Rage will ship with full modding tools on PC

When it comes to PC games, one thing the platform has always had over its console brethren — other than better graphics — is mods. SinceRageis an id Software game, creative director Tim Willits has told PC Gamer that the PC version will ship with full mod-making and level building support. In the words of Willits: “All you need to do is Pull down the console, type ‘id studio’, then press enter....

July 9, 2025 · 1 min · 108 words · Patricia Moore

Review: Crawl

Got me on my hands and knees This is a review forCrawl. Yes, thatCrawl. The one with all the gorgeous pixel art and GIFs you’ve been seeing on Twitter since God knows when. The one you might remember having played a few years ago, maybe with friends, hanging out on some random night. That’s how I remember it, at a New Years party two years ago along withSamurai GunnandNidhogg. A dim, distant night that comes back to me as a blur of swords and frantic screams....

July 9, 2025 · 10 min · 1955 words · Gary Jenkins

Should you run the Blissey Raid Event in Pokémon Scarlet & Violet?

It’s free Tera Shards If there’s one thingPokemon Scarlet & Violethave done well, it’s introducing surprising Tera Raids.Even though the 7-Star Decidueye event returns for round two this weekend, we simultaneously have 5-Star Blissey populating our raid crystals through Sunday.Similar to previous 5-Star events, Blissey can appear with any Tera Type. If you’re afraid this might make Blissey hard to counter, trust me, you havenothingto worry about. Blissey is less a challenge and more a loot piñata full of Tera Shards....

July 9, 2025 · 3 min · 514 words · Kenneth Lane

Stardew Valley’s Four Corners map will be ideal for multiplayer

The 1.4 update also lets you split up your funds in co-op Stardew Valleyis calling my name. In a preview on Twitter, game creator Eric Barone offered a glimpse of the 1.4 update which, among other things, will bring new features for multiplayer sessions. As it currently stands, money is shared between players inStardew Valley‘s co-op mode–a decision that can lead to selfishness, tension, and passive-aggressive notes. But with the 1....

July 9, 2025 · 2 min · 286 words · William Gordon

Steam Deck delay pushes the initial ship date to February 2022

A two-month shipping delay for Steam Deck orders across the board It’s been a rough year for getting new and even old hardware out the door, and thosesupply-chain strugglesextend to Valve, too. The company has been forced to push back the launch of theSteam Deckuntil February 2022 due to “material shortages.” In a statement today, Valve said that customers who already have an order lined up for December can now expect their Steam Deck to ship in February....

July 9, 2025 · 2 min · 324 words · Frederick Cole

Super 56 brings the weird microgames in its Steam Next Fest demo

That’s four better thanAction 52 There’s a bigWarioWare-shaped hole in my heart. Mostly because I forgot thatWarioware: Get it Togetherlaunched in 2021, and I skipped over it due to a lack of wealth. Nonetheless, I’m always interested in alternate takes to the Microgame formula, and my attention has been brought toSuper 56from Onion Soup Interactive. This is what I’m talking about. This is the good stuff. There’s a naked guy with a pompadour on the main menu doing a cobra pose, and the menu items both go into and come out of his butt....

July 9, 2025 · 3 min · 523 words · Sherry Allen

Sword Art Online: Fatal Bullet announced as a third-person shooter, first in series on Xbox and PC

This weekBandai Namco teased a new gameusing the name Projekt #1514. That game has turned out to beSword Art Online: Fatal Bullet, as the Chinese trailer leaked online hours ahead of the official announcement. Developed by Dimps,Fatal Bulletis a third-person shooter in the Unreal Engine and takes place in the Gun Gale Online MMORPG (appears in the anime’s second season). It will be available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC....

July 9, 2025 · 1 min · 138 words · Joshua Floyd

The Final Fantasy XIV ‘Dad of Light’ creator has passed away

‘Maidy’ inspired both a TV series and a film adaptation In case you haven’t heard the story of“Dad of Light,”stop what you’re doing and listen in for a moment. Back in 2017, Square Enix worked with a production company to adapt the “Dad[dy] of Light” blogs into a live-action drama, based on the experiences of a player named “Maidy.” In short, they were able to use the power ofFinal Fantasy XIVto heal a strained relationship with their father in secret; all while playing as the aforementioned avatar....

July 9, 2025 · 2 min · 228 words · Natalie Martinez

These screens for Platinum’s new Turtles game sure look real

It’s all but confirmed at this point Weeks ago,we learnedthat there is aTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtlesgame in the works from Platinum Games by way of Activision, in the same vein asThe Legend of KorraandTransformers: Devastation. It made perfect sense, but we didn’t have actual confirmation — though, the info keeps rolling in. Since then, we’ve seen leaks forofficial artwork, as well asan achievement list. Now, from Pure Xbox, we have screenshots....

July 9, 2025 · 1 min · 117 words · Angela Hickman

VTuber lets Twitch chat fry rice, and they break the stove

In the last ten-to-fifteen years of innovation on Twitch, content creators have been trying to perfect the art of cooking up pure, unbridled chaos. FromTwitch Plays PokemontoTwitch Plays Halo, the concept of allowing a Twitch chat to control a game or an experience all from the comfort of their chat window has made asignificantimpact on the internet at-large. I built a robot that lets twitch chat fry rice and they broke my fucking stovepic....

July 9, 2025 · 2 min · 345 words · Leslie Mckenzie

Why you need to be excited about SpyParty

There has never been a videogame likeSpyParty. Most videogames deal in the epic, the explosive, and the impersonal.SpyPartydeals in subtlety, misdirection, and observation. Many multiplayer games ask the player to expend thousands of rounds of ammunition toward the destruction of the player’s enemies;SpyPartygives you only one shot, and you’d better damn well make it count. On the surface level,SpyPartyis a two-player game about a sniper and a spy. The spy’s job is to walk around a party, completing missions without breaking cover....

July 9, 2025 · 5 min · 884 words · Eric King

Wii Music: oh my Dog, also accordion

Back at E3 2006, I waited in the now infamous Wii Line of Death to play the new console for the first time. Somehow I was magically whisked out of line by a Nintendo rep (lucky me!) to the front entrance, and the first thing I saw was an earlyWii Music. I was so moved by the very idea of a music game you control with your hands, and ever since then, I’ve been dying to hear Music....

July 9, 2025 · 2 min · 217 words · Sandra Dunn

You should go check out Skrillex Quest

Glitchy code and stuttering music make for a surprisingly fun time I’m pretty sure I’ve lamented in the past that I don’t know what the kids are into with the music anymore. So, understand that I have no idea who this “Skrillex” person is, but I’m getting the idea that he’s kind of becoming a thing. Skrillex Questis an advergame created by design firm Joda (who also did thisamazingPerfect Strangers game) set in an NES cartridge which is experiencing glitches due to a piece of dust....

July 9, 2025 · 1 min · 189 words · Sara Mitchell