ConnexionHere's another terrifying trailer for that creepy retro survival horror game that's half FMV, half pixel-art
Tenebris Somnia is going to keep us up at night.
© Andrés Borghi, Tobías Rusjan
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D&D podcasters 3D printed a giant model of Castle Ravenloft, from Curse of Strahd, and it's truly beautiful
We're at the endgame of insane home-builds for D&D and I am loving it.
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Five new Steam games you probably missed (June 2, 2025)
Sorting through every new game on Steam so you don't have to.
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XWVM, the X-Wing mod that lets you play the Star Wars classic remade in Unity, is finally available to download
X-Wing is back.
© XWVM Team/LucasArts
Gaming laptops are ridiculously expensive in 2025, but Lenovo AU's EOFY discounts have made some brand new RTX 50-series units more viable
Get an RTX 5060 with a 15-inch OLED display for as little as AU$2,139.
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Apple is reportedly creating its own Steam-like game launcher, but it's still missing the key to making gaming on Mac great
Apple is creating its own game launcher, but what it really needs is a page from Valve's book.
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'We wish to express our deepest regret': Bulletstorm and Outriders dev People Can Fly suspends unannounced projects in yet another wave of gaming layoffs
Two of People Can Fly's planned mystery games may never see the light of day.
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Elden Ring Nightreign artist wanted part of the game to feel 'more cozy, more welcoming, more at home,' so naturally she drew on Dark Souls for inspiration
Elden Ring Nightreign was designed to look like more than just a spin-off.
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You get a unique relic for beating Elden Ring Nightreign's 'supposed to lose' tutorial boss, but don't worry: There's a buried menu option to fight him again
The relic's better early game and nothing to write home about, but it's still neat.
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I didn't even know what roleplaying was until I experienced this bizarre '90s B-game where you slowly turn into a bug
Bitten by the bug.
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Elden Ring Nightreign is the first FromSoftware game that I honestly wish I could play on easy
Nightreign would be a much stickier roguelike if its randomness extended to easier, and more varied, challenges.
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'The journey was long': two years later than planned, boomer shooter Project Warlock 2 blasts out of early access with a 50% discount and a request to submit your own loading screen tips
"Perhaps that second step sequel-wise should have been a smaller one."
© Buckshot Software
PowerWash Simulator's last free update is out now, letting you scrub up a subway train and polish a sculpture park
"We hope you enjoy this final PowerWash Simulator update as much as we have enjoyed creating it."
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This gravity-defying dungeon crawler is basically Legend of Grimrock meets Portal, and while the trailer had me dizzy, the demo made me feel like a genius
He Who Watches releases in the autumn.
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Atomfall is getting a spooky DLC set on an offshore island that also lets you blast pretend pirates with a blunderbuss
Set sail for Wicked Isle next week.
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'The soundtrack to skate parks was punk rock music': Tony Hawk on the Tony Hawk's Pro Skater soundtracks, and how they shaped a generation of videogame skate kids
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4 has to live up to a proud musical legacy.
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The GOAT of Sekiro has already soloed Elden Ring Nightreign's final boss as its katana-parrying samurai guy
The Executor, or as I like to call him, "Johnny Katanas."
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It's not just you: Elden Ring Nightreign's matchmaking is taking forever if it works at all, and there doesn't seem to be a fix—aside from queueing with a full group
FromSoft's suggested fixes so far are "turn it off and on again" and "some weird thing only for PlayStation owners."
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You got Nightreigned: Elden Ring's spinoff is the most aggravating, player-hostile FromSoft game I've played, but I keep staying up past 3 AM for 'one more run'
It feels like a mod (complimentary). It feels like a mod (derogatory). I kind of hate it. I kind of love it?
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All the The Elder Scrolls games are up to 75% off in Bethesda's weekend sale, with 20% off Oblivion Remastered
Big discounts off Morrowind, OG Oblivion, and all the different versions of Skyrim too.
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This game about being trapped on a spaceship overgrown with a jungle that wants to eat you is basically Project Zomboid in space, and it looks absolutely terrifying
Dandelion Void has my attention.
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One of the best puzzle games on Steam just got its first update in 11 years and is also verified for Steam Deck: 'We couldn't resist including some visual, aural, and input adjustments'
The Swapper gets a visual cleanup and is now officially handheld-friendly
© Facepalm Games
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If you want to play Elden Ring Nightreign in a duo, the Seamless Co-op mod is already out, dead simple to use, and it won't mess up your vanilla save
A bafflingly good mod, out less than a day after launch.
© Tyler C. / FromSoftware
Ubisoft marks 10 years of trolling Splinter Cell fans with a new tease and I can't believe I'm saying this but they used the wrong picture of Sam Fisher
That's not Chaos Theory!
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Path of Exile 2 director says GGG is learning from its mistakes while supporting 2 games at once: 'If you want to lock the date, you can't lock the features'
Path of Exile is moving to a four-month update cycle.
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Yooka-Laylee developer Playtonic confirms layoffs: 'The landscape is shifting, and with it, so must we'
Former employees began sharing reports of cuts at Playtonic last week.
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If you're playing Elden Ring Nightreign solo, every merchant carries a revive item, you can carry two at once, and there are more solo QoL changes coming next week
The first patch already made a world of difference.
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ZeniMax QA union reaches a tentative contract agreement with Microsoft including 'substantial across-the-board wage increases,' worker protections, and more
Two months after voting to authorize a strike, the finish line is in sight.
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Honoring its Pride Month tradition, Tell Me Why is free to keep until the end of June for the fifth year in a row
The award-winning self-discover 'em up from Dontnod is waiting to be claimed.
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More than 2 million people have played/been brutalized by Elden Ring Nightreign in its first 24 hours
That's a lot of Nightfarers.
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The Witcher 3 is getting 'one more patch' that will add cross-platform mod support
CD Projekt is busy with other things, but it's still got time for a little more Geralt.
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Elden Ring Nightreign Equilibrious Beast boss guide: How to beat Libra
Kill the goat-headed Libra, Creature of Night, to tick another Nightlord off your list.
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This underwater city builder had me more emotionally invested in my corals than SimCity does in my human citizens, and you can try it at the next Steam Next Fest
Trade those traffic meters for filter feeders in Life Below.
© Kasedo Games
SteelSeries Rival 3 Gen 2 Wireless review
Great battery life isn't enough to turn my opinion here.
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The Kingmakers system requirements show that the hardest part of running the game may be finding 80 GB free for the install
A surprise, and a pleasant one at that.
© Redemption Road Games