The long, winding road to Baldur’s Gate 3 was paved with these Larian games

After nearly 10 years without an official college football game, Electronic Arts has finally revealed a teaser for the highly-anticipated return of its college football video game franchise. EA Sports College Football 25 will be released this summer, with a full reveal of the game coming in May. But for now, the company’s published a short hype video to reassure fans that, Yeah, it’s really happening.

Have you ever played Please, Touch The Artwork? Well the sequel Please, Touch The Artwork 2 is dropping on February 19th, so we thought we should give you a quick lowdown on the new game! Continuing the artistic features of its predecessor, the sequel is where Waldo meets modern art.

If you’ve not yet heard about Synthetik 2 and its predecessor, Synthetik (as featured in our Steam Deck Roguelites recs), we can’t blame you, as they’re both niche. However, if the idea of a retro-futuristic tactical twin-stick shooter inspired by Robocop tingles, Synthetik 2‘s Update 14 may be of interest.

Larian Studios is planning to open a new company branch in Poland, according to a recent report. The purported expansion could be a result of the incredible success of Baldur's Gate 3, which propelled Larian Studios to new heights following its August 2023 release.

 Baldur's Gate 3, last year's most critically acclaimed video game, has brought in about $90 million since its August release for parent company Hasbro Inc. through a licensing deal. 

It’s a long, cold wait between seasons of Taskmaster, especially after an entry as stellar as series 16. Luckily, the hilarious British panel show has kept its growing international audience entertained between seasons by uploading episodes of one of its many licensed spinoff series to its YouTube channel. Taskmaster New Zealand’s first two seasons are now onthe official Taskmaster YouTube account, including the incredible season 2, which originally aired in 2021 and is one of the best seasons of any version of Taskmaster. If you consider yourself a Taskmaster fan, you owe it to yourself to check it out.

Given the limitations of base size in , players should take advantage of this newly found farm placement trick while they still can. Farm plots are a crucial part of the game regarding getting high-quality food and Cake for breeding. Despite their usefulness, farm plots are rather large and can take up an immense part of the base. Even when players get the opportunity to establish more bases, other buildings/needs should take priority over farming, leaving players in a tough situation.

A reliable leaker has claimed that the Nintendo Switch 2 (or Super Nintendo Switch, whatever you want to call it) will have backwards compatibility with OG Switch games, whether they're physical or digital.

Palworld took the world by storm following its early access launch on January 19. It peaked at over 2.1 million concurrent players on Steam, selling over 12 million copies on that platform alone and amassing at least 7 million more purchases via Xbox Game Pass. That means you’ve probably played it at this point, even if you aren’t playing many other video games right now. Thankfully, the melting pot — or derivative, depending on who you ask — design of Palworld makes it a gateway game to several other amazing titles.

Forget butterfly clips, trucker caps, and flip phones: nothing screams the early 2000s like a or -style online PC game. Growing up in the 2000s, the free-to-play landscape was immensely different. Hundreds of thousands of Flash games were available for free online, from the fan-made to the corporate promotional. Mostly short and sweet, these games could run even on a lower-end PC. Microtransactions were nearly unheard of, and many made games for the simple joy of creation (and a healthy dose of ad revenue). They weren't always good, but they were usually free.

Lethal Company fans have been warned against trying the game's mysterious mobile version as, according to a community moderator, it was made without developer Zeekerss knowledge or permission and could well be "a scam of some sort."

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth players are already sharing piano covers from the game's demo, just days after its release.