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American Truck Simulator is headed to North Dakota in its latest DLC
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Champion modder ports the OG 'Father' Nier back into the PC remaster, original voiceovers and all
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Space Marine 2's latest updates add Terminator Sorcerers and Steam Workshop support, so you can now play co-op with 9 other players if you want
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Former Sony exec Shuhei Yoshida is 'a huge fan' of Bloodborne, says it's 'a complete mystery' why it was never put on PC
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The voice of Shinji in Evangelion says AI voice cloning is 'heartbreaking,' calls for Japanese government to intervene
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Dead Cells studio thanks Guillermo del Toro for playing its game, gently suggests he try the easy mode
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10 expansions that were better than the actual game
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Developer of 'Spanking Exorcist' game held up by Steam content moderation releases free 'apology game' where you spank him as punishment: 'We would be delighted if you enjoy it'
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Commonwealth Games: Tejaswin becomes first Indian to win decathlon medal with bronze
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Commonwealth Games: Lovepreet bags fighting silver in weightlifting, Liti wins gold
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Henry Cavill's Warhammer 40,000 project at Amazon announces involvement of popular horror director, reminding everyone it still exists
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Long-Awaited Co-Op Zombie Game Is Finally Arriving Next Month
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GTA Online Players In Australia Can No Longer Gamble With Fake Money
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The Pokémon Company is turning to facial recognition scans to help combat scalpers
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'Wtf is going on': Indie dev discovers their neglected Steam game is powering an Undertale multiplayer mod following its freak 1700% jump in player activity
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Cringe '90s stoner icons Jay and Silent Bob are getting a cosy farming sim, but wait for it: you farm weed
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Commonwealth Games: Sharmila wins historic gold in para athletics as India shines with multiple medals
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13 Ubisoft games go free on PC if you own them on Xbox
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The Best Way To Remake More Final Fantasy Games Is Staring Square Enix In The Face
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Zach Cregger admits 'I'm not going to be able to improve on Leon' which is why he's using original characters for the upcoming Resident Evil movie
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Modder restores missing PS2-era visual effects to Metal Gear Solid 2, including 'a ton of things that were literally left marked as BLUEPOINT TO-DO still in the source code'
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Final Fantasy 14 has finally added the class I'm always asking for: a Viking with two shields, laser cannons, and Wolverine claws
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Fixes roll out after Meccha Chameleon servers infected with malware, Discord hacked
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Steam Week in Review: A torrent of janky retail sims continues to flood Steam, and there's no end in sight
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Yet Another Zombie Defense HD, which is its real name, is free on Steam for a limited time
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If you miss the straightforward action RPGs of the past, try the generous demo for Darkstone Restoration
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Ubisoft says the Black Flag remake has exceeded 'annual expectations' in just two weeks, shortly after it laid off a number of the people who made it
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J.K. Simmons hasn't played Baldur's Gate 3 or any of his games, but he loves Portal 2: 'I could have done the feature film, or the play, or whatever'
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The new 'backward compatible' Xbox games on PC run on an OG Xbox emulator inside an Xbox 360 emulator, and people have already used it to run other Xbox 360 games
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Capcom wants to release a Resident Evil every year and sees remakes as the way to make it happen
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Final Fantasy 14 boss Yoshi-P doesn't get the deal with Chort
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Final Fantasy 14 is planning 2 major overhauls to its housing system to catch up with World of Warcraft: 'It's probably the number 1 thing on the list a lot of people are requesting'
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How do you feel about AI videogame music?
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Rockstar co-founder says 'I don't know if I personally care' if games release on disc, adds 'I love physical media'
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Games industry analyst says Meccha Chameleon's June revenue on PC was second only to Fortnite
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Silent Hill f producer encouraged the game's writers to read '100-200 books a year'
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Helldivers 2 is giving players a free car in October, except for those who already earned it in June
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4's beta will have low-SBMM playlists, as Activision continues to 'learn a lot about multiplayer matchmaking'
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Larian once again reminds us it's 'not involved in any BG3-related projects' in response to Karlach comic reveal
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A crossover between Dungeons & Dragons and World of Warcraft has leaked
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A classic Giger-inspired adventure game just got a sequel
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Steam may be celebrating the railway experience with its Train Fest, but let's remember how rubbish the typical train trip is with some Train Sim World DLC
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