Prison Architect 2, sequel to Introversion’s beloved incarceration simulation developed by Double Eleven, has been remanded in custody until September 3rd. The delay was announced on Paradox’s website, with the Prison Architect 2 team citing the emergence of ‘new technical challenges’ as the cause for the launch’s postponement. “While we currently have builds certified on […]
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Since Warhammer 40,000’s 10th edition was released last year, each of the wargame’s factions has been getting the traditional rules refresh in the form of a new Codex book. The latest deals with the Adeptus Custodes, genetically engineered bodyguards of the Emperor so gigantic they make space marines look weedy. (They also happen to be […]
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In the dystopian future of Capes, renegade superheroes are called “Capes”, but none of them wear capes. What are you supposed to make of that? I was planning to dedicate the following 1000 words to trying to figure out a possible explanation for this bizarre state of affairs, but then it turned out to have […]
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SteamWorld Heist 2, sequel to Image and Form’s 2016 sci-fi strategy game about bouncing bullets into rickety robots, is coming to PC on August 8th. The surprise follow-up announced during the recent Nintendo Direct, and switches out the original’s motley crew of space pirates for regular, water-based pirates. Assuming the role of the roguish Captain […]
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Victoria 3, Paradox’s game about making Karl Marx president or something, is due to get its first major expansion soon. It’s called Sphere of Influence, and it promises to amp up Vicky’s diplomatic aspects by focusing on regional interests, entanglements in foreign economies, and letting your nation’s myriad interest groups form lobbies to agitate for […]
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A fascinating new survival city builder called Of Life and Land released on Steam this month: Of Life and Land is the debut game from new studio Kerzoven. In it, you build medieval settlements from scratch in remote, wild places. The big change from other colony or city builders is that Of Life and Land […]
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Darkest Dungeon 2 is getting an all-new campaign game mode called Kingdoms that’s set to roll out as a free content update later this year. Revealed during today’s Triple-I Initiative showcase, the new mode challenges players to find and defeat a grave threat to the Kingdom, a realm made up of a network of safe […]
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It was meant to go boldly where no man has gone before, but instead, Star Trek: Infinite is going quietly into that good night. The Paradox-published space 4X—developed by Nimble Giant—has announced that it will no longer be receiving updates (via RPS). Actually, it’s been dead (Jim) for some time. The announcement came via a […]
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Total War: Warhammer 3 has been in a weird place for a while, with 2023’s experimental Shadows of Change DLC being so poorly received that Creative Assembly ended up reworking the whole thing and giving out freebies in the form of new lords. Things have been steadily improving, though, and with the reveal of Thrones […]
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Get ready for some close-up card-driven brawling, because battler Fights in Tight Spaces has a sequel-spinoff coming: Knights in Tight Spaces, a fantasy themed throwdown that’ll have you take a party of ruffians engaging in a tactical brawl against not just action movie mooks like the first game, but skeletons and wizards and rock monsters. […]
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Following complaints about a price increase and widespread perception of a drop in value, the previous DLC for Total War: Warhammer 3, Shadows of Change, was significantly expanded to make it better value. Creative Assembly isn’t done placating its audience, and has announced the next DLC, Thrones of Decay, which expands three of the game’s […]
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“Wanzers,” “The Huffman Conflict,” “The People’s Republic of Alordesh,” this is the kind of ’90s/’00s anime bullshit I crave, and the Front Mission series seems to have it in droves. Described as “Final Fantasy Tactics with mechs” by PCG editor-in-chief Evan Lahti, the second game in the series is coming to PC for the first […]
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I had the chance to sit down with Bit Reactor art director, Daanish Syed, and technical director, Ryan McFall, to talk about their priorities in designing a strategy game. The two weren’t authorized to directly discuss the studio’s upcoming Star Wars project, but they did weigh in on how they see the genre, and what […]
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XCOM 2 is eight years old, somehow, which was as offensive for me to write as it was for you to read. And if you ask me, it’s still Firaxis’ high point as a studio. That’s really saying something: Those guys made Sid Meier’s Pirates, after all, but I’ve never loved one of the studio’s […]
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If you’ve ever thought to yourself that what you’d really like is a turn-based tactics take on Left 4 Dead, the upcoming Dead Season might be just the thing. Unveiled today by Snail Bite Games—actually solo developer Pavel Kharev—the game promises unforgiving turn-based tactics in a world overrun by hordes of the undead. Dead Season […]
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Need to know What is it? A Civ-like with a new spin on nations and victory conditions. Expect to pay £35/$40 Developer C Prompt Games Publisher Paradox Interactive Reviewed on i7 9700K, RTX 2080 TI, 16GB, Windows 10 Steam Deck Unsupported Link Official site The thing about plagues is that they tend to catch everyone […]
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