In Civilization 7, unlike previous games in the series, any leader can lead any civilization. So your choice of civilization is completely independent, allowing for a huge set of possible bonuses. And while your chosen leader will follow you all the way to the end, you’ll choose a new civilization for each of the three…
“It shouldn’t be this hard to play the best version of one of Japan’s great roguelikes today,” PC Gamer contributor Kerry Brunskill wrote earlier this year in a retelling of her long fight to get her hands on a PC copy of 2002’s Shiren the Wanderer: Monster of Moonlight Village. She also expressed hope that…
After years of Assassin’s Creed games that show signs of classic stealthy goodness but aren’t quite what I’m looking for, I’ve been trying really hard not to get excited about Assassin’s Creed Shadows. Yes, the series is finally going to Japan and yes, Naoe’s stealthy moves look fantastic, but my eyes roll into the back…
Need to know What is it? Photorealistic third-person ant-vs-ant RTSExpect to pay: $40/£35Developer: Tower FirePublisher: MicroidsReviewed on: Radeon RX 6800 XT, Ryzen 9 5900, 32GB RAMMultiplayer? Online 1v1 and free-for-all PvPLink: Steam Zooming in on tiny things and imagining what life is like for them: it never gets old. Like 2016 platformer Unravel and Obsidian…
Five years since it was originally announced, Path of Exile 2 is finally a few weeks out from its early access launch. Developer Grinding Gear Games dumped four hours of information yesterday on a stream, including what classes you can play, the length of the campaign, and what you can do at max level in…
Half-Life 2’s 20th anniversary saw Valve doing a Valve: The game received a massive surprise update, adding new commentary and integrating the two episodes, alongside adding a whole bunch of enhancements. It also dropped a two-hour documentary about the making of the game, and the background of Valve’s existential legal battle with Vivendi, which features…
After some confusion as to whether the storied “A-Life” simulation system was still present in Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl, GSC Game World has confirmed that it is—and also that, yes, it’s got some issues, and also yes, they’re working on it. For those new to the world of Stalker, A-Life is essentially the underlying…
It feels weird to say, , but the error texture on Valve’s Source engine feels like an old friend to me. Its arresting, black and fuchsia checkerboard is a familiar face that shows up everywhere from Counter-Strike surf servers to bootleg Mario Kart maps in Team Fortress 2. It kind of rhymes with the similarly…
In a June gameplay walkthrough for Avowed, Obsidian revealed that the first-person RPG would also have a third-person camera, to much rejoicing. As with Bethesda’s Elder Scrolls and Fallout games, Avowed is designed to prioritize first-person, but it’s not the only way to play—an option that I think most people assumed was added to mollify…
Another day, another spot of generative AI drama, this one involving a promo image for the League of Legends-based anime Arcane. The image, which showed up as a thumbnail in the streaming app, was taken down by Netflix after fans called out some hinkiness that pretty clearly pointed the finger at work done by a…