Author: Obsidian

‘Tis the season for savings on Steam! Valve has kicked off its celebration of the “holiday” known as Black Friday with a week-long event packed with discounts, hardware deals, and the start of the annual Steam Awards. One-Stop Shop for Deals: From now through the week, Steam is hosting a dedicated landing page featuring all the games developers have put on sale. Whether you’re looking for the latest AAA blockbuster or a hidden indie gem, this is the place to find your next favorite game at a discount. Steam Deck LCD Discount: Looking to take your Steam library on the…

The post-apocalyptic Soviet-era MMO FPS has crossed 500,000 wishlists and is finally ready to open its doors to players. GFA Games has officially announced that its highly anticipated MMO shooter, PIONER, will launch into Early Access on Steam this December 16, 2025. The announcement comes as the studio celebrates a significant milestone: the game has surpassed 500,000 wishlists on Steam, underscoring the massive community anticipation for this gritty, alternate-history FPS. Set on the isolated, Soviet-era island of Tartarus, PIONER blends the tension of a survival game with the scale of an MMORPG. Players will explore a vast, open world spanning…

In an era where modern RPGs are cluttered with GPS trails, floating objective markers, and “Chosen One” narratives that treat you like a god from the opening cutscene, Of Ash and Steel is a rude, refreshing awakening. Developed by Fire & Frost, this open-world RPG is a love letter to the “Euro-jank” classics of the early 2000s—games like Gothic and Risen—where the world didn’t care about you, and survival was earned, not given. You play as Tristan, a cartographer who survives a shipwreck only to wash up on the dangerous island of Greyhaft. You don’t start as a warrior. In…

From the lead writers and directors who brought us Tales from the Borderlands and The Wolf Among Us comes Dispatch, a new episodic adventure that doesn’t just stick the landing—it obliterates the landing pad. This is the new gold standard for interactive storytelling. Developer AdHoc Studio has delivered a superhero workplace comedy that masterfully blends the high-stakes, “butterfly effect” choices of a Telltale game with the character-driven humor of The Boys and The Office. What starts as a story about a grounded hero, Robert Robertson (AKA Mecha Man), forced to work as a call center dispatcher for a team of…

Outright Games has become the undisputed champion of family-friendly licensed titles, and their track record with the PAW Patrol franchise is a big reason why. Their latest entry, PAW Patrol Rescue Wheels: Championship, ditches the go-karts for monster trucks, and the result is a “Pawsome,” feature-rich, and incredibly accessible arcade racer that is perfect for its target audience. Based on the Rescue Wheels spin-off, this game puts the pups (and their rivals) behind the wheel of massive trucks to race, drift, and stunt their way to victory. Developed by 3DClouds, this isn’t just a simple reskin; it’s a well-thought-out racer…

The roguelike deckbuilder is a genre built on a knife’s edge of balance. Games like Slay the Spire succeed by making strategy the king, while games like Dicey Dungeons succeed by making “controlled chaos” the fun. DOG WITCH, the new title from developer Heckmouse, tries to do both and, for better or worse, lands almost entirely on the side of pure, untamed chaos. This is a game you will desperately want to love. It’s a “dice” builder with a charming, whimsical art style, a fantastic trip-hop soundtrack, and a solid strategic foundation. And yet, it’s also one of the most…