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Christmas brings new life to Cowboy Life Simulator
Dec 23, 2025, 10:44
AlexP
Gaming News
The Christmas update brings festive gifts, useful fixes, and gameplay improvements that make Cowboy Life Simulator more stable and fun.
Cowboy Life Simulator has been slowly growing into a more complete and enjoyable experience, and the holiday season arrived with a welcome surprise for players. The Christmas update feels like a gift in itself, mixing festive touches with important fixes and improvements. Instead of being just a visual event, this update focuses on making the game smoother, more stable, and more fun to play, showing that the holidays were used as a moment to strengthen the overall experience.
The holiday spirit...
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AMD reveals fresh details about its upcoming next-generation Zen 6 CPUs
Dec 23, 2025, 09:30
manhkbrady
Hardware News
AMD has quietly released what seems to be the first official technical documentation for its next-generation Zen 6 CPU architecture.
Last week, AMD published a document titled "Performance Monitor Counters for AMD Family 1Ah Model 50h-57h Processors," which was uncovered by InstLatX64, shedding light on various architectural aspects of AMD's Zen 6-based processors, including the EPYC 'Venice' chip intended for data centers, via performance monitoring interfaces. It appears that Zen 6 represents not just an evolution of Zen 5 but a completely new design with a distinct philosophy.
For some time, AMD has been discussing its Zen...
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Epic Games Store gives away investigation hit Paradise Killer for free
Dec 23, 2025, 09:00
manhkbrady
Free Games
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The latest reveal for the Epic Games Store mystery game event is now live and ready to claim.
Often, we learn which game Epic is providing for free one week in advance. However, during the holiday season, Epic shrouds the game in secrecy; the images on the Epic Games Store display only a wrapped gift adorned with a bow.
Currently, the Epic Games Store is hosting its sixth mystery giveaway, and today it revealed Paradise Killer as the newest title. This follows the store's trend of providing well-regarded indie experiences. PC gamers can claim this latest offering and keep...
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Warhammer 40,000: Dark Heresy - New gameplay trailer
Dec 22, 2025, 14:30
Fyra Frost
Gaming News
Warhammer 40,000: Dark Heresy will offer a different type of experience, with emphasis on investigation and challenging tactical combat.
Owlcat Games, the studio that created Pathfinder: Kingmaker, has released a new gameplay trailer for Warhammer 40,000: Dark Heresy, the highly anticipated successor to Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader. The trailer provides a first detailed glimpse of the game's mechanics, emphasizing tactical combat, investigative gameplay, and a gripping story set in the grimdark universe of the Imperium of Man. The reveal coincides with the launch of the game's first playable alpha test, giving fans an early opportunity to explore its systems...
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Expedition 33 loses awards amid intense AI controversy
Dec 22, 2025, 13:30
Fyra Frost
Gaming News
Video game industry faces growing AI controversy asClair Obscur: Expediton 33 awards are revoked and player backlash intensifies.
The video game industry is grappling with a heated debate over the use of artificial intelligence in game development. What began as a discussion on creative tools has escalated into tangible consequences, affecting both indie titles and major AAA releases. The controversy has sparked questions about transparency, artistic integrity, and how generative AI should be regulated within the gaming sector.
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 and The Game Awards
The most prominent incident involves the indie role-playing game Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. The...
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Helldivers 2 Festival of Reckoning Brings Holiday Chaos
Dec 22, 2025, 13:27
Daniel-D
Gaming News
Helldivers 2 celebrates the season with the Festival of Reckoning, adding free stratagems, limited gear, and festive mayhem.
The Festival of Reckoning update for Helldivers 2 is a limited-time seasonal event that blends holiday flair with the game’s trademark explosive combat. Running in late December, the event transforms the galactic war into a celebratory but no less dangerous battlefield, encouraging players to jump back in with fresh incentives and playful additions. While festive in tone, the update stays true to the satire and intensity that define Arrowhead’s co-op shooter.
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Utawarerumono: ZAN offers a faster take on story-driven RPGs
Dec 22, 2025, 11:44
AlexP
Gaming News
An overview of Utawarerumono: ZAN, its story setting, mission-based structure, and why it fits fans of fast action RPGs.
Utawarerumono: ZAN takes place in a fantasy world shaped by war, ancient traditions, and political struggle. The story unfolds within the Yamato Empire, a land divided by power, loyalty, and hidden threats. Rather than telling a long and detailed tale through dialogue and choices, the game retells important moments from the larger Utawarerumono saga in a more direct way. Short story scenes and anime-style cutscenes are used to connect battles, giving players enough context to understand the conflict without slowing...
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Exploring the fantasy world of Swordhaven: Iron Conspiracy
Dec 22, 2025, 11:07
AlexP
Gaming News
A look at Swordhaven: Iron Conspiracy, its classic RPG roots, core features, and why the community is praising it.
Stepping into Swordhaven: Iron Conspiracy feels like opening the door to a fantasy world that values patience, curiosity, and smart choices. The game places you in a land shaped by tension and quiet danger, where small events slowly reveal a much larger threat. What starts as a simple journey quickly turns into a story about secrets, power, and hidden forces working behind the scenes. Instead of rushing the player forward, the game takes its time, letting the world and its...
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Why Mon Bazou is More Than Just a My Summer Car Clone
Dec 22, 2025, 10:30
I_hate_league_of_legends
Gaming News
Build a Canadian maple syrup empire and turn a rusty "bazou" into a street racer in this immersive 2005 rural survival sandbox.
Ever dreamt of escaping the rat race, even if it means trading it for a rusty engine and a steady diet of poutine? If the answer is a resounding "oui," then pull up a milk crate, because we need to talk about Mon Bazou. This isn't just another car mechanic simulator; it's a greasy, glorious love letter to early 2000s rural Quebec, packed with more character and maple syrup than you can shake a wrench at.
From Rust to Riches: The...
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Hook, Line, and Sinker: Why Dreadline: Net Quota Is 2025’s Best Horror
Dec 22, 2025, 09:40
I_hate_league_of_legends
Gaming News
Survive the deep in Dreadline: Net Quota. Pay your debt, manage a failing ship, and hunt cosmic horrors in this chaotic 6-player co-op.
The sun is setting over a rusted horizon, your engine is coughing up black smoke, and the "Codfather" is breathing down your neck for another 4,000 credits. Just as you think you’ve finally hooked a payday-sized tuna, the radar starts chirping—something much larger than a fish is rising from the depths, and it isn't interested in your bait.
Welcome to Dreadline: Net Quota
Since its full 1.0 release this December, Mana Brigade’s chaotic maritime horror has transformed from a niche indie title...
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Steam Winter Sale 2025 launches with huge savings across the entire store
Dec 22, 2025, 09:00
manhkbrady
Hot Deals
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Steam is wrapping up 2025 with its final major seasonal sale, now live and packed with massive discounts.
The last significant sale of 2025 has arrived on Valve's Steam store. It's time to embrace even bigger backlogs, as PC gamers can now discover nearly all of Steam at discounted prices, with everything from this year's blockbuster titles to the most niche indie games from years past being marked down in celebration of the holiday season.
Gamers will notice a major update on the Steam front page, which now features a vast array of highlighted games,...
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Steam Deck LCD is being retired as Valve winds down production permanently
Dec 22, 2025, 08:00
manhkbrady
Hardware News
Valve is retiring the Steam Deck LCD for good, with production ending on the last available model.
Valve has announced that it has halted production of its Steam Deck LCD version, which is the least expensive option of the company's widely-acclaimed handheld gaming PC. This indicates that once the device is out of stock, it will no longer be purchasable via Steam.
Moving forward, Valve plans to keep supporting both its Steam Deck LCD and OLED versions. The OLED model will remain in production and will be the only variant of the handheld available...
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