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I’ll admit, I didn’t think we’d be hearing about any other next-gen consoles this soon, the Nintendo Switch’s imminent successor aside.You see, we’re still a couple of years away from the end of the current generation’s life cycle.BothMicrosoftand Sony tend to space their consoles six to seven years apart, with both thePlayStation5 andXboxSeries X/S landing in 2020.AdvertThat places their successors as arriving in 2026 at the very earliest, although many of us in the industry have been saying that 2027 is the more likely year....

It is a new year and you know what that means. No, not an existential crisis relating to the passage of time but rather a bunch of new free games which have been added to Steam for you to try out right now. So if you are a PC gamer and are looking for something new to play this January, this upcoming list has something for everyone. Advert Advert First up isTruth or Dare,a 3D platformer/survival game which sees you take on the role of Claire and Jamie who must fight to survive after a simple game of Truth or Dare goes wrong....

IfinZOIisn’t on your release radar, it certainly should be.The upcoming life sim is essentially what you’d end up with if you combined the gameplay loop of The Sims with the graphical fidelity of a title likeGTA VI.The best part is that we’re finally nearing the game’s launch.AdvertIt was back in November of 2023 thatinZOIfirst came to light, having begun development earlier that year.On 28 March though, we’ll all finally be able to experience this exciting new Sims competitor for ourselves when it launches in early access onPC, though we’re still waiting on a release date forPlayStation 5, andXboxSeries X/S....

One of the more unfortunate prevailing rumours surroundingGTA VIright now is that the game won’t be releasing in 2025 after all. The game’s first trailer was shown in December 2023, and I’m sure you remember. But concern grew as we went through the whole of 2024 without a single real update on the long-awaitedRockstarsequel. It’s been suggested thatGTA VIcould actually end up delayed into 2026 based onvarious reports. And while nothing has been outright confirmed yet, it’s clear Rockstar Games and parent company Take-Two Interactive know they’re going to makeso much money fromGTA VIthat they can afford to wait....

You don’t need to play a horror game to find something that may frighten you.For example, plenty of people find underwater sequences in gaming claustrophobic.Perhaps it’s the simple act of walking through a dark cave, torch in hand, unknowing of what lies ahead, even if it is a family-friendly adventure title that you’re playing.AdvertYou may find yourself feeling uneasy around a certain type of animal, snakes or a spider perhaps?I know I fall into that category....

The developer explained some of his inspirations for the roguelike, which is his current focus, before admitting that “maybe there are people who like my work but might not share my taste in retro nostalgia and would prefer for me to make a spiritual successor thing toMinecraft, and I mean sure, I’d take that cash”. Advert Advert Sure enough, the Twitter pollaskingfans to choose between the two options currently has “MakeMinecraft 2,boomer” with over 79% of the vote - and over a quarter of a million votes cast....

I’ve always considered myself a passing fan of The Lord of the Rings. When I say “passing fan” I mean that I enjoyed the Peter Jackson trilogy of films but, despite being an avid reader, I’d never read the books, never played a game based on the franchise, and never dived into the lore. I often envied people of their love of Tolkien’s world - fantasy is a genre I enjoy, but the series never quite clicked for me....

If I hid in the bushes outside your house and waited for you to come out so I could leap from the shrubbery and ask you what video game you really wanted a remake of, you’d probably scream and run away. Those of you that didn’t run away, however, would probably sayNeed For Speed: Underground 2. I’m not sure what it is aboutNeed For Speed: Underground 2that still has us all in such a chokehold....

The PlayStation 6’s first major exclusive is an obvious one, but that doesn’t make us any less excited to see it. Next-gen consoles are exciting and everything but the question must be raised, how much more advanced can home consoles get before they’re basically justPCs? To be fair we’ll need powerful hardware to run games likeIntergalactic: The Heretic Prophet ThePlayStation 6is going to push the boundaries of what home consoles can do, so one can only imagine how realistic the graphics will be, the smoothness of the framerate, and more importantly what incredible first-party titles will be released to show off what it can do....

Travelling on foot everywhere inSkyrimwould take too long when we have quests to complete, so most of us fast travel.However, have you ever wondered how many steps it would take to cross the map?Well, oneSkyrimfan did, and as such took it upon themselves to find out.AdvertIf you had 24 hours in Skyrim, what would you do?In a clip shared on Reddit, we can see ShakeMistake_ counting each step they take to get from Riften to Solitude....

If you want to check out some fun Steam games that won’t cost you a penny, then you’re in the right place. Platforms such as theSteamandPlayStationStores, theXboxMarketplace andNintendoeShop are packed full of games and DLC that we can access in an instant. There are also tons of free playable demos that we can jump into without spending a penny. Check out the Dynasty Warriors: Origins trailer below! Advert Advert Sure, free playable demos won’t completely guarantee us to not waste our money but at the very least, it gives us the best indication of whether we might like a game or not....

I’m a few years late to this particular macabre party but, I just had to write a few words on a free horror game I recently found while exploring Steam.When it comes to horror games, I’m a big fan of theindieefforts that make use ofretroaesthetics to tell their stories. Games likeResident Evil 2remake are all well and good, and I love how technology has made it so reanimated rotting corpses are more realistic than ever before, but using 8-bit graphics to evoke a feeling of pure dread is an incredible skill....

It’s no secret that 2025 is looking to be a stacked year for video games. 2025 might even be the year we getGTA VI,though that’s kind ofup in the airright now. Best not to think about that one too much. Advert Advert Anyway, all those bangers are still a little ways off, so I figured I’d round up 14 games you can currently download and keep forfreeon Steam. They may be small games, but you might just find something that sticks with you....