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Steam's Heart-Wrenching New Horror Game Is A 'Silent Hill'-Inspired Throwback

A new horror game on Steam nails its retro aesthetic, but stands out the most when it brings something new to the table.

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Resident Evil 1 devs were so insistent on having action mechanics like charged attacks and sidesteps that director Shinji Mikami let them do a test run, but it just made killing zombies look silly and not scary

"The theme of this game is fear"

GamesRadar

'Call of Duty: Black Ops 7' will require TPM 2.0, Windows Secure Boot — Activision testing Ricochet anti-cheat update in upcoming season

Activision will require 'Call of Duty: Black Ops 7' players to use TPM 2.0 and enable Windows Secure Boot as part of its anti-cheat initiative.

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Battlefield 6 open beta hopefuls are reporting 48,000-player queues before the beta's even started, but Secure Boot errors and shader compilations mean PC players probably should be getting an early start

"Requiring Secure Boot provides us with features that we can leverage against cheats that attempt to infiltrate during the Windows boot process"

GamesRadar

Steam Banned A Horror Game Before It Could Launch, So Now It’s Free

A horror developer is giving her new game away for free after its planned launch was ruined by Steam's recent game bans.

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‘Phantom Blade Zero's Hellwalker Mode Already Feels Like the Game's Killer App

‘Phantom Blade Zero's Hellwalker mode is a smart take on difficulty that doesn't just challenge players, but wants to reward perfection of its systems.

Inverse

This may be the only Super Mario Bros review that landed with the NES launch, and the magazine that called it a "special hall of fame" classic in 1986 is helping set a new standard for game preservation

"No owner of the Nintendo Entertainment System should be without this game – it's a must!"

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The new Borderlands 4 Vault Hunter that I knew the least about suddenly looks like one of the most interesting characters, and I didn't expect him to remind me of the modern God of War games

Axes, fire, ice, beard – I'm catching a vibe here

GamesRadar

'Battlefield 6' Phantom Edition And When To Play The Beta

'Battlefield 6' is the year's biggest first-person shooter, and players can hop in before everyone this week.

Inverse

43-year CRPG veteran behind Fallout and Wasteland knew Baldur's Gate "could be huge" decades before Larian's RPG threequel: "You're sitting on something that's going to at least do $50 million"

Brian Fargo foresaw the Dungeons & Dragons adaptation's success

GamesRadar

Legend in the Mist review: "Incredible flourishes on press-your-luck mechanics to incentivise tough decisions"

Is it worth trying this narrative-heavy, rustic fantasy game?

GamesRadar

Kirby Air Riders should be delayed to 2026 if anything is "not going perfectly," former Nintendo marketing leads say, because it's not worth burning out Smash Bros creator Masahiro Sakurai

Plus Mario Kart World and Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds are pretty heavy competition

GamesRadar

We really got an unofficial "lore-friendly GTA 5 remaster" before GTA 6, as one fan combines 138 mods into the ultimate package of visual enhancements, police AI improvements, and more

One modder has "completely overhauled GTA 5," and you can try it too

GamesRadar

Silent Hill f's combat is about feeling on edge: "You need to know how close your candle is to going out to really have it feel tense"

Feature | "A lot of people say they really enjoy being scared by horror games," says Silent Hill f's director: "I think sometimes what they mean is they enjoy the tension"

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15 years later, the Guitar Hero studio that Activision acquired and killed is back and teasing a spiritual successor to the rhythm game that put it on the map: "They said the era of 5-fret music games was over"

The spirit of Guitar Hero lives on

GamesRadar

I can't help being disappointed that Pokemon TCG Black Bolt and White Flare ends this era of the card game with a whimper instead of a bang

It's not the ending I'd hoped for

GamesRadar

I was ready for the PS1 and PS2 era nostalgia this survival horror game would bring, but I never expected it to remind me of the most divisive Silent Hill

Now Playing | Resident Evil, Silent Hill, and Fatal Frame collide in Heartworm, a retro-styled survival horror that shocked me with how effective a simple camera flash can be

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"I'd rather quit with dignity than drop it down to Easy": Soulslike boss on The First Berserker: Khazan says many players will quit a game before lowering the difficulty, so they had to add and change some options

"Difficulty is subjective"

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Even with Switch 2 available, original Nintendo Switch prices are going up not down

Previous console generations usually go down in price when a new-gen comes around – not so the Nintendo Switch

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New Pocketpair-published horror game turns Balatro's live-action Jimbo actor into a jester again, devs insist it's "accidental," really: "No one will believe that we genuinely didn't mean to do this"

The devs describe it as "the most incredible happy accident"

GamesRadar

My power level of disappointment was over 9000 when I realized this wasn't a Dragon Ball Z gaming headset

I thought this Casetify Dragon Ball Z Scouter case was a gaming headset, and now I can't think about anything else.

The Guardian - UK

Forever young? I’m another year older but I’ll never stop playing games - or writing about them

My love for video games has never wavered, I have no intention of growing up and moving on

GamesRadar

I'm not saying PowerWash Simulator 2 is already my GOTY, but I just spent 2 hours using Witcher Senses to find dirt and it was the most satisfying experience of my life

Hands-on | Look, washing stuff is very satisfying

GamesRadar

Stormgate, the RTS from ex-Starcraft and Warcraft devs, launches out of Steam Early Access with perfect balance, by which I mean with 50% positive user reviews: "We plan to be in active development for a long time"

Stormgate's Necrolyte update introduces not-really-1.0 with the Ashes of Earth campaign

Tom’s Guide

One of my favorite PS5 games of all time is free on PlayStation Plus — and Bloodborne fans need to play it right now

PlayStation has confirmed the PS+ game for August 2025, and they includes a must-play PS5 game I've been talking about for two years.

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