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March 3, 2026

Coming to Xbox Game Pass: Cyberpunk 2077, Planet of Lana II, and More

Final Fantasy III is available on Cloud, Xbox Series X|S, and PC through Game Pass Ultimate, Game Pass Premium, and PC Game Pass. Kingdom Come: Deliverance II is also available on the same platforms under the same subscriptions. Upcoming games include to a T on March 4, EA Sports F1 25 on March 4, Planet of Lana II: Children of the Leaf on March 5, Construction Simulator on March 10, Cyberpunk 2077 on March 10, Hollow Knight: Silksong on March 12, and DreamWorks Gabby’s Dollhouse: Ready to Party on March 17. Diablo II: Resurrected became available on February 11 for Cloud, Console, and PC. Call of Duty: Warzone Black Ops Royale will be updated on March 13. Game Pass members can claim a complimentary in-game bundle for Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 and Call of Duty: Warzone. Titles leaving the Game Pass library on March 15 include Bratz Rhythm & Style, Enter the Gungeon, F1 23, He is Coming, Lightyear Frontier, and Mythwrecked: Ambrosia Island.

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January 16, 2026

Heartopia (PC) Review

Heartopia is a life-simulation game that blends cozy simulation elements with MMO features, allowing players to cultivate a town and interact with locals. However, the MMO aspects dilute the individuality typically found in cozy games, as multiple players receive the same accolades for completing quests. Gameplay involves repetitive fetch quests to unlock activities like home decoration and fishing, which can feel tedious. The game features a community aspect, but players may find their neighbors' homes replaced or their own home relocated between sessions, undermining familiarity. Character design is uninspired, and the user interface resembles a mobile game, lacking polish. As a free-to-play title, it includes multiple currencies that create confusion, with microtransactions for premium items. Despite these issues, the game offers engaging home-building mechanics and unique hobbies like Birdwatching and Pet Care. Overall, Heartopia struggles to effectively merge MMO elements with cozy simulation, making it a less appealing option compared to established titles like Animal Crossing.

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January 7, 2026

Coming to Xbox Game Pass: Star Wars Outlaws, Resident Evil Village, and More

Brews & Bastards is available on Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X|S with Game Pass Ultimate, Game Pass Premium, and PC Game Pass. Little Nightmares Enhanced Edition can be played on Cloud, Handheld, PC, and Xbox Series X|S, also available with Game Pass Ultimate, Game Pass Premium, and PC Game Pass. Atomfall will be available on January 7 for Cloud, Console, Handheld, and PC with Game Pass Premium. Lost in Random: The Eternal Die, Rematch, and Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine – Master Crafted Edition will also be available on January 7 with Game Pass Premium. Final Fantasy will be available on January 8 for Cloud, Xbox Series X|S, and PC with Game Pass Ultimate, Game Pass Premium, and PC Game Pass. Star Wars Outlaws will be released on January 13 for Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X|S with Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass. My Little Pony: A Zephyr Heights Mystery will be available on January 15 for Cloud, Console, Handheld, and PC with Game Pass Ultimate, Game Pass Premium, and PC Game Pass. Resident Evil Village will be available on January 20 for Cloud, Console, and PC with Game Pass Ultimate, Game Pass Premium, and PC Game Pass. MIO: Memories in Orbit will also be available on January 20 for Cloud, Handheld, PC, and Xbox Series X|S on day one with Game Pass. Titles leaving the Game Pass library on January 15 include Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn, Neon White, Road 96, The Ascent, and The Grinch Christmas Adventures.

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December 13, 2025

Jonathan Blow’s new game has the most ‘Jonathan Blow’s new game’ pitch imaginable: A ‘game design supercollider’ that takes 4 puzzle games and jams them together into a 500-hour saga

Jonathan Blow announced his new game, Order of the Sinking Star, at The Game Awards, which has been in development for a decade and features over 1,000 puzzles and more than 500 hours of gameplay. The game includes an expansive overworld with six unique realms, each offering distinct puzzles and mechanics. Players will encounter various characters with unique abilities that influence puzzle-solving, such as a thief who pulls blocks and a wizard who can teleport. The game allows unlimited undos and encourages exploration while providing a philosophical experience for players.

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December 12, 2025

Ten years in the making, Jonathan Blow’s new game breaks all the rules of gaming’s greatest puzzle

Jonathan Blow is developing a new game titled Order of the Sinking Star, which has evolved from a modest engine test for his programming language, Jai, into a full-fledged Sokoban-style puzzle game. The game combines elements from four lesser-known freeware puzzle games and features multiple worlds, each with distinct realms and mechanics. Players will navigate challenges involving various characters, each with unique abilities that enhance gameplay. The narrative follows a deposed queen in a fantastical setting, with gameplay focused on exploration and puzzle-solving. Blow's design philosophy emphasizes the interaction of game mechanics and player agency, diverging from traditional storytelling methods. He is collaborating with a publisher for the first time to address the challenges of a saturated market.

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November 20, 2025

How to unlock Snow White in Disney Dreamlight Valley

Players can unlock Snow White as the first character in the Wishblossom Ranch DLC of Dreamlight Valley by presenting her with a train ticket to start the "A Wishful Invitation" quest, which leads to acquiring the first horse. After completing this quest, players can begin the "Tales of a Broken Heart" quest by following Snow White to the Wishbloom Heart cave, where they must clear red crystals blocking the entrance and eliminate three crystals around the Wishblossom Flower to witness its blooming and release Tinkerbell. Players then need to collect pixie dust by destroying ten dead Wishblossoms throughout the cave. Upon returning to Snow White, she rewards players with a Horse Brush and emphasizes the importance of the bond with their horse for restoring the ranch. Players then consult Scrooge McDuck for plans to build Snow White a new cottage, which costs 2500 Star Coins. Finally, to complete the quest and officially add Snow White as a villager, players must relocate her house to the main valley.

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October 17, 2025

LEGO Minecraft The Badlands Mineshaft Set Is Going for Peanuts as Amazon Clears Out the Last Few Units

The collaboration between Minecraft and LEGO has resulted in a range of LEGO Minecraft sets, including the Badlands biome set, which is currently available at a discount. The Badlands set features 538 pieces and includes minifigures such as a Badlands Explorer, a Creeper, cave spiders, a husk, a baby rabbit, a donkey, two slimes, and a bat. The set allows players to use TNT for explosive gameplay, includes essential tools like a diamond pickaxe, and features colorful bricks representing ores such as copper, gold, redstone, and amethyst crystals. The Badlands Mineshaft set is currently on sale on Amazon for its lowest price yet.

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October 16, 2025

Forget water cooling, this guy just cooled an AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D gaming CPU by spraying coolant directly onto it, and you need to see it in action

Master overclocker Roman "Der8auer" Hartung has demonstrated a spray cooling technique for the AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D, which involves applying coolant directly to the CPU's integrated heat spreader (IHS). This method, a variant of phase-change cooling, allows the coolant to transition from liquid to gas upon contact with the heated CPU, effectively removing thermal energy. Der8auer used 3M Novec 7000 coolant, which has a boiling point of 34°C, although it will be banned in the EU later this year. The experiment consumed approximately 500ml of coolant in 15 minutes, maintaining CPU temperatures between 60-70°C during light workloads and completing the Cinebench multi-core test.

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September 23, 2025

This week in PC games: Tokyo Game Show, Silent Hill, babel city-building and an RPG about a fugitive king

This week features several noteworthy PC game releases, including: - Blippo+: A journey through the channels of Planet Blip. - Baby Steps: A whimsical game about learning to walk with ragdoll animations. - The House Of Telsa: A point-and-click adventure by Blue Brain Games. - It Has My Face: A horror game focused on clone detection. Unique experiences include: - Silent Hill f: An adventure involving Japanese high school girls and yokai scarecrows. - Consume Me: A life simulation exploring adolescent feelings. - Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds: A racing game with portal mechanics. Action and strategy titles include: - Mala Petaka: A GZDoom shooter with colorful graphics. - Aquaplus Fighting Game: A jazzy 2D fighting game. - Buggos 2: An RTS autobattler against human scientists. - EA Sports FC 26: The latest installment in the sports franchise. Building and adventure games include: - Stario Haven Tower: A city-building challenge with weather complexities. - Hotel Barcelona: A roguelike slasher about a US field marshal possessed by a serial killer's spirit. - Lost In the Open: A tactics RPG following a dethroned king. The Tokyo Game Show will take place from September 25th to 28th, showcasing more unreleased games.

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September 4, 2025

Minecraft Preview Update 1.21.120.20 Now Live via Patch 1.85/1.068

The latest update for Minecraft, version 1.21.120.20, has been released across all platforms, recognized as version 1.85/1.068 for console users. This patch includes new features and bug fixes, such as: - Tadpoles now spawn directly beneath Frogspawn blocks. - Players can now destroy valid blocks in Adventure Mode positioned behind water. - Redstone power can now be added or removed from the Shelf, emitting vibrations. - Fixed the Damage Command for Ender Crystals and corrected the /locate biome command. - Improved loading of text for Sign blocks from older worlds. - World creation will redownload missing Marketplace templates. - Adjustments made to the first-person camera when climbing blocks. - Restored Java parity for ambient occlusion calculations on partial blocks. - TAA upscaling implemented for weather effects. - Suspicious Stew is now available in Creative Mode. - Defeated Chicken Jockeys drop the Lava Chicken music disc. - Copper Golem drops its carried item when interacted with while the player holds an item in their offhand. - Sounds for Copper Chests now utilize a natural attenuation curve. - User interface improvements, including accurate cursor positioning in text fields and updated messaging for sleeping. - Structures will no longer build atop features like trees at chunk borders. - Developers can set the version property to “beta” for module selection. - Fixed various bugs related to graphics modes, loot generation, and item rendering. Mojang has not yet updated the retail version of Minecraft.