Video Game News 4/24/2024

#Steam
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Valve Closes Loophole Some Steam Users Were Exploiting For Refunds

Valve Closes Steam Refund Loophole, Adds New Advanced Access Label

Steam says those hours you time criminals put in during advanced access now count toward the refund allowance

Klei's new co-op brawler makes a strong first impression in early access

No Rest for the Wicked chief defends early access, says more games should do it: 'Imagine [if] Dark Souls 1 had been in early access'

Garry’s Mod to remove 20 years of Nintendo user generated content

One of the best horror games ever made is less than $10 right now

2023’s top soulslike turns into a roguelike with huge final update

Sons of the Forest style horror FPS launches its first Steam playtest

When is Manor Lords coming out? PC release times

Grab a free Steam key for this stunning new space game

After 25 years, a true PC classic is finally on Steam and totally free

The best PC games 2024

Necromancy strategy game kicks off new test, playable now on Steam

Steam amends refund policy, nixing advanced access loophole in the process

Review: Sand Land Takes You on a Wild Ride

Gloomhaven studio Flaming Fowl lays off over 20 staff

Hades 2 Reveals First Extensive Gameplay Footage

Valve makes paid 'Advanced Access' a clear feature on Steam now

Roam beyond the castle as Hammerwatch II releases on Xbox and PlayStation

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Arcade Wrath of the Mutants Out Now

Frostpunk Turns 6; Celebrates 5M Sales

dev_hell Demo

Ace Attorney Turnabout Collection Delisting

Open World Survival Crafting Game Bellwright Launches into Early Access on Steam

Genfanad Finally Has A Vision; It’s Closing

#StellarBlade
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The 12 Best Stellar Blade Skills To Unlock First

Stellar Blade: The Kotaku Review

Sony Removing Stellar Blade's Unintentional N-Word Reference

Stellar Blade review: Having its cake, and eating it

Stellar Blade Day One Update Will Remove Unintentional Racial Slur Reference

Sony Says Stellar Blade Art Referencing Racist Language Was Unintentional, Will be Patched Out

Stellar Blade Is Based On The Bible, But Don’t Take It Too Seriously

Stellar Blade review - no thinking, just slashing

Stellar Blade brings old-school console sensibilities to PS5 - with a modern flourish

Review: Stellar Blade (PS5) - A Stellar PS5 Debut Destined to Become a Fan Favourite

NIKKE Stellar Blade Crossover Being Considered

Review: Stellar Blade Channels NieR: Automata’s Stylish Combat

Stellar Blade Director Talks Story Inspiration, Costume Design, Bayonetta Comparisons, and More

Stellar Blade Update 1.002 Adds New Game Plus, Patches Out Offensive Art

Stellar Blade Review – 2B or Not 2B

Review: Stellar Blade

Stellar Blade Review - A Challenging Adventure That Doesn’t Stick the Landing

Game and Mod Development

Review – Stellar Blade (PlayStation 5)

#ManorLords
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Manor Lords is 2024's must-play strategy game, even in early access – and a massive win for Game Pass

Manor Lords Dev Explained Why The Price Hasn't Been Revealed: 'It's a Bit Complex'

Manor Lords early access review: a sturdy and immersive builder that feels incomplete yet alive with promise

Manor Lords families – how to find and reallocate your workers

Manor Lords early access review - beautiful foundations but missing important pieces

Manor Lords: Release Date, Time, And Game Pass Availability Explained

Manor Lords Global Release Timings Revealed

Game Reviews

#LordsFallen
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Lords of the Fallen's final major update says screw it, lets you balance the game yourself

Lords Of The Fallen's latest update adds cruel modifiers that turn it into a roguelike

Lords of the Fallen final update introduces modifiers for rogue-lite challenge

Next Free Lords of the Fallen Update Turns the PS5 Game into a Roguelite

Lords of the Fallen Update 1.5 Brings "Genre-Defining" Modifiers and More

PlayStation Store May 2024 Sale Is Live, Here Are All the Deals

Lords of the Fallen update 1.5 puts a little Roguelike into the Soulslike with game modifiers

New free Lords of the Fallen update adds genre-defining modifier system

#Nintendo
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Nintendo Forcing Garry's Mod To Delete 20 Years' Worth Of Content

Nintendo Switch Online: Every NES, SNES, Game Boy, N64, Sega Genesis, And GBA Game

Nintendo death threats suspect charged by Japanese police

Nintendo issuing takedown notices for Garry’s Mod, needs to delete 20 years’ worth of items

Nintendo Switch Online Gets Two More Retro N64 Cult Classics

Nintendo Event Cancellation Suspect Charged For Sending Threats Via Contact Forms

Four Years After Its Cancellation, Deliver Us The Moon Is Finally Landing On Switch

Reminder: Nintendo's Zelda: TOTK And Mario Wonder GDC Talks Are Now Online For Free

Nintendo Expands Switch Online's N64 Library With Two More Titles

Japan: Nintendo death threats suspect charged by police

Extreme G & Iggy’s Reckin’ Balls available for Switch Online + Expansion Pack members

#Switch
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The Arzopa 15" 1080p USB Type-C Monitor Is $60.79 for Amazon Prime Members (Switch and Steam Deck Compatible)

Another Crab's Treasure Review - Undercooked Adventure

Two N64 racing games join Nintendo Switch Online today

How to Change Party Formations in Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes

Dracula Influences Pointed Out in Monster Hunter Malzeno Concept Art

See Super Saiyan God Vegeta in Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2

New Eiyuden Chronicle Switch Patch Announced to Address Bugs

Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord remake heading to Switch

Political sim Democracy 4: Console Edition coming to Switch

Death end re;Quest CodeZ announced for Switch

Apex Legends Is Adding a Tournament System

Bang On Balls Chronicles to receive massive free expansion

Review: Slave Zero X (Switch) - Slick, Stylish, But A Hot Mess On Switch

Sega Reveals 'Super Monkey Ball Banana Rumble' Multiplayer Trailer

Poll: So, Will You Be Getting Endless Ocean: Luminous?

#RestWicked
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Dark Souls would’ve been a better game in early access, says dev behind Dark Souls-like early access game No Rest For The Wicked

No Rest for the Wicked dev defends early access, says Dark Souls would've benefitted

No Rest for the Wicked How to Repair Durability

No Rest for the Wicked: How to Fast Travel

No Rest for the Wicked: How to Defeat Falstead Darak

#PS5
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17 Essential Sand Land Tips To Get You Started

Zenless Zone Zero finally gets a release date, as it soars past 30 million pre-registered players

PS5 System Software Update 24.03-09.20.00 Adds Community Game Help Feature

Guide: Fallout 4 Next Gen Update Release Times: When Can You Play the New Version?

New PS5 Firmware Update Adds Community Game Help Feature, Here Are All the Patch Notes

Baldur's Gate 3 PS5 Physical Deluxe Edition Is Back in Stock

Beat Performer Is the New Blue Protocol Class

Disney Dreamlight Valley Getting Daisy Duck in May

Akira Toriyama Message Shared Ahead of Sand Land Game Launch

Honkai: Star Rail Star Rail LIVE 2024 Stream Airs in May

Destiny 2: The Final Shape Raid Goes Live on June 7th

Kena: Bridge of Spirits Might be Headed to Xbox Series X/S

Sea of Thieves previews April updates, elaborates on PS5 server woes, and confirms the return of six ship servers

Sony Firesprite’s PS5 Horror Game Seemingly Targeting 4K, 60 FPS

PS5 System Update for April 2024 Released Along With Patch Notes

Karma The Dark World: Multidimensional Horror Coming to PS5

Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora gets 40 FPS performance mode on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S

#RPG
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No Rest for the Wicked Creative Director: Dark Souls Might Have Benefited From Early Access

Sand Land review: a boring Mad Max lite that should have been very exciting

Best Skyrim mods 2024

The best Fallout games ranked

Review: Another Crab's Treasure (PS5) - Undersea Soulslike Is as Good as It Is Buggy

Daggerfall Spiritual Successor The Wayward Realms Heads to Kickstarter Next Month

The Last Spell Dwarves of Runenberg Arrives

SaGa Emerald Beyond Review

Sand Land Review – Arid, Desolate, and Gorgeous

Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord Next Month

#Access
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Manor Lords Early Access Review

No Rest for the Wicked CEO Praises Early Access, Calls on Sony and Nintendo to Embrace It

Oddsparks Early Access Launches on Steam

Oddsparks: An Automation Adventure Early Access

#DisneyDreamlightValley
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Dreamlight Valley Rift in Time Spark of Imagination DLC release date

Daisy Duck and Oswald the Rabbit joining Disney Dreamlight Valley soon

Is Daisy Duck Coming to Disney Dreamlight Valley?

Disney Dreamlight Valley Welcomes Daisy Duck In Next Free Content Update

#Fallout76
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Two Popular Fallout 76 Builds To Stop You From Dying In The Wasteland

How To Make Fallout 76 Stop Running Like Crap On PC

Fallout 76 Is Getting Something Rare: A Second Chance At A First Impression

Fallout 76 has now welcomed 1m players in a single day, six years after broken launch

Fallout 76 Update Adds New Region to Explore

Where to find Lesser Devils in Fallout 76

Fallout 76 breaks its own concurrent player record years after launching

Thanks to the Fallout TV Show, over 1 Million Players Tried Fallout 76

#SandLand
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Sand Land’s Video Game Adaptation Is A Devilishly Good Time

Sand Land Review - Devil’s In The Details

Review: Sand Land (PS5) - Open World Adaptation Is a Demonic Delight

Bandai Namco Shares Touching Statement from Akira Toriyama Ahead of Sand Land Release

Sand Land Reviews

#Don
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A Japanese TV station asked international anime fans their top 20 openings, and the selection mostly proves they don't watch much anime

The Don't Starve devs' new cutesy co-cop dungeon crawler is out in early access today

RDNA 3+ edges closer as AMD hints at refreshed GPU architecture in its Linux firmware

Don’t Starve devs unveil co-op roguelike, and you can play it today

Gori: Cuddly Carnage Gets Meow Release Date Trailer on PS5, PS4

#DLC
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GTA5 nearly had story DLC that made Trevor a 007-style spy - until it was cancelled and turned into a GTA Online heist

Rumour: Watch Dogs Is Dead, and Legion Reportedly Killed It

Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2 update out now (version 1.8), patch notes

How to get the alternate ending in Remnant 2 The Forgotten Kingdom

Millennia Roadmap for 2024 Promises New Nations, Paid DLC, and More

Get another look at The Last Spell's upcoming "Dwarves of Runenberg" DLC

#Minecraft
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Minecraft rolls out armadillo mob and rewilds biomes with eight new wolf variants

Surprise! Minecraft's brand new mob has rolled out months before the update we expected it would be in

How to play Minecraft snapshots – snapshot 24w14a

Minecraft v1.20.5 the Armored Paws drop update is live now

#Fallout
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Can you play Fallout: London on Xbox and PlayStation consoles?

However popular you think the Fallout games are right now, you’re wrong – the numbers are astonishing

Fallout season 2 will feature, er, that iconic location, but you don't need to worry about your headcanon

Cheapest Way to Buy Fallout 4 GOTY on PC Now Includes 6 Other Fallout Games As Well

This Incredible Fallout Bundle Is Back In Stock, Score Almost Every Game for Just $22.49 - Best Fallout Deals

Fallout 76 Sees One Million Players Join in a Single Day

#Valve
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Steam just changed its refund policy, but it shouldn’t affect you too much – unless you were gaming the system

Steam is altering the early access refund deal – pray it does not alter it any further

Steam refunds get adjusted to account for pre-release playtime

Valve Closes Advanced Access Refund Loophole

#PlayStation
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Best action-adventure games on PC 2024

Project Awakening Still Exists, Six Years After Its Stunning PS4 Reveal

Prison Architect 2 Release Date Delayed Again

Darkest Dungeon 2 Launches for PS5 and PS4 on July 15

Darkest Dungeon 2 PlayStation Release Confirmed for July

Feature: Why Play Final Fantasy VII Remake When You Could Play FFVII 'Demake'?