#SteamTopSellers for week of 22 Apr — 29 April 2025 (No F2P):

#1 - The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered
#2 - Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
#3 - Steam Deck
#4 - Schedule I
#5 - 雀魂麻將(MahjongSoul)

https://steamdb.info/topsellers/2025W18/?utm_source=Bluesky

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— SteamDB (@steamdb.info) 29 April 2025 at 14:30

The latest Xbox sales are now live. Check them out here.

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— TrueAchievements (@trueachievements.com) 29 April 2025 at 01:09

The Outer Worlds 2 | Combat

• Introduces parkour mechanics that allow climb, vault, and slide
• Enemies now employ advanced tactics, including taking cover and using grenades

IGN FIrst: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahPl...

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— Klobrille (@klobrille.bsky.social) 28 April 2025 at 16:39

• Obsidian focused on making weapons feel satisfying from the start, while also integrating RPG mechanics that enhance gunplay based on player stats and skills
• Encourages various playstyles by offering light, medium, and heavy armor options

— Klobrille (@klobrille.bsky.social) 28 April 2025 at 16:39

• Removal of level scaling (enemies have static stats throughout the game), allowing for self-challenging gameplay where players can revisit earlier locations with improved gear
• Players can use new gadgets during combat, like tactical time dilation and shields

— Klobrille (@klobrille.bsky.social) 28 April 2025 at 16:39

• Difficulty settings: from story mode to very hard
• Ranged combat is prioritized, but melee options are available as well

— Klobrille (@klobrille.bsky.social) 28 April 2025 at 16:39

The top 40 Xbox games in the last week have been RPG heaven 😇

Check it out 👇

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— TrueAchievements (@trueachievements.com) 28 April 2025 at 19:30

Xbox players are returning to older The Elder Scrolls games following the launch of Oblivion Remastered ⬇️

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— TrueAchievements (@trueachievements.com) 28 April 2025 at 16:28

Oblivion Remastered scores third-biggest PS5 debut of 2025 so far

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— TrueTrophies (@truetrophies.com) 28 April 2025 at 19:30

How Fallout: New Vegas Influenced The Outer Worlds 2 – IGN First

In this new mini-doc, @browngirlgamercode.com explores the history of Southern Gothicism, South of Midnight's Southern Gothic inspirations and its impact on the subgenre.

Deeper Than the South: How South of Midnight is Weaving a New Path in Southern Gothic Media:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mD4...

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— Compulsion Games (@compulsiongames.bsky.social) 29 April 2025 at 01:10

Twitch Drops are Here! - Towerborne

Xbox/Activision studio Elsewhere Entertainment updated the studio logo.

The newly-formed team is early working on a new “narrative-based & genre-defining AAA franchise".

www.linkedin.com/company/else...

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— Klobrille (@klobrille.bsky.social) 29 April 2025 at 17:45

Someone pointed out that their logo is very similar to the Pioneer Plaque Pulsars.

The radial pattern on the left of the plaque shows 15 lines emanating from the same origin. Fourteen of the lines have corresponding long binary numbers, which stand for the periods of pulsars, using the hydrogen spin-flip transition frequency as the unit. Since these periods will change over time, the epoch of the launch can be calculated from these values.

If the plaque is found, only some of the pulsars may be visible from the location of its discovery. Showing the location with as many as 14 pulsars provides redundancy so that the location of the origin can be triangulated even if only some of the pulsars are recognized.

The Pioneer plaques are a pair of gold-anodized aluminum plaques that were placed on board the 1972 Pioneer 10 and 1973 Pioneer 11 spacecraft, featuring a pictorial message, in case either Pioneer 10 or 11 is intercepted by intelligent extraterrestrial life. The plaques show the nude figures of a human male and female along with several symbols that are designed to provide information about the origin of the spacecraft.