NYT: Elon Musk installed a gaming PC in the office of DOGE — the department that looks for inefficient employees in the US government
Why not play a couple of sessions of Diablo 4 between firing inefficient government employees, Elon Musk thought — and installed a gaming PC in his new DOGE office.
Gothic 1 Remake and fresh Dune «broke into the top of Next Fest Steam — who else is in the top five
The real hits on the Next Fest on Steam Gothic 1 Remake and the latest Dune: Awakening, but the first place in the ranking was taken by the PvP shooter Mecha BREAK.
«The Witcher» is delayed: the world release of «The Crossing of the Ravens» by Sapkowski will take place in September 2025 — but not in Ukraine
The newest book in the world of «Witcher» has received an international release date, but Ukraine is still «out of the picture».
AAA projects are declining because gamers don’t have time — 66% spend less than 10 hours a week on games
The latest survey Midia Research shows that gamers have less and less time to play games, with two-thirds of PC and console players spending only about 10 hours a week.
Command & Conquer games get open source and Steam Workshop support
EA has done something cool — opened the source code of old Command & Conquer games and added Steam Workshop support for these games and several others.
Ukrainian 4A Games denies its own renaming and congratulates Reburn on the announcement of La Quimera
4A Games denies reports that the Ukrainian studio has been renamed Reburn. The latter is a separate brand and former 4A Games developers are indeed working there.
Monster Hunter Wilds pushes Baldur’s Gate 3 and Elden Ring into Steam’s Top 10 within an hour of release
Almost immediately after its release, Monster Hunter Wilds surpassed Baldur’s Gate 3, Hogwarts Legacy, and even Elden Ring in popularity.
The Severance series launched a game with «macro data processing» in the browser — welcome to Lumon Industries!
Apple TV+ has created a browser game for fans of the series Severance — you need to sort mysterious numbers, just like in the series «Separated», employees of the macro data department at Lumon Industries.
4A Ukraine, developer of Metro, renamed itself Reburn and presented a trailer for its new game La Quimera
Metro developers from the Ukrainian branch of 4A Games became an independent studio Reburn and showed a trailer for the fantastic shooter La Quimera.
Obsidian sells edible mushrooms from Avowed for growing at home
Breathing in the atmosphere of Avowed has become even more realistic — Obsidian offers fans to grow edible «fantasy» mushrooms.
New trailers for Atomfall, Wuchang, and Khazan — british S.T.A.L.K.E.R. and two souls-like
The developers showed trailers of two souls-like and a British survival game that closely resembles S.T.A.L.K.E.R.
Online S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 on Steam dropped by 90% in three months — the last maximum was reached by 12,448 players
At the release, the peak online S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 on Steam reached 121,335 people, while in recent weeks, only 12,448 people have registered the maximum, according to SteamDB.
Apex Legends voice actors are forced to train the AI that will replace them
AI integration in the gaming industry has reached a new level — Electronic Arts makes Apex Legends voice actors work on their future firings.
The Witcher 4 — CD Projekt Red shows a behind-the-scenes trailer and tells us how Ciri is not Geralt
CD Projekt Red has lifted the veil on the behind-the-scenes process of creating The Witcher 4 trailer. The difference between the behavior of Ciri the Witcher and Geralt became known.
Free PlayStation Plus games in March — Dragon Age: The Veilguard and more
Sony has revealed the list of free games for PlayStation Plus subscribers for March — it includes three games.
The owner of GSC Game World and Navi heads the Ukrainian Esports Federation
Businessman, and among other things owner of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 developer GSC Game World and esports team Navi, Maksym Krippa has taken the position of president of the NGO «Ukrainian Esports Federation» (UESF), as first reported by the gaming publication Game Inside and confirmed the Ukrainian Forbes.
A game in the world of George Martin’s Game of Thrones: Kingsroad received a demo version
Game of Thrones: Kingsroad received a demo version that will be available for only a week. The game graphics are not very impressive, but it is not surprising.
Gothic authors create something similar to Arx Fatalis
After a long pause, the creators of Gothic are back with a new game reminiscent of the cult Arx Fatalis.
Warner Bros. closed three studios and canceled Wonder Woman, which cost $100 million
The Warner Bros. gaming business is in turmoil again — the company has officially canceled Wonder Woman and closed three studios.
Microsoft showed Fable gameplay and postponed the game to 2026
There will be no Fable relaunch this year, but Microsoft showed a short video with gameplay. A girl can kick a chicken, which is a great achievement compared to Skyrim.
Poor quality of Assassin’s Creed Shadows — Ubisoft asks you to ignore early gameplay leaks and not to spoil your impression
Ubisoft urged gamers not to criticize the quality of Assassin’s Creed Shadows after early leaks.
James Gunn says when DC Studios games will be released
DC fans will have to be patient, but games in the DC Studios universe will be coming.
Next Fest has launched on Steam — Gothic 1 Remake, Among Us 3D, PUBG Blindspo, and hundreds of other games launched on Steam
Steam has launched the February Next Fest 2025, which features hundreds of free demos: the upcoming remake of the role-playing game Gothic Remake 1 and the new PUBG game: Blindspot, among others.
A month after the release of Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 was completed by only 11% of players
A month has passed since the release of Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, but only a small portion of players saw the final credits — only 11.4%.
Players got hold of Assassin’s Creed Shadows disks a month before the release — gameplay and spoilers are already online
Some players started sharing pictures of Assassin’s Creed Shadows disks and spreading gameplay on X (Twitter) and Reddit a few weeks before the official release.
Successful Marvel Rivals was almost canceled — what is happening at NetEase
We have already reported that NetEase fired the developers of Marvel Rivals despite the game’s success. It turns out that CEO William Ding wanted to cancel it altogether.
Microsoft allows you to connect external disks with a capacity of more than 16 TB to Xbox
Microsoft released an Xbox software update that will allow consoles to recognize external hard drives with huge capacity.
Sony closes PlayStation branch in Poland and outsources some tasks, — Polish media
Polish gaming sites reportthat Sony has begun the process of liquidating the local PlayStation branch.
30 minutes of Gothic 1 Remake gameplay — free demo tomorrow
THQ Nordic has announced the release of a free demo of Gothic 1 Remake — but without the Nameless One on February 24
The second Cyberpunk 2077 will have the most realistic «crowd system», — CD Projekt Red
In the sequel to Cyberpunk 2077, the player will obviously find a lot of interlocutors, as CD Projekt Red is planning the best «crowd system» in the game world.
GTA 5 will receive a free next-gen update with RTX, DLSS 3 and more — 10 years after its release on PC
In the coming weeks, GTA 5 on PC will receive a major update with next-gen features that were exclusively available only for the PS5 and Xbox Series X/S versions
«Do you want to be obeyed?» Sony reveals «sex emails» of Destiny 2 game director suing for unfair dismissal
Former game director Destiny 2 and Marathon Christopher Barrett has filed a lawsuit against Sony in December 2024, accusing the company of unfair dismissal, a sham investigation, and refusal to pay $45.5 million under the contract. The company immediately responded to the lawsuit and provided personal letters and recordings of Barrett’s…
Dune: Awakening gets release date and price, character editor is already available, developers talk about worms
Funcom has shown a new trailer for Dune: Awakening, said on the game’s website, when it will be released and how much it will cost, the character editor published it and answered questions.
The game is successful, you are fired: Marvel Rivals developers have been asked to leave
The developers of the heroic shooter Marvel Rivals were suddenly fired less than two months after the successful release of the shareware game.
Rockstar fell in love with mods, GTA 6 will have Roblox-style user content, — insiders
It seems Rockstar has decided to change its attitude towards mods and GTA 6 will be much more flexible towards them. Report Digiday claims that the studio has involved the creators of Roblox and Fortnite in the development.
The quest designer of The Witcher 3 would do things differently now: «I would love to time travel and fix it»
The Witcher 3’s lead quest designer Mateusz Tomaszkiewicz admitted that he hates the way CD Projekt Red made the game based on Geralt.
Hackers «planted a game with password-stealing malware on Steam
The researchers analyzed a game called PirateFi, which Valve urgently removed from Steam last week.
Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii received 83/100 on OpenCritic, «absurd pirate Las Vegas» liked by critics
Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii has received high critical acclaim: 83/100 on OpenCritic and slightly less by Metacritic — 79. The press noted «the adventurous spirit» the games, the absurdity of the events, and the mediocre naval battles.
Everyone can become a character in The Elder Scrolls 6 — but it’s expensive
Bethesda has offered players to become a non-player character in The Elder Scrolls 6, but they have to pay a tidy sum. For the first time in a long time, the developers reminded about the game, albeit with a charity auction.
Avowed’s face editor is «crazy» about mushrooms, and players have found romantic relationships in the game
The role-playing RPG Avowed offers a unique approach to character customization — turning heroes into incredible mushroom-like creatures. Although there have been attempts that were more reminiscent of Skyrim’s Argonians after a stormy night than mushroom fever.
Review of Kingdom Come: Deliverance II. Time machine in the Middle Ages
Last April, the unexpected announcement of Kingdom Come: Deliverance II, which was not preceded by any serious information leaks or hype that the game was in active development. How did it happen that the surprise element of the sequel to a game that sold 8 million copies was not spoiled? It seems that for every […]
Patch Notes: S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 received version 1.2.1 with a bug fix
According to reviews after megapatch 1.2 The developers of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl quickly fixed the crashes.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.2 developers congratulate on Valentine’s Day with an unusual artifact
GSC Game World studio congratulated players on Valentine’s Day. The developers regrettably recalled the Russian attack on the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, but decided to release the greeting anyway.
Schedule of Steam sales and festivals in 2025 — discounts two to three times a month
Valve has revealed the full schedule of Steam sales and festivals in 2025. The company has prepared 25 major events for gamers that will last about six months in total.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 received a huge patch 1.2 — many complications in the life of Scythian, quests, locations and game performance
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.2: Heart of Chornobyl received a huge update with about 1700 changes. That’s right, because many of them can hardly be called improvements to the life of a Scythian.
Sony reveals the only «exclusive» at State of Play — Saros action game will tell about mysterious eclipses and monster invasions
Returnal developers from Housemarque are back with a new game Saros. The plot of the dark sci-fi world will be available exclusively on PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 5 Pro.
Tides of Annihilation — bosses like Elden Ring in modern London
Mystical forces in the Elden Ring style attack London, and only Gwendolen is able to «pile» monsters as tall as a skyscraper. In fact, Tides of Annihilation is inspired by the Arthurian myths.
Avowed review: sword and magic, but no romance
Avowed — one of the most anticipated is a 2025 game from Obsidian Entertainment. After five years of development, the game promises to combine the best of the developers’ previous projects, adding real magic and immersing players in the world of Eora. With a first-person view and an emphasis on a deep storyline, without multiplayer, it…
RockStar’s creator has created a hybrid of GTA and Cyberpunk 2077 — MindsEye will be released on consoles and PC in summer
Former RockStar developers release MindsEye, a futuristic action game reminiscent of the global hit GTA and the atmosphere of the future from Cyberpunk 2077. Build A Rocket Boy studio will combine an open world in a metropolis with a cinematic plot.
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