Since launch back in May of this year, life sim Paralives appears to have been trucking along nicely, with the dev team offering up fairly regular updates with all sorts of tweaks big and small. Certainly confidence-inspiring for an early access game, especially one as systems-driven as it is. And now, the Paralives team have… read more

I'll be honest folks: I didn't know that Steam's Personal Calendar feature was still technically in testing. I've been using it here and there to keep track of what's come out recently or what's coming out imminently, and have generally found it to be fairly reflective of the kinds of games I was interested in.… read more

After getting caught up in Xbox CEO Asha Sharma's devastating layoffs and cuts earlier this year, Arkane Lyon – the beloved immersive sim studio behind the likes of Dishonored and Deathloop – reportedly only has until November to find a buyer. If the search fails, it will be shut down. Read more Read Full Article read more

After EA's sudden shutdown of developer BioWare, upcoming crossover items themed around Mass Effect appear to have been removed from Battlefield 6. Read more Read Full Article read more

A deal between Netflix and Xbox has supposedly fallen through because of one minor quibble: Netflix wanted to adapt the console maker's games for $500m, not $800m. Read more Read Full Article read more

Xbox's first chief operating officer (COO) is leaving after the new role was created just a few months ago. Helen Chiang is leaving Microsoft today, according to an internal Xbox memo seen by The Verge. Chiang has been at Microsoft for 21 years, serving as the head of Minecraft before being promoted to Xbox chief… read more

Valve just released another upgrade with the Steam Client Beta – October 22nd update bringing overhauled Remote Play HDR support.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux. Read Full Article read more

The Diablo 4 Season 16 PTR patch notes reveal improvements Blizzard is making to the endgame War Plans system for its demon-slaying ARPG. Read Full Article read more

Negotiations over the future of Dishonored and Deathloop developers Arkane Lyon are reportedly seeing "several forms of takeover" considered as a November deadline looms for the divorce Xbox set in motion back in July. French law makes the process of shuttering or chucking away studios a lot harder for companies like Microsoft than it is… read more

In one of the happier endings to occur in games this week, impossibly enormous resource management sim Factorio has just released its last-ever major update – version 2.1 – on its stable branch. As previously heads-upped by developers Wube Software, 2.1 doesn’t make any big new additions to its planets or tech trees, but does… read more

Valve just released the latest stable SteamVR 2.18 update, bringing with it an assortment of fixes for all supported platforms including Steam Frame.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux. Read Full Article read more

Valve released a fresh SteamOS 3.9.4 Beta to fix up some annoying issues, along with a security update.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux. Read Full Article read more