11 hours ago, Lexx said:

In other news:

That is probably going to be such a disappointment...

https://www.gamesradar.com/games/grand-theft-auto/a-free-copy-of-gta-6-could-be-yours-norwegian-retailer-says-all-you-have-to-do-is-have-a-baby-on-release-day-and-pray-rockstar-doesnt-delay-it-further/

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There are a few interesting titles, though also surprisingly many TTRPGs.

• https://hempuli.itch.io/baba

• https://hthr.itch.io/extreme-meatpunks-forever - beat 'em up action + VN, which I liked.

• https://peachykeengames.itch.io/calico - boring, but functional

• https://bucketdrumgames.itch.io/bitrat

• https://tngineers.itch.io/mudborne

• https://linker.itch.io/elephantasy - played the sequel, it was a somewhat difficult platformer-Metroidvania

• https://pd-cgt.itch.io/somnabuster2024

• https://knifedemon.itch.io/brush-burial - my Steam wishlist, im-sim/stealth-action

• https://rocketadrift.itch.io/psychroma - my Steam wishlist, horror-puzzle

• https://devonwiersma.itch.io/lofty-quest

• https://zorkie.itch.io/quality-dreams-reasonably-priced - my Steam wishlist, management VN

• https://standing-cat.itch.io/nekomancer-of-nowhere

• https://glitch-creative.itch.io/optica

• https://crawlabeegames.itch.io/ale-aftercare

Edited February 15Feb 15 by Hawke64

Heck yeah!

Death Stranding 2 now has a storepage on Steam. Where they want you to pre-order. But there are no min/req system specs listed yet. While I'm pretty sure I could at least get the game to run "kinda ok", I need some system specs. I mean come on, launch is less than a month (March 19), why the delay. Oh right, to not scare away get more people to pre-order.

It's also been long enough that I'm now less motivated anyway - still interested, just maybe I'll wait for a sale. I bought DS1 full price twice last time (PS4, PC), so I don't feel bad waiting for a small discount this time around. :P

Finally! Was waiting so long. Didn't want to buy a PS5 for literally a single game, since everything that interests me nowadays comes to PC anyways.

But 80€ ... I'm going to wait.

Edited Tuesday at 10:22 AM2 days by Lexx

4 hours ago, LadyCrimson said:

Death Stranding 2 now has a storepage on Steam. Where they want you to pre-order. But there are no min/req system specs listed yet.

(…)

still interested, just maybe I'll wait for a sale.

Yeah I will be waiting for a discount as well, especially that from the reviews I expect to enjoy the sequel less then the original. It’s also not an in-house port this time around so I will be waiting for specs and more importantly Digital Foundry’s port breakdown as well.

Edit. Specs are out:
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/death-stranding-2s-system-requirements-have-washed-ashore-and-theyre-pretty-reasonable

/Edit.

In other news:

https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/remedys-new-ceo-is-a-former-sports-betting-guy-and-ea-executive-who-aims-to-scale-remedy-in-a-way-that-builds-lasting-value/

I don’t like the sound of that, but with how financially unviable Remedy seems to be some form of downfall is inevitable. Not that being a successful studio saves anyone from being shut down these days I suppose. I hope Control: Resonant will be good. I really appreciate them as a studio, but I also feel they can be highly uneven in their output.

Edited Tuesday at 04:25 PM2 days by Wormerine

On 2/24/2026 at 2:35 AM, Wormerine said:

Edit. Specs are out:
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/death-stranding-2s-system-requirements-have-washed-ashore-and-theyre-pretty-reasonable

Yeah I saw Daniel Owens vid re: those.
Seems reasonable. The 1st game was pretty well optimized (imo) for the results at the time, was expecting similar. That engine they use seems pretty decent re: that stuff. The concept of a different upscaling offering is kinda interesting too, although nvidia users probably have no reason to use it over dlss.

I don't think anyone posted it yet but a big shakeup at the top of Obsidian's corporate overlord: Phil Spencer is retiring, Sarah Bond is leaving.

Matt Booty is still there and gets to be a "chief content officer" while the new CEO job goes to Asha Sharma the president of Microsoft’s CoreAI product. Proof will be in the pudding, but her background doesn't inspire me with confidence.

The Verge

Inside Microsoft’s big Xbox leadership shake-up

Microsoft has a new gaming CEO

Valve getting sued in New York for loot boxes.

Or at least, that's the headline version. Seems to be more about there being a marketplace for selling the results of loot boxes than the mechanic itself, which is why they're targeting Valve/ Steam specifically instead of other who just use loot boxes.

IMO, should have happened way sooner.

Didn't Valve only add the mechanic in this way to get around all the scrutiny that "regular" loot box gambling mechanics got?

Don't know for sure, but that's certainly what I've heard as well.

I don't think there's much doubt that Steam has added features which are designed to be addictive every bit as much as, say, Facebook has too.