Steam turns 20 today

We take it absolutely for granted these days the convenience Steam affords us. And the start of the digital PC gaming era hits a milestone today as the Valve service celebrates two decades. According toWikipedia, the initial release of Steam occurred on July 13, 2025, which is exactly twenty years ago. Since then, others have followed suit in helping us move towards video games as digital media in the age of the Internet....

August 11, 2025 · 2 min · 273 words · Tammy Simon

The Gunk is coming to Xbox and PC in December, and I’m ready to clean up all the vile goo

It’s on Xbox Game Pass, so enough said Has anyone else been wondering what’s up withThe Gunk? We haven’t seen much of Image & Form’s upcoming 3D game, a major departure from theSteamWorldseries, since itsreveala year ago. I’m not trying to rush ’em or anything, I’m just genuinely curious about this game, and wanted even a small sign of life. As such, I was stoked to see it pop up at Gamescom today with a new trailer and December 2021 release window....

August 11, 2025 · 2 min · 255 words · Mary Jackson

(Update) Weird West: Definitive Edition also headed to Switch

This town ain’t crisp enough for the both of us [Update:Devolver Digital has announced that a Nintendo Switch port fo Weird West: Definitive Edition is in the works. A release date was not announced.] Hot damn, we got retail leaked! Weird West: Definitive Edition is coming to Nintendo Switch though we aren’t sure when quite yet. Keep a look on the horizon, gunslinger.https://t.co/pz6AuppWyC — Devolver Digital (@devolverdigital)July 16, 2025...

August 10, 2025 · 2 min · 294 words · Donald Blanchard

All Poison-Type Pokémon Weaknesses and Strategy

Once upon a time, Poison-type Pokemon were practically a joke. Psychic-type Pokemon dominated Generation 1, and Poison-type Pokemon could only hit a scant few Pokemon for super-effective damage. Nowadays, Poison-type Pokemon are a force to be reckoned with. Let’s break down how to counter Poison Pokemon. Poison Pokemon weaknesses and strengths Poison Pokemon are weak against the following types in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet, and they take more damage in a fight from these types of Pokemon:...

August 10, 2025 · 7 min · 1371 words · Dawn Cunningham

All Resident Evil 4 Remake pre-order bonuses, revealed

Free skins, weapons, and more Resident Evil 4 Remakereleases near the end of March 2023, bringing with it the long-awaited return of Leon’s quest to save the daughter of the President of the United States. This new, from-the-ground-up remake, will also reward early adopters with special bonuses for those who pre-order. AllResident Evil 4 Remakepre-order bonuses, revealed Players who pre-orderResident Evil 4 Remakeare guaranteed to gain some exclusive bonuses, no matter which platform they are playing on....

August 10, 2025 · 2 min · 386 words · Mr. Brian Tucker

Borderlands 4’s price crisis comes to an end, and the results are mixed

Borderlands 4is now available for pre-order, and the controversy surrounding its pricetag has come to an end. Or has it? After Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford’s controversial comments last month about the base game potentially being $80, saying “if you’re a real fan, you’ll find a way to make it happen,” the title has ended up getting the current industry standard price of $69.99 USD. But then there are the other editions....

August 10, 2025 · 2 min · 387 words · Tyler Nolan

CoD fans claim Warzone in 2024 is ‘most miserable experience ever’

Like most games,Warzonehas had its fair share of good and bad times over the years. Still, some players claim that the battle royale is at its lowest point ever, describing it as “seriously the most miserable experience [they’ve] ever had playingCoD.” In a post on theWarzonesubreddit on April 29, kris9512listedseven issues they discovered while playing, including severe lag,audio issues, map design, a boring loot system, terrible netcode, time-to-kill being too quick, and arguing that skill-based matchmaking is still too strong....

August 10, 2025 · 2 min · 352 words · Clinton Jones

Dashcam has you driving to a parent-teacher conference to deal with your child’s evil gene

Did you playAnthology of the Killerlike I told you to? I knew I could count on you, person who replied, “Yes.” As a reward, I’ve got adifferent gamefor you to check out. It’sDashcam, a narrative “experience” about being late for a parent-teacher conference. It will take you about 7-ish minutes to play. If you’re like me, it’s much better spent this way. I would have been scrolling for neat games on social media to share with you but instead found myself doom-scrolling unconsciously, only snapping out of it when I realized I was in Hell....

August 10, 2025 · 2 min · 364 words · Emily Jennings DDS

Destiny 2’s ‘Weightgate’ might stealthily be repeating itself

Remember last year’s“Weightgate” micro-scandalthat shookDestiny 2‘s community to its very core? It wasn’t quite as dramatic as that, granted, but it sure was a royal mess. Now, some players think thatDestiny 2is silently repeating that particular mistake in the background of its ongoing season. The problem with Weightgate was that Bungie initially claimed that nothing was amiss, only for theDestiny 2community to band together with hard data to show for its efforts....

August 10, 2025 · 3 min · 567 words · Christopher Chen

Dragon’s Dogma 2 Compiling Shaders PC fix guide

Dragon’s Dogma 2is finally here, but not without a few issues. Some players are getting stuck on the Compiling Shaders screen, causing the game to freeze and not progress. Thankfully we’ve figured out how to fixDragon’s Dogma 2stuck compiling shaders. Here’s what you need to do. How to get past being stuck on Compiling Shaders If you get stuck on the Compiling Shaders setting onDragon’s Dogma 2, especially when launching it for the first time, you can fix it by restarting your game....

August 10, 2025 · 2 min · 241 words · Gina Moreno

Eternity’s Child moved to the Wii

Eternity’s Childwas originally announced last year as an XBLA title, but it seems that size restrictions have actually pushed the title onto the Wii, which I’m sure pleased UK based creator Luc Bernard to no end. He has also mentioned plans to design a DS version of the title, which would be very different from the Wii release but related by name and concept. The Wii version will mostly use classic controls and little use of the motion control functions of the remote....

August 10, 2025 · 1 min · 174 words · Fred Park

GameStop’s stock reaches its highest price ever thanks to Reddit having a laugh

We are now firmly entrenched in my worst nightmare future To say GameStop has been struggling as of late would be an understatement. The company wasn’t doing great before last year’s economic downturn caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, then things got so bad that the companydeclared itself essential by selling hand sanitizer. With more than athousand store closings planned in the next few months, you would think this would mean the publicly traded company’s stock price would be in the gutter....

August 10, 2025 · 5 min · 896 words · Mike Jones

How to fix the resolution bug in Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising

With monitor technology having advanced drastically over the past decade, it’s common for a modern PC game to include the most common screen resolutions, if not all of them. So, forGranblue Fantasy Versus: Risingto release in 2023 with a nasty bug restricting resolution choices to things like 1280×720, it’s unthinkable. Here are a couple of fixes to remedy this gross injustice. Why are there missing resolution options in GBVSR? While there areplenty of bugsthat Arc System Works and Cygameshave acknowledged, this isn’t one of them....

August 10, 2025 · 1 min · 208 words · Jamie Bryant