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We Like Games We Know Best. Most-played Titles Mostly Older, Starfield and Switch Rare Exceptions
New games seem to be loosing out to older, everlasting titles in the battle for players' attention.
video games
Jacob Blazewicz
April 3, 2024
Hogwarts Legacy 2023's Best-seller, Accomplished Something First Time Since 2008
Hogwarts Legacy ranked No. 1 among the most purchased games in 2023. The title from Avalanche Software studio also achieved something that other productions have failed to do for more than 15 years.
video games
Maciej Gaffke
January 19, 2024
Baldur's Gate 3 Was the Biggest New Bestseller on Steam in 2023
Steam has had a record year, but barely ten most popular games, with Baldur's Gate 3 leading the way, are responsible for most of the sales revenue.
video games
Jacob Blazewicz
January 5, 2024
Steam Awards Results; Baldur's Gate 3 is GotY, Starfield Most Innovative
Steam awards have been handed out. Among the winners there is no shortage of surprises. Starfield was named the most innovative game, and Red Dead Redemption 2 was named the best-supported title.
video games
Adrian Werner
January 3, 2024
Thief Black Parade is a stealth masterpiece - gamers chose the best mods of 2023
Users of the ModDB website have chosen the best modifications of the past year. Thief Black Parade won, the top 10 also included mods for the Half-Life series, among others.
Files and Mods
Adrian Werner
January 1, 2024
Good Year for Steam; Several Records and Over 14,000 New Games
The editors of Game World Observer were tempted to provide a detailed summary of the passing 12 months on Steam. The published data reveals some interesting information.
video games
Kamil Kleszyk
December 27, 2023
Digital Foundry Chose 10 Visually Best Games of 2023
Digital Foundry has published a list of the most visually impressive games of the past year. The most notable was Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, described as the heir to Crysis.
video games
Adrian Werner
December 24, 2023
Boxed Games are Now Only 5% of Market; Almost Ceased to Exist on PC
On PC, boxed editions of games are almost non-existent. This is according to a summary of the market in 2023, which was prepared by GamesIndustry.biz.
video games
Jacob Blazewicz
December 21, 2023
Gamers Chose Best PlayStation Games of 2023; Marvel's Spider-Man 2 Dominates
The latest adventures of Peter Parker made up for its defeat at this year's TGA and dominated the PlayStation Game of the Year Awards. Insomniac Games' work won in eight categories.
video games
Kamil Kleszyk
December 21, 2023
10 Worst Games of 2023 on Metacritic
Metacritic has released a list of the ten worst-rated games of 2023. The first place is not surprising.
video games
Zuzanna Domeradzka
December 20, 2023
Here are Steam Awards 2023 Nominations; Starfield Competes for Innovative Gameplay
Valve has announced the game titles nominated by the Steam community for the Steam Awards 2023, with no shortage of hits like Baldur's Gate III, Lies of P, Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, Resident Evil 4, Diablo IV, Hogwarts Legacy and Starfield among them. Interestingly, Bethesda's creation has a chance to win the award for the most innovative gameplay.
video games
Hubert Sledziewski
December 15, 2023
Voting is Underway for Best PlayStation Games of the Year; Name Your Favorites
Sony has invited gamers to participate in the next edition of the PlayStation Game of the Year Awards. As every year, the community can vote for the best games they believe reigned supreme on PlayStation consoles over the past 12 months.
video games
Kamil Kleszyk
December 13, 2023
PlayStation Wrap-Up 2023 Now Available; This Time Also Xbox Offers Yearly Recap
PlayStation and Xbox gamers can already check out their 2023 summaries in the vein of Spotify Wrapped. Nintendo Switch owners and Steam users still have to wait for that opportunity.
video games
Hubert Sledziewski
December 13, 2023
Baldur's Gate 3 - Big Winner of The Game Awards 2023
Baldur's Gate 3 took the most important statuette at The Game Awards 2023. In addition, a lot of awards went to Alan Wake 2. Here are the best games of 2023.
video games
Hubert Sledziewski
December 7, 2023
Baldur's Gate 3 Sets Record at Golden Joystick Awards 2023
The Golden Joystick Awards 2023 gala brought no surprises. Baldur's Gate 3 was voted the best game of 2023, overall winning a record number of awards in the history of the event. Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Libery was also honored.
video games
Hubert Sledziewski
November 10, 2023