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The new hardware lineup revealed by Valve in 2025—the Steam Controller, Steam Frame VR headset, and Steam Machine—made quite a first impression. The Steam Machine in particular came off as streamlined, simple, and very capable: A significant evolution over Valve’s…
On its Early Access launch day, before I’d unlocked anything, I was struck by how much Slay the Spire 2 felt more like a remake of the original Slay the Spire than a sequel. The tutorial didn’t tell me –…
Diablo 2 players have discovered a decades-old easter egg is now the single strongest way to find the rarest loot. The changes that came alongside the Reign of the Warlock expansion expanded the late-game loot hunt and opened the door…
You’ll need bricks in Pokémon Pokopia to complete more advanced, non-leaf building projects, though Pokopia doesn’t go out of its way to tell you how to get bricks early on. You’ll need a specific resource and the labor of a…
It seems like Durandal from the original trilogy is contacting players via previously inactive terminals
In early February, Valve confirmed that Steam Machine‘s launch was pushed out of its early 2026 release window due to the ongoing RAM shortages. At the time, Valve expressed confidence that a 2026 release was still on the table. But…
Horse games have a reputation—a fairly earned one, I’m sad to say—for being bad. If they’re horse-accurate, they’re ugly. If they’re pretty, they’re boring. If they’re highly anticipated, they’re buggy and unsupported. Horse enthusiast gamers have been burned before and…
As much as Resident Evil changed over the years, a few things remained constant with the series’ general attitude toward society. 1: Corporations, bad. 2: Rich people, even worse. 3: Corporate scientists, also bad. The themes usually don’t go much…
While March is off to a strong start for new games already, with Pokémon Pokopia, Slay the Spire 2, and Marathon all releasing this past week, none of those are on Xbox Game Pass. Neither is February’s Resident Evil Requiem,…
The wait for Valve’s new Steam Machine — and Steam Frame VR headset and new Steam Controller — may be even longer than expected. Valve suggested further delays for its new hardware, originally planned for release in “early 2026,” as…