| 2024-09-17 |
Trust is a vampire FPS with immersive sim elements from the Forgive Me Father devs |
Action Adventure ‧ Edwin Evans-Thirlwell |
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| 2024-09-17 |
Menace’s turn-based battles are the galaxy’s deadliest teambuilding exercises |
Strategy ‧ James Archer |
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| 2024-09-16 |
Closing the car boot on your head will now kill you in Pacific Drive |
Action Adventure ‧ Brendan Caldwell |
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| 2024-09-16 |
Neon knight flier Hyperbeat looks like a stylish mash-up of Rez and Osu! |
Indie ‧ Ed Thorn |
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| 2024-09-16 |
Tiny Glade review: lovely tools and procedural flourishes make building castles a treat |
Sandbox ‧ Christian Donlan |
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| 2024-09-16 |
In handsome metroidvania Alruna And The Necro-Industrialists you are a dryad fighting the corpse of capitalism |
Fantasy ‧ Edwin Evans-Thirlwell |
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| 2024-09-16 |
Mars First Logistics has turned into a Martian railway builder, with some very pretty, 100% authentic clouds |
Edwin Evans-Thirlwell |
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| 2024-09-16 |
Satisfactory 1.0 review: yes, it is |
Action Adventure ‧ Matt Cox |
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| 2024-09-16 |
The Maw: what's new in PC games this week? |
The Maw liveblog ‧ Edwin Evans-Thirlwell |
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| 2024-09-16 |
Resident Evil and No More Heroes creators join long list of devs who think Metacritic is bad for game dev |
Shadows of the Damned: Hella Remastered ‧ Nic Reuben |
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| 2024-09-16 |
This action roguelite’s demo has more stuff in it than some full games, plus some very good goblins |
Indie ‧ Nic Reuben |
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| 2024-09-16 |
What's on your bookshelf?: Firaxis, Hindsight, and Life Is Strange writer Emma Kidwell |
Blockbuster ‧ Nic Reuben |
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| 2024-09-15 |
The Sunday Papers |
Blockbuster ‧ Nic Reuben |
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| 2024-09-15 |
One Million Checkboxes players hid binary, QR codes and rickrolls among the boxes during its two week war |
PC ‧ Graham Smith |
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| 2024-09-15 |
Cosy life sim Tales Of The Shire needs more time in the oven, delayed until 2025 |
Xbox Series X/S ‧ Graham Smith |
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| 2024-09-15 |
Wonderful photography adventure Toem will be free from Epic next week |
Action Adventure ‧ Graham Smith |
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| 2024-09-14 |
What are we all playing this weekend? |
Playing This Weekend ‧ Ollie Toms |
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| 2024-09-14 |
Ahoy Draculads and ladies, V Rising is free this weekend |
Bird view / Isometric ‧ Edwin Evans-Thirlwell |
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| 2024-09-14 |
Bonkers anti-immersive sim Mosa Lina now has co-op multiplayer, plus "super secret frog mode" |
Edwin Evans-Thirlwell |
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| 2024-09-13 |
Spray Paint Simulator announced, as PowerWash Simulator seethes |
Indie ‧ Ed Thorn |
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| 2024-09-13 |
A European consumer watchdog wants you to be able to buy exactly as much in-game currency as you need, not fixed chunks |
Epic Games ‧ Edwin Evans-Thirlwell |
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| 2024-09-13 |
Faaast Penguin is that Super Mario 64 level where you race a penguin except now the penguin is 39 other players |
Xbox Series X/S ‧ Brendan Caldwell |
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| 2024-09-13 |
50/50 is a cheerful, deeply heinous free game about cutting things perfectly in half |
Indie ‧ Edwin Evans-Thirlwell |
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| 2024-09-13 |
Portal To The Cosmobeat is a brilliant, ridiculous and currently free mix of QWOP and Dance Dance Revolution |
Rhythm ‧ Nic Reuben |
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| 2024-09-13 |
Annapurna Interactive’s entire staff resign following dispute with owner |
Action Adventure ‧ Nic Reuben |
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| 2024-09-13 |
Grapple Dogs: Cosmic Canines is out now, adding a shooty new character to the original's tricky platforming |
Side view ‧ Graham Smith |
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| 2024-09-13 |
Convergence Games Showcase will feature announcements from indie publishers including Secret Mode, Thunderful and Kepler |
Indie ‧ Graham Smith |
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| 2024-09-13 |
The Steam Families logo is clearly a Rorschach test, so what do you see? |
Blockbuster ‧ Graham Smith |
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| 2024-09-13 |
Unity is ditching their much-hated runtime fees effective immediately, a year after they infuriated basically every game developer |
Unity ‧ Graham Smith |
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| 2024-09-13 |
Among the many beauties of Arco is that it's a secret, gentle introduction to bullet hell shooting |
Action Adventure ‧ Edwin Evans-Thirlwell |
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| 2024-09-13 |
How S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 moves the series forward – and why it reflects Ukraine’s "rebellious" spirit |
Action Adventure ‧ James Archer |
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| 2024-09-12 |
The blue pools of Planet Coaster 2 make me want to go to a real water park |
Sandbox ‧ Brendan Caldwell |
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| 2024-09-12 |
Hollowbody is almost a great survival horror game |
Indiescovery ‧ Nic Reuben |
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| 2024-09-12 |
Eve Frontier is a survival game spin-off of Eve Online and, yup, it's full of blockchain bullshit |
EVE Frontier ‧ Brendan Caldwell |
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| 2024-09-12 |
Microsoft toss another 650 jobs onto the layoff pyre in the name of "sustainable future growth" |
Microsoft ‧ Edwin Evans-Thirlwell |
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| 2024-09-12 |
Free unofficial open world Superman game Undefeated gets a PC update with heat vision alongside a surprise PS5 launch |
Action Adventure ‧ Edwin Evans-Thirlwell |
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| 2024-09-12 |
Nightmare Operator is a ghostly Tokyo-set shooter in which you switch bullets by doing Street Fighter moves |
Indie ‧ Edwin Evans-Thirlwell |
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| 2024-09-12 |
Caravan SandWitch review: a tiny open world with open roads and open arms |
Action Adventure ‧ Nic Reuben |
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| 2024-09-12 |
An urgent update for the dogs next door |
Edwin Evans-Thirlwell |
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| 2024-09-12 |
Bramble Royale: A Meteorfall Story pops D&D party mechanics into a roguelike deckbuilder reminiscent of Adventure Time |
PC ‧ Nic Reuben |
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| 2024-09-12 |
Steam Families is out of beta, letting you share games with up to five others |
Platformer ‧ Nic Reuben |
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| 2024-09-12 |
Wild Bastards review: a messy roguelike shooter that's nonetheless full o' beans |
Modus Games ‧ Brendan Caldwell |
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| 2024-09-12 |
Space noir roguelike Ostranauts is aiming for 1.0 in 2025, with help from Kitfox as publisher |
Simulation ‧ Graham Smith |
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| 2024-09-12 |
Nightingale's Realms Rebuilt update arrives tomorrow and aims to revive the game with a handcrafted campaign |
PC ‧ Graham Smith |
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| 2024-09-12 |
Dragon Age: The Veilguard will have a photo mode at launch, so you can finally take a close-up of the taint |
Bioware ‧ Graham Smith |
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| 2024-09-12 |
Please stab, toast and devour the demo for disgusting mushroom RPG Shroom And Gloom |
RPG: Turn-based ‧ Edwin Evans-Thirlwell |
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| 2024-09-12 |
Turn heroes into god-beast fodder in this city builder influenced by Black & White and Cult Of The Lamb |
Gold Gold Adventure Gold ‧ Edwin Evans-Thirlwell |
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| 2024-09-11 |
Here are some PC bits you could buy for less than the PS5 Pro |
Console ‧ James Archer |
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| 2024-09-11 |
Minecraft's new faster update schedule will probably fill modders with both despair and nostalgia |
PS4 ‧ Edwin Evans-Thirlwell |
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| 2024-09-11 |
New Elden Shadow Of The Erdtree patch aims to fix the final boss’s eyeball searing strobe light migraine festival |
Action Adventure ‧ Nic Reuben |
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| 2024-09-11 |
Ubisoft investor wants to dethrone Ubisoft's founders so Ubisoft can lay more developers off |
Ubisoft ‧ Edwin Evans-Thirlwell |
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| 2024-09-11 |
Ubisoft are adding offline modes to The Crew 2 and The Crew Motorfest after getting savaged over junking The Crew |
PS5 ‧ Ed Thorn |
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| 2024-09-11 |
Co-op blunder sim Chained Together now lets you make your own hellish maps |
Action Adventure ‧ Brendan Caldwell |
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| 2024-09-11 |
Devil's Hideout review: scattershot horror through a surreal urban hell |
Devil's Hideout ‧ Jeremy Blum |
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| 2024-09-11 |
Planet-smelting sim Satisfactory is now satisfactory enough to leave early access |
Action Adventure ‧ Edwin Evans-Thirlwell |
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| 2024-09-11 |
Scyla Anfingrimm, Skarr Bloodwrath, and other chill guys on the way for Total War Warhammer 3 |
Strategy ‧ Nic Reuben |
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| 2024-09-10 |
The Ukrainian armed forces are reportedly using Steam Decks to remote-control gun turrets |
Valve ‧ Edwin Evans-Thirlwell |
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| 2024-09-10 |
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2’s PC performance is alright, even without much help from its settings |
Saber Interactive ‧ James Archer |
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| 2024-09-10 |
Diablo IV support studio hit by layoffs putting 139 people out of work, proving that Embracer's "restructuring" is not over |
2K Games ‧ Brendan Caldwell |
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| 2024-09-10 |
Bungie says Destiny 2's future lies in "unusual formats", like "roguelikes or survival shooters" |
PS5 ‧ Ed Thorn |
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| 2024-09-10 |
This fictional CD-ROM about a Knightmare-style game show is secretly this year’s best horror game |
PC ‧ Nic Reuben |
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| 2024-09-10 |
In strategy card game Roots Devour you are that tree the villagers warn people away from |
Indie ‧ Edwin Evans-Thirlwell |
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| 2024-09-09 |
Amazon tried to buy part of Valve in the days before Steam, according to former exec who says she's been "erased" from Valve's history |
Action Adventure ‧ Edwin Evans-Thirlwell |
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| 2024-09-09 |
Minecraft creators are already trying to fix the Minecraft movie |
PS4 ‧ Edwin Evans-Thirlwell |
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| 2024-09-09 |
Baldur's Gate 3 level editor is cracked open by modders, bringing homebrew campaigns one step closer |
Multiplayer Cooperative ‧ Brendan Caldwell |
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| 2024-09-09 |
The Maw: what's new in PC games this week? |
The Maw liveblog ‧ Edwin Evans-Thirlwell |
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| 2024-09-09 |
Qanga is an indie Star Citizen in a seamless universe with no loading screens |
Qanga ‧ Nic Reuben |
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| 2024-09-09 |
Star Wars Outlaws creative director admits forced stealth sections are “incredibly punishing”, says next patch will ease up on them |
Action Adventure ‧ Nic Reuben |
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| 2024-09-09 |
Heaven 17 composer calls out Rockstar over alleged lowball GTA 6 music offer |
Action Adventure ‧ Nic Reuben |
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| 2024-09-09 |
What's on your bookshelf?: pay 3 billion pounds to read five minutes early edition |
Blockbuster ‧ Nic Reuben |
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| 2024-09-08 |
The Sunday Papers |
Blockbuster ‧ Nic Reuben |
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| 2024-09-08 |
Planetary Annihilation's factory management spiritual successor has hit its Kickstarter funding goal |
Management ‧ Graham Smith |
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| 2024-09-08 |
Peter Molyneux thinks generative AI is the future of games, all but guaranteeing that it won't be |
Action Adventure ‧ Graham Smith |
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| 2024-09-08 |
Shinji Mikami thought Tango Gameworks would be safe from closure if they made Hi-Fi Rush games |
Action Adventure ‧ Graham Smith |
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| 2024-09-07 |
What are we all playing this weekend? |
Playing This Weekend ‧ Ollie Toms |
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| 2024-09-07 |
Warhammer modder's new strategy RPG Whispers Of The Eyeless is Darkest Dungeon, but you're running the dungeon |
Strategy ‧ Edwin Evans-Thirlwell |
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| 2024-09-07 |
Toddler horror sim Baby Blues Nightmares lets you doodle your own horror game NPC graffiti |
Baby Blue Nightmares ‧ Edwin Evans-Thirlwell |
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| 2024-09-06 |
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2's first patches to fix crashes and controller issues with ultrawide on the way |
Saber Interactive ‧ Edwin Evans-Thirlwell |
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| 2024-09-06 |
Helldivers 2 is getting "significant changes" in September, as Arrowhead take inspiration from "player fantasies" |
PS5 ‧ Ed Thorn |
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| 2024-09-06 |
Risk Of Rain 2 slaps a patch on the bug-ridden DLC that accidentally made the final boss invincible |
Action Adventure ‧ Brendan Caldwell |
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| 2024-09-06 |
Lone Survivor creator's gorgeous "Zelda x Demon's Souls" action-RPG is back in development, over a decade since reveal |
Side view ‧ Edwin Evans-Thirlwell |
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| 2024-09-06 |
Openblack is a an attempt to recreate lost god game Black & White in a modern, open source game engine |
PS1 ‧ Graham Smith |
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| 2024-09-06 |
Parking Garage Rally Circuit is an arcade racer designed like a "lost Sega Saturn" game and from the maker of JellyCar |
Indie ‧ Graham Smith |
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| 2024-09-06 |
Arcane season two gets a new, substantial trailer ahead of its November launch on Netflix |
Garena ‧ Graham Smith |
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| 2024-09-06 |
In pensive browser game Agentia, you can explore and assemble poetry as a beetle, a dinosaur or an island |
Indie ‧ Edwin Evans-Thirlwell |
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| 2024-09-06 |
Heed the Dark Urge and check out Baldur's Gate 3's Patch 7, which adds 13 new evil endings plus official mod tools |
PS5 ‧ Edwin Evans-Thirlwell |
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| 2024-09-05 |
In space sim Tin Can, you are a janitor in an escape pod and all the red lights are flashing |
Simulation ‧ Brendan Caldwell |
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| 2024-09-05 |
Gimmick! 2 is out now, which is great news for fans of difficult platformers starring fun lil' green guys |
Xbox Series X/S ‧ Ed Thorn |
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| 2024-09-05 |
Black Myth: Wukong's first DLC is aiming for a Shadow Of The Erdtree-style second wave of popularity |
PC ‧ Edwin Evans-Thirlwell |
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| 2024-09-05 |
Play Japanese platformer Bakeru if you want to get better at pub quizzes |
Bakeru ‧ Ed Thorn |
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| 2024-09-05 |
The bloody battles of Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 make for a great photo mode |
Saber Interactive ‧ Brendan Caldwell |
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| 2024-09-05 |
Sightings of Helldivers 2 Illuminate faction on Galactic War map are "fake news", says Arrowhead boss |
PS5 ‧ Edwin Evans-Thirlwell |
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| 2024-09-05 |
Smite 2 early access review: prettier, snappier, but not spicy enough |
Action Adventure ‧ Matt Cox |
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| 2024-09-05 |
Blue Protocol's western release has been cancelled and its Japanese servers will shut down early next year |
Blue Protocol ‧ Graham Smith |
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| 2024-09-05 |
Europa Universalis IV is folding four of its dozens of DLCs into the base game |
Simulation ‧ Graham Smith |
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| 2024-09-05 |
No Man's Sky's Aquarius update lets you go fishing across the galaxy |
Indie ‧ Graham Smith |
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| 2024-09-05 |
Nikhil Murthy's Syphilisation is a ferociously in-depth, empathic reworking of Civilization and other 4X games |
Historical ‧ Edwin Evans-Thirlwell |
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| 2024-09-05 |
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 review: a devoted sequel of swords and spectacle |
Saber Interactive ‧ Brendan Caldwell |
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| 2024-09-05 |
The first Minecraft movie trailer looks expensively naff |
Action Adventure ‧ Edwin Evans-Thirlwell |
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| 2024-09-04 |
12 things to do while you're a meatshield in Black Ops 6 |
Xbox Series X/S ‧ Edwin Evans-Thirlwell |
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