News on the games our community plays together, what's trending right now, and the occasional roast.
In its first three weeks of early access, Bulkhead's NZ$63 shooter out-earned EA Sports FC 27 and Fortnite on PC. Here's what Newzoo's September ch…
A podracing roguelite from ex-Burnout developers is one of the best-reviewed Star Wars games ever made. Its new accolades trailer is shouting about…
Xbox posted a cosy autumn setup with Grand Theft Auto VI front and centre on a Series X dashboard. Three weeks out from launch, fans want to know i…
More than 30 million PvE rounds later, Embark is still weighing whether ARC Raiders gets a permanent PvE mode, and how to do it without gutting the…
The Grammy-winning composer was in talks to score the next Mass Effect. Now the game is dead, he's shared 22 minutes of the music he wrote for it.
From a bet in a Vegas arcade to the Civ VII backlash: 35 years of Sid Meier's Civilization, the lawsuits, the breakaways, the Grammy, and the truth…
A genuinely unique Kiwi city builder with a gorgeous soundtrack, hiding a hard, poorly explained production game behind its cute art. A hidden gem with plenty of rough edges to iron out.
A loud, daft love letter to the arcade that takes too long to throw its first Hadouken. The fights and soundtrack slap, Akuma rules and Bison is just weird.
A completely welcome DLC which breathes even more life into a rock-solid, all time favourite game.
Lobbies are stalling because nobody will pick Wardogs' Blue Team. We've got the evidence, the incident log and a survival guide.
Open the file#1 on Newzoo's September PC revenue chart. We queue Red or Green. Never Blue.
Trios always need a third.
Full squads, full chaos.
Co-op campaigns and questionable dice rolls.
Wipe day is a public holiday.
League starts = no sleep.
Wardogs topped Newzoo's September PC revenue chart and still has 130K+ on Steam. CS2 is over a million, AION 2 sits #3 after its global launch, Deadlock just broke 300K while still invite-only, Modern Warfare 4 is out, and Edgerunners 2 has Cyberpunk back over 140K.
#1 on Newzoo's September PC revenue chart. We queue Red or Green. Never Blue.
#1 on Steam with over a million playing. Still. Forever.
Free-to-play, and sitting #3 on Steam three weeks after its global launch.
Valve's invite-only playtest just broke 300K. Still not technically out.
Out now. 150K+ on Steam.
Edgerunners 2 and Update 2.5 have Night City back at 140K.
Top 5 on Steam. Chicken dinners are back.
Made in Dunedin. We gave it a 7/10.
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