The budgets for the next big Pokémon games just leaked, and they're so low I had to check if they were a typo. It seems Nintendo's strategy is to spend as little as humanly possible on one of the biggest franchises on Earth.

In a shocking turn of events that surprised absolutely no one, Randy Pitchford's promise that Borderlands 4 wouldn't be on sale for "a long time" expired after about thirty days.

I just played the Backrooms: Exit from Supermarket demo for Steam Next Fest. It's a terrifying game of hide-and-seek where making too much noise gets you fired... from life.

I just clocked in for my first shift at the Vanderboom estate in the Servant of the Lake demo. The pay is probably terrible, but the surreal puzzles are to die for.

I just survived a few days in the MISERY demo, a game that feels like STALKER and Lethal Company had a beautiful, janky baby. It's broken in all the right ways.

I just blasted my way through the GAZAR demo and I think my brain is still vibrating. If you miss the days of high scores and relentless alien fleets, you need to play this.

I thought my old retail job was hell, but the HELLMART demo introduced me to a whole new level of terror involving strange customers and a monster that really, really wants to meet me.

I just played the INDUSTRIA 2 demo, and it feels like the lovechild of Half-Life and a German art-house film. It's janky as hell right now, but damn, the potential is off the charts.

Clear your schedule and your hard drive. The October Steam Next Fest has arrived, bringing with it a tidal wave of free demos for upcoming games. Your backlog is about to get a whole lot bigger.

While you were busy dying, the Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 community has been busy breaking the game so thoroughly that they shattered the director's own speedrun record. Oh, and he says you still haven't found all the real secrets.

So you've decided to dive into the beautiful, brutal world of Absolum and you're getting your ass handed to you. Don't worry. This is your crash course in not dying immediately.

Lost Rift tries to be two games at once: a chill co-op survival game and a hardcore, full-loot extraction shooter. It's an ambitious, fascinating, and deeply flawed experiment that you will either love or violently despise.

So you and your friends were all set to live out your retail management dreams, only to get hit with a "code 9" error. Don't refund the game just yet. Here's how to actually fix it.

So you want to fly helicopters in Battlefield 6? Prepare to die. A lot. This guide is your co-pilot through the chaos, designed to help you stop being a flaming wreck and start being a genuine threat.

So you've decided to 100% Battlefield 6. I hope you've cleared your schedule. This is your complete roadmap to every single achievement, from the campaign's hidden collectibles to the grindiest multiplayer tasks.

So you've decided to 100% the universe's most complex digital hamster wheel. This guide breaks down every single achievement in Upload Labs so you can grab those extra Tokens and finally feel a sense of accomplishment.

So you've finally made it past the launcher issues and into a match. Congratulations. Now you get to deal with the actual in-game bugs. Here's the official laundry list of everything DICE is currently trying to fix.

Battlefield 6 has finally launched, and what's the first thing the community does with its powerful new map editor? Commit the ultimate act of betrayal, of course. They're building Call of Duty maps.

The new anime MMO Blue Protocol: Star Resonance had a massive launch, but the celebration was short-lived. The game is getting absolutely roasted on Steam for a laundry list of problems that beta testers warned the developers about weeks ago.

Your job is to close up a gas station in the middle of nowhere for seven nights. It's quiet. Too quiet. Before Exit: Gas Station is a cheap, weird, and addictive little gem that will have you questioning every shadow.