Hands-on with the open-world extreme sports title While snowboarding games have had a slight resurgence on Steam, the big publishers — including EA, which sadly doesn’t seem interested in doinganything withSSX— have been sleeping on the genre. As such, Ubisoft’sSteepwas one of the biggersurprise announcementsmade at E3 this year. It would seem the internal pitch forSteepcame at the right place, and the right time, with the right shared technology between Ubisoft studios, because I don’t see how it could have happened any other way....

Mayor Lewis’ Purple Shorts have been a thing inStardew Valleysince the very beginning. At this point, they’re a fan favorite easter egg and have divided players between doing the right thing and, at worst, extorting the Mayor of Pelican Town. Until now, once you picked up Mayor Lewis’ Lucky Purple Shorts in Marnie’s bedroom, you had a choice; you could either give them back to Mayor Lewis and save him the embarrassment of having his terribly hidden relationship with Marnie become even more talked about, or keep them for yourself....

I wonder if this program will stay the same over time Valve customer support, a service that’s pretty notorious among Steam users, is very very busy with refunds. How busy? Think roughly 50,000 a day. According to a report from Gamesindustry.biz, Steam refund requests are now up to 49,199 per day, compared to 16,535 requests for all other issues. It’s hard to believe this system has been around since 2015, because outside of a number of developers (mostly who create two hour experiences) there haven’t been many complaints....

Sony has confirmed that all PlayStation Vita games will feature simultaneous launches of digital and retail games. This is yet another improvement over the failed PSPgo experiment, where some physical games would take weeks to reach the PSN, or sometimes never arrive at all. According to Sony engineer Chris Norden, “PSN is supported from day one, right out of the box at launch.” The Vita will be a bit more open than current home consoles too, with free-to-play business models supported by the system....

Explore the depths with this procedurally generated underwater exploration game A few months ago, I got the chance to check out Vertigo Games’World of Diving. Set in a procedurally generated world, players can explore the depths of the ocean while interacting with aquatic life, uncovering lost treasure, and even venturing to long-forgotten wrecks. Now, the developers have just released their game on Steam Early Access. While this title was in beta with limited features for many months, its debut on Early Access has opened up many long-awaited features, such as the mission editor and deeper player customization....

Have you noticed that yourDisney Dreamlight Valleyvillage looks a little peculiar in some places? The Cheshire Cat Chaos event is here, turning your world into, as the game puts it, a world full of “Cheshire-fied” items. Fortunately, you’re able to use this change to gain some special cosmetic items. Table of contents All Cheshire Cat Chaos event duties and rewards in Disney Dreamlight Valley Disney Dreamlight Valley’sCheshire Cat Chaos event features four tasks, each granting exclusive cosmetics rewards unavailable through realm or friendship quests....

Not long is left before the Total Rush promo makes its maiden appearance inEA FC 25, and Ultimate Team players will have a new campaign for the first time this year. Every year, most of the Ultimate Team promos are repeats of legacy campaigns, as they have been present in older titles. However, EA Sports always looks to introduce new stuff inside the game, and the Total Rush promo could be an absolute delight for the fans....

The nominees forThe Game Awards 2024have now been revealed across all categories, and there are some amazing contenders to pick from. This year will mark the tenth anniversary of theThe Game Awards 2024, and the nominees have been revealed by Geoff Keighley. While the categories remain the same, there have been some changes being made to the rules for being nominated to a particular lot. Without further ado, let’s take a look at all the categories and their respective nominations....

Regular box also available Limited Run Games has teamed up with indie developer Benjamin Rivers to create a physical edition for his 2016 adventure titleAlone With You. Available in both standard and deluxe variants, you’ll be able to pick up a copy for PS4 or Vita when Limited Run opens orders on April 19. The deluxe version is limited to PS4 but comes in a box with artwork reminiscent of the Sega CD along with behind-the-scenes sketches, artwork, and anecdotes from the development team....

The team behind the rather goodArkedo Seriesof indie gameshas been signedby publisher Sega for a new title dubbed “Project Hell Yeah.” I’m hopeful the tentative name sticks. A few details can be gathered from the development blog ramblings. This game — Arkedo’s biggest one yet — has been in development for nine months, apparently. There are also “MEGATONS” of monsters, and “you will beat the sh*t out of them. Sometimes, literally....

‘…we’d love to replay those games for sure’ At BlizzCon 2013,World of Warcraftproduction director J. Allen Brack responded to a fan request for the company to makeWarcraft: Orcs & HumansandWarcraft II: Tides of Darknesscompatible with modern PCs. “So, we actually have a guy on our team — actually several guys on our team — who are actually working on a side project to do something like that in some form or fashion,” he said, adding that the team would “love to replay those games for sure....

There’s actually a ‘new’ PSP game releasing, guys Brandish: The Dark Revenantis releasing as a digital-only PSP title that you can nab only from the PlayStation Store, and you can certainly see this from its trailer. But you know what? It looks like a good, old-fashioned dungeon crawler that might not be bad. I never played the originalBrandish, but the classic old Falcom PC-98 game looks like it may still have some fight left in it....

Iron Galaxy’sRumbleverseheads back to the lab again The rough-and-tumble fighter royaleRumbleverseis taking some extra time to get things right. Developer Iron Galaxy has announced thatRumbleversewill not be launching on Feb. 15. Originally set to launch in February, with Early Access kicking off the week before on Feb. 8, there’s no date set now for the grappler royale’s debut. Extra time is being allotted for the multiplayer rumble to come together, Iron Galaxyconfirmed in their announcement today....