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Powder enthusiasts seem pretty pleased with new physics-based realistic snowmobile sim Sledders

Realistic and physics-driven snowmobile simulator Shredders released out of early access last week, with developer Hanki Games saying that work on it will continue even as it hits full release and comes to consoles. Sledders is an open-world sandbox where you can move through authentic “deep-snow backcountry” terrain, sled custom courses, and play with others…

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Despite making a roguelike where you can have countless arms and legs, Caves of Qud’s creators say the ideal form is a limbless sphere: ‘We started in perfection and only moved farther from God’

We named Caves of Qud the best roguelike of 2024 because of its indulgent procgen writing, its mesmerizing world simulation, and—importantly—its options for creating mutant player characters with an indefinite and increasing number of limbs. At GDC 2025, I met with Caves of Qud co-creators Jason Grinblat and Brian Buckley to talk about their game’s…

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Metaphor: ReFantazio battle director says turn-based RPGs can still be just as popular as action RPGs: ‘I personally believe turn-based games have a long future ahead of them’

Metaphor: ReFantazio won PC Game’s RPG of the Year award in 2024, following Baldur’s Gate 3’s overall GOTY win in 2023. Both are turn-based RPGs, a category we’re happy to see thriving on PC—because for a few years there, it sure seemed like big budget roleplaying games were convinced that flashier action was the way…

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Assassin’s Creed Shadows streamer goes viral after confronting whining commenters: ‘Normal people don’t get upset about this sh***’

The leadup to the release of Assassin’s Creed Shadows was dogged by a relentless campaign of outrage driven by aggrieved gamers angered over the presence of a Black samurai in Japan. The potential impact of that campaign ahead of the game’s launch was a big question—but then the launch actually happened and by all indications,…

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‘This is just the beginning’: Assassin’s Creed Shadows dev team thanks fans for their support and promises more to come in the future

We said at the end of 2024 that after years of struggles, Ubisoft “desperately needs a win,” and it looks like Assassin’s Creed Shadows has delivered, with strong reviews, impressive player numbers, and maybe most important of all, no big catastrophes on the way out the door. In a message posted to the Assassin’s Creed…

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Guide: Best Nintendo Switch Open World Games

Everything the light touches. Updated with Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition. Enjoy! You see that mountain on the horizon? You can go there! That old gaming chestnut has been around for a very long time now, but for old-school gamers who remember the compartmentalised kingdoms of yore, there’s a special magic still to be derived…

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