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The Legacy of Kain: Defiance remaster does the best thing possible—it gets out of the way

Crystal clear

All active Where Winds Meet codes and how to redeem them

Freebies

Zenless Zone Zero codes for March 2026

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Pragmata is releasing a whole week earlier than planned because who cares, it's got April all to itself

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Ruiner 2 promises to evolve the original top-down shooter 'into a deep, systems-driven action RPG'

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After whiffing its release date by 5 years, Crimson Desert is putting out oodles of preview stuff as 'We never want to be accused of hiding anything, because we have a lot of ground to make up'

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Castlevania: Belmont's Curse isn't a roguelike, says Konami, despite it being made by the 2 studios behind Dead Cells

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MindsEye studio claims it now has 'overwhelming evidence of organized espionage and corporate sabotage' that somehow made its game bad, and also it's laying off more people

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Ubisoft finally confirms the Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag remake is real, and it's dropping the '4' for some reason

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Copyright trolling kept evidence of Japanese cult classic Cookie's Bustle offline, until now

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More than 800 gamers took an exam to prove they could complete an '80s adventure game without peeking at a walkthrough—and only 2 passed

Clean up

The Muri: Wildwoods demo blends cute critters and the same satisfaction of PowerWash Simulator to create what might be my favourite demo from Steam Next Fest

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Amanita Design teases the Orwell-inspired Phonopolis with a surprisingly funny demo about messing with people, running from the cops, and fighting fascism even when you don't really want to

butter me up

The Witch's Bakery gives me all the fuzzy feelings of eating a fresh croissant on a warm spring morning

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One of my most anticipated indie games finally has a release date, almost 4 years after its initial reveal

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Turn water into goo and yourself into a cloud in this fantasy adventure with 102 million spell combinations: 'The core ethos when it comes to solving puzzles is to do it your way'

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Life is Strange developer Don't Nod adds a dash of Alien: Isolation anxiety to its usual cinematic formula, and I think it works

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'We never had plans to update Peak at all': Aggro Crab reveals that it doesn't want 'to be a studio that works on one game forever'

New balance

Fortnite's Chapter 7 loot pool is a blueprint for battle royale going forward: balanced, lethal, and flexible

Skill issue

Fortnite's no-aim-required lock-on assault rifle is an all-time stinker, and I hope Epic vaults it into oblivion

Drop in

Fortnite Chapter 7 map guide: Where to land, boss locations, mythics and hot-air balloons

Super looter

After a massive shake-up of Fortnite's loot pool, what's the best weapon and loadout?

Let us spray

I'm tired of running the same Fortnite loadout—both SMGs and snipers need a major buff

Shock horror

Shockwaves, we miss you. Please come back to Fortnite

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Fortnite bans paid prize wheels in third-party games just days after Steal the Brainrot started selling them

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The day after Epic enables microtransactions in Fortnite islands, one of the most popular games on the platform rolls out a $37 'gift pack' and in-game gambling

epic journey

2025 was Fortnite's most topsy-turvy year ever with soaring peaks, miserable lows, and a raging AI debate

Keep rollin'

All free Monopoly Go Dice Links for March 2026

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Games Workshop just announced a book of 'insightful ork quotes' called Words of Waaagh

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Blood Bowl creator Jervis Johnson agrees with Games Workshop's AI ban, says 'it allows you to be a bit lazy and not put in the effort'

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My next love after D&D, Pathfinder 2e, has a Fanatical bundle selling over $450's worth of books for around $15

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The Darkest Dungeon board game fiasco is finally over, and as expected it's ended in tears: 'Mythic Games is no longer able to manufacture or deliver' it, Red Hook says, so it's giving away the game files to all backers

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Warhammer World, Games Workshop's pub-slash-hobby store celebrating the venerable wargame, is coming to the US

Not to jinx it

The League of Legends trading card game is surprisingly good because it embraces the best trends in card games

NEWS

Godzilla is stomping his way into the world of tabletop RPGs, with a new game from three legendary Warhammer designers

NEWS

Warhammer's ridiculous new Christmas merch lets you dedicate your tree to the Chaos gods with a set of evil baubles

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'It's kind of like you're a butcher': Hundreds of Slay the Spire 2 card ideas were cut during development in an 'incredibly destructive process'

Turtles Together Strong

Turtle Team-Up turns Magic: The Gathering into a chill co-op game so you don't have to beat your friends and feel bad about it

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Slay the Spire 2 is the #1 seller on Steam, above Marathon and Resident Evil Requiem

Unlocked

Slay the Spire 2 launch times and release date

Market Correction

After its disastrous launch last year, I'm here to tell you that 2025's most promising auto-battler finally lives up to its potential

You're Bard

The next Witcher spin-off game is about Dandelion sharing his version of Geralt's adventures with the world: 'you might encounter a stuffed unicorn'

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Surprise: Slay the Spire 2 is bringing 4-player co-op when it hits early access on March 6

Speedcrawling

If you've ever had a crippling Vampire Survivors or Slay the Spire habit, avoid Vampire Crawlers at all costs

Toil & Trouble

The Killing Stone combines occult contract law with card-battling in an isolated 17th century mansion

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Cities: Skylines 2's new developer celebrates the occasion with a debut patch all about death, making citizens pop their clogs around the clock and removing immortality in easy mode: 'Previously, about 80% of them never died of old age'

Timberborn gets a 1.0 release date and new 'lore trailer' showing some very thirsty beavers

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Cities: Skylines 2's new developer breaks cover on its plans for the sequel's future, revealing a patch that will include changes players 'have been requesting for a long time'

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'Brutally honest' city builder Microlandia gets brutally honest crime simulation: 'It's a spectrum of consequences that can become a death spiral every single day'

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Manor Lords' dev is experimenting with a new trading system that allows for 'deliberate economic strategies', including establishing monopolies on resources

pretty city

The city builders of 2026 will let us build in some wild places, including a Pokémon-style world filled with collectible creatures

Whiskerwood looks like an adorable game of cat and mouse, but in reality it's a brutal city builder where my grossly incompetent governance never goes unpunished for long

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Cities: Skylines 2 finally gets its asset editor in a parting gift from the series' original developers

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Cities: Skylines 2's bicycle update adds a lot more than just bikes, as Colossal Order prepares to hand over development to a new studio

DAY TWO DIARY

Marathon day two check-in: Into the Outpost, an overpowered shotgun, and why I love doors

NEWS

Marathon secret hunters hit their first gold mine: Spooky terminals, a hidden website, and a Durandal audio log

Takedown

Marathon's aura-farming NPCs show just how bland and lifeless Arc Raiders' AI-voiced characters really are

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'The whole map was friendly, and we all extracted together': Peaceful lobbies exist in Marathon after all, though I don't feel safe putting it to the test

Budding Artist

How to tag marked locations to complete Protect/Destroy in Marathon

TWIB

Borderlands 4 weekly update and latest patch notes

Encrypted

How to complete Order/Chaos in Marathon

Black Market

Where is Maurice’s Black Market location in Borderlands 4 this week?

DAY ONE DIARY

Marathon day one check-in: Thief impressions, broken Deluxe Edition bonuses, and so many Assassins

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'Evo is dead': Major fighting game tournament is now wholly owned by Saudi megaproject Qiddiya, promises 'traditions, values, and identity will remain unchanged'

'Our team is still fully committed and working hard on 2XKO' says Riot as it announces two new characters days after mass layoff announcement

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The best Smash Bros.-like on Steam just added a character who can shop for items and go fishing in the middle of a match, in case you thought fighting games were too one-note

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Team Ninja is working on a new Dead or Alive fighting game after half a decade in hibernation

Great expectations

I don't understand what Riot wants from 2XKO

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Riot lays off 2XKO developers less than three weeks after release: 'Overall momentum hasn't reached the level needed to support a team of this size'

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After a disastrous year, Tekken 8 says it's going 'back to basics' for Season 3

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Fatal Fury fans accuse new City of the Wolves trailer of being filled with AI slop: 'All that Saudi money and can't pay someone a couple bucks to make real s**t'

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'It's a pretty big deal for me as a human': One of the FGC's most popular commentators is stepping away from future EVO events following its Saudi buyout

REmixed

Resident Evil 4 Remake's Berserker mod is the best way to ramp up the action for a replay

Fine feathers

Birds Watching turned my comforting hobby into a fight for survival at the end of the world, against a monster that will haunt me for the rest of my life

Dead good

Dead By Daylight codes for March 2026

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After Resident Evil Requiem, Leon Kennedy's actor wants to see Code Veronica remade: 'I think that would be one hell of a game'

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Out-of-bounds camera reveals Resident Evil Requiem's Grace is a Redditor

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Stop the clock: Resident Evil Requiem's first sexy Leon mod hit Nexus Mods just 4 days, 11 hours, and 23 minutes after launch

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Resident Evil Requiem's 5 million sales have made it one of Capcom's all-time top 20 bestsellers in just 4 days

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Leon Kennedy's actor has seen all your thirst traps: 'I found myself in life embodying an avatar that's just infinitely better looking than myself'

RE-naissance

Resident Evil 6 is worth a revisit, but only with a friend

♥️

All about Sandy: Stardew Valley gift guide, schedule, and events

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The Sims announces a Creation Club-style Marketplace and Maker program enabling content creators to sell their work directly to players

shining star

Stardew Valley's soundtrack is the game's unsung hero, and nails the surprisingly difficult task of making a cosy game's music memorable

The GOAT

Stardew Valley has basically become the Tolkien of cozy gaming

Evergreen 🌿

I went on a serious cottagecore Stardew Valley mod hunt and now I've got the cozy farm of my dreams for my next save

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ConcernedApe finds out not everyone will be hot for the blacksmith in Stardew Valley's upcoming 1.7 update: 'You've all been dying to marry Clint... right? ...guys?'

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All the Stardew Valley 10th anniversary announcements, including new romance options and a giant Pelican Town desk mat to replace your map keybinds

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Stardew Valley 1.7: The farmer's almanac for key details and news on the next big update

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May I have the envelope, please? Stardew Valley will add Clint and Sandy as marriage candidates in its 1.7 update

Free stuff

All Blue Protocol: Star Resonance codes

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Ah yikes, World of Warcraft: Midnight's otherwise solid housing system is soured by its premium currency, which makes you 'minimize leftovers' even though Blizzard said it wouldn't

OUTLAW VOGUE

After playing a bunch of Midnight, I don't think I miss WoW's combat addons or my old class design at all

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Final Fantasy 11, a 23-year-old MMO, is getting so many new players it's having to stop character creation on its busiest server

Treasure Tracker

How to open the Rookery Cache in WoW Midnight

Memory Lane

How many of these MMORPGs can you name in just 6 minutes based on a handful of vague details?

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A 9,999,999 gold painting in World of Warcraft: Midnight sent secret finders on a hunt for the ultimate discount and one thrifty player finally figured it out

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World of Warcraft: Midnight player proves that you only need a single button and a clever build to heal your dungeon party

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World of Warcraft: Midnight players found an empty campsite that references 2019's planet-hopping puzzler Outer Wilds

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After deciding to make a MOBA, Quantic Dream also decides to release it at the same time as the Marathon server slam, the first Horizon Hunters Gathering playtest, and the Steam Next Fest

FACTS

Every Deadlock hero and all abilities

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League of Legends might be adding public voice chat—and as someone with a combined 2,655 hours in Dota 2 and Deadlock, I can safely say: Oh no

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Deadlock's snazziest rich boy, Apollo, gets struck down by a bunch of nerfs after terrorising matches: 'Yoshi took him out back'

LOCKED AWAY

I'm sad Deadlock is 'just' a MOBA—not because I don't like them, but because I'm in love with Valve's lore and characters enough to want any other game instead

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All of Deadlock's new heroes are now released—but please, pity the poor schmuck that spent anywhere between 252-378 hours pouring votes into Celeste, who came second to last

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Valve isn't putting Gordon Freeman into any new games, so Deadlock modders have taken matters into their own hands

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Deadlock releases the 5th hero in its new 6-hero lineup—Celeste, a floaty carnival performer with an ultimate that gives me war flashbacks to Dota 2

Mightily small

Deadlock's littlest guy makes size matter in a way it almost never has in a MOBA before

Guide

Blue Prince foundation elevator: how to use it

house call

Blue Prince tips: 10 useful tricks for mastering the mysterious mansion

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You might think hidden object games aren't cool, but that's only because you haven't tried the Find My Frogs: Branches demo yet

OLD BILLS

Obsidian Moon is a Lovecraftian noir detective game about moving bits of paper around your desk and making sure you've got enough money for whiskey and beans

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Devs behind GoldenEye, Perfect Dark and TimeSplitters are done with big shooters after getting burned by Embracer, so their next game is a Balatro-like twist on Scrabble—and you can try the demo now

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One of the best puzzle games ever is getting surprise DLC even though its developer kind of closed a while ago

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I can now say I've been killed by a nonogram thanks to this roguelike that turns Picross into a dungeon crawler

DETHIEVED

Relooted is a fine heist game—but it's a better history lesson

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A great puzzle game for people who like the idea of Blue Prince but don't want to spend days banging their head against it is free for the week on the Epic Store

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A decades-old Diablo 2 easter egg has suddenly become relevant again as players hunt for the best loot in Reign of the Warlock

Wishmaster

Next and current banners in Genshin Impact

Code loot

All Tiny Tina's Wonderlands Shift codes and how to redeem them

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Wake up honey, it's time for your yearly 'The KOTOR remake is still alive' announcement

Free keys

Borderlands 3 Shift codes: Every active Shift code and how to redeem them

All aboard

Honkai: Star Rail codes for March 2026

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Lost Fallout: New Vegas post-ending dialogue has been found and restored

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Diablo 4 will let you transform into its most fearsome demon, the Butcher, in an experimental mini season before Lord of Hatred drops

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Blizzard is giving away access to paladins for free at the start of Diablo 4's next season

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Age of Empires 2: Definitive Edition gets yet another massive update adding a new line of warships and 'significant changes' to naval mechanics

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Stronghold Crusader: Definitive Edition gets a massive update introducing Steam Workshop support, 10 new maps, and a 10-mission cooperative campaign

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Dawn of War 4's combat director goes even further than the original game's sync-kill animations: 'I don't think any RTS has really done anything like this in the past'

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Total War: Warhammer 40,000 surpasses Steam wishlist milestone, with over 1 million people ready to fight for their dessicated corpse of an Emperor

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The original Dawn of War games have 109 new Steam achievements after 20 years—if you have the definitive edition, at least

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I'm escaping to the one place that hasn't been corrupted by capitalism: A fanmade browser version of the best Command & Conquer

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Promising RTS Dinolords, which is basically Age of Empires with dinosaurs, is getting a closed alpha playtest that you can join later this month

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Dawn of War 4's 'guiding star' was the first in the series, but 'you're not trying to recreate the old game, you try to recreate the feeling'

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If humans ever live on Mars, will they 'bend the knee to Earth's institutions' or turn the Red Planet even redder? Mars Tactics puts the answer in your hands next year