The Forever Winter, my favourite extraction shooter, just overhauled its most contentious feature for the second time: ‘It was a hell of a rollercoaster to make the adjustment’

The Forever Winter—the brutal early access extraction shooter that pits puny scavengers against armies of androids and building-sized mechs—has just released a huge change to its important but contentious water system. OK, here’s the skinny: The Forever Winter tasks you and your squad of fellow scavengers with sneaking through the battlefields of a ruined future…

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A recently launched and now terminally sideways Moon lander contains Imagine Dragon’s Starfield song, which seems eerily fitting

It brings me no pleasure to announce that Intuitive Machine’s Athena Moon lander has been declared dead. An ex-Moon lander. Ceased to be, bereft of life, and joined the choir invisible. Onboard was a miniature data center provided by Lonestar, complete with a Phison enterprise-grade SSD. And on that SSD, as we’ve learned from a…

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A lot is going on for Cities: Skylines’ 10th anniversary—from freebies to new creator packs—but there’s still a big ol’ elephant in the room

It’s Old Father Time here—big beard, robes, clock fetish—spreading the harrowing news that Cities: Skylines is already a whole decade old. 2015 was, it turns out, actually quite a while ago, and not just the other day. Awful stuff. Naturally, Paradox and Colossal Order are not letting this milestone pass without notice. A celebration is…

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Japanese game producer argues that thick thighs on anime girls are a natural byproduct of economic recession

Atelier, a Japanese RPG series, is—as you might expect—filled with conventionally attractive anime people. An upcoming entrant in the series, Atelier Yumia: The Alchemist of Memories & the Envisioned Land, is no exception—and it has big shoes to fill. See, the game’s past protagonist, Ryza, made waves among its fanbase due to having body fat…

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Anniversary: Panzer Dragoon Turns 30 Today

The Saturn’s first big 3D exclusive. Sega’s iconic Panzer Dragoon series turns 30 years old today—the game made its Japanese debut on March 10th, 1995. The first game to be created by Sega’s Team Andromeda group, Panzer Dragoon built on the rail shooter mechanics seen in titles like Space Harrier, adding the ability to lock…

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