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The Epic Games Store continues to deliver a diverse selection of titles to gamers. A new giveaway round has started on the Epic Games Store. This time you can add a premium game to your library, as well as receive digital bonuses for a free-to-play title. Epic is giving away Nightingale — a PvE survival...

Developers have kicked off the virtual fishing season. Mojang has released the Friendly Fishing add-on for Minecraft Bedrock. It was created in partnership with Conservation International — a non-profit organization dedicated to protecting nature for the benefit of people. The spotlight is on fishing — each species of fish displays its own behavior: “You’ll need...

Development of the game in Steam Early Access is continuing at a steady pace. The creator of the medieval city-building strategy Manor Lords has returned with a new update. Greg Styczeń has not yet moved the title to a full release; instead, he will run a beta test first: “Sorry for the long wait. I’m...

Concepts from Vampire Survivors have been reimagined in a fresh take that many players have embraced. Megabonk recently launched on PC via Steam. It follows the Vampire Survivors formula but the developer injected humor and transformed the experience into a 3D game with the ability to jump. Megabonk contains the hallmarks of the Survivors-like genre:...

Enhanced Grand Theft Auto V accounts are highly sought after. A YouTuber recently published an investigation into alleged corruption surrounding Rockstar Games’ Grand Theft Auto V. The accusations aren’t directed at the developers themselves but at an outsourced support team, which is suspected of participating in covert schemes. The online investigator suggests that hackers bribed...

Some players aren’t waiting for Rockstar — they’re updating Grand Theft Auto IV’s visuals themselves. Recently, an enthusiast known as The Wil released a large-scale modification for Grand Theft Auto IV designed to enhance the game’s graphics. He replaced all of the city’s textures with AI-enhanced versions. During the work he discovered that level authors...

These figures reflect only sales of physical copies. Famitsu, the Japanese magazine, published data on physical game sales in Japan for the week of September 22–28. Leading the chart was the horror title Silent Hill f, with Mario Kart World in second place and EA Sports FC 26 completing the top three. Weekly sales (total...

Morgan Park argues that Black Ops 7 has “broken” Call of Duty. PC Gamer journalist Morgan Park published a piece that tore into the Call of Duty Next showcase, calling it a parade of “the franchise’s worst elements.” Between the voiceover ads for Little Caesars Pizza, AMD, Monster Energy and Herman Miller chairs, we were...

Critics are calling this yet another global blockbuster from Sony — no surprise there. Sucker Punch offers a clear example of how a game set in Japan and informed by Japanese culture should be crafted. The developers of Assassin’s Creed Shadows might want to take notes. The livestream begins at 18:00 Moscow time on our...

Aloy from Horizon Forbidden West is set to face the mechanical Yadohlest once more, as Prime 1 Studio plans to produce a new statue celebrating the game. Prime 1 Studio has prepared a special offering for fans of the open-world action RPG Horizon Forbidden West, the sequel to Horizon Zero Dawn. At Next Level Showcase...