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Id Software co-founder John Carmack "can’t muster anger or outrage" over Xbox gutting the Doom studio, but does say it'll "dampen the mood of the founder reunion"
Aw shucks. That's a bummer. I'm not angry about it, though. Surely this had to happen, just like the execs said it did. I'm paraphrasing quite facetiously, but that is the basic gist of id Software…
Steam Machine Verified medals appear on games' store pages overnight, as if left by the Compatibility Fairy
We’ve known for ages that the Steam Machine has a similar game compatibility rating system to the Steam Deck , wherein Valve tests games and slaps them with a Verified, Playable, or Unsupported…
"We are the best allies to game devs": Skyrim modder shows solidarity with laid off Bethesda workers by draping union logos across Tamriel
You've heard about Microsoft's mass layoffs by now. The last few days have been filled with stories of how these cuts are affecting different studios both still and formerly owned by Xbox, with even…
After years of Nintendo lawsuits and many millions of sales, Pokémon baiter Palworld is out in 1.0 today
Creature-catching game Palworld - the cheerfully macabre survival game that came out of nowhere in 2024 and has sold 40 million copies despite being roundly berated and, indeed, taken to court by…
Xbox CEO Asha Sharma Named Advisor To U.S. Federal Reserve Task Force For Productivity And Jobs
The US Federal Reserve has announced new task forces for advancing monetary policy. Led by chairman Kevin Warsh, the list of advisors for each task force includes Xbox CEO Asha Sharma. "The Federal…
Final Fantasy 7 Ever Crisis shutting down means its Japan only, prequel phone game will remain unplayable
It was not particularly surprising to hear that Final Fantasy 7 Ever Crisis , the other remake of Final Fantasy 7 that opts for a more faithful approach to the original game (if being filled with…
Stardew Valley enters the third dimension thanks to this in-development mod that even comes with VR functionality
I don't need to tell you that Stardew Valley is not a 3D game, and if I do, your understanding of dimensions is unsettling to me. However, where there's a will, there's a way, as a modder has done…
Helldivers 2 is getting a new anti-cheater policy to stop you feeling bummed out and help the in-game economy
If a game is online, there will be cheaters. This is an absolute in life, one that we'd all be better off without, but alas, not one that is always easy to get rid of. One such game that has suffered…
Slay the Spire meets Terra Nil in The Solace of Flowers, an "eco-dystopian" deckbuilder in which you cover corrupted islands with foxgloves, bees and, er, lions
The Solace of Flowers is another tactical roguelike deckbuilder, but wait! This one's also a sweet, grid-based gardening game, awash with daffodils, foxgloves, squirrels, honeybees, and other species…
"A densely-packed open world game about death anxiety": Bad Magpie's avian mischief channels a lot of heartache
Do they sing the song, where you are from? One for sorrow, two for joy, three for a girl, four for a boy… I wouldn't put it past magpies themselves to have learned this superstitious ditty…
Persona 4 Revival's take on the controversial Yosuke will apparently be "more fitting for the world we live in now"
Considering how old Persona 4 actually is, including its revamped rerelease Golden, there's a non-zero chance that it's been a good long while that any of you have played it (and for the younger…
Report: Obsidian Cancels Avowed Sequel To Begin Work On A New Fallout Game
Obsidian Entertainment is developing a new Fallout game, according to a report by Bloomberg . The report also states that the studio has canceled several in-development projects, including a planned…
What will another Obsidian Fallout game even look like all these years on? Here's my attempt to read the radioactive tea leaves
I know. The right answer to the question in the headline is simple: whatever the developers working on it decide they want it to look like. Even though I’ve told myself that multiple times…
Palworld PSA: you might want to uninstall your mods if you've not played in a while ahead of its 1.0 launch
Well, would you look at that. Palworld is launching into 1.0 tomorrow! Somehow an entire two years and then some passed to get to this point, but here we almost are, several updates and a notable…
"We were already running a tight ship": Elder Scrolls 6 devs are worried about Xbox's layoffs causing even more delays to the long-awaited RPG
Reports about the specific effects of Microsoft's mass layoffs are having on studios like Obsidian and id Software keep rolling out. Elder Scrolls 6 makers Bethesda are no different, with staff…
We're making some changes to the RPS Supporter Program, all of them good
Starting... uh, last week, we’re making a bunch of improvements to the RPS Supporter Program , the super-special subscription service through which impossibly cool RPS readers can support our…
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Hooded Horse’s new strategy game Rogue Carrier has you captaining a research ship on a planet where the seas boil with violent squid
There are two cultural artifacts that buzz about my brain without ever truly settling: 2001's action game RTS hybrid Hostile Waters and Wes Anderson's film The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou. It may…
Doom devs id Software were reportedly kicking around ideas for a new Perfect Dark, a John Wick-inspired game, and multiplayer demonslaying prior to layoffs
When Microsoft's mass layoffs gutted Doom developers id Software earlier this week, the studio were reportedly kicking around a number of ideas for games they could work on after finishing Doom: The…
Former Marathon director settles lawsuit against Sony and Bungie, following his firing over alleged inappropriate messages to female staff
Former Marathon director Christopher Barrett has settled his lawsuit against Sony and Bungie. He filed the lawsuit against the studio after a quiet departure which was confirmed in March 2024 …
New Vegas devs Obsidian are reportedly working on a new Fallout game, and only Microsoft could make news I've waited half my life for taste this bitter
I rather like Fallout: New Vegas . It's one of my favourite games of all time, if not number one. Ever since I first played it as an impressionable teenager, I've been dying to see its developers…
Well, at least one good thing's come out of Destiny 2's demise: lob tomatoes at ex-Bungie CEO Pete Parsons' car collection in this fan-made boss battler
Following the end to Destiny 2 's development and subsequent layoffs at developers Bungie, fans of the series have decided to get a bit of revenge of the studio's ex-boss Pete Parsons in one of the…
Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced can run smoothly aboard both Steam Deck and Steam Machine - with the right settings
Greetings, owners of hardware who are also partial to reasonably well-made pirate game remakes . I’m trying something new and fresh and debatably sexy for Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced …
Bithell Games Reveals Vampirium: 1997, An Immersive Sim Where You Work As An Assassin For Dracula
Bithell Games, creators of games such as Volume , John Wick Hex , and Tron: Catalyst, has announced a new immersive sim called Vampirium:1997. The game takes place in an England ruled by Dracula…
Become King Dracula's personal vamp-assassin in Vampirium: 1997, an immersive sim Bithell Games are launching into Steam early access soon
Remember the 90s? Oasis were unavoidable, Tony Blair stalked the halls of power, and Dracula sat on the English throne. Wait, what was that last one? Turns out I'm thinking of Vampirium: 1997, a…