Feature: Quake Renaissance: where is Quake now, and how did it get here?
Enter the war room
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"There isn't something secret embedded in the Steam Deck" like the Steam Controller, says Valve
But it will receive plenty of feature updates post-launch
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Review: Twelve Minutes review: not quite enough time
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Feature: Mechajammer isn't quite an isometric Deus Ex yet, but there's potential here
More shooting than sneaking right now
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Deathloop's PvP invasions will put your tactics and mind games to the test
Arkane dish extra details on Deathloop's PvP
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Saints Row V teaser hints at a reboot and Gamescom announcement
Where in the universe are the Saints headed next?
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Counter-Strike Global Offensive is 9 years old
Old enough to drink, if it had terrible parents
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Tails Of Iron's villains are frogs because they have an "innate evil-ness"
Don't let the frogs hear you say that
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Halo Infinite's campaign co-op and Forge mode won't be in at launch
Solo Spartans only for launch day
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Supporters only: G String is like Half-Life 2, except that I like it
Bach to the future
News
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Counter-Strike Global Offensive is 9 years old
Old enough to drink, if it had terrible parents
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Don't expect PlayStation games to launch simultaneously on PC
In case you had hoped
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The Ascent's patch is causing issues for players on Game Pass
Stuttering but with a possible workaround
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Microsoft Flight Simulator's world update 6 delayed into September
Germany, Austria and Switzerland are getting polished
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Genshin Impact shows off Aloy's skills and its excessively fishy update 2.1
There's a fishing minigame, but that's not all
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Halo Infinite's campaign co-op and Forge mode won't be in at launch
Solo Spartans only for launch day
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Saints Row V teaser hints at a reboot and Gamescom announcement
Where in the universe are the Saints headed next?
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Skyrim is getting fishing and yet another new edition
Not the Elder Scrolls news you crave
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Deathloop's PvP invasions will put your tactics and mind games to the test
Arkane dish extra details on Deathloop's PvP
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Tails Of Iron's villains are frogs because they have an "innate evil-ness"
Don't let the frogs hear you say that
Supporter funded articles
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G String is like Half-Life 2, except that I like it
Bach to the future
Old school shooters are still in vogue and that's basically a good thing. But I wonder where it'll lead.
G String might offer a clue. As well as having possibly the worst name in history, it's a strange sort of throwback to the early/mid 2000s, an era you might, if you had to say these things for a living, call "middle school". I'm surprised at …
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Dandy Dungeon dev's History of RPGs series has just got English subtitles, and it's ace
Final Fantasy IS better than Dragon Quest, it has been decreed
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Dreamscaper is a roguelike that's a bit like Hades meets Life Is Strange
A nightmare I'd revisit
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This website is now a Back 4 Blood and Holly stan account
Heeeeeeeey batterbatterbatter
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Reviews
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Recompile review: a hacking adventure worth installing
Let this one past your firewall
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Twelve Minutes review: not quite enough time
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Garden Story review: a cosy, sweet-natured RPG
All things grape and small
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Deals
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This 32-in 1440p 165Hz monitor is £248 - a crazy low price
Go big or go home with the LG 32GN600-B.
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The GOG Games Festival begins with 1200 deals and up to 90% off
Metro Exodus Gold, Cyberpunk 2077 and free Quake 2 RTX.
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A great price for a current-gen, high-performance gaming CPU.
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Highlights from Gamesplanet's biggest sale of the year
With 24 hour flash sales plus a bevvy of week-long discounts.
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Be pilots, pirates and space truckers
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The 10 best games like Dark Souls
In honour of His Souliness
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The 25 best multiplayer games to play on PC in 2021
Great games to play against friends
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The 25 best horror games on PC to play in 2021
Put the frighteners up yourself with this new and up-to-date list
Hardware
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"There isn't something secret embedded in the Steam Deck" like the Steam Controller, says Valve
But it will receive plenty of feature updates post-launch
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I am showered with the viscera of a dying mousepad
Please Ian Tel, make your future organic PCs immortal
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Valve are "fairly confident" the Steam Deck will be your next PC upgrade
Steam Deck's designers don't foresee people choosing it as their first PC, but it's "a viable choice" for would-be upgraders
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Valve "weren't interested" in making a Steam Deck that only played low-spec games
"We really wanted to put the Steam catalogue first."
From The Archive
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How Hades plays with Greek myths
Hell to pay
When Supergiant Games started to make Hades, their Roguelike action-RPG, they had plenty of experience making narrative games. Across Bastion, Transistor and Pyre, they’d found they were pretty good at telling stories. But in a Roguelike? And what’s that? They intended to put Hades in Early Access? Could they ever fit with the kind of rich characterisation and storytelling that made Supergiant’s name? …
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Resident Evil Village's Beneviento house is like the monstrous lovechild of PT and Resi 7
It scared the bejeezus out of me
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Bloody hell, Psychonauts is still a bit good, isn't it?
Trip the mind fantastic
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The secret myths and folktakes behind Okami
The Wolf Among Us before it was cool
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Anyone else want games of those Usborne Puzzle Adventure books from the 80s and 90s?
Those things were absolute bangers
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The best video game worlds are those you can't explore
Should we gather for whisky and cigars tonight?
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Indiescovery
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G String is like Half-Life 2, except that I like it
Bach to the future
Old school shooters are still in vogue and that's basically a good thing. But I wonder where it'll lead.
G String might offer a clue. As well as having possibly the worst name in history, it's a strange sort of throwback to the early/mid 2000s, an era you might, if you had to say these things for a living, call "middle school". I'm surprised at …
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Tails Of Iron's villains are frogs because they have an "innate evil-ness"
Don't let the frogs hear you say that
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Dino teen drama Goodbye Volcano High delayed to next year
The game is going through a "narrative reboot"
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Pretty apocalypse puzzler Cloud Gardens is outgrowing early access
Full launch is coming on September 1
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Twelve Minutes review: not quite enough time
Synchronise watches
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Indie ratcapade Tails Of Iron is Dark Souls meets Redwall
I've got love for you if you were born in the 80s
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Retro FPS Prodeus announces co-op and shows its bloody main character
Two miniguns are better than one
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Counter-Strike Global Offensive is 9 years old
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Don't expect PlayStation games to launch simultaneously on PC
In case you had hoped
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The Ascent's patch is causing issues for players on Game Pass
Stuttering but with a possible workaround
-
Microsoft Flight Simulator's world update 6 delayed into September
Germany, Austria and Switzerland are getting polished
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Genshin Impact shows off Aloy's skills and its excessively fishy update 2.1
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