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June 9, 2025

Everything Revealed During The PC Gaming Show 2025

The PC Gaming Show 2025 featured over 60 trailers in a nearly three-hour livestream, showcasing new titles and updates on previously announced games. Major reveals included world premieres of titles such as Ambrosia Sky, Ratatan, and The Alters, covering a variety of genres like roguelikes, co-op shooters, and survival sims. Key titles highlighted include: - Ambrosia Sky: A first-person sci-fi game where players confront an alien fungus in a space colony. - Far Far West: A co-op game where players are robo-bounty hunters in a Wild West setting. - Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition: Revives classic Dungeons & Dragons adventures with new features. - Fresh Tracks: A skiing adventure game with music elements. - Terminull Brigade: A co-op hero shooter set in a digital realm. - Ratatan: A rhythm-action game featuring online co-op battles. - Moomintroll: Winter's Warmth: A narrative-driven game about friendship and resilience. - Necesse: A sandbox action-adventure game focused on building and exploration. - Den of Wolves: A session-based shooter involving cooperative heists. - All Systems Dance: A game that combines dance battles with a dystopian narrative. - Spooky Express: A management simulation game set in a monster-themed theme park. - The Rogue Prince of Persia: A roguelite experience featuring acrobatics. - Enginefall: A multiplayer social sandbox aboard a mega-train. - EVE Frontier: A player-driven sandbox in a harsh cosmic environment. - Skyrig: A game focused on building rigs to extract gases in a stormy atmosphere. - Kaizen: A Factory Story: A factory design game set in 1980s Japan. - Dawn Apart: A colony simulation game on a destructible voxel planet. - Modulus: A factory-building game with customizable modules. - Generation Exile: A turn-based city-builder aboard a generation starship. - Pathfinder: Abomination Vaults: A co-op hack-and-slash ARPG. - Moonlighter 2: The Endless Vault: Continues the story of its predecessor with action-RPG elements. - Barotrauma – Home & Harbor: An expansion for managing a deep-sea outpost. - No, I'm Not A Human: A narrative-driven game set in a dying world. - Botsu: A physics-based competitive gaming title. - No More Room In Hell 2: A co-op survival game in zombie-infested zones. - Farever: An online co-op action RPG in a fantasy world. - Mandrake: A narrative game about uncovering family mysteries. - Pizza Bandit: A cooking and shooting game. - Demonschool: A tactics RPG combining university life with battles. - The Last Caretaker: A survival game set in a flooded world. - Railborn: A game about building trains and managing resources. - Voyagers of Nera: A cooperative survival-crafting game in a magical ocean world. - Icarus: Great Hunts Campaigns: Offers nonlinear missions with unique stories. - Garbage Country: An exploration sim in a post-apocalyptic wasteland. - DarkSwitch: A vertical city builder around a great tree. - Sprint X Strike: A chaotic battle game in a post-apocalyptic setting. - Worship: A multiplayer roguelite about cultists performing rituals. - Stars of Icarus: A starship combat game emphasizing teamwork. - 007 First Light: A game featuring a young Bond's journey. - goblinAmerica: A game where players possess U.S. presidents to correct historical mistakes. - EverSiege: Untold Ages: A rogue-lite action-strategy game. - Pigface: A narrative-driven game about confronting the past. - TerraTech: An open-world sandbox adventure game. - Paralives: A life simulation game focused on building and managing lives. - Lost Rift: A cooperative survival game on an archipelago. - Hell Clock: A roguelike ARPG. - Militsioner: A narrative-driven escape game. - Arcane Eats: A roguelike deckbuilder. - Guntouchables: A cooperative survival game against mutants. - Ultrakill – Layer 8: Fraud: Details are yet to be revealed. - Stario: Heaven Tower: A game about building ecosystems. - Dispatch: A superhero workplace comedy. - Wheel World: An open-world mission game. - FBC: Firebreak: A cooperative FPS in a federal agency. - Anno 117: Pax Romana: A historical city-building game. - Baby Steps: A walking simulator exploring self-discovery. - Warhammer 40,000: Darktide – Arbites: Players enforce law in a Warhammer universe. - Endless Legend 2: A fantasy strategy game. - Berserk or Die: A survival game against overwhelming odds. - Mycopunk: A game about uncovering a fungal catastrophe. - Bippo Plus: An interactive experience for Playdate owners. - Morbid Metal: A roguelike with simultaneous character control. - Love Eternal: A psychological horror platformer. - Bus Bound: A public bus service management game. - Atmosfar: A survival and co-op road trip adventure set for early access in 2026. - Void/Breaker: A sci-fi FPS with destructible environments. - Grave Seasons: A farming simulation with a mystery element. - Eyes of Hellfire: A multiplayer horror game with puzzles. - Deadwire: An action game with hacking elements. - Dinkum: A life simulation game on islands. - Void Martyrs: An action game set in a grimdark world. - CloverPit: A unique gameplay experience set to release in summer. - Eclipsium: A title with intense visuals and gameplay elements. - Abyssus: A cooperative FPS adventure. - Ascendant: A multiplayer shooter with chaotic gameplay. - Mewgenics: An endless cat breeding RPG set for release on February 10, 2026. - Dead Reset: A sci-fi horror FMV adventure. - Bernband: A lighthearted cyberpunk game. - Wanderburg: A roguelike adventure with a castle on wheels.

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June 4, 2025

No Man’s Sky just got another mondo update and I think it’s a management game now?

In the latest update of No Man's Sky, titled Beacon, players can assume the role of Overseer, managing up to four settlements across different worlds. Players can construct and upgrade buildings, mediate disputes, organize festivals, and engage in various management activities. The update also introduces robotic Autophage settlements for further customization. Players can employ citizens to gather resources in mines and hire wingmen to protect settlements from pirate threats. This update offers significant depth, akin to paid downloadable content.

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May 26, 2025

Five new Steam games you probably missed (May 26, 2025)

On an average day, Steam unveils around a dozen new games. "Two Strikes," a first-person paranormal investigation game, was released on May 23 by Retro Reactor. "Snacko," a life simulation and town-building game featuring a feline protagonist, was released on May 26 by Bluecurse Studios. "Tinkerlands," a resource-gathering game with survival and combat elements, was released on May 24 by CodeManu and Endless Coffee. "Kathy Rain 2: Soothsayer," a sequel to the original game, was released on May 20 by Clifftop Games.

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May 8, 2025

Synergy’s full release has more challenges like tricky soil, illness, and death, which will all slowly tear down your paradise

Synergy has transformed for its official launch, introducing new features that enhance gameplay, including new plants, seasons, and storylines. The game has evolved from a city builder with limited resources and storyline to a more complex experience influenced by solarpunk themes, where players care for refugees and establish sustainable settlements. The full release includes a dynamic temperature system that introduces challenges such as severe dry spells and the need for new tools. Players must also manage emerging threats like contagious diseases, necessitating the establishment of hospitals and scientific districts. Improvements in building systems include a unified water supply that simplifies resource management and enhanced monitoring tools for better strategic decision-making.

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March 7, 2025

All the Avowed ending choices and epilogue-affecting decisions

Game director Carrie Patel has indicated that Avowed features multiple endings influenced by key choices and smaller decisions throughout the game. The main decision involves whether to kill or spare Sapadal, which affects the ending slides. Sparing Sapadal while encouraging her darker impulses does not lead to a "vengeful" ending slide, but providing her with the Adra mech during Sargamis' quest results in a unique slide showing her peaceful use of it. Killing Sapadal aligns with the original pantheon of Eora and ends the Dreamscourge, similar to sparing her. Merging with Sapadal leads to a darker outcome where she overtakes the player's personality, also resulting in the Dreamscourge's defeat. In the Living Lands, players can achieve different outcomes based on their choices during the council. Siding with Lödwyn and achieving the Steel Garrote ending requires specific prior actions; otherwise, players may be executed as traitors. An Aedyran colony outcome results in direct control over the Living Lands, while a "gréfram" allows for partial colonization with some governance retained. Advocating for an independent Living Lands leads to favorable outcomes for certain characters but leaves others in uncertain situations. Optional quests can also influence the ending slides, such as Giatta's career path, Yatzli's fate depending on her choices, Marius's contentment based on quest completion, and Kai's grim fate if his quest is unfinished. Each of Kai's positive outcomes can lead to a romantic epilogue if interest is expressed.

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February 27, 2025

Elite Dangerous just implemented an entire system colonisation mechanic, in case you really want to get off this planet

The Trailblazers update in Elite Dangerous introduces a new system colonization feature, currently in beta, allowing players to claim and develop their own star systems. Players can start the colonization process at any space station by engaging with a new contact dedicated to this feature. They must invest 25,000,000 credits to secure a claim on a new system, which requires careful planning. Once a claim is established, players need to provide resources to develop their settlements. The update also allows players to creatively name their stations using premium currency.

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February 23, 2025

Nested Lands is a ‘brutal’ survival city-builder about guiding villagers through a plague-infested world, and you can play its open alpha right now

Nested Lands is a city-building game developed by the Brazilian studio 1M Bits Horde, set in a medieval landscape plagued by bandits and disease. Players must establish a settlement by assigning villagers roles to construct buildings, craft tools, and gather resources while recruiting survivors. The game features a third-person perspective and a cooperative mode for up to four players. An open alpha version is available on Steam, offering approximately three to four hours of gameplay with no specified end date, aimed at testing players' settlement expansion abilities.

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February 11, 2025

Civilization 7’s new patch temporarily disables crossplay between PC and console so Firaxis can ‘expedite updates to the PC’

A recent update for Civilization 7 has been released, addressing player feedback from the advanced access phase. The full launch is set for February 11, with Founders Edition players having access since February 6. User ratings on Steam have fluctuated from "mostly negative" to "mixed," largely due to user interface concerns. The update fixes several interface issues and bugs, and temporarily disables crossplay between PC and console multiplayer to expedite PC updates. Crossplay between Xbox and PlayStation remains unaffected. Initial reactions to the patch have been positive, although ongoing issues persist. Firaxis plans to support Civilization 7 for years, continuing the franchise's legacy. Gameplay fixes include adjustments to Ages in Epic and Marathon games, changes to City States, improvements in naval combat, and modifications to town growth and loyalty crises. AI behavior has been adjusted regarding peace deals and war declarations based on ideology. Camera issues related to native resolutions have been fixed. UI improvements include font changes, bug fixes in menus, and better alignment of leader names and portraits.

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December 2, 2024

Steam users can download 9 free games right now, yours to keep

PC gamers can currently download nine free games on Steam, including: 1. The Dangerous Back-to-School Season: A pixel RPG focused on cybersecurity challenges. 2. Throne and Liberty: An MMORPG with dynamic environments and large-scale PvPvE battles. 3. BREAKER: INITIATING: A post-apocalyptic puzzle-platformer about a robot's escape. 4. Sime Is Back 3D Old School: A retro action-platformer featuring a kind-hearted fisherman. 5. Drag Racing 3D: Streets 2: A racing simulator with realistic physics and customization. 6. Invention 7: A first-person shooter with puzzles and a space plane piloting feature. 7. Maximum Football: A football simulation game for building teams and realistic gameplay. 8. League of Masters: Auto Chess: An auto chess game with PvP battles and progression. 9. EDYN: A multiplayer strategy game focused on settlement building and army command without microtransactions.

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November 24, 2024

Minecraft “The Story Of The Iron Golem” Video Feature

Key developers from Mojang discussed the Iron Golem, a neutral mob in Minecraft that players can construct to protect against hostile entities. Iron Golems are known for their strength and are often created by villagers or generated spontaneously in villages, where they patrol to ensure safety. Their design resembles villagers, symbolizing their role as community protectors. The developers also highlighted the distinct sounds of the Iron Golem, which enhance its personality and player interactions. Additionally, they addressed the mechanics of Iron Farms, player-created structures for resource harvesting, emphasizing the balance between gameplay mechanics and player creativity.