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Hololive vtuber says new rhythm game on Steam is surprisingly true to their personas for a reason: ‘We had tons of involvement with the script and dialogue’

Although Steam has a handful of Hololive vtuber games already—that is, games featuring members of the popular vtuber agency—none of them are as comprehensive as Hololive Dreams. A rhythm game with a huge list of collectible characters to meet, Hololive Dreams is the closest thing we’re getting to a vtuber theme park—at least until someone

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‘What is it?’ We snooped around in our favorite gaming characters’ inventories: can you identify the weird stuff they’re carrying?

I love the subreddit r/whatisit for a couple of reasons. It’s a fun way to let people use their extremely niche knowledge to identify the unusual items people come across, but mainly it’s chance to see paranoid parents and insecure partners snoop around in their loved ones’ stuff and find what they always assume are

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BeamNG.drive just had a graphics overhaul so we can finally watch a family hatchback navigate a speedbump at 100mph with dynamic ambient lighting

BeamNG.drive, a mainstay of our list of the best racing games thanks to its dedication to being a vehicular sandbox for soft-body crash-damage enthusiasts, as well as its PvP and modability, just had its biggest update. The patch includes “massive graphics changes”, which means shadows should be more stable, there’s HDR output support on Vulkan

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Proving Doom can actually run on anything, one programmer has made a working build for Commodore 64

You can play Doom on a vape, a printer, an oscilloscope, a pregnancy test, an ATM, and inside Doom itself, but can you play it on a Commodore 64? The old 8-bit powerhouse was discontinued just a year after Doom’s 1993 release, and while it was capable of small miracles for its time, it was

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Tentpole Xbox release Halo: Campaign Evolved performs better on the PlayStation 5, with the PS5 Pro providing the best experience

Per Digital Foundry – who tested the game on Xbox Series S, Xbox Series X, PlayStation 5, and the PS5 Pro – the game runs well on all available platforms. The Xbox Series S has “broadly” similar visual characteristics as the more powerful Xbox Series X, thanks to Unreal Engine 5 tech and Lumen Reflections.

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You might not hear that much about it anymore, but the PUBG series grew its revenue by 25% in the first half of 2026

That popularity, it turns out, has also made it very profitable for Krafton. The developer-publisher announced that the PUBG intellectual property (IP) has collectively brought in 25 percent more revenue in the first half of 2026 than the previous year. Krafton shared this in its second quarter 2026 financial earnings report. The PUBG brand encompasses

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Final Fantasy 7 Revelation boss has been thinking about ways to make a mysterious boss suitable for the upcoming crossover raid with Final Fantasy 14

I’m surprised it’s taken 13 years to happen, but Final Fantasy 14 is finally bringing Final Fantasy 7 to the MMO in a big way. Upcoming expansion Evercold is getting an entire raid series dedicated to the remake trilogy—that’s 12 whole fights spread across three tiers which will trickle in over the course of Evercold’s

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Yoshi-P is looking into ways to make FF14’s 5 expansions and hundreds of hours less daunting for new players

Final Fantasy 14 may be an MMO, but it’s certainly never sacrificed the series’ talent for excellent storytelling. It’s stuffed with incredible worldbuilding, a cherished cast of characters, and heart-wrenching story beats that’ll get players shedding a tear from just hearing a few notes from a song that played during a cutscene. It is, however,

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Subnautica 2 is responsible for Krafton’s ‘record second quarter performance’ despite the messy legal battle and accusations of sabotage

Subnautica 2 might be a chill survival game, but the journey to May’s early access launch was filled with drama, legal battles and accusations of sabotage. Just recalling it all is giving me a massive headache, which I’m now going to give to you. In 2025, Krafton ousted Unknown World’s leadership and delayed Subnautica 2’s

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Silent Hill: Townfall’s director finds it ‘utterly terrifying to be the next one in the series’ but is still confident fans will enjoy the experience

We’re in the count down phase for Silent Hill: Townfall, and while we don’t have a preview yet (you’re going to have to wait until Gamescom), Screen Burn’s director Jon McKellan and series producer Motoi Okamoto have been discussing that next instalment, what fans can expect from the foggy shores of St. Amelia, and what

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