The best deals in the 2023 Steam Summer Sale

As the stars turn, so too do the deals, returning each year at their appointed time: The 2023 Steam Summer Sale hath arrivethed. The Spring Sale a few months ago was a little early for big discounts on new 2023 releases, but with half the year gone, you'll actually find quite a few 2023 games discounted.

Of the many injustices blighting our world, the worst is this: I still can't find any decent pants in Diablo 4. Try as I might, I just can't seem to trigger whatever obscure function it is that will make the game spit out some trousers that match the rest of my outfit.

Decade-old fighting game Skullgirls has been hit with more than 600 negative Steam reviews because of a patch that mostly tweaks and removes artwork that the developers say doesn't reflect their current "values" or "broad vision" for the future of the game.

Iranian animation outfit Kosar3D recently announced a new direction: videogames. Specifically, Kosar3D's game Revenge "deals with the military alliance of Iran and Russia against NATO" (but mainly, it seems, the United States and Israel).

As I stand in a field of 36 wilted turnips, the seeds for which cost most of my savings, my farmer's eyes are pinched in a pained expression because I've not eaten in days. I won't have the cash for new turnip seeds until next week because my cow, unbeknownst to me, hasn't eaten recently either, and she's producing poor quality milk I can barely sell for a pittance. Life in Stardew Valley is never this dire.

Project Loki is the codename for a team-based competitive PvP "hero battleground" from startup studio Theorycraft Games, which was formed by developers with MOBA, hero shooter, and battle royale experience from the likes of Riot, Bungie, Respawn, and Blizzard.

This week's FTC v Microsoft hearing, in which the US agency is seeking a temporary injunction against Microsoft's attempt to buy Activision Blizzard, has been a messy one. The latest blunder: A Microsoft lawyer claiming that The Elder Scrolls 16 will release in 2026, which is wrong in every way it could be.