Latest articles by Rick Lane
The creator of the Elden Ring Seamless co-op mod is now infusing unlimited multiplayer into Dark Souls 3
News Firelinked shrines.
Abiotic Factor's massive Dark Energy update, which adds teleporters, pocket dimensions and black hole grenades to the Half-Life inspired survival sim, is out now
News They're waiting for you, legally distinct Gordon, in the test-chamber.
Sony enforcers execute a legal visceral attack on the BloodbornePSX demake, continuing its mission to eradicate all traces of FromSoft's beloved RPG on PC
News Prey slaughtered.
The best unofficial Alien game is getting a spiritual successor where you carve up derelict ships and manage drones with 'personality quirks'
News Humanity 2.0 is a follow-up to Duskers.
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2's latest update leads with a fancy datavault for your battle-barge, but I'm far more interested in the new tyranid unit with a cannon on its back
News Biovore for your money.
Resident Evil Re:Verse is reversing right off Steam, as Capcom claims it has served its 'original, celebratory purpose' despite mostly negative reviews
News Zombie server.
Superb Bloodborne-inspired racing game Nightmare Kart is getting free DLC featuring sniper rifles and supercharged penny farthings
News Coming "when it's ready".
Civilization 7 is off to a rocky start as it receives 'Mixed' Steam reviews from its premium backers: 'Comparing this unfinished mess to the Civ 6 release is night and day'
News Age ratings.
After The Sims 1 + 2 rereleases stumbled out to mixed reviews, EA issues a patch that boldly declares they 'should now launch in most situations'
News Woohoo?
Doctor Strange's portals were 'particularly challenging' to add into Marvel Rivals, as they created 'unprecedented performance demand' for Unreal Engine 5
News Thinking with portals.
The next game from Cruelty Squad's creator, a 'policing and punishment simulator', has dropped a new trailer showing off its gruesome mech combat
News Psycho Patrol R is going to mech you pay.
Helldivers 2's latest warbond adds a stratagem I've craved since the galactic war started, a portable hellbomb
News Servants of Freedom detonates on February 6.
Make Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 feel even more like The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion with this charming potato mode mod
News Class of 2006.
UK government says it won't change the rules on publishers taking videogames offline after selling them: 'We have no plans to amend existing consumer law on digital obsolescence'
News It will "monitor the issue", however.
Ugh! Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 has a body-odour 'broadcasting' system where your stink can alert nearby NPCs
News Reeky bastards should think twice about stealth attacks.
Need for Speed is effectively on hold while Criterion musters entirely around Battlefield, but EA assures players the racer will return in 'new and interesting ways'
News Emergency stop.
Killing Floor 3 splatters onto PC on March 25, but you can get your hands dirty a month early via its closed beta
News Testing begins on February 20.
Exographer is a physics-based platformer with a difference—it's made by an actual particle physicist
Quark of fate Discover the fate of an alien civilisation by using tools and methods couched in actual scientific processes.
Besiege celebrates a decade of building deadly contraptions with a reworked sandbox mode, adjusted level designs and slow-motion explosions
News More updates are coming "throughout this year".
Palworld developer 'blown away' by the response to its new publishing arm, which has received 150 game pitches just one week after opening
News "We're determined to help as many great games get made as possible."
Civilization 7's post-launch roadmap will bring the Bermuda Triangle and Mount Everest to all players in March
News While paid DLC adds Ada Lovelace and Simon Bolivar.
I didn't think Factorio needed swarms of robot ants, but the trailer for this upcoming factory sim has convinced me it missed a trick
News Build and program a synthetic ant colony in Microtopia.
Snowrunner follow-up RoadCraft shows off its roadbuilding and logistics automation in a new trailer, and I'm already in love with its mobile quarry
News The cleanup begins on May 20.
