out Today, Will You Be Getting It?

Go on, tell us.Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics is finally available on the Nintendo Switch eShop today.It's had some impressive reviews so far, including our own here on Nintendo Life (we gave it an "excellent" nine out of ten stars). This package includes a total of seven classic ...
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Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Has Been Updated To Version 3.0.3, Here Are The Full Patch Notes

Download it now.Apart from Splatoon 3, Nintendo has also rolled out a new update for Mario Kart 8 Deluxe today. Yes, after several months of silence, Version 3.0.3 is now available to download.This update includes the following changes, according to Nintendo's official patch notes. It's also jumped from Version 3.0.1 ...
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Former id Software Execs: Space Marine 2 Is Selling Faster Than Any of Their Games, Including Doom and Quake

Space Marine 2 is off to a great start. Yesterday, Saber Interactive announced that its Warhammer 40K action game reached 2 million players, and it has retained consistently high concurrents on Steam. Now Saber Interactive CEO Tim Willits, who served as studio director at id Software until 2019, is claiming ...
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Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D Remake: The Final Preview

I find the word “cozy” to be dreadfully overused when assigning genres to video games these days, but it’s hard to find another adjective that so perfectly captures what I love about Dragon Quest. Straightforward but rewarding turn-based combat paired with a classic hero’s journey told in a picturesque fantasy ...
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Space noir roguelike Ostranauts is aiming for 1.0 in 2025, with help from Kitfox as publisher

Post-apocalyptic roguelike Neo Scavenger is one of my favourite games, but its spacefaring followup Ostranauts, currently in Early Access, is currently too fiddly and complicated for me. Here's some good news, then: Kitfox, masters of making impenetrable roguelikes more welcoming, have joined the project as publisher ahead of a planned ...
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Nightingale’s Realms Rebuilt update arrives tomorrow and aims to revive the game with a handcrafted campaign

Tomorrow will see the release of Nightingale's Realms Rebuilt update, which hopes to revive the ailing Early Access gaslamp survival craft 'em up. It's aiming to do that with a new handcrafted campaign, which now sits alongside the procedural worlds already present, along with new weapons, spells, boss battles, dungeons ...
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Feature: “There Was More We Wanted To Say” – One Of 2023’s Best Games Gets ‘The Pristine Cut’ On Switch

"I just have to not be too precious".Back in 2021, Black Tabby Games — an indie studio formed by husband-and-wife team Tony Howard-Arias and Abby Howard — released the first episode of the episodic visual novel Scarlet Hollow on Steam. Visually striking with ink drawings and a deep branching narrative, ...
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New Xbox Friends and Followers Experience

Beginning this week, starting with Alpha Skip-Ahead users on Xbox consoles, and users that have joined the PC Gaming preview on Windows PCs and handheld devices, Xbox Insiders will be able to preview an updated friends and followers experience! With updated relationships, and new privacy and notification settings, you can ...
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