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Lullabies Made of Static is a quieter, slower, but still quite welcome addition to PC gaming's brutalist walking sim canon
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Lullabies Made of Static is a quieter, slower, but still quite welcome addition to PC gaming's brutalist walking sim canon

Brutalism serves one of two purposes in games: either as a source of concrete projectiles, or much more commonly, as a backdrop to quietly wander around, feeling morose. Personally I’m a fan of both, hence Lullabies Made of Static – which is out today – tickling the same neurons as my favourite grey walking sim, Fugue in Void. Read more

Overkill codes (July 2026)
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Overkill codes (July 2026)

Here are all of the new Roblox Overkill codes that you can redeem for free crowns without hitting a single shot.

Behold my range of handmade Steam Machine faceplates: tasteful fan-covering, on the cheap
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Behold my range of handmade Steam Machine faceplates: tasteful fan-covering, on the cheap

Say you’ve sprung for a Steam Machine, and are pondering how to put a personal mark on your new black cube. Upgrading the internals? Bit of a faff, it turns out. Playing with the lighting strip? Maybe, but it’s blue by default, and research has shown that blue is already the best colour. No, aquamarine only came fifth. That front faceplate, though, is ripe for replacement, and there are already certain retailers and craftspeople who’ll happily charge you to cover your Steam Ma

Grand strategy game Terra Invicta is getting two new scenarios - a Fallout-style nuclear wasteland, and an early noughties world of UFO sceptics
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Grand strategy game Terra Invicta is getting two new scenarios - a Fallout-style nuclear wasteland, and an early noughties world of UFO sceptics

I had been feeling guilty about not completing my first bout of sci-fi grand strategy game Terra Invicta – six months on from my 1.0 write-up, I'm still trying to colonise my first asteroid - and now here come developers Pavonis Interactive to smother us in nuclear fire. And swanky new spaceship designs. Read more

GTA 6 devs have to opt-out of crunch, claim Rockstar North insiders, because it's baked into their contracts
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GTA 6 devs have to opt-out of crunch, claim Rockstar North insiders, because it's baked into their contracts

Three current Rockstar employees in the UK have accused the Grand Theft Auto 6 studio of effectively baking crunch into their contracts, overseeing a widening gender pay gap, and weaponising bonuses to make workers more compliant, in a new report. It comes as Rockstar gear up for the much-trumpeted console release of GTA 6 this November. Read more