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Surprise, Here’s A New Grand Theft Auto 6 Trailer

Rockstar has dropped the launch trailer for its upcoming open-world game

18 hours ago 👁 2
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Honey Sprite Location & Effect - Fortnite

The final Design A Sprite winner, the Honey Sprite by Conejito_sam, has been released as the last of the two Sprite variants of Fortnite Chapter 7 Season 4! With a deadly swarm of bees and 6 Honey Sprites to collect, you might want to see what this Sprite does, how you can get it, and which ones you'll need to collect...

18 hours ago 👁 7
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GTA 6 Finally Has Its Trailer 3

Rockstar has decided to drop an excellent launch trailer for Grand Theft Auto 6 out of nowhere and a whole month before the game's actual launch, to boot.

18 hours ago 👁 2
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Castlevania: Belmont's Curse review - inspired by great ideas, but doomed by questionable execution

In my office, I have a collage of Ordnance Survey maps plastered across my wall. They're from places I've lived - Derbyshire, East London, Bournemouth, Bristol - with cycle routes, country roads, and parks highlighted and circled. It's an atlas of my experiences, a living memoir of the places I've been and the things I...

18 hours ago 👁 2
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DayZ creator Dean Hall says "our industry is rotting from its core" because of big-company "greed", aiming shots at Epic's Unreal and Unity

DayZ, Icarus, and Kitten Space Agency creator Dean Hall has issued a fiery assault against some of the world's biggest game companies, calling out a "greed" that's "rotting" our industry to its core. He took particular aim at engine-makers Epic (Unreal) and Unity, while simultaneously backing his words by launching an...

19 hours ago 👁 2
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A co-op survival game where trolls aren't just there to be killed? 'We don't talk about them as enemies, but rather as neighbors'

A deep forest of towering trees can be an intimidating place, especially if you're only three inches tall. In co-op PvE survival game Trollheim: Gnomes, you're a wee little Sprýg Gnome looking for a new place to call home after Oden has driven you from Midgård.That home is a dense, dark forest, and you're not the only...

19 hours ago 👁 2
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Phantom Blade Zero devs are happy they "didn't have to make everything 100% balanced"

In multiplayer action games, it's vital that every weapon or character is equally useful, at least as much as possible. I spoke to Phantom Blade Zero's director, Soulframe (S), about how S-Game managed 30 different weapons, and how the team tried to make them balanced. S knows balance is important in Phantom Blade Zero...

19 hours ago 👁 3
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"I lost the concept of home, until my grandmother took me into these forests" - Trollheim: Gnomes is a survival game from ex-DICE and Paradox devs that channels childhood fairytales

Swedish studio Off-leash Interactive and Denshattack publishers Fireshine Games have announced Trollheim: Gnomes, a survival-crafting fairytale in which you, a three-inch-high gnome, explore a procedurally generated forest derived from Nordic folklore. You'll be clambering up enormous trees, lighting campfires beneath...

19 hours ago 👁 10
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Xbox Ally X 20 vs Xbox Ally X: A wickedly bright OLED screen and frosty temps make for a begrudgingly attractive upgrade for the Asus handheld

So, you've seen the Asus ROG Xbox Ally X20 in all its black and gold glory and wondered if it's worth paying $300 more for it. Well, the answer is 'it really depends on what kind of device you are looking for' and 'how much is a fresh OLED screen worth to you?' Unlike the other ROG 20th anniversary edition bits of Asus...

19 hours ago 👁 2
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Asus ROG Xbox Ally X20 review

The Asus ROG 20th anniversary lineup has been interesting. Black, gold, and indulgent feels like the tagline here, with the Azoth Extreme Edition 20 and ROG Harpe II Extreme Edition 20 containing actual gold, and a fitting price tag to boot.For any criticisms I may have, I don't think you're paying primarily for the br...

19 hours ago 👁 2
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2025 Top-Down Arcade Shooter on Steam Is Now Completely Free 

Phobos Down is a top-down arcade shooter on Steam that launched as a paid game but has now switched to a free-to-play model. Solo developer Mikko Rytkönen released the game on Steam in December 2025 and has updated it several times since. In terms of gameplay, Phobos Down takes a slower-paced approach to the shoot 'em...

19 hours ago 👁 7
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Big Walk Devs Say The Game Won’t Come To Xbox In Accordance With The BDS Boycott

‘We would love for people to be able to play the game on Xbox, but not until Microsoft and/or Xbox have been removed as BDS boycott targets’

19 hours ago 👁 8