Steam had more players and playtime than ever in 2021

“Its pretty hard to grasp a number that big,” says the post. Those efficiencies are increasingly important as Steam and game download sizes grow. The full post is long and packed with stats not mentioned here,so take a look.

March 10, 2022 · 1 min · 39 words · Samuel Nguyen

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles collection gathers 13 vintage Konami games

I could not tell you which is which. Makes the collection a package you couldn’t get just by pirating ROMs. And they’re including guides for each game, which is probably helpful for the ones that are bastard-hard. It’ll also be on Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox Xeriex XS, PS4, and Xbone. For now, seethe game’s website. Oh, by the way,a brand new retro-styled Turtles beat ‘em upis on its way too....

March 10, 2022 · 1 min · 85 words · Allison Whitaker

The Electronic Wireless Show podcast episode 177: the best mounts in games special

Machines don’t count as mounts, I think we can all pre-agree on that. This is an unfortunate crossover with our ‘best horses’ special, which I forgot we had done. Also, Nate and I get angry atMetal Gear Solid. There are some traditional digressions, although there’s no substantial Henry Cavill update this week. Be warned that it is NSFW. it’s possible for you to listen above, or onon Spotify,iTunes,Stitcher, orPocket Casts....

March 10, 2022 · 1 min · 129 words · Melissa Perkins

The Rally Point: Shadows Of Forbidden Gods exhibits the power of evil chaos theory

Pedagogue of Wrong Gods Gods. You know what the problem with god games is? They’ve got no subtlety. Shadows Of Forbidden Godsis different. The premise is actually pretty novel. They must gain access to powerful people and corrupt or destroy them, removing any chance at resistance. They can’t do this directly though. People residing in sufficiently corrupted areas gradually lose their ability to fight or even notice anything’s amiss. But the real challenge isn’t corrupting the world....

March 10, 2022 · 2 min · 219 words · Kaitlyn Martinez

How is the Steam Deck as a desktop PC?

But how well does the Steam Deck work as a desktop PC, really? Theres also a touch of setup left to do once youre all connected and entered into Desktop mode. From there, youre pretty much good to go. Except for some uglier fonts. TakeHorizon Zero Dawn, which on the Decks own 1280x800 screen managed to average 40fps on Original quality. With the Deck hooked up to a 1080p monitor, that plummeted to 26fps....

March 9, 2022 · 1 min · 153 words · Eric Stephens

Ship Of Fools is a co-op voyage brawling with sea beasties

Made by Quebec studio Fika Productions, it’s due to launch later this year. For now, check out the trailer below. Quite pretty, too. Ship Of Fools is due to launch later in 2022on Steam, as well as unspecified consoles.

March 9, 2022 · 1 min · 39 words · Gregory Franklin

The new Moomins video game looks pretty

Sounds like a problem to be solved using friendship and mischief! It’s quite pretty too, check out the trailer below. That’s pretty, that. What a strange and beautiful tone. It always scared or unsettled me a little, and I like that. Moomintroll would substitute cleanly for almost any young boy protagonist in almost any Nintendo game, for example. Hemulens could be quest givers, hattifatteners could be enemies, and so on....

March 9, 2022 · 1 min · 124 words · Eric Kramer

Who Are Ya? is like Wordle but with football players

It’s an interesting challenge. you could play Who Are Ya?over here in your browserfor free. Each day, you have eight guesses to figure out the identity of a mystery football player. And you start out with an extremely blurry and discoloured photo. So, guess away. Unlike in Wordle, you’re not guessing from spelling. Start typing a name and it’ll let you select your guess’s name from a list. A green box means you were right about that, grey means guess again....

March 9, 2022 · 1 min · 195 words · Jacqueline Cox

Humble's Boomer Shooter bundle contains some throwback FPS classics

Fresh from killing napkins and mayonnaise, here come millenials to kill Shub-Niggurath. It’s the first two I mentioned above that we like best: Dusk and Amid Evil. You canpay what you want for it from Humble, but smaller amounts will net you fewer games. Like in a shop.

March 8, 2022 · 1 min · 48 words · Kathleen Allison

Resist the deadly allure of gravity in citybuilder Airborne Kingdom on Steam

After a year on Epic Every citybuilder is about keeping the districts of your city in balance, butAirborne Kingdommakes it rather more literal. As your flying metropolis expands, you have to apply propulsion machines - fabric wings, gigantic oars, pedal-powered rotors - to double-check it doesn’t tip dangerously this way or that. It’s delightful, and after a year on Epic’s game store, the Epic Games Store, it’s available on Steam....

March 8, 2022 · 1 min · 148 words · Scott Martinez

Square Enix have delayed Forspoken's launch by four months

Previously due on the 24th of May, it’s now slated for the 11th of October. Also she gets some neat-looking movement abilities to zip about. Seems they want more time to deliver the sort of game you might expect from a team like that. Better a late game than a bad game. We’ve called Forspoken one of ourmost anticipated games of 2022.

March 8, 2022 · 1 min · 62 words · Kathryn Daniels

Support Ukraine with this astonishing $10 bundle of almost 600 indie games

Probably because it’s a great deal for a good cause. Pay at least $10 and you’ll get a lot, though of course you might pay more. All come as DRM-free downloads. It’s… a lot. What else would you recommend, reader dear?

March 8, 2022 · 1 min · 41 words · Aaron Murphy

The Fertile Crescent blends Bronze Age strategy with managing pomegranates

Its combat and economy chains build on each other, a feat uncommon in the real-time strategy space. The Fertile Crescent trades the ol berry bush for pomegranate trees, a native of Western Asia. How weve been inspired by history has shaped the game. During the Bronze Ages, the usage of coins hadnt taken root yet. It was still to a large extent a barter economy, and food played an important role....

March 8, 2022 · 3 min · 431 words · Mary Mason