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The best way to wait for Battlefield 6 is to finally play Battlefield 5, an underappreciated gem

PC Gamer liked Battlefield 5 when it came out in 2018, but there were plenty of reasons it got the cold shoulder from the wider FPS community. DICE's ugly Battlefront 2 loot box f ...

You're not getting the Splinter Cell you wanted in October, but maybe this'll do?

Listen up all you long-suffering Splinter Cell fans, because I've got a shred of good news for you. No, it's not an update on the Splinter Cell remake Ubisoft announced way back i ...

Five new Steam games you probably missed (August 25, 2025)

Sorting through every new game on Steam so you don't have to.

Former Dragon Age producer Mark Darrah agrees that Mages were the most 'complete' class in Origins, says it came from D&D rules and the fact that Warriors a…

In response to a viewer question in a 200k subscriber Q&A for his YouTube channel, former BioWare producer Mark Darrah ...

Disgruntled coder who admitted to deploying a malware 'kill switch' to get back at his bosses sentenced to 4 years in prison

After a total wait even longer than his prison sentence and being convicted in March, former software developer Davis Lu has ...

Deadlock's latest character basically gets a portal gun, and his ult teleports enemies to a void hotel where they have to do a platforming challenge

Lastly, the Doorman can use Hotel Guest to teleport opponents to the Baroness Hotel, a little pocket dimension platforming ...

It's shaping up to be a crazy month for new games, with Indiana Jones' beefy-looking story DLC finally arriving on September 4

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle's story DLC, Order of the Giants, has gotten an official release date of September 4 via a ...

'I'm working on other stuff': Double Fine chief Tim Schafer squashes hopes for Psychonauts 3 any time soon

Psychonauts fans who were hoping for a sequel announcement at Gamescom are in for some disappointment. Double Fine ...

Even in a year packed with great RPGs, you don't want to miss Disco Elysium-style time loop noir Rue Valley, which has a new trailer and a release date in November

Even in a year with two main course Obsidian joints in Avowed and The Outer Worlds 2, Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, as well as ...

The Mass Effect vibes are overwhelming in the latest showcase for Owlcat's The Expanse game—and yes, it has a loyalty system

The showcase comprises ninety seconds' worth of environment flyovers showing off different areas of the game, interspersed ...

One of the best detective games of the decade is free to keep on Epic this week

Strange Horticulture is free until August 28. Now is a great time to play it too. A sequel, Strange Antiquities, is coming in ...

The new game from Painkiller and Bulletstorm's creators is a tropical survival shooter that looks a teensy bit like Far Cry, and it's out in early access next month

Just the other day I was thinking "I could really go for a survival game in the style of the original Far Cry". You know, one ...