Steam Decks are on sale for Steam’s 20th birthday-

All three Steam Deck models have joined Steam’s 20th Anniversary sale, marking the third time Valve’s handheld PCs have gone on sale—the first was back in March, and the second during the Steam Summer Sale a few months ago.

It’s the same discount as last time: 20% off the 512GB version, which brings it to $519.20 ($129.80 off). That’s the same price as one of Valve’s certified refur…

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This Animal Crossing creepypasta game is perfect for Friday the 13th-

It’s officially Friday the 13th, a truly cursed day for anyone who believes in that sort of thing. What better way to slightly unsettle myself than by taking my lunch break to dive into what can only be described as a playable Animal Crossing creepypasta?

Harvest Festival 64 is the result of the 72–hour Ludum Dare game jam, made by German hobbyist developer Warrrkus with music by fe…

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Unfortunate- You can now completely ruin every single cutscene in Baldur’s Gate 3 with a Thomas the Tank Engine headcrab-

Mods are one of my favourite things about PC gaming, and Baldur’s Gate 3 is no different. Give players even the slightest bit of access to your code, and they’ll create whole new games, stunning graphical overhauls, and community patches to squash bugs. Then there’s also the horrors.

The latest lovecraftian nightmare to pull into the station is this mod, named Thomas the …

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Turkey just straight-up banned Roblox for ‘child exploitation’-

The Turkish government has effectively banned Roblox in the country, blocking access to all users citing concerns over “child exploitation.” The move comes five days after the same body, the Turkish Information and Communication Technologies Authority (BTK), blocked Instagram in the country, for which no reason has been given (although it is speculated that this relates to how the platfo…

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Today’s Wordle answer for Friday, April 12-

Improve your daily Wordle with our tips, here to help you make the most of every guess, every day. Need something more specific? Then take a look at a guided clue for the April 12 (1028) puzzle, or click your way to today’s Wordle answer.

Honestly, I thought something had gone wrong with today’s Wordle in the beginning. Two rows of grey letters? That can’t be right. The next few rows were…

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Twitter founder warns that we’re heading toward a VR-obsessed future of humans in ‘floating chairs, drinking their food out of straws’-

Jack Dorsey, the former overlord of the blue bird dunking bonanza that is Twitter, unsurprisingly has opinions on VR. In a recent interview discussing VR’s effects on humanity as a whole, it seems there’s something dark lurking in the back of his mind. His words are tainted by visions of a future akin to that of Pixar’s Wall-E, and I’ll be damned if I haven’t had the same intrusive, dystopian t…

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Wordle today- Hint and answer #912 for Monday, December 18-

There’s a hint for today’s Wordle right here and ready to help if you need it, as well as a great selection of general tips that will improve every game. If you’re really stuck, don’t forget the answer to the December 18 (912) Wordle is on this page and ready to go if you need it too. Don’t worry, you’re going to win.

That letter? There? It looked like I was about to hav…

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Uh oh, people are now using AI to cheat in Rocket League-

this_was_a_bot_in_c3_doubles_for_sure_in_oce from r/RocketLeague

I was skeptical when I came across a Reddit poster claiming they “for sure” encountered a cheater in ranked Rocket League. Uh huh, just like how everyone who kills me in Rainbow Six Siege is “for sure” aimbotting, right? Then I watched the video. Well friends, I regret to inform you that…

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3D Realms and Slipgate Ironworks reportedly hit with layoffs as Embracer continues to cut-

It looks like more Embracer studios have been hit with layoffs. 3D Realms founder Scott Miller (via GamesIndustry), who doesn’t work at the current incarnation of the studio but runs reborn indie publisher Apogee Entertainment, said on Twitter that “a lot of people, including core devs” at 3D Realms and Slipgate Ironworks have been put out of work.

“Several sources have told me this bad n…

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WoW Classic Season of Discovery phase 3 is live—with a raised cap of level 50, 54 new runes, a fresh 20-player raid, and an unruly Emerald Dream-

WoW Classic’s Season of Discovery has been a chaotic, but overall impressive experiment, all told. While it’s had its speed bumps when it comes to grappling with older server tech and designing its world PvP, it’s also got that harebrained vibe usually reserved for private servers and the like. Tanking rogues, healing mages—spaghetti is meeting the wall at an unprecedented pace.

In …

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