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GTA developer Rockstar opens new Australian branch by acquiring the studio that's been working on its ports for "this past decade"
By Issy van der Velde published
News The founder was the creative director on L.A. Noire and another, more troublingly titled game

Pokemon Champions could be the series' "biggest announcement in over a decade," says former world champ, because Nintendo might finally be about to separate competitive play from single-player
By Catherine Lewis published
News The new PvP battling game could "change the way that Pokemon operates forever," Wolfe Glick believes

This streamer just beat a no-hit run of Dark Souls 3 with a saxophone controller, and they've got their sights set on Monster Hunter Wilds next
By Issy van der Velde published
News Doot

Death Stranding 2: On the Beach gets new details from PlayStation, teasing fans with info on its combat, story, and "large open-world environments"
By Anna Koselke published
News "Make sure you leave your mark"

Survival horror clatters into soccer royalty as "Silent Hill mixed with FIFA 98" offers up a Steam Next Fest demo that I could never have imagined would work this well
By Jordan Gerblick last updated
news FEAR FA 98 is going to give me some real weird dreams

Baldur's Gate 3 has a new contender in this Steam Next Fest RPG demo filled with talking fish, clones, and very violent bubble tea
By Oscar Taylor-Kent last updated
Hands-on Moves of the Diamond Hand elevates the humble six-sided die into your primary way to interact with its strange, off-kilter, and utterly captivating world – and comes to Early Access soon

The Stardew Valley stan in me is more excited than ever to play this cozy farming sim for real next month, after its Steam Next Fest demo blew me away
By Anna Koselke last updated
News My heart belongs to Sugardew Island

Legendary indie dev returns with a farming sim that couldn't be more different from the game that made them famous, all about an ex-warrior who hates the cozy life
By Kaan Serin last updated
News Wanderstop is a tea-brewing sim about trying to recover from burnout

Monster Hunter Wilds might be a bit too popular as one indie dev says their sales totally flatlined around the action RPG's launch: "We haven't sold a single game"
By Catherine Lewis published
News Monster Hunter Wilds has been keeping a lot of Steam users very busy

This roguelike strategy game puts you in charge of a dieselpunk alt-WW2 mech squad, and its Steam Next Fest demo is wonderfully bite-sized
By Oscar Taylor-Kent last updated
Hands-on Grit and Valor – 1949's dieselpunk mech theming is an interesting alt-WW2 twist, and I love how the roguelike structure makes each RTS skirmish feel like a tasty snack
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