Leap into Hoppy Adventures with the Hoplet Pet

Spy x Anya: Operation Memories looks like an appropriately-dumb riff on the Spy x Family extravaganza, and now it has a release date.

A Baldur's Gate 3 fan has shared their cursed creation, which turns all the main characters from the game into actor Nicolas Cage, with some terrifying results. Baldur's Gate 3 remains immensely popular following its August release, and fans have wasted no time sharing their interesting creations based on the game.

Cities: Skylines II developer Colossal Order has a uniquely close relationship with its community. The original Cities: Skylines came out in 2015 and gobbled up the audience that was left behind by EA’s SimCity, which came out in 2013 and was a busted mess. Cities: Skylines scratched that urban-planning itch, plus it cost just $30. The game came first to PC, Mac and Linux with modest hardware requirements, and it hit consoles within two years. Critically, Cities: Skylines also supported mods through the Steam Workshop, allowing players to add their own tools to the game and share those features with others.

Intel Foundry has announced a "strategic" collaboration with the famous Taiwanese semiconductor firm UMC as they vow to move together in semiconductor development.

An Enshrouded player has learned the hard way after three long hours of using a pickaxe to build a basement that there's another tool intended to do the same thing in much less time. 

When Edwin popped the reveal trailer for new Metroidvania Deviator into The Maw this morning, he really wasn't kidding about it looking a heck of a lot like Hollow Knight. You've got a small, diminutive hero with a nasty little blade up his sleeve, a haunting and melancholy piano score, a beautiful hand-drawn animation style, and lots of mean-looking creatures to fight. Then again, the trailer also makes it clear there are lots and lots of spikes and traps to navigate here, which puts me more in the mind of Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown. Either way, I'm well up for another platforming-Metroidy hybrid, and developers Gami Studio have announced that there's Steam demo coming in February.

One Overwatch 2 player has come up with a cute take on tank character Wrecking Ball based on Disney's The Incredibles movies. Thanks to developer Blizzard's penchant for releasing all sorts of nice skins for the game's heroes, many fans also feel generally very inspired to come up with their own creative Overwatch looks based on other franchises.

In a recent development, the controversial Gaia skin, also known as the «evil Groot» skin, made a return to Call of Duty Warzone this week, accompanied by adjustments intended to address previous concerns. Despite the attempts to rectify the situation, Call of Duty Warzone players have maintained a sense of dissatisfaction and discomfort with the changes made to the skin.

The Hoplet pet is now available for the Lunar New Year in retail WoW! This pet was available as part of the 2022 Subscription Bundle for WoW Classic. Now it's also available in Retail WoW.

This upcoming indie takes the farming sim fun of Stardew Valley and combines it with the chaotic gameplay of Fall Guys. 

Sanctuary is oozing with maladies to be eradicated, wanderer—go forth and defend your home!

Given the sheer quantity of games releasing on Steam these days, having a neat little elevator pitch for your game can be vital in helping it stand out. For example, if I get an email saying a game is like "Obra Dinn meets such and such" or "Into The Breach but a deckbuilder", that's like personal catnip to me, and can be a handy indicator of whether I should investigate further - maybe watch a gameplay trailer for it, say, or see if it's got a demo. Case in point: this is exactly how I stumbled upon the upcoming Donkey Kong Country-esque platformer Windswept last week, although instead of an email, I saw it on the growing "Your game is too much like..." thread over on Xwitter - which is definitely worth a browse if you have very niche interests in need of a good scratch.