Firaxis celebrates Civilization 7’s launch with the Civ World Summit, a live streamed five-way strategy showdown with ‘an exciting announcement’ planned

We’re weeks away from the launch of Civilization VII, officially PC Gamer’s Most Wanted game of 2025. We all intend to celebrate the game’s release in our own way. Personally, I’m thinking about conquering a small nation. Luxembourg perhaps, or possibly Andorra. Firaxis’ own plans for marking the occasion are less megalomaniacal, though conquest will…

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Hyper Light Breaker gets a community-driven update that makes ‘some pretty big changes’ to the game’s enemies and medkit system, following its debut to mixed reviews on Steam

Hyper Light Breaker, Heart Machine’s 3D follow-up to moody action-adventure Hyper Light Drifter, smashed into Steam early access earlier this month. But the initial response to it has been less than stellar, with players complaining about specific issues like frame rate drops, lack of keybinding, and problems with the parry system, while generally being divided…

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Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth’s director says ‘I respect the modding community’ and uses mods himself, though he still thinks we shouldn’t use ones that ‘detract from the intended game experience’

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth’s director Naoki Hamaguchi caused a stir last December when he asked modders “not to create or install anything offensive or inappropriate” for the second part of the RPG’s remake, which just launched on PC. While he didn’t specify what was “offensive or inappropriate”, such a broad statement would certainly cover nude…

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The Video Game History Foundation launches its digital library later this month, providing access to over 1,500 videogame magazines and ‘never-before-seen game development materials’

The videogame industry doesn’t have the best track record at preserving its past, though this is slowly changing with the help of independent organisations. One such organisation is the Video Game History Foundation, which today announced it will be launching its digital library platform later this month. Posting on BlueSky, the VGHF revealed that the…

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