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'Stop Killing Games' Comes Roaring Back After YouTube Drama And Now Industry Lobbying Groups Are Pushing BackLast year, Ross Scott who runs the Accursed Farms YouTube channel posted a video about Ubisoft taking The Crew offline and not only making it unplayable for everyone who purchased it, but also revoking people’s digital copies. He used it to launch the “Stop Killing Games” initiative which calls on companies to invest… Read more...

KotakuJul 7

Review: Umamusume: Pretty Derby on Steam Makes the Game Even BetterThe Umamusume: Pretty Derby global version is an addictive game that mixes the frustration of raising sims with excitement of horse racing.

SiliconeraJul 7

Happy Indie-Penance Day! Here Are 10 Amazing Indie Games You've Never Heard Of BeforeI’m so incredibly pleased to welcome you to the fifth—fifth!—annual celebration of unknown or under-known indie games, Indie-Penance Day. It’s the day Kotaku completes the sacrament of forgiveness for AAA coverage by dedicating large amounts of space to smaller games. It’s also a good pun. Read more...

KotakuJul 4

Have you picked up anything good from the 2025 Steam Summer Sale, Destructoid? Another Steam sale has arrived, and with it, big discounts on countless big-name games and indie hits alike. Red Dead Redemption II is 75 percent off, Ghost of Tsushima is 33 percent off, The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion - Remastered is 20 percent off, Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 is 45 percent off, and Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine II is 40 percent off, to name a few. The sales are all over the place. Image via Rockstar Games As I usually do in Steam sales, I picked up several very cheap games instead of one or two moderately priced ones, which is why my backlog is so massive. I picked up Furi, Gris, Little Nightmares II, Voidigo, Akimbot, Forgive Me Father 2, Lightning Katana, and 16BitSurvivors all for about $40. My Steam library numbers in the 600s because of sales like this, so I'm curious as to what your number looks like. How many Steam games have you got in total, and what's the damage been like in this Steam sale in particular? Sometimes, I just can't help myself. If I see a bunch of games for two or three bucks, I'll add them all into my cart and then watch them sit in my library as I tell myself, "I'll play you one day, I swear." Damn you, Gabe Newell. So, what about you, dear reader? Got any good deals from this sale? What have you picked up, plan to pick up, or are trying to control yourself from buying? (You are stronger than me.) Let us know in the comments below what's piqued your interest in this year's sale before it ends on July 10. The post Have you picked up anything good from the 2025 Steam Summer Sale, Destructoid? appeared first on Destructoid .

Steam Archives – DestructoidJul 4

Some Of Our Favorite Hidden Indie Gems Are In The Big Steam SaleThe Steam summer sale is an annual opportunity to add vast numbers to the teetering pile of games you’ll get around to playing someday. With bonkers 90-percent-off deals, you can grab recent big-name games for under $5, all of which you’ll definitely remember to load up someday. But it’s not just the AAA blockbusters… Read more...

KotakuJul 1

April Grove Can Be Quite Soothing Colorgrave’s made a point of bringing the Game Boy Color aesthetic back to gaming, thanks to titles like Curse Crackers , Prodigal, and Veritus , and April Grove is the latest endeavor to utilize that screen size and palette. It’s also a more relaxed type of game. At first site, I admit I hoped it would provide the same sort of outdoor experience as maybe the original Survival Kids , especially after the Switch 2 take felt disappointing. This game is generally fine, but I feel it is best as a way to decompress after a long day for a few minutes and calm my mind rather than actually engage with in a serious way. If you play in small doses, it’s easier to deal with the more tedious elements. April Grove begins with our character, a new forester, heading to assist the goddess April with maintaining her forest. The goal feels like responsible forest stewardship. We’ll be cutting enough wood for people’s needs, but not in a way that tears down a majestic habitat. It strikes me a bit as forestation. You benefit and get more opportunities to be better in your new role. However, you’re also not getting to diversify and do anything else. But since it is only $3, it’s understandable for an occasional timesink. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bk8YR2iVzEU The core gameplay loop revolves around acting as the area’s resident woodcutter. You cut down trees. If you get good at it, you’ll level up. That means you can cut down new and different types. As you might guess, this can get monotonous. Since there’s no farm or real means of profit and crafting tied to this. You cut down logs. These are sold. You can then buy cosmetics. The downside is, this gets incredibly repetitive. Rewards for getting good involve being able to buy meals to ensure you’re stronger when you cut, you get equipment, and maybe you change your look. April will eventually let you into new areas. But the people in the town around you aren’t all that interesting, even though their character designs are great, I didn’t feel all that interested in the items I could spend money on, and it isn’t compelling in the way other life sims that involve woodcutting are. Like Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time ? Still the best 2025 game in which cutting down trees is a major gameplay element. Images via Colorgrave It ends up coming down to April Grove being pleasant, in its way, and quite pretty, but a little aimless. I wouldn’t say it’s a game to completely avoid. I’d say I enjoyed about the three hours I’ve played so far. It’s a budget title at only $2.99, so it isn’t some grand simulation about forestry and a life as a woodcutter. (Again, that’s Fantasy Life i .) I feel it’s more about winding down and taking a moment to chop down some trees for 15-30 minutes, calming down and enjoying the ambiance as you do. April Grove is available on PCs via Steam . The post April Grove Can Be Quite Soothing appeared first on Siliconera .

SiliconeraJun 29

Monster Hunter Wilds' Next Big Update Promises New Content And More Fixes As Steam Rating TanksIt’s been roughly five months since Monster Hunter Wilds launched and things are rougher than ever on PC. The loot-based boss rush adventure never ran particularly great there but managed to break franchise records on Steam despite the terrible user reviews. But issues have persisted, and alongside complaints about an… Read more...

KotakuJun 27

2025 Steam Summer Sale BeginsThe 2025 Steam Summer Sale is live on PC games throughout the early July 2025, with lots of games drastically reduced.

SiliconeraJun 26

Steam Summer Sale Includes A Lot Of Great Games Marked Down To $15 Or LessSteam’s annual and massive summer sale is live! If you’ve been waiting to buy a copy of Schedule I, RoboCop: Rogue City, Borderlands 3, Anno 1800, Metro Exodus, or Dead By Daylight, this sale is for you. And if you wanted some other games instead, well, odds are they are on sale as well. It’s a pretty big sale. Read more...

KotakuJun 26

MindsEye Maker Facing Mass Layoff As Players Seek RefundsThings are going from bad to worse for Build A Rocket Boy. The studio founded by former Grand Theft Auto producer Leslie Benzies is reportedly facing a mass layoff of over 100 employees after MindsEye launched to become the worst-rated game of 2025 . Despite rushed hotfixes to address performance issues, some players… Read more...

KotakuJun 23