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It took me 14 hours to 100% the amazing Metroidvania Ender Lilies, and just days later the dev announced that the 35-hour sequel launches in a few months
news Ender Magnolia: Bloom in the Mist will leave Steam Early Access in January
Elden Ring randomly buffed the famously overpowered Brass Shield after 2 years, and I have never been so desperate to ask Hidetaka Miyazaki "why"
news If you weren't using the Brass Shield already, you'd best get one
Gearbox marks 5 years of Borderlands 3 with another loot-packed Shift Code to help tide fans over: "We're excited to have you along for Borderlands 4"
news Get some more free loot keys in Borderlands 3
Turn-based fantasy RPG Arco packs big, branching decisions into a small and stunning not-Western world – now I see what all the fuss was about
Indie Spotlight Indie Spotlight | Arco is a real-time turn-based tactics game with lush pixel art and and a lusher setting
This Destiny 2 fix is an all-timer: a gun designed to kill Barrier Champions was dealing 40% less damage to barriers and "not correctly" getting a 67% damage bonus
news Apologize to Eriana's Vow immediately
Helldivers 2 devs weren't kidding about huge buffs coming this month – the Railgun is about to utterly destroy large enemies: "We kind of quadrupled that"
news The big September 17 Helldivers 2 update gets juicier by the day
Dragon Age: The Veilguard reveals a clever little solution to every RPG's companion problem
news BioWare's latest crop of companions have unique "Exploration Abilities" that you can keep handy
2 years later, Elden Ring players dig out their 'I beat Radahn before the nerf' stickers as early runs show FromSoftware really took a bat to Shadow of the Erdtree's final boss
news Promised Consort Radahn isn't the oppressive force he once was
Forget the final boss nerf, the new Elden Ring DLC patch just made a garbage talisman a must-have for some weapons and even buffed my favorite swords and spells
news Rellana's Twin Moons, Twin Blades, and Cameo talisman all got huge buffs
Diablo 4 may have peaked because players are now dealing literally infinite damage on the PTR server, and by players obviously I mean a Whirlwind Barbarian
news This, uh, won't be making it to the live game
The coolest part of the PS5 Pro is PlayStation doubling down on one of PC gaming's best FPS boosters with PSSR
news PlayStation's new super sampling solution could end up being the best part of the beefy PS5
Sony says the $700 PS5 Pro "may" stabilize or improve performance of over 8,500 backward compatible PS4 games, while 40+ PS5 games will get Pro patches in November
news PS5 Pro Game Boost and Enhanced Image Quality could boost PS4 games
Destiny 2 is experimenting with Metroidvania and roguelike DNA as Bungie admits "Destiny is too complex" and "you practically need a PhD to decide what to play"
news Bungie wants to change things up and also make things simpler
On the heels of Concord's flop, PlayStation rolls out an official survey gauging players on its biggest live service win: Helldivers 2
news Hello, do you have a moment to talk about Helldivers 2?
Bungie confirms Destiny 2 is done with annual expansions and Episodes – now the MMO will get 2 "medium-sized" expansions plus 4 free updates a year
news Codename: Apollo is Destiny 2's next expansion, a "nonlinear" adventure
20 years of MMO history comes full circle as Old School RuneScape reveals official "community servers" that give players "full control over gameplay modifiers"
news The ghost of Moparscape, is that you?
At a rough time for Destiny 2, Bungie says it will reveal more of the MMO's next chapter, Codename Frontiers, next week – but 10th anniversary plans are "light"
news Destiny is about to be 10 years old – expect "a small in-game celebration"
Amid Risk of Rain 2 DLC blowback, the roguelike's creators say "it sucks" for fans and the new devs at Gearbox, but those new devs say fixes are coming and this is "just the beginning"
news "It's great to see new content for the game, but it's hard to see growing pains," says Hopoo co-founder
"My poor baby": As Risk of Rain 2's first Gearbox-made DLC takes a hammer to the beloved roguelike, the game's original programmer fears it "must have been rushed out"
Features Risk of Rain 2 programmer weighs in on Seekers of the Storm
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 makes a huge change to weapon camos and "takes inspiration" from previous games: no more gun level requirements, saving a ton of time
news The camo grind starts as soon as you pick up a gun
Arthur Morgan actor shares his personal "canon ending" for Red Dead Redemption 2, and reckons half the endings don't make sense for Arthur anyway
news Roger Clark shares his Arthur Morgan head canon
And you thought the Borderlands movie's $90m flop was harsh: Gearbox is getting eviscerated for botching the first Risk of Rain 2 DLC it's made after buying the IP
news Risk of Rain 2: Seekers of the Storm is the only negative mark on the series' Steam record
The "largest ever" DDOS attack was reportedly the "carpet bombing" of a Minecraft server weathering 3.15 billion packets per second from Russia and 17 other countries
news A reported Minecraft DDOS attack shattered packets per second records
