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A year after Gearbox released Risk of Rain 2 DLC so broken the developer admitted it put the game ‘in a really bad place,’ it’s finally got a win: the new DLC’s 96% positive reviews have blasted it up Steam’s top sellers chart

Risk of Rain 2: Alloyed Collective, a new DLC for the ultimate numbers-go-up roguelike, launched on Steam yesterday to something new for Gearbox since it took over the game: Player acclaim. After taking over development duties from original indie developer…

Peter Jackson’s King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie modder just released a fan patch for Peter Jackson’s King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Peter Jackson’s King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie

On January 17, 2025, Update v33.20 brought King Kong to Fortnite as an Epic outfit that players could purchase for 1,500 V-Bucks. But while the dizzying pace of our contemporary culture might make it hard to remember, King Kong existed…

Just Cause Dev Avalanche Closes Liverpool Studio And Lays Off Workers

In August, reports emerged that Microsoft had paused development on Contraband, a co-op smuggler game from Just Cause developer Avalanche. At the time, some sources noted that Microsoft put a “hold” on production rather than a full cancellation. But now,…

Forestrike Review

As a fighting game fan, I’ve grown to enjoy the process. Spending extended amounts of time in training mode learning the timing of memorized button presses in the hopes that, when it really counts, that practice will pay off. This…

Does The Mighty Nein have a Star Wars problem?

The first three episodes of Critical Role’s newest animated fantasy adventure The Mighty Nein, are finally here, and with it comes a new spin on the 100+ hours of the multimedia corporation’s second actual play Dungeons & Dragons campaign. After…

Princess Maker-Like Galaxy Princess Zorana Launches This Week

Back in May 2025, Hanako Games announced a successor to its devastatingly difficult Princess Maker style game Long Live the Queen called Galaxy Princess Zorana. After a successful Kickstarter to help fund development, it now has a release date. We’ll…

The Hobbit: There And Back Again Board Game Review

Not only is Reiner Knizia certainly the most prolific designer in hobby board games, but The Hobbit: There And Back Again isn’t even his first (or second, or third) game based on Tolkien’s book for children. First was a 2010…