Steam Next Fest's most popular demo is an old Half Sword tech playtest, which just proves the timeless appeal of physics-based swordfights

Steam's Next Fests are a magical time, where we get to delight in the latest bite-sized demo appetizers for upcoming games ...

Splinter Cell: Deathwatch review

Playing a Splinter Cell game as Sam Fisher, we're more than happy to spend hours slinking slowly through corridors and stairwells, crouching motionless for long minutes in the dark observing enemy ...

'Death Stranding, but Norman Reedus is a horse in 13th-century Mongolia' is the pitch for this demo with the most detailed steed mechanics I've ever seen

Again, the Death Stranding parallels are strangely remarkable. It's just that instead of caring about the precise placement ...

I've got a fix for Battlefield 6's blinding brightness, and no, it's not wearing sunglasses

The good news is that the settings menu is semi-transparent, so you can get an idea of what each tweak looks like as you ...

RPG developer Owlcat launches free game dev learning resource: 'A rising tide truly lifts all ships'

Owlcat worked with Midwest Games, Fireshine Games, Gaijin Entertainment, and 11 Bit Studios to start the GameDev Learning ...

Ubisoft surprise-revives its neglected Splinter Cell middle child on Steam, puts it on sale, then slaps a Uplay requirement on it so you don't get too excited

Although every other mainline Splinter Cell game has been easy to pick up on PC digital storefronts for years, Pandora ...

Battlefield 6's already mountainous grind is being exacerbated by assignments failing to track

Of course, there are the assignments. Ahh, the assignments. Completing odd and often challenging tasks has always been one of ...

'They just really didn't think anyone would look up': Researchers snooped on unencrypted satellite data with basic equipment, finding private calls, text messages…

They assumed that no one was ever going to check and scan all these satellites and see what was out there. That was their ...

Minecraft's Mounts of Mayhem drop is now available to test, including sailing with the nautilus and a brand new weapon enchantment

Minecraft's Mounts of Mayhem drop will mark the game's fourth update this year, and even though we've only got surface-level ...

Skyrim's lead designer reckons open world games are 'almost a cliché statement' these days, and that Skyrim owes its continued popularity to a focus on player agen…

Skyrim's 14th anniversary might be sneaking up on it, but players still can't get enough of Tamriel's tundras.

The original Fallout's lead developer says China nuked first, vault suits were meant to be 'extruded' by a machine, and yes Sugar Bombs are a Calvin and Hobbes reference

The original Fallout's lead developer Tim Cain has dropped another in his long-running series of videos discussing the ...

Battlefield 6 hits a peak of 747k players on Steam, hot on the heels of Baldur's Gate 3's record and in the platform's all-time top 20

That number comes from SteamDB, which shows Battlefield 6 jockeying with Dota 2 for second most-played game on Steam right ...