No Man’s Sky Endurance Update makes freighter life even more glamorous

Life in space Hello Games is back with another big update, this time addressing freighters. The massive hub ships get an overhaul in the Endurance Update forNo Man’s Skytoday, making space-base life even cooler. TheEndurance Updatetakes a huge rework to the freighter bases ofNo Man’s Sky. New parts and themed rooms with customization options let you design the Normandy, Rocinante, or Enterprise of your dreams. Specialist crew will also now walk around your base, having thoughts and patrolling the area....

July 22, 2025 · 2 min · 293 words · Paul Landry

November is a middling month for PlayStation Plus

The most notable game is Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture Coming off theace selectionofResident Evil HD RemasterandTransformers: Devastationfor PlayStation Plus in October, I have to say, November’s showing for the subscription service is a letdown. On PlayStation 4, it’sEverybody’s Gone to the Rapture, an English village-set adventure fromDear Esthercreator The Chinese Room. There’s alsoThe Deadly Tower of Monsters, a B-movie homage from oddball specialist ACE Team. Few of us played it, I’m sure....

July 22, 2025 · 1 min · 170 words · Susan Jensen

Orc Attack’s orcs attack with colon explosions

The fart joke is one of the mighty pillars of comedy because it’s so basic. Any embarrassing action accompanied by a sound effect is automatically rendered hilarious to all witnesses. And although good timing can amplify the effect, it’s a joke that doesn’t usually require any setup whatsoever. It just happens and it’s funny. Unless you’re the gang at Casual Brothers, who decided that their fart-joke-cum-action-gameOrcs Attackneeded a bit of exposition....

July 22, 2025 · 1 min · 182 words · Dana Mcdowell

Overwatch developers talk about exactly how their netcode works

‘Favor to the shooter’ and other concepts I had this explained to me in person whilevisiting Blizzard’s headquarters recently, and it’s all fascinating stuff. As a result of all of the conversations having to deal with netcode on the forums and reddit, twoOverwatchdevelopers got together and decided to explain the process in detail. And I really mean it — as the full video below is 17 minutes, breaking down the general concept of how netcode is handled, as well as some insane specifics....

July 22, 2025 · 1 min · 91 words · Melissa Scott

Pac-Man is getting a $40 golden micro cabinet for his 40th anniversary

I see an impulse buy in my future There’s a lot going on with this six-inchPac-Manarcade cabinet, and I won’t lie: I kinda want it. Known officially as the Pac-Man 40th Anniversary Edition Micro Player, the mini cabinet is launching this summer from manufacturerMy Arcade, which has been making desktop units – including a non-golden standard-editionPac-Manmachinethat you’re able to buy right nowif you wanted – for years. I don’t know the last time I sat down and really focused on the originalPac-Mancabinet art, but it’s a wild sight....

July 22, 2025 · 1 min · 155 words · Peter Gomez

Pass the Bomb codes (July 2025)

Updated: July 28, 2025 We added a new code! The hot potato game was never as explosive as inPass the Bomb. You don’t want to be caught with a ticking bomb in your hands, so try to make it someone else’s problem fast. Be careful to avoid obstacles such as falling meteors as well! Pass the Bombcodes won’t make the game any less frantic, but they will let you look cool while screaming and running for your life....

July 22, 2025 · 2 min · 390 words · Troy Brown

PlayStation Black Friday deals: Tales of Arise, Returnal, Far Cry 6, Deathloop, and more

PlayStation Store and PlayStation Direct deals for Black Friday 2021 start November 19 Start bracing your wallet for impact, as PlayStationhas begunits Black Friday deals for 2021. Physical PS4 and PS5 games, digital games, PlayStation Plus and PlayStation Now subscriptions, and PlayStation Gear Store merchandise are all on the docket. Subscription deals A pared-down list of PlayStation Store Black Friday deals Note: This list was whittled down to cut out a lot of fluff with in-game currencies, trivial DLC, alternate editions, and less noteworthy games....

July 22, 2025 · 2 min · 235 words · Catherine Miller

Saints Row IV’s Gat V pack is free on Steam today

Imagine that! Dress like Johnny Gat Saints Row IVcame, saw, and conquered critics alike as well as the charts, and now you can pick up a free bit of content if you’re rolling with the Steam version. For today only on the PC, you canpick up theGat V Packfor free, which lets you dress up as Johnny Gat and Aisha, in addition to granting you the .50 heavy machine gun and a combat knife launcher....

July 22, 2025 · 1 min · 115 words · Joshua Parrish

Steam headed for Linux, penguins reportedly delighted

After Steam’s fairly recent launch on Mac systems, it did seem obvious that it would only be a matter of time before the platform would find its way onto Linux. Recently,Linux blogger Michael Larabelhas been over to Valve’s HQ to consult with the staff there into making Steam’s appearance on Linux a reality. Larabel seems suitably impressed with what Valve have working right now, including seeingLeft 4 Dead 2running on the Linux OS Ubuntu: “I am still struck by just how interested Valve is in Linux as a platform; it is certainly beyond my original expectations....

July 22, 2025 · 1 min · 165 words · Stefanie Riley

Supreme Bathroom Battles codes (April 2024)

UpdatedApril 1, 2024 Searched for new codes! Whenever I need a good laugh, I launchSupreme Bathroom Battleson Roblox and enjoy fun yet challenging PvP combats. Defeating all the opponents was not an easy task, so I had to get some freebies in order to survive. Once I redeemedSupreme Bathroom Battlescodes, I obtained enough Coins to purchase the most powerful fighters and face the most challenging enemies. If you need additional resources to progress in the game, redeem these codes while they’re still active....

July 22, 2025 · 2 min · 353 words · Raven Brown

Telltale provides a first look at the next Strong Bad’s CGfAP episode

It might only have been two weeks sinceStrong Bad’s Cool Game for Attractive People Episode One: Homestar Ruiner(deep breath) graced the Wii and PC, but that isn’t stopping Telltale from fixing their eyes on the next similarly long-titled release in the episodic series,Strong Bad’s Cool Game for Attractive People Episode Two: Strong Badia the Free. Along with a teaser trailer they’ve also sent us a few new screens for you to check out....

July 22, 2025 · 1 min · 176 words · Sarah Moore

Ten minutes of Romans getting slaughtered in Rome II

How do we fight against such hate? The Romans had quite a wee bit of trouble pacifying the Germanic tribes of Northern Europe, and now you may sit back and watch some of that trouble on top of a substantial amount of bloodshed, fire, and fleeing Italians inTotal War: Rome II. This developer-narrated scenario was the same one being shown off at GDC a wee while ago, and it’s not exactly one where the Romans are in a good position....

July 22, 2025 · 1 min · 139 words · Matthew Bailey

The Elder Scrolls: Castles is out now, Bethesda’s Fallout Shelter follow-up [Update: Early Access is full]

Fans of 2015’sFallout Shelterhave likely wondered what’s next for the series. Well, it seems only natural that Bethesda would follow up with a new iteration. And it did, but this time for the studio’sotherprominent RPG franchise. Today Bethesda apparently shadow-droppedThe Elder Scrolls: Castles, a follow-up toFallout Shelter,out now on Android. 22-05-2025 Update: As of now, anyone attempting to get into this game have begun seeing a message stating “Early Access is full....

July 22, 2025 · 2 min · 331 words · Olivia Jones