The Steam Summer Sale is live now! (store.steampowered.com)
Sci-fi racing platformer Distance gets a surprise update with Steam Deck improvements (www.gamingonlinux.com)
The page for Assetto Corsa EVO is now live on Steam (store.steampowered.com)
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Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree - long-standing tech issues remain unaddressed (www.eurogamer.net)
Retromags. The place to read video game magazines of yesterday (www.retromags.com)
Steam Game Recording Beta announced (store.steampowered.com)
Also, a video demonstration: Steamworks Quick Tips - Steam Game Recording and Steam Timeline API
Old School RuneScape player says 'see ya at a million!' after pickpocketing 500,000 NPCs in a doomed quest for treasure under multiple self-imposed restrictions (www.pcgamer.com)
Eat_my_yarmulke is on a quest to complete the easy treasure trail collection log (OSRS lets players track the drops they get from the game’s various activities via logs, which turn green when completed), but they’re also operating under multiple self-imposed restrictions. For one thing, they’re playing on Ironman Mode,...
Infogrames (Atari) have acquired the Surgeon Simulator franchise (www.gamingonlinux.com)
Weirdest news of the month
Man accused of attempted murder in hammer attack over online gaming argument (www.nbcnews.com)
Edward Kang, 20, flew from Newark, New Jersey, to Jacksonville, Florida, to confront someone he had an online dispute with, Nassau County, New Jersey, Sheriff Bill Leeper said. Court records show he was charged Monday with second-degree attempted murder and attempted burglary....
ELDEN RING - Update 1.12.2 (Rebalanced Scadutree Blessings) (en.bandainamcoent.eu)
Attack and damage negation curve scaling of the Shadow Realm Blessings have been revised....
Changes in Forza Horizon 4’s Festival Playlist and Delisting from Digital Stores. | Forza (forza.net)
Counter Strike 2 adds first new community maps to the game (www.counter-strike.net)
Deadrop developer Midnight Society cuts ties with Dr Disrespect following new Twitch ban allegations (www.rockpapershotgun.com)
Celebrity streamer insists that “I didn’t do anything wrong”...
Those Assassin’s Creed, Resident Evil and Death Stranding iOS ports have bombed (mobilegamer.biz)
Patch 7.0 Notes (Preliminary) (na.finalfantasyxiv.com)
Pre-order access is scheduled to go live at 09:00 UTC on the 28th with the full release following at ~09:00 UTC on the 2nd.
Full Cities: Skylines 2 Economy 2.0 Patch Notes Revealed as Huge Update Goes Live (techraptor.net)
Blue Protocol developers talk about what went wrong with the MMORPG (automaton-media.com)
Decades later, John Romero looks back at the birth of the first-person shooter (arstechnica.com)
UK Retailer GAME To End All In-Store Video Game Sales (www.gfinityesports.com)
Timesplitters rated for PS4 and PS5, suggesting a PS Classics release (wolfsgamingblog.com)
Hotly anticipated 'Black Myth: Wukong' is delayed on Xbox Series X|S — and now, Microsoft has responded (www.windowscentral.com)
Avowed's Creators On Why Romance Was Considered, But Ultimately Not Included And Skyrim Comparisons (www.gameinformer.com)
Beyond Good & Evil remaster arrives next week with "improved graphics", new in-game content, and more (www.eurogamer.net)
Embracer rolls out new AI policy to 'massively enhance game development' | Game Developer (www.gamedeveloper.com)
Article textNewly-restructured Swedish conglomerate, Embracer Group, will leverage AI models to bolster game production. As noted in Embracer’s annual report, the company has adopted a new AI policy package it claims has the capability to “massively enhance” its production process by “increasing resource efficiency,...
