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11 Bit Studios has announced the Frostpunk sequel to its 2018 survival, strategy game while also revealing a brand new CGI trailer.Frostpunk 2 takes place 30 years after the apocalyptic blizzard storm while Earth is still overwhelmed by the icy climate of never-ending frost.The player takes the role of the leader of a resource-hungry metropolis where the expansion and search for new sources of power is an unavoidable reality.“What we aim to deliver to players is an experience that goes vastly

Not Tonight 2, set to launch on Steam and Nintendo Switch later this year.Not Tonight 2, from developer PanicBarn, is the sequel to the 2018 post-Brexit simulation game by the same name which was experienced by 400,000 players.The sequel explores an alternative, defective America, where capitalism and political greed have taken centre stage, and democracy is a thing of the past.The game follows the lives of Malik, Kevin and Mari as they race across the USA on a mission to save their friend

Nerf: Legends is a first-person shooter launching in October for PC, PlayStation, Xbox and Nintendo Switch.Nerf: Legends is a fast-paced FPS set in a futuristic sci-fi world and will have players face off against legions of robots as well as “ultimate boss masters” in a single-player action experience or with friends in online multiplayer.You can check out the Nerf: Legends announcement trailer below:The game’s key features include:Nerf: Legends is coming to PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S,

Yuoni, the latest game from Japanese studio Tricore, is a hide-and-seek horror launching on August 19 for PC, PS4 and PS5.Yuoni is a first-person narrative game where the player takes the role of Ai, a 10-year-old grade-schooler in 1990s Japan whose “world is about to turn upside down”.Throughout the game, the player will be hunted by “otherwordly horrors” and the only choices you have is to hide, run, or die.The horror game is launching next week on PC, PS4, and PS5 with an Xbox release date

Splitgate has soared up the Steam ranks for highest concurrent players on the platform over the weekend.Despite launching back in 2019, Splitgate has caught the interest of a much larger playerbase and now sits as one of the most-played Steam games today.As visible on the top games by current player count list, Splitgate has peaked at 59,885 concurrent players so far today (August 8) alone, putting the arena shooter above Steam staples like Garry’s Mod and Valheim.The game is a Halo styled

Death Trash is now available on PC in early access across Steam, the Epic Games Store, Itch.io, and GOG.The cosmic-horror filled game is also currently at 10 per cent off on all stores, with the final version aiming for a 2022 release – the game is currently in early access mode due to the potential for player feedback improving the product.

FromSoftware and Bandai Namco have finally given Elden Ring its own Steam page.The Steam page for the highly anticipated action RPG was added yesterday (August 6), which means fans can finally wishlist the game on the digital storefront.Typically, upcoming games will launch a Steam page alongside the first announcement so this is a late but nevertheless welcome move from the publisher.For eagers fans awaiting any morsel of Elden Ring news, the page also adds a few more details, as well as a

PC.Zool Redimensioned will arrive on Steam from August 18, developed by Sumo Digital Academy and published by Secret Mode.

New Blood Interactive has taken to Twitter to share their accomplishment with Ultrakill, which has become one of the top rated games of all time on Steam.Ultrakill has earned a spot near the very top of the Steam ratings, with over 10,000 positive reviews and just 60 negative ones.As noted by SteamDB, Ultrakill now sits at number 15 for the top rated game chart on Steam.

Half-Life 2 has reportedly been given Valve‘s blessing, with an official Steam page in the works.Filip Victor – who previously created Half-Life 2: Update – is currently working on a complete remaster of Half-Life 2 and all Episodes which Valve has reportedly given the green light.Reporter Tyler McVicker stated that he is “able to confirm this projects legitimacy” and that the remaster is “coming soon to Steam” with Valve’s consent.I have been able to confirm this projects legitimacy, being made

Steam Deck developers have discussed how Steam’s past hardware helped shape the upcoming handheld PC gaming device.The developers spoke about the Steam Deck in an interview with IGN at the beginning of the weekend (July 30).

Neon Giant has confirmed that the Xbox Game Pass for PC version of The Ascent is currently missing certain high-end graphics features, though the studio is already looking for a fix.When The Ascent released last Thursday (July 29), PC players were quick to notice that ray tracing and DLSS (Nvidia‘s Deep Learning Super Sampling technology) were included in the Steam version but not in the Xbox Game Pass version.Neon Giant has confirmed on Twitter that while the features are currently missing from

Annapurna Interactive has revealed that Outer Wilds will be receiving a surprise expansion titled Outer Wilds: Echoes Of The Eye later this year.Yesterday (July 29), a teaser for Outer Wilds: Echoes Of The Eye gave fans an ominous first look at what to expect from the expansion, which will be released on September 28.The expansion will add “more to explore” on PS4, Xbox One, the Epic Games Store and Steam when it launches. While the teaser video itself is deliberately vague, the YouTube

Valve has defended why the company chooses to take a 30 per cent cut from all products sold on Steam.Valve has claimed that an antitrust lawsuit filed by Wolfire Games “fails to allege the most basic elements of an antitrust case” and denies using its market dominance to overcharge developers.The lawsuit was filed in April and claims that Valve takes an “extraordinarily high cut” from sales, further alleging that due to the 30 per cent cut, “competition, output, and innovation are suppressed, in

Valve has launched a new client beta for Steam, and with it a new visual redesign for its UI that looks better and more useful.A full list of changes to the Steam client beta were posted on the Steam Community page.

Naraka: Bladepoint will be heading to consoles soon and it looks as though PlayStation 5 will be the first to receive the title.24 Entertainment has revealed that the popular PC battle royale game will be heading over to consoles sooner rather than later.Naraka: Bladepoint is a 60-player fantasy battle royale with a heavy focus on melee combat and parkour-style mobility.

Steam Deck‘s early prototypes was apparently called the “Ugly Baby” according to a Valve developer.In an interview with IGN‘s Ryan McCaffrey, Gabe Newell and Valve developer Pierre-Loup Griffais discussed the Steam Deck and revealed some of the other names the handheld device originally had.Some early names were things like “Steam Buddy” and “Steam Pal” as Newell said in the interview, while Griffais revealed that the Steam Deck had some “pretty terrifying prototypes” so the team “gave them

Phasmophobia developers are teasing new content for its first-person co-operative horror game.Kinetic Games has shared a cryptic Tweet suggesting that Phasmophobia will soon receive a brand new update.“Big things ahead,” the Tweet stated, not much to go off, but from Kinetic Games’ public Trello board players might see the addition of some brand new content in the near future.From the Trello Board, it indicates that an in-progress major update will see Phasmophobia receive a “Progression

Battlefield 1 has maintained its player count following a free weekend on Steam, which ended with an 88 per cent discount.The free weekend came only a few days after EA announced Battlefield Portal, a crossover mode in Battlefield 2042 that features content from past games in the series.At its peak, the free weekend had over 43,000 players, according to SteamDB which is an online portal that tracks Steam data.

Draft Of Darkness has been getting a lot of attention ahead of its upcoming release, with many comparing it to the Resident Evil series. Developed by Istanbul-based solo indie game developer Crawly Games, Draft Of Darkness is described as an experimental horror game with gameplay focused around death.While card-based, the top-down perspective and pixel style is very reminiscent of early PlayStation titles, looking like something that wouldn’t seem out of place as a spinoff to Resident Evil.

A Total War Saga: Troy is finally heading to Steam, and will be bringing a brand new expansion pack with it when it arrives.While the base game has already leaned into Greek mythology, publisher Sega says the upcoming Mythos expansion will allow players to “embark on one of three new expeditions to track, fight and tame legendary beasts and unleash them upon your enemies.”Players will be able to pursue Cerberus, guard dog of Hades; a griffin, described as “a deadly master of the skies”; and the

Hell Let Loose officially launches on PC via Steam today (July 27) after being in Early Access for two years.Hell Let Loose is a World War II multiplayer tactical FPS featuring 50 vs.

Forza Horizon 5 footage, Playground Games discussed an unusual source of inspiration from Predator.Playground Games Creative director Mike Brown and associate art director Conar Cross were playing the game during a live stream when host Charleyy Hodson asked them if they had been inspired by any specific Mexican jungles.Cross responded by saying that he and the team felt something was missing in jungle biomes: “one of the team members said, ‘hey, have you watched Predator?, the classic Arnold

PlayStation, Xbox and more issues.READ MORE: The best PS5 games: the best PlayStation 5 titles to play in 2021According to dozens of reports making their way across the web, various online services dropped offline including the PlayStation Network, Xbox Live and Steam. NME has confirmed the former two.

Valve has announced that Steam Next Fest – which will feature hundreds of game demos – is returning this October. Running between October 1-7, Steam Next Fest is a “multi-day celebration of upcoming games” that will offer demos, developer livestreams, and chats with teams currently making titles as well.Originally called Steam Game Festival, the revived Steam Next Fest also had an event in June.

PC gaming handheld Steam Deck will mean the end of the existing ‘Big Picture mode’ on Steam, Valve has confirmed.Big Picture mode swaps the web browser-style layout of the default Steam client for a cleaner user interface emphasising larger tiles for games.

Konami has announced eFootball, a new free-to-play digital-only football experience arriving later this year.eFootball is a new game built from the ground up, implying the developer has dropped PES for the immediate future. In its place is a new free-to-play football game built around the concept of one-vs-one football.Konami revealed eFootball in an official trailer that went live earlier today (July 21).

Konami has revealed three new Yu-Gi-Oh! games in development for different platforms.The Japanese developer showed off the new titles during its Digital Next event celebrating the Yu-Gi-Oh! series, and fans got a glimpse into what exactly the titles were offering when they release over the next year.Kicking off the show was Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel, which will look to bring together a digital version of the full original trading card game.

Steam Deck, the upcoming portable PC from Valve, has had its technical specifications updated which indicate a better memory bandwidth.Spotted by Twitter user Locuza (thanks, PC Gamer), the tech specs webpage for the Steam Deck has updated to show the RAM being quad 32-bit channels with speeds up to 5,500 MT/s.A discussion and curiosity is resolved now.Van Gogh, which is used by Valve's Steam Deck, has 4 UMCs.I expected 4x 16-Bit (a memory channel under LPDDR5 is actually 16-Bit wide).

Super Robot Wars 30 has been announced for release in the West for the first time, according to developers Bandai Namco.After three decades of success in Japan, the Super Robot Wars series will be coming to the US and Europe for the first time.

Steam Deck as the leader in a new category of PC-based handhelds, one that could have “long-term benefits” for Steam.In an interview with IGN, Newell explained that he viewed the Steam Deck as the start of a new “product category”, and hopes that other PC manufacturers will join in.“Our view is, if we’re doing this right, that we’re going to be selling these in millions of units,” said Newell.“And it’s clearly going to be establishing a product category that ourselves and other PC manufacturers

Valve has confirmed the Steam Deck shouldn’t suffer from the joystick drift issue that has plagued consoles in recent years.In an interview with IGN, a group of developers and engineers working for Valve confirmed that the issue of drift has been a focus when creating the Steam Deck’s hardware.Issues with joystick drift have become more common in recent years, with the Nintendo Switch famously promising free fixes for its JoyCon issues, and Sony’s PlayStation 5 console coming under fire for

Steam Deck consoles are already being listed on Ebay, with scalpers charging in excess of $1,000 (£726).Announced last week, the Steam Deck will provide PC gaming on the go in a device that can be connected to a display like the Nintendo Switch.Preorders for the console went live on Friday at 6pm BST, but the demand for the Steam Deck quickly proved too much for Steam’s servers, which crashed.

Dead Letter Dept, a horror game mystery coming soon to Steam.In Dead Letter Dept, players take on the role of someone who has just moved to the big city and secured a temporary data entry job.

Valve‘s new Steam Deck has been designed to let players access their PC gaming library on the go, just like any PC.However, as reported in The Verge, as the Linux-based SteamOS also powers this new handheld, this impacts what games are compatible on the system.Less than 15 per cent of all games on Steam officially support Linux and SteamOS.

Enhance has announced that Tetris Effect: Connected will be launching on Steam on August 18.The classic puzzle game given a synaesthesia twist from Rez Infinite producer Tetsuya Mizuguchi was first released in 2018 as a VR-compatible title for PS4 and PSVR.Tetris Effect had previously received a PC port via Epic Games Store in 2019, as well as a VR port on Oculus Quest in 2020.Tetris Effect: Connected is an expanded version, which includes new co-op and competitive multiplayer modes, which was