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After gaining independence from Xbox, Double Fine are laying off a quarter of their staff

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After gaining independence from Xbox, Double Fine are laying off a quarter of their staff

"As a small, tightly-knit team, these actions are not taken lightly"

Inviting beaches and delightful physics await you in literal sandbox game, Sandcastle

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Inviting beaches and delightful physics await you in literal sandbox game, Sandcastle

Going with the grain

Two years on from taking the role, Wizards of the Coast's president is stepping down

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Two years on from taking the role, Wizards of the Coast's president is stepping down

A successor has not been decided

Mistfall Hunter looks like legally distinct Elden Ring but with a faster paced, extraction spin

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Mistfall Hunter looks like legally distinct Elden Ring but with a faster paced, extraction spin

Blood born again

"I wish I could do that": A developer on The Sims has been eyeing up Paralives' characters' asymmetric shoes and their wider possibilities

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"I wish I could do that": A developer on The Sims has been eyeing up Paralives' characters' asymmetric shoes and their wider possibilities

Laced with potential

Toxic yuri story Kaschei is a marvelous free visual novel that turns your Downloads folder into a little labyrinth of mirrors

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Toxic yuri story Kaschei is a marvelous free visual novel that turns your Downloads folder into a little labyrinth of mirrors

Don't look up "kaschei" on Wikipedia before playing

Civilization 7's latest update adds more depth to peace deal brokerage and leader relations, as Firaxis gear up for "bigger additions"

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Civilization 7's latest update adds more depth to peace deal brokerage and leader relations, as Firaxis gear up for "bigger additions"

Update 1.4.2 is out today, July 28th

Overthrow the Kaiser in Red Echoes: Berlin, a Weimar-era turn-based strategy game in the style of Suzerain

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Overthrow the Kaiser in Red Echoes: Berlin, a Weimar-era turn-based strategy game in the style of Suzerain

Join the Sparticists and win the November Revolution

That evil Car Park Capital tycoon game is only getting more evil with MicroProse as publisher, but it still looks gorgeous

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That evil Car Park Capital tycoon game is only getting more evil with MicroProse as publisher, but it still looks gorgeous

New additions include riot police and nuisance parking

Dragon Age: Thedas at War is a BioWare RPG-inspired Crusader Kings 3 total conversion mod that's here to keep the series alive while it sits in EA limbo

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Dragon Age: Thedas at War is a BioWare RPG-inspired Crusader Kings 3 total conversion mod that's here to keep the series alive while it sits in EA limbo

BioWearing the crown

"I dunno why they chose Crashphalt": forgotten Steam game suddenly becomes a hit after players start using it for Undertale online multiplayer

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"I dunno why they chose Crashphalt": forgotten Steam game suddenly becomes a hit after players start using it for Undertale online multiplayer

Mods as a means of cross-promotion?

STALKER 2's Cost of Hope expansion, and its free but still hopeful 2.0 update, get an August release date

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STALKER 2's Cost of Hope expansion, and its free but still hopeful 2.0 update, get an August release date

Techy revamp includes a new Unreal Engine 5 version

Myst devs Cyan Worlds show off prototype for Project Anglerfish, a canned entry in the noted long-time RPS favourite series

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Myst devs Cyan Worlds show off prototype for Project Anglerfish, a canned entry in the noted long-time RPS favourite series

Lost to the Mysts of time

This week in PC games: a battle royale detective game, a broken Y2K metaverse, a laptop tycoon sim, and a new Company of Heroes RTS

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This week in PC games: a battle royale detective game, a broken Y2K metaverse, a laptop tycoon sim, and a new Company of Heroes RTS

What we're feeding the Maw

Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls open beta beaten and bashed by PC performance issues, Arc System Works "apologise for the impact this has had on your experience"

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Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls open beta beaten and bashed by PC performance issues, Arc System Works "apologise for the impact this has had on your experience"

POWformance problems

Commit cinematic sacrilege in Baldur's Gate 3 with this true third-person camera mod

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Commit cinematic sacrilege in Baldur's Gate 3 with this true third-person camera mod

If you dare

Ringwyrm might have a nasty sounding name, but its action horror, fantasy Soviet vibes are too compelling to ignore

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Ringwyrm might have a nasty sounding name, but its action horror, fantasy Soviet vibes are too compelling to ignore

Would you love me even if I was a ringwyrm?

Thick as Thieves studio does what triple-A won't: keep its game playable

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Thick as Thieves studio does what triple-A won't: keep its game playable

Gone, but not stolen

Sega like physical games too, says their president, but with the shift to digital they're keeping the humble PC in mind

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Sega like physical games too, says their president, but with the shift to digital they're keeping the humble PC in mind

"There are a lot of people who are able to play on PC"

Final Fantasy 14's Evercold expansion brings aboard a Final Fantasy 7 collab and a job that's all about fighting with massive shields

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Final Fantasy 14's Evercold expansion brings aboard a Final Fantasy 7 collab and a job that's all about fighting with massive shields

Took its time

You can trade in your enemy's teeth to "bend" time in vampire RPG The Blood of Dawnwalker, care of some really horrible Tooth Fairies

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You can trade in your enemy's teeth to "bend" time in vampire RPG The Blood of Dawnwalker, care of some really horrible Tooth Fairies

No pillows required, apparently

13 years on, unfinishable survival game Project Zomboid is getting a major update with an expanded Kentucky map, animal husbandry, and revised crafting

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13 years on, unfinishable survival game Project Zomboid is getting a major update with an expanded Kentucky map, animal husbandry, and revised crafting

Build 42 lands on 29th July

Surprise, Age of Empires 3: Definitive Edition's Baltic Powers expansion has re-emerged from the annals of cancelled DLC history, will come out in September

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Surprise, Age of Empires 3: Definitive Edition's Baltic Powers expansion has re-emerged from the annals of cancelled DLC history, will come out in September

Steam open beta already underway

Kingdom Come Salvation could be Warhorse's next medieval history RPG, if this EU trademark filing turns out to be the genuine article

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Kingdom Come Salvation could be Warhorse's next medieval history RPG, if this EU trademark filing turns out to be the genuine article

Is this Kingdom Coming next?

Sweeping, strafing and suppression: Total War: Warhammer 40,000 threatens to blow up Total War's combat fundamentals

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Sweeping, strafing and suppression: Total War: Warhammer 40,000 threatens to blow up Total War's combat fundamentals

Creative Assembly talk us through an Ork/Marine throwdown

Thwack, the Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls open beta is underway, and, pow, Phoenix Cyclops is coming as a post-launch DLC fighter

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Thwack, the Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls open beta is underway, and, pow, Phoenix Cyclops is coming as a post-launch DLC fighter

Pow, right in the beta

Dinoblade, out now, is equal parts janky, genuinely sick and silly as hell

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Dinoblade, out now, is equal parts janky, genuinely sick and silly as hell

X-tinct

Saudi Arabia's $55 billion EA buyout approved by the European Commission, who say it doesn't "raise competition concerns"

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Saudi Arabia's $55 billion EA buyout approved by the European Commission, who say it doesn't "raise competition concerns"

Assessed to have "limited impact on competition in the markets where the companies are active"

Terrific castle-building sim Cataclismo is being transformed into a chunky strategy boardgame, care of a paid Old Kingdom expansion

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Terrific castle-building sim Cataclismo is being transformed into a chunky strategy boardgame, care of a paid Old Kingdom expansion

Out 20th August

You only get one, permakillable Jedi Padawan in Star Wars Zero Company, but that's fine because I'm going to roll an R2-D2 deathsquad anyway

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You only get one, permakillable Jedi Padawan in Star Wars Zero Company, but that's fine because I'm going to roll an R2-D2 deathsquad anyway

Can you keep Tel-Rea alive for 30-40 hours?

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