Rugir – Video game writer at DLCompare

Palworld hits bigger player peak in its second weekend

Jul 24, 2026, 12:06 AlexP Gaming News

Palworld 1.0 keeps growing, with a bigger second weekend and an estimated 1.8 million new copies sold worldwide.

Palworld’s massive 1.0 launch is starting to look like much more than a quick nostalgia-fuelled comeback. Instead of reaching its highest player count during launch weekend and immediately sliding down the Steam charts, Pocketpair’s survival hit attracted even more players during its second weekend—and reportedly sold another 1.8 million copies in the process. That is a seriously impressive result for a game that originally exploded onto the scene in Early Access back in January 2024. Many players had already spent dozens,...

Smarter matchmaking arrives in ARC Raiders update 1.38.0

Jul 24, 2026, 11:51 AlexP Gaming News Updates & Patches

ARC Raiders' latest update improves matchmaking, adds Expedition rewards and two Torpedo outfit variants.

ARC Raiders has rolled out Store Update 1.38.0 across every platform, and while it is smaller than a full content drop, it could make a noticeable difference to everyday raids. The headline change is a new round of matchmaking optimization, with Embark Studios testing adjustments designed to create fairer and more enjoyable encounters. The update also marks the latest Expedition Departure and adds two fresh color options for an existing outfit. Matchmaking is easily the most interesting part of the...

Fogpiercer puts a brilliant new twist on deckbuilding

Jul 23, 2026, 10:30 AlexP Gaming News

Fogpiercer turns train building into deckbuilding, with smart tactical battles and rapid post-launch improvements.

Fogpiercer arrives in a genre packed with card-slinging heroes, mysterious relics and increasingly ridiculous enemy combinations, but it has one seriously clever trick up its sleeve: your train is your deck. Every locomotive, carriage and weapon you attach changes the cards available during battle, turning ordinary train construction into the heart of the entire roguelite experience. Developed by Mad Cookies Studio and published by Hooded Horse, Fogpiercer sends players across a dangerous sci-fi wasteland where hostile vehicles, bandits and other threats...

Funnel Runners is building the perfect storm for success

Jul 22, 2026, 11:01 AlexP Gaming News

Funnel Runners turns tornado survival into co-op chaos, gaining fans fast with huge potential for viral success.

Co-op survival games usually throw monsters, ghosts or angry creatures at a group of poorly prepared players. Funnel Runners takes a much wilder approach: the monster is an enormous tornado, and your team’s only hope is fixing a broken van before the entire neighbourhood gets turned into airborne debris. Fix the van before the...

Fading Echo makes water the ultimate adventure tool

Jul 22, 2026, 10:46 AlexP Gaming News

Fading Echo makes water your weapon, movement tool and puzzle key in a colourful action RPG full of elemental surprises.

Fading Echo has one of those videogame ideas that sounds simple until you realise just how much the developers have built around it. You play as One, a young hero who can transform into water, turning the game’s main movement ability, combat tool and puzzle mechanic into the same wonderfully splashy system. Developed by Emeteria and published by New Tales and Com2uS Holdings, Fading Echo began life as a tabletop RPG setting before evolving into a colourful third-person action-adventure. The world...

Happy’s Humble Burger Cult makes every shift a nightmare

Jul 21, 2026, 11:13 AlexP Gaming News

Happy’s Humble Burger Cult mixes fast-food horror and co-op chaos, where one badly timed swear can ruin the entire shift.

Happy’s Humble Burger Cult takes the creepy fast-food nightmare of Happy’s Humble Burger Farm and gives it a much louder, messier upgrade. Instead of quietly suffering through another terrifying shift alone, players can now bring up to three friends into the kitchen for a co-op extraction experience where flipping burgers is only half the battle. Developed by Scythe Dev Team and published by tinyBuild, the game places players inside another twisted experiment run by the mysterious Paragon Corporation. At first,...

Ore Factory Squad makes factory work surprisingly fun

Jul 21, 2026, 10:31 AlexP Gaming News

Ore Factory Squad mixes co-op chaos, deep mining and factory building into a cheerful multiplayer adventure.

Co-op gaming has been on an absolute roll lately. It feels like every few weeks, another indie game arrives with a fresh excuse to grab some friends, jump into voice chat and immediately turn a straightforward job into complete chaos. Games such as Meccha Chameleon have shown how much fun smaller multiplayer experiences can be when they focus on teamwork, personality and moments that are just as entertaining when everything goes wrong. Ore Factory Squad happily joins that growing group...

Build a bird sanctuary while you work in Feather Land

Jul 20, 2026, 10:30 AlexP Gaming News

Feather Land turns focus sessions into a cozy bird sanctuary with hand-drawn art, productivity tools, and Wallpaper Mode.

Some games steal your entire evening, but Feather Land has a friendlier plan: it wants to help you finish your work while a tiny bird paradise grows quietly in the background. This cozy idle focus companion game mixes productivity tools, bird collecting, and relaxing desktop ambience into one low-pressure package. Feather Land was created by Peep Nest, a small indie team formed by recent university graduates, with publishing handled by Pretty Soon. The developers describe it as their first game, so...

GROUND BRANCH leaves early access after eight years

Jul 20, 2026, 09:59 AlexP Gaming News Gameplay

GROUND BRANCH reaches 1.0 after eight years, but two campaign missions and no friendly AI leave players disappointed.

GROUND BRANCH has finally crossed the 1.0 finish line after almost eight years in Steam Early Access, but its big moment has not exactly gone according to plan. The hardcore tactical shooter launched its full version on July 16, 2026, only to see its recent Steam rating drop to “Mostly Negative,” with just 34% of recent reviews marked positive shortly after release. That reaction is especially striking because GROUND BRANCH has spent years building something tactical-shooter fans rarely get: an absurdly...

70s-style Robot Anime Geppy-X returns after 27 years

Jul 17, 2026, 11:24 AlexP Gaming News

A forgotten PS1 shooter returns after 27 years with giant robots, restored anime footage and a worldwide release.

Some games become classics because they sell millions. Others survive because a small group of players simply refuses to forget them. 70s-style Robot Anime Geppy-X belongs firmly in the second group. Originally released only in Japan in 1999, this four-disc PlayStation shooter was a commercial disappointment. Despite its huge amount of animation, music and voice acting, it never found the audience its creators hoped for. However, a tiny but loyal fanbase kept talking about it, collecting it and celebrating just how...

Go-Go Town! leaves early access with a huge version 1.0 update

Jul 17, 2026, 10:40 AlexP Gaming News Updates & Patches

Go-Go Town! leaves Early Access with version 1.0, adding Creative Mode, collectibles, new systems, and co-op fun.

Go-Go Town! has officially left Early Access after more than two years of updates, player feedback and steady development. Prideful Sloth’s colourful town-building game is now available in version 1.0 on PC, Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2, with more content and a much clearer sense of what the finished experience is supposed to be. You play as the newly appointed mayor of a struggling little town. Your job is to attract tourists, build shops, create roads, gather resources and convince...

Palworld update 1.0.1 fixes dangerous save data issues

Jul 16, 2026, 10:21 AlexP Gaming News Updates & Patches

Palworld update 1.0.1 fixes save issues, campfire bugs and console freezes following the game’s full 1.0 release.

Palworld has officially left Early Access, but Pocketpair is already back at the workbench with update 1.0.1, the game’s first hotfix following its massive full release. It may not introduce a new island, a collection of mysterious Pals or another terrifying tower boss, but this compact update tackles something far more important: keeping your hard-earned progress safe. The biggest fix addresses an issue that could cause save data to be unintentionally discarded after performing certain operations. Pocketpair has not revealed...

The Crimson Maid proves two developers can build a big mystery

Jul 16, 2026, 09:44 AlexP Gaming News

The Crimson Maid blends gothic mystery, romance and family secrets in a compact adventure crafted by two indie developers.

The Crimson Maid is the kind of indie game that immediately makes you wonder how such a small team managed to build something this ambitious. Developed largely by a two-person team, this compact gothic adventure blends first-person exploration, visual-novel-style conversations and a dark family mystery into one surprisingly polished package. Players step into the shoes of Marius Rosenthal, a young man studying to become a priest who returns to his family’s mansion after learning that his father is seriously ill. Unfortunately,...

Agent 64 offers an old-school alternative to 007 First Light

Jul 15, 2026, 08:50 AlexP Gaming News

Agent 64 launches on August 11 with retro spy action, co-op missions, multiplayer chaos, and plenty of replayable action.

Agent 64: Spies Never Die finally has a launch date, and retro FPS fans should mark August 11, 2026, on their calendars. Developer and publisher Replicant D6 will release the spy-themed shooter for PC through Steam, bringing its long-awaited mixture of secret missions, chunky visuals and split-screen chaos to players after several years in development. ...

Blizzard repairs one of Diablo 4 Season 14’s biggest problems

Jul 15, 2026, 08:34 AlexP Gaming News Updates & Patches

Diablo 4 patch 3.1.1 fixes Season 14's broken Mythic loot chase, easing the grind but the endgame still needs more work.

Diablo 4 Season 14 did not exactly charge out of the gate with the confidence of a world boss. Season of Death Awakening introduced a fresh Mythic Unique chase, new seasonal activities, and another reason to dive back into Sanctuary, but many players quickly felt that the rewards were not matching the effort. The grind was slow, Iconic Mythics seemed almost impossible to find, and some of the season’s biggest activities struggled to feel worthwhile. Blizzard has now responded with patch...

GTA Online’s new art heist is the perfect distraction before GTA 6

Jul 14, 2026, 10:07 AlexP Gaming News Updates & Patches

GTA Online's big new update turns fans into art thieves with fresh missions, big rewards and chaos before GTA 6 arrives.

GTA Online is giving players another reason to return to Los Santos with The Kortz Center Heist, a major new update. This time, Rockstar is swapping bank vaults and heavily guarded islands for the glamorous world of fine art, allowing players to become professional thieves targeting priceless paintings. It sounds sophisticated, but this is still GTA, so expect carefully prepared plans to collapse into explosions, police chases and at least one friend crashing the getaway car. ...

Black Ops’ nostalgic return was nearly ruined by exploiters

Jul 14, 2026, 09:26 AlexP Gaming News Gameplay

Black Ops returns with nostalgic excitement, but exploit-filled lobbies nearly ruin its big multiplayer reunion weekend.

Call of Duty fans were ready for a proper reunion when the original Black Ops returned on modern PlayStation consoles. Thousands of players rushed back to revisit Nuketown, fire up classic killstreaks and remember a time when unlocking a new weapon attachment felt like the biggest achievement of the week. Unfortunately, the celebration did not stay peaceful for very long. Before the game had even completed its first weekend, multiplayer lobbies were reportedly filling up with players abusing old XP exploits....

Battlefield 6 adds a new security layer to fight PC cheaters

Jul 13, 2026, 08:14 AlexP Gaming News Updates & Patches

Battlefield 6 strengthens its anti-cheat system with TPM 2.0 as EA fights cheaters and protects fair players.

Battlefield 6 is adding another shield to its anti-cheat loadout, and this one goes deeper than simply swinging the ban hammer. EA has started showing TPM 2.0 compliance warnings to PC players whose systems do not meet the game’s security requirements. The warning can currently be dismissed, but EA plans to make TPM 2.0 compliance mandatory in a future update. ...

Diablo 4 Season 14 has a clear winner, and it is the rogue

Jul 13, 2026, 07:58 AlexP Gaming News Updates & Patches

Diablo 4 Season 14 crowns Rogue as its top class, but Blizzard’s July 14 update could still reshape the meta.

Diablo 4 Season 14 has been live long enough for the dust, demons, and absurd damage numbers to settle, and once again the season appears to have a clear winner. This time, the crown belongs to the Rogue, a class that is slicing, shooting, and teleporting its way through Sanctuary at ridiculous speed. Rogue currently stands out because it does almost everything well. It levels quickly, flies through farming activities, melts bosses, and has several powerful endgame options instead of relying...

Buckshot Roulette is cheap, clever and impossible to ignore

Jul 11, 2026, 12:29 AlexP Gaming News Gameplay

Buckshot Roulette proves one developer, one shotgun, and a clever idea can become an eight-million-copy indie sensation.

Some games need giant worlds, enormous teams and years of development to get noticed. Buckshot Roulette needed one developer, one shotgun and one deeply unsettling opponent sitting across the table. Created by solo developer Mike Klubnika, this small horror game has grown into one of the biggest indie success stories of recent years. The core idea is wonderfully simple and completely unhinged. Buckshot Roulette takes the rules of Russian roulette and swaps the revolver for a 12-gauge shotgun. You sit opposite...

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