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The Last of Us Part I upgraded and now Steam Deck Verified (www.gamingonlinux.com)
The Last of Us Part I is finally getting to a level that's actually good, and the latest update is out now including bumping it up to Steam Deck Verified status.
RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 - OpenRCT2 Project (openrct2.org)
OpenRCT2 is the open-source adaption of the classic hit RollerCoaster Tycoon 2. Including online multiplayer, fast-forwarding and numerous bug fixes.
Valve Removes Games Using AI-Generated Art From Steam Due to Potential Copyright Issues (gamingbolt.com)
Valve has revealed its reasoning for removing games that make use of AI-generated art from Steam, citing potential copyright issues from the art used to train the AI.
Dota 2 is moving away from the battle pass model as Valve says there are better uses of dev time and most players 'never buy' one anyway (www.pcgamer.com)
The studio is shifting away from battle passes to release more varied content at a more regular pace.
Day Z 2 revealed by the US Federal Trade Commission (www.pcgamer.com)
God bless disclosure.
Here are the 7 city builders coming out before the end of 2023 I'm most excited about (www.pcgamer.com)
City builder fans should be happy: there's still a lot to look forward to before the end of this year.
Intel's next-gen Battlemage GPU could take the fight to Nvidia's RTX 4080 after all (www.pcgamer.com)
Big Battlemage is, well, big!
VR still makes 40-70% of players want to throw up, and that's a huge problem for the companies behind it (www.pcgamer.com)
Why virtual reality makes a lot of us sick, and what we can do about it.
The full source code for GTA 5 has apparently been publicly leaked (archive.is)
E3 is officially dead: 'Thanks for the memories. GGWP' (www.pcgamer.com)
After a rough few years, E3 has been killed off for good.
Activision Blizzard boss Bobby Kotick departs in just a few days (www.eurogamer.net)
Controversial Activision Blizzard boss Bobby Kotick will depart the company on 29th December, it's been announced. Koti…
Dragon's Dogma 2's Steam Page is up (store.steampowered.com)
Dragon’s Dogma 2 is a single player, narrative driven action-RPG that challenges the players to choose their own experience – from the appearance of their Arisen, their vocation, their party, how to approach different situations and more - in a truly immersive fantasy world.
Starfield's digipick mini-game is now available as a fan-made browser game (www.eurogamer.net)
Obsessed with – or need more practice at – Starfield's lockpicking mini-game? Then I have good news – you can now Digipick to your heart's content courtesy of a new Digipick simulator browser game....
Leaked slide reveals Sony's PC games sales figures (www.dsogaming.com)
A leaked slide from Sony’s internal presentation has revealed the Steam sales for all of its ports that have hit PC over the past couple of years. Do note, though, that this slide is from February 2023. As such, it does not have any sales numbers for The Last of Us Part I.
Ex-F.E.A.R. devs’ spooky FPS Betrayer reappears on GOG for free, two years after vanishing off Steam (www.gog.com)
Betrayer is a first person action adventure game that takes you to the New World at the turn of the 17th century....
Next Battlefield Is A "Reimagination" Of The Series (www.gamespot.com)
After Battlefield 2042 came up short, it looks like EA is shaking things up for the next game.
No Man's Sky lead says Light No Fire will let you climb mountains that are "miles high, taller than Everest" (www.gamesradar.com)
Or you could just fly up there
Hello Games has announced its next game, called Light No Fire (www.dsogaming.com)
Hello Games, the creators of No Man's Sky, has just announced its next game which will be called Light No Fire.
Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty — Official Trailer (www.youtube.com)
Freedom always comes at a price…Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty arrives on September 26th on Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5, and PC. Pre-order now: https://w...
5 years after trying for a 'Valve-Counterstrike moment' with Fortnite, the Epic Games Store still isn't turning a profit (www.pcgamer.com)
But don't worry, it's all part of the plan.
Starfield's been left out to dry at The Game Awards—and even dedicated fans are 'not terribly surprised' (www.pcgamer.com)
Shooting short of the stars.
Factorio and RimWorld have a rival in huge Steam strategy game Desynced: Autonomous Colony Simulator available now (www.pcgamesn.com)
Factorio and RimWorld rule the automation strategy sim, but a fresh rival, with a huge new expansion on Steam, is here to shake things up....
Gamers enraged at Ubisoft for injecting ads into the middle of video games (www.techspot.com)
According to posts on online forums, ads have made their way into real-time gameplay in Assassin's Creed Odyssey. One gamer who reported the problem was Redditor triddel24,...
Gabe Newell on why game delays are okay: 'Late is just for a little while. Suck is forever.' (www.pcgamer.com)
Half-Life was delayed a full year past its original release date, and Valve has no regrets.
Creator behind hugely popular Skyrim co-op mod gives up on the Starfield version of it because, drum roll please, 'this game is f***ing trash' (www.pcgamer.com)
"I didn't realize this until after I actually started playing the damn game a week after launch."