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Everyone shut up: dinosaur with a sword demo just dropped Dinosaurs with swords. Stop reading and go get the demo.

Everyone shut up: a demo for Dinoblade is out, and in it, you play as a spinosaur with a buster sword.

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Animal Crossing: New Horizon is getting a seaside update alongside Switch 2 Animal Crossing: New Horizons 3.0 is a surprise update to the cozy life sim island game arriving on Jan. 15 alongside a Switch 2 version of the game.

Animal Crossing is getting a delightful-looking update early next year!

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a man is running down a set of stairs towards a house . Alt: a man is running down a set of stairs towards a house .

When you find out Outer Worlds 2 doesn’t have encumbrance

Fellowship is amazing, but matchmaking isn't cutting it for me anymore Fellowship is a real delight, and has reignited my love for dungeoning in WoW. But the better I get, the harder it becomes to play

Fellowship is an absolutely rad dungeon crawler, but the leavers can be a little brutal as you climb the ladder. Our impressions: www.rogue.site/editorials/f...

ASCII art of The Outer Worlds franchise's moon mascot alongside the text "The Outer Worlds 2: A Rogue Guide"

We have some suggestions for your first hours in The Outer Worlds 2 to make the most of your time in Arcadia www.rogue.site/guides/outer...

The only news that's fit to print, by @nicolecarpenter.bsky.social

A top down screenshot from Darkwood 2, showing a survivor exploring an abandoned beach, littered with debris and the corpses of starved beasts.

A Steam page mysteriously manifested for Darkwood 2, a sequel to a survival horror cult classic www.rogue.site/editorials/d...

Cyberpunk 2025: Lowlife and high-tech What does cyberpunk even mean?

Jeff continues his dive into cyberpunk with Part 1: Lowlife and high-tech.

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A democracy that stays alert, stays alive. Know your foe, people.

Jenova Chen on how Shadow of the Colossus inspired Journey We dig up a time capsule in the form of a never-before-seen interview conducted a decade ago.

Another 10,000 words on Shadow of the Colossus?! Today, we're posting two never-before-seen interviews @nsuttner.bsky.social did for his @bossfightbooks.com book on Shadow that came out back in 2015. For the first, he talks to @thatgamecompany.com's Jenova Chen.

Rogue Roundup for Oct. 24, 2025 Hey everyone. It's been a quiet week here at Rogue – I think most of us were recovering from the roughly 60 demos we tried out during Steam's Next Fest. Speaking of, this week Jeff and Ryan rounded u...

Short recap of our quiet week is out now. It includes a survey (assuming Jeff set it up right) that will let you tell us what upcoming games you'd like us to cover!

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Destiny 2 is getting better, but its latest event only reinforces that the correct way to play the is to wait Destiny 2's bug problem is getting worse and worse

Destiny 2 is doing much better than it was a few months ago, but the bug situation is out of control this Halloween.

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Cyberpunk was unprepared for 2025 Introduction: Don't Create the Torment Nexus

What can cyberpunk (both the game and the genre) tell us about living through 2025?

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A screenshot from Warhammer 40K: Darktide showing a player looking at a tin of rations hidden in heretic territory.

I am begging Darktide players to stop gobbling down tins of clearly fucked up, evil food www.rogue.site/editorials/d...

An image showing the Steam Next Fest demos we recommend, made up of the thumbnails of all the various games on display.

Steam Next Fest still has tons of fascinating, weird, intriguing demos live to download, so we rounded up our recommendations www.rogue.site/editorials/i...

Rogue Signal ep. 7: The Great Steam Next Fest Catch-Up Mechanic The one where we finally talk about Absolum and Ball x Pit (also a ton of Next Fest stuff)

After a big week last week (and a few quiet days to start this one), we're back with episode 7 of Rogue Signal!

On this week's show, we talk all about our favorite Next Fest demos, as well as some great games we missed last week, like Absolum and Ball x Pit.

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Rogue Roundup for Oct. 17, 2025 Ad-free video game news, guides, opinions, history, culture, previews, interviews, and reviews written by humans, for humans

It's all about Steam Next Fest this week at Rogue. Check out this week's newsletter for a recap of the best games we sampled this year

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A screenshot from Final Sentence, showing an armed guard setting the clock before the player prepares to type about a sunny morning on their typewriter.

Final Sentence is a battle royale where 27 players have to out-type the competition www.rogue.site/editorials/s...

Eight tips for starting Pokémon Legends: Z-A How to make the most of your first few hours in Lumiose City

It's a Poké weekend, and that means it's time for another ASCII beginner guide. This time for Pokémon Legends: Z-A.

Here are some important things to know before starting your save!

(Fat Pikachu supremacy)

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Steam Next Fest highlight: Monsters Are Coming! Rock & Road This big, stupid toddler town has no wheels, and yet it rocks and rolls on its own

Steam Next Fest rolls on, and we we have another big demo recommendation for you going into the weekend.

The delightful (and strange) tower defense roguelite: Monsters Are Coming! Rock & Road

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Kenny Sun on Ball x Pit's inspiration, iteration, and what Devolver helped add How one of the best roguelites of the year came to be

We spoke to @kennysun.com and @devolverdigital.com about @ballxpit.com ahead of its release.

Here is the full interview with Kenny, chatting about iteration, evolution, and what adding "& Friends" to "Kenny Sun" made possible.

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13 more of our favorite demos from Steam Next Fest There are too many demos for just one list

We found 13 more demos in Steam Next Fest that are worth your time.

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Steam Next Fest highlight: Desktop Explorer Two-factor horror

Explore some two-factor horror with the Steam Next Fest Desktop Explorer demo!

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Heya folks.

With the holiday and Steam Next Fest, we're not able to get together and record the podcast this week. But we'll be back next week to talk Next Fest, Absolum, Ball x Pit, and more in a longer show.

Sorry for the delay! But we have tons of other Next Fest stuff going up this week!

A screenshot from Ambrosia Sky, showing an abandoned residential area in a sci-fi colony with books and binders scattered everywhere. The room is lit with a circular window through which we can see pink skys and floating rock.

Using the powerwashing gun is actually the least interesting part of Ambrosia Sky's Next Fest demo. www.rogue.site/editorials/a...

Ball x Pit is an exceptional, bottomless roguelite rabbit hole "Breakout but a roguelite" goes deeper than you can possibly imagine

Ball x Pit is a deceptively simple roguelite with almost unfathomable depth.

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Why doesn’t anyone know Guybrush Threepwood’s birthday? How old is The Secret of Monkey Island, really?

Ask me about the "real" birthday of The Secret of Monkey Island

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