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The Sunday Papers
Sundays are for waking up covered in sand. The roof of your house is missing. A small man stands in the emptied bed of a dump truck. "You know, everybody's always asking about Elder Scrolls 6," he says. "You know, everybody's always asking about Elder Scrolls 6," he repeats. "You know, everybody's…
Echoes of Mirror's Edge, Dishonored and a dream set in Italy I once had can be found in Boars in Rome, an expressive parkour platformer set in dystopian Rome
Years ago, I had this dream where I was parkouring through a greatly sunken version of Venice, no doubt sourced from the many hours I put into Assassin's Creed 2 as a teen who should have been studying for their GCSEs a lot more than they were. It's stuck with me after all this time mostly because…
County of Fortune, now out in early access, is a medieval city builder that asks, why limit yourself to just one city?
I know what you want. The humble city builder isn't enough for you any more, is it? You need a cities builder, you can't just stop at one, but you don't want to build up an entirely different city on a new save file. If it were up to you, they'd all be on the same map, a motorway's worth of a drive…
"This trailer is my way of saying goodbye": Have a listen to the Mass Effect 5 score that could have been, courtesy of one of the original games' composers
By this point I'm probably safe in assuming that you all know EA are shutting down BioWare , and that Mass Effect 5 has been cancelled in turn. You may have also seen that an internal trailer for Mass Effect 5, or Universe as it was seemingly going to be called, was leaked not long after the news…
Path of Exile 2's 1.0 version is out this year after all, arriving in December with a full campaign, two neat new classes, and more
About a year ago, the devs behind Path of Exile 2 delayed the game's 1.0 release to an unspecified point in time, only offering the hope that it wouldn't slip into 2027 (doing much the same about half a year later). But there's good news: it won't! As the action RPG now has a 1.0 release date…
"I feel that sense of responsibility more acutely": After BioWare's closure, the makers of a new Mass Effect 3 co-op remaster mod look to carry their legacy
It appears I was premature in suggesting that the closure of BioWare might quickly spell an end for Mass Effect 3 's strangely good , preposterously enduring co-op mode. I reinstalled and logged on just last week, and easily found a series of packed lobbies. Still, it was always regrettable that…
After Star Wars Zero Company dev Bit Reactor brought back an unspecified number of furloughed devs, some of those who weren't have seemingly been laid off
Early last month, Star Wars Zero Company developer Bit Reactor brought back a number of developers who had been furloughed before the game launched in August. At the time they did not specify how many devs were returning to the studio, with a separate report claiming more than half had become full…
What are we all playing this weekend?
This is the last empty weekend before I go on holiday for a frankly indulgent three weeks. As such, it will likely be spent either remembering all the things my partner and I've not organised for the time we're away or racing to clear through the pile of things I've already remembered I've not…
Real-time strategy game The Fertile Crescent 2 is an isometric odyssey inspired by Age of Empires, with the 1.0 release out now
Age of Empires -influenced real-time strategy game The Fertile Crescent 2: Collapse of the Bronze Age leaves early access today, publishers MicroProse have announced, with the 1.0 version adding the final chapters of the singleplayer story. You'll also get your grubby fingers on the very same map…
I just found out you can use your Steam Wishlist to search for deals on games outside of Steam, saving my nephew more than £40 on Total War: Warhammer 3
I may be very late to the party with this discovery, but I only just realised you can connect your Steam Wishlist to a third-party deals tracker. The beauty of which is that, once hooked up, you can see what games you've been pining for are going cheap not just on Steam but through any major…
Terrific fantasy RPG Queen's Blade gets first proper update, adding a new throwing weapon and options to make puzzles "less frustrating"
Extremely good King's Field-style RPG Queen's Domain – or is it a Metroid Prime homage? Or a stealth Morrowind-up? We hacks simply cannot decide – has received its first proper patch, adding a hitherto "missing" throwing weapon, the Grave Knife, alongside a bunch of quality-of-life fixes. They've…
Airframe Ultra's PS1 cyberpunk city is an amazing tribute to G-Police and WipEout, and I wish you people would slow down to appreciate it
I do not wish to "rule the streets" of Megacity West, dear creators of Airframe Ultra . I wish to be ravished by them, rubbing my face against the rusty corrugated metal of the shipping containers, and savouring the acid blue waters of the bay. I do not want to "become the one thing with freedom in…
Steam gets a boatload of restored Wing Commanders and Ultima ports after EA producer stumbles across cupboard of old tapes
EA have stuck a bunch of restored versions and ports of classic games, on Steam, GOG and the EA App. 25 games in all, including multiple entries in the Wing Commander and Ultima series, are part of the haul. Why's this happening now? Well, an EA producer stumbled across a cupboard full of old…
"It's a brave new world": GTA 6's PC port will release sooner than you think to avoid losing money to AI rip-offs, says former Rockstar tech director
GTA 6 's PC release may come sooner than anticipated, according to former Rockstar North technical director Obbe Vermeij, because Rockstar and publishers Take-Two will be concerned about losing money to unofficial generative AI clones of the PS5 version, once it launches on 19th November. In…
After taking over EA, Saudi Arabia and their private equity cronies have reportedly held talks about buying Unity
Members of the consortium led by the Saudi Arabian government's Public Investment Fund and some private equity suits which took over EA this year in a leveraged buyout worth $55 billion reportedly have a new target in their sights. Unity, software company and makers of the game engine bearing the…
Take on a time-manipulating corporation in the very Soul Eater meets Jet Set Radio action roguelite CHRONO PUNK
My favourite kind of game that's obviously going for the vibe of a particular era of gaming is one that doesn't look like it's trying to be any other game from said era, moreso if someone told me it was a PS2 or a Dreamcast game everyone forgot about I'd believe you. CHRONO PUNK fits that vibe…
BioWare are gone, but at least you'll be able to watch their final days in a documentary next year and oh wait that's really sad actually
It feels like every single week for the past few years has been the infinitely quotable 30 Rock quote on repeat. That feeling struck particularly last month when EA decided to shut down the iconic Mass Effect and Dragon Age developer BioWare. That obviously resulted in the cancellation of Mass…
Ablahshikar is a maximalist, sickos only salvage-survival CRPG about ripping organs out of warships and pawning off strange goods that's now out in early access
Sometimes, you come across a game and instantly know it's for the sickos. Today that is Ablahshikar, a "turn-based salvage-survival CRPG adrift on the Candle Sea" where you rip out the organs of enemy warships to "rebuild your vessel into a doomed chimera," that is out now in early access. To be…
After a 16-year long dev period, Faraway, a shooting star arcade game about siphoning the energy of other stars, is out now
Lord almighty, video games take a while to make, 'ey? Especially if you're just one person working on it by yourself. Such is the case with Faraway, out today, an arcade game that reminds me of the early days of PS3 indies "about a shooting star that creates constellations to stay alive," all made…
The Legend of Khiimori's Mongolian Expanse update brings in frosty mountains and scorching deserts that'll require a lot more than a fur coat and a sturdy horse
Another day, another opportunity for some horsing around! I'm being literal here, to be clear, as a new update for The Legend of Khiimori dropped yesterday. It's called The Mongolian Expanse, opening up the map a whole lot more and making a sweep of other additions to the game. Read more
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