We are officially launching!
Thank you all who have visited our site and special thanks for all who signed up for an account.
Discussions
Post & Tag updates and fixes.
Updates
- Added dedicated link for players (users) to report a bug. Located in the footer ( bottom of the page) with the "Report a bug" link
- Added dedicated link for players to give their personal feedback on The Save Room. Located in the footer ( bottom of the page) with the "How can we improve?" link
- Added contextual discussion post copy depending if creating from a game page, tag page, "report a bug" link, "how can we improve?" link, or general.
- Added create list, create review and create discussion components within the tab section on a /game/title/ page, above the posts, with appropriate sizing.
- Added Locked Tags to discussions and reviews. These tags cannot be removed from the post. Usually reserved for the game slugs on reviews and discussions, or the Official tags for Bug-Report and Player-Feedback.
Bug Fixes
- Fixed an issue where restricted tags would appear in the "popular tags" section when creating a new post. Reminder: restricted tags are only to be used by admins.
- Adjusted create post components' sizing under tab section of /game/title/ page.
May the Flame guide your way - Dark Souls III
Welcome to The Save Room. We hope to be the one stop shop for all things gaming. Follow us to keep in touch with the latest updates, changes and announcments. Thank you for joining the community
While we may not know why one would want to do such a thing, nevertheless, we gave users the ability to be ability to delete their account. This will delete their profile, and all content that user has created including: posts (reviews, lists, and discussions) and reactions (comments, likes, and dislikes). This option is available in the Settings page.
Thank you all for your feedback. We fixed an issue where the popular players page would crash. We added more clarity to hours played when making a game review. We also adjusted the trending posts on the popular pages, but may be subject to change again based on user content. If you find any more issues please make a discussion post with the tag “bug-report”. We appreciate all your feedback and work to fix these issues.
If you find or experience any bugs/ issues or crashes, please make a post using the "bug-report" tag to let us know of them right away. For any general feedback you have from features and changes we should make to criticism or praises, please make a post using the "player-feedback" tag. We'd love to hear your feedback to help make this site better for all.
Features
1. What's the Meta? Section
-Previously: A carousel of trending games.
-Current: A featured section that displays the most trending games and any live twitch streams or vods on said game. 10 games are displayed and the user is free to swap between games and streams. The streams are embed from twitch and may show twitch ads. The links to view the vods and streams on directly on twitch are included as well. The current viewership count and channel name are included.
2. Events Section
A section dedicated to upcoming and recent events according to igdb. Relevent resource links are included.
Updates
- Adjusted review, discussion and list posts to reduce vertical padding
- Added game title to the background image on the hero section
- Increased tab title text on large screens
- On desktop made user reviews and discussions on a side-by-side grid. For mobile, continues to be a singular list for each
- On desktop changed user lists on a 2-column grid (previously 1). For mobile, continues to be a 1 column
- Added internal links to multple section headers and carousels, with the sole exception of events
Check out the newest updates on The Popular Page here.
Comment below your thoughts on the changes!
I wish things were different. But it weren't us who changed. - Red Dead Remption 2 (Arthur Morgan)
Introducing the Game's Page
Checkout out our new Game's Page to discover games ; old and new.
Features
- Filter games based on :
- Platform
- Release Date
- Genre & Theme
- Rating & Rating Count
- Popularity ( Hypes)
- Save these filters for future reference
- Sort the results by :
- Game Title
- Release Date
- Rating / Rating Count
- Hypes
Ui Updates
- Updated drawer (nav) emojis to icons
- Improved game cover image sizes for mobile
We appreciate everyone's patience with these updates and are looking to have more consistent updates in the future.
Road Map for Spring 2026
These are some of the features we have planned for the next couple months.
Major Plans
1. Game explore Page
- Explore all the games available through igdb database.
- Sort via different properties like release date, rating or genre
2. Twitch Api integration
- Display twitch related content or streams from popular games
3. Steam Api Integration
- Import steam data from popular games
- Looking to connect users' to steam account to help initiallize and track game history data
Minor Updates
1. Dedicated links for player feedback and bug reports
2. Implement polls
- users can ask the community questions and gather responses
3. Improved home page, especially for new users
- Display more personalized or popular content
In addition, we will continue to be vigilant and fix and issues and bugs that we come across.
Thank You TSR
One of the ways I've been trying to do as a way to bond with friends is through the website "9 games that shaped who I am."
I've been eagerly sharing it with friends, family, and anyone else I care about. The way I interpreted that prompt, at the very least for myself, is 9 evergreen games that have been important throughout my life and personal development in my entirety. In all honesty, the deliberation took the whole day before I landed on my picks. Gaming has been part of my life for over two decades, so you can see why it took me so long.
It was a delight to see all my friends' choices for their games because there were a lot of picks that surprised me.
The website also has prompts for other things like 9 movies, 9 songs, 9 manga, and 9 anime.
If anyone is interested in having fun with it, here's the link!: https://my9games.net/en
It feels like just within a week the use of ai in software and game development has grown exponentially. Ig the introduction of opus 5.5 and other new ai models allowed people to use them to reverse engineer some code, which started the trend of people using ai to mod and merge different games together. Then we got Steve from Minecraft invading and conquering other games. I’ve heard mixed opinions about whether this use of ai in modding games was good or bad. Either way the technique behind this continued to grow, where it not only affected games but software as a whole too. Someone was able to recreate most of adobe’s features which is usually locked behind subscription fees. All culminating to today where I learned of the anyps5 project that basically is a digital version of the ps5 console on pc nearing completion due to ai. This is definitely ironic as a Sony recently pushed for digital games only where ownership is now licensed, to now having their console be digitized. I’m curious to how else people will continue to use this technology. But I wouldn’t be surprised if once big companies start getting affected, that’s when we start seeing a bunch of ai regulations.
Updates and Fixes resulting from Patch 1.2.0
- Changed Games link in side bar to go to popular games specifically https://www.thesaveroom.co/games/sort/rating_count_desc
- Reduced number of recent events shown from 6 to 4
- Implemented Show more ... feature for event descriptions
- Added game link to game hero (background image) on Popular page
Battle royale games, once the hottest thing in multiplayer gaming, have long since passed their peak. What started as a thrilling new way to deliver tension and player-driven storytelling has become a formulaic and overcrowded genre. Today, every other game tries to slap on a “battle royale mode” just to chase those huge player numbers, but few capture the original excitement or innovation. The massive player counts, while impressive, often come at the expense of meaningful gameplay depth or strategy—turning matches into chaotic, RNG-driven scrambles rather than tactical showdowns.
I believe the future of multiplayer gaming isn’t about flooding players into gigantic maps with dozens or hundreds of opponents. Instead, the real evolution will come from smaller-scale, highly refined experiences that focus on skill, teamwork, and emergent storytelling. Games that emphasize meaningful player interaction—whether that’s through intricate mechanics, well-crafted environments, or narrative-driven objectives—will create more memorable, lasting communities than any 100-player free-for-all ever could.
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> It’s time to kick ass and chew bubblegum… and I’m all outta gum.
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