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Astral viking city-builder Roots Of Yggdrasil sprouts a 1.0 release date
They'll longship it in September
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FTC accuse Microsoft of breaking promise not to raise Game Pass prices after Activision Blizzard deal
This is "exactly the sort of consumer harm" they said the deal would lead to
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Horror game The Mortuary Assistant is turning into a job sim, thanks to an "endless embalming mode" update
"Unlimited bodies" at no extra charge
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Portal-hopping shooter Splitgate 2 revealed, looks like the original cult FPS but with a lot more money
Witness the first cinematic trailer
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Horror game Slitterhead is The Thing vs The Thing and I really hope it's also a sandbox stealth game
Why don't we just wait here for a little while, see what happens?
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No Man's Sky's Worlds update adds walking houses, fancier weather and a touch of Starship Troopers
Using tech built for stablemate Light No Fire
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Multiplayer FPS Over The Top WW1 guns for Battlefield's crown with 200-head battles and Mount & Blade-inspired melee
Blocking out the craters
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Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap to continue killing Orcs in 2025 with new co-op thrills and roguelite progression
But what if we could talk to the spike pits
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Flintlock: Siege Of Dawn review: a trim and sturdy Soulslite that's best enjoyed in the air
Some of the heft of God Of War and Souls, less of the pain and bulk
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Star Citizen is free for the next few days, please don't accidentally buy a $300 spaceship
Cloud Imperium's Foundation Festival is underway with myriad discounts
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A former Fortnite tech artist is making the world's most advanced slime monster in Unreal Engine 5
Possibly featuring "Splatoon mechanics in dungeons"
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The Maw: what's new in PC games this week?
Flock, Flintlock, Kanitsu-Gami, Norland and more besides
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Deck-building space sim Breachway re-emerges from warp with an August early access release date
Once more unto the 'Ways
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Black State is a glossy Metal Gear Solid-style shooter that's thinking with Portals
Door snakes won't keep out the bullets
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Once Human is the centre of a storm of data privacy concerns over a policy line about collecting government ID
Developers Starry Studio insist they haven't broken the law
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New colonial fantasy RPG Greedfall 2: The Dying World hits early access in September 2024
And here's a trailer full of axeplay, spellcraft and pullquote
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Planet Coaster 2 revealed with water parks and multiplayer park-building for 2024 release
First trailer makes a few waves
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The Manor Lords publisher thinks we should all reject the "opportunistic and predatory" quest for a viral hit
A chat with Hooded Horse CEO Tim Bender about strategy games and letting devs cook
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Here's a demo for Tako no Himitsu, a Game Boy Advance-style JRPG with music from Golden Sun's composer
And a lot of magic octopus pets
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If you want to play that whopping Fallout London mod you'll need to downgrade Fallout 4's "next gen" version
War must never change too much or it'll cause crashes