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As players worry Monster Hunter Wilds is too easy, Capcom is already gassing up "a new level of challenge" coming in the first free update
news Monster Hunter Wilds Title Update 1 seems to have a few monsters in the works
The hottest city builder in Steam Next Fest is actually a roguelike deck builder in disguise: "Break the game with thousands of insane builds"
News 9 Kings is my kind of genre soup, and people really like it so far
The most popular open-world survival game in Steam Next Fest is coming straight for my JRPG-born obsession with floating islands
News Solarpunk smashed its Kickstarter goal, and it's getting a lot of play on Steam
Someone combined Diablo and League of Legends for a roguelike co-op MOBA with Risk of Rain energy, and it deserves the hype it's getting in Steam Next Fest
News Shape of Dreams looks like something very special
The most popular Metroidvania in Steam Next Fest is just what I'd expect from one of the best names in anime games, and it's also coming to consoles
News Inti Creates' Gal Guardians: Servants of the Dark feels like another round of classic search-action fun
This open-world game imagines a cartoony Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom where the Master Sword is the Master Shield – it's coming to all platforms and I dig its Steam Next Fest demo
News The Knightling feels more like a platformer with some cool open-world ideas
The Witcher 4 devs hint at Ciri's morality and those delicious RPG story branches: "The situation that may happen after the trailer is over is such a tough choice"
News CDPR says "we expect you to consider some situations, make some tough choices"
This 93% positive Steam Next Fest survival game demo wants to combine Minecraft and No Man's Sky with "RPG-style depth," and so far it's actually pulling it off
News Cubic Odyssey almost feels like a Minecraft mega-mod, but it's a whole open-world game
Monster Hunter fans are in pieces over reviews saying Monster Hunter Wilds is too easy, but after playing almost 50 hours myself I don't think it's that serious
Features Monster Hunter Wilds is definitely easier than we're used to, but it never bothered me
An apparent ex-FromSoftware dev has a janky action RPG in Steam Next Fest, so obviously I had to play it – and yep, the opening shot is straight out of Dark Souls
News Rise of Rebellion is a curious hybrid of Soulslike ideas
The Game of Thrones action RPG giving George R.R. Martin a run for his money on late releases is playable in Steam Next Fest, and I'm afraid it's not very good
News Game of Thrones: Kingsroad presents itself pretty well, but plays fairly poorly
Dauntless is dead: After a blockchain company buyout, a disastrous update, and brutal layoffs, the Monster Hunter-like action RPG is shutting down this May
News Dauntless "will no longer be available to play" after May
Monster Hunter Wilds review: "The new peak of the series and an early contender for game of the year"
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Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2's Henry comes to Baldur's Gate 3 thanks to a mod commission, and our RPG hero is predictably scared and horny: "Henry’s romance could go anywhere, I think. Maybe Karlach"
News "I don’t think he’ll be using magic at all, as a rule. It scares him!"
"It's almost like printing money": Former Sony exec says PC ports of PlayStation games are too valuable to ignore, and he wanted to see more first-party games come to PC
News Shuhei Yoshida says he pushed for PC ports before Sony fully supported the idea
Lord of the Rings life sim Tales of the Shire delayed again, now coming in July: "Every detail will be just right"
News After lukewarm demo reception, Tales of the Shire slips to the summer
After 14 years, Elden Ring Nightreign brings back an iconic Dark Souls boss and gives him some frankly hilarious new tricks
News Centipede Demon is back, and its heads do weirder stuff now
As Switch 2 approaches, original Xbox designer says console power doesn't matter anymore because content is king, and he "would not have done things the same way" Microsoft has
News "How they managed that brand and the story going forward is not my f***ing fault," said Seamus Blackley
Is there a Cyberpunk 2077 New Game Plus mode?
Guide There may not be an official New Game Plus mode yet, but that isn't the end of the story
Steam Next Fest hasn’t even started, but I’m already obsessed with the subtly Soulslike demo for this “hardcore” action RPG with over 3,000 reviews of its own
News The First Berserker: Khazan makes a great first impression
Overwatch 2 director doesn't want to go back to the "chaos" or "really low lows" of Overwatch's launch, but "there is a shift in that direction" to let players feel powerful
news Overwatch 2 is embracing power in Stadium and beyond
All Elden Ring Nightreign classes and abilities
Guide Elden Ring Nightreign has a selection of character classes you can choose from before starting a run, each with unique abilities
The random events in Elden Ring Nightreign are the funniest thing FromSoftware's ever cooked up, from a rain of ants to Morgott jump scares
news It's Morgott from the top rope!
