If you’ve given up on Civilization 7, Civ 6 is free with all DLC expansions for a limited time on Epic Games Store Claim it by 24th July Image credit:2K Games Civilization is a series in thrall to the illusion of endless incremental progress , and what more bruisingly poetic way to refute that narrative than by sticking two fingers up at this year’s ailing Civilization 7 and opting to play 2016’s much better-regarded Civilization 6 instead....

Italian-inspired Soulslike Enotria: The Last Song moves release date to August to avoid Elden Ring DLC Unlikely to dodge roll this one Image credit:Jyamma Games Last month, developers Jyamma announced Enotria: The Last Song , an Italian-inspired Soulslike where masks give you powers. It was originally due out on June 21st, but then FromSoftware announced that Shadow Of The Erdtree would also launch on the same day. Not ideal. So, Jyamma delayed Enotria’s release, and in an announcement at last night’s Future Games Show, we now know it’s launching in August....

Jiggle-powered, apparently decent action game Stellar Blade confirmed for PC release in June Control-Shift-Up-Escape Image credit:PlayStation Publishing LLC Anime action game Stellar Blade has been confirmed for PC release in June 2025. Developed by South Korean studio Shift Up and published by Sony, it’s about fighting monsters on post-apocalyptic Earth by means of combos, parries and gauge-based super moves. It’s got an open world full of NPC quest-givers and creatures designed by Hee-Cheol Jang, the mad scientist behind the menageries of Okja and The Host....

Masterfully silly brawler Gang Beasts gets surprise update with driveable cranes and Hitchcockian bird attacks A new stage, costumes and avian terrors Image credit:Boneloaf Gang Beasts is one of the games I think of when I recall the golden days of video game expos, before Covid rolled up and nuked the business model. It casts you as one of several jellybaby pugilists, fighting for dominance over such locations as Ferris wheels and the tops of speeding vans....

Mech fanciers ahoy, here’s a Steam demo for the Front Mission 2 remake Wanzer? I hardly knew ’er Image credit:Forever Entertainment S. A. Friends! Jaegers! Evas! Lend me your radar dishes or cybernetic ear trumpets. Developers Storm Trident and publishers Forever Entertainment have popped up a Steam demo for their Front Mission 2 remake. Tucked within its coils there are two whole levels, Rimian Base and Batari Forest, together with a Garage where you can customise your Wanzer and access to the in-game Network menu....

Might be time to go OLED, now that Prime Big Deals Days has knocked £400 off the 240Hz LG UltraGear 27GR95QE-B Image credit:LG Two years since they emerged as a serious screen option for PC games, OLED monitors still haven’t cracked the issue of how they just look too bloomin’ expensive next to similarly specced LCD displays. Which is a shame, as the OLED gaming monitors I’ve used have invariably looked sumptuous, without the movement blurring issues you might expect if you own a TV of the same panel tech....

Millennia, Paradox’s 4X Civilization challenger, will release in March New trailer details aliens and alt histories Image credit:Paradox Interactive A lot of games have been attempting to get a bite of Civilization’s vast audience in recent years, such as Old World and Humankind . The next to try is Paradox’s Millennia , which covers 10,000 years via a historical 4X. Although, as a new trailer shows, history might include battling alien invasions or rogue AIs....

Minecraft is turning 15, so they’re giving away some Character Creator items Themed around the history of the game Image credit:Mojang Studios Minecraft is turning fifteen years-old and to celebrate Mojang are running fifteen days of giveaways from May 15th until May 29th. Apparently each day will offer up “a new free Character Creator item representing a different year of Minecraft history.” This also means I’ve been playing Minecraft for nearly fifteen years....

Modders uncover a last-minute Yennefer betrayal in The Witcher 3 cut content Nothing new on Iorveth, sadly Image credit:CD PROJEKT Big large huge RPG The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt recently got a fresh set of official modding tools in the form of REDKit , a powerful bit of downloadable that helps you add whatever you fancy to the game, including entire custom questlines. Not two months on from REDKit’s release, ‘Tuber xLetalis and modder glassfish - a contributor to the cut-content-restoring Brothers in Arms mod - have put together a showcase containing around 20 minutes of cut content from the game’s ending....

Top-tier storage without the top-tier price. Image credit:RPS Photo Composite / Lexar Running out of space on your Steam Deck is basically a rite of passage. You start off thinking 512GB is plenty, then suddenly you’ve got five AAA games, six indies, and no room left for screenshots. Been there. That’s why I always keep a high-speed microSD card loaded up and ready to go. Undoubtedly, a microSD card is one of the most important Steam Deck accessories you can pick up during big sale events like this....

Nancy Drew: Stay Tuned For Danger is the disappointing second album in this mystery series The second step in our Nancy Drew series is a bit of a missed one Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun / Her Interactive The phrase “best foot forwards” implies the second foot will never be as good as the first, and that’s unfortunately the case with Nancy Drew: Stay Tuned For Danger . It has a 10/10 pun name and introduces/strengthens concepts that I expect will become series mainstays as we continue with this project, but this is definitely in “difficult second album” territory....

NetEase reward US-based developers of live service hit Marvel Rivals by sacrificing their jobs to “efficiency” “Just couldn’t dodge that big boot, I guess, no matter how big the success of the gig.” Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/NetEase Games Marvel Rivals is this year’s current free-to-play PC game success story, attracting many millions of players over its opening weekend and making regular appearances in the Steam Most Played top 10 ever since....

Nexus Mods’ new owner is a company whose co-founder has already had to reassure folks that NFTs and crypto aren’t incoming The modding site has chosen Chosen Image credit:Bethesda Yesterday, modding site Nexus Mods announced a change in ownership that’ll see its founder step back. Not much info was provided in the announcement as to who the new owners were, but it’s now been confirmed to be a company called Chosen....

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