‘Sweet Liberty, the automatons are invading Minecraft!’ Helldivers 2 player commemorates the game’s most famous battle by recreating it in Mojang’s survival game

This week, Helldivers 2 celebrated the first anniversary of Malevelon Creek, the game’s most famous battle that saw participants holding the line on the jungle planet against a massive automaton incursion. A new robot offensive to take the Creek is currently ongoing. But despite having a war to fight, one errant helldiver chose to commemorate…

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Terra Invicta, the space 4X from the creators of XCOM’s Long War mod, just got a massive update that adds exofighters, improved diplomacy, and ‘advanced weapons’ for its alien menace

Terra Invicta, the space 4X from the creators XCOM’s Long War mod, was already denser than a black hole when it launched into Steam early access back in 2022. But that hasn’t stopped developer Pavonis Interactive from stuffing yet more matter into its strategic singularity where the alien defence of XCOM fuses with the geopolitics…

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After a whopping 13 years in development, the Battle for Middle-earth’s Extended Edition mod finally gives the beloved RTS the full Peter Jackson treatment

Ambitious modding projects are a bit like baby fish, in that millions of them spawn, but relatively few survive to adulthood. Hence, it’s always worth celebrating when one makes it through to full release. Such is the case with the Middle-earth Extended Edition, which launches into 1.0 today after 13 years of development. Middle-earth: Extended…

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Abiotic Factor’s next update will bring a whole new upgrade system and fix attacks on your base: ‘We’ve heard a lot of feedback about base assaults and how they just kinda stink’

It’s only been a couple of months since Abiotic Factor‘s Dark Energy update cascaded out of its Black Mesa-ish science lab. But developer Deep Field Games is already heavily into production on the game’s next block of content. This week, it provided the first look at the new update, titled ‘Cold Fusion’, and it’s shaping…

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