The Elder Scrolls’ weird relationship with expansions began a full decade before the horse armour DLC, in the form of a 16-quest addon to Daggerfall exclusive to one US retailer

The Elder Scrolls has a rollercoaster history with expansions and DLC. Bethesda’s fantasy RPG series has produced some of gaming’s most beloved supplementary adventures (such as Bloodmoon and Shivering Isles) and some of its most notorious DLC fiascos (horse armour). But the series’ affiliation with addons stretches farther back in time than any of these…

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Total War: Warhammer 3’s siege rework beta is live now and runs into August, letting you have your say on pocket ladder prohibition, battle AI improvements, and more

Total War: Warhammer 3‘s Siege Rework beta has officially begun digging its sapper’s tunnels beneath the walls of the base game. Creative Assembly is currently testing numerous major changes to how sieges function, opening the overhaul up for players to try themselves and provide feedback. “The Proving Grounds Siege Beta is now available to download…

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Crash Bandicoot’s original lead programmer reckons the overhauled N. Sane Trilogy ‘got almost everything right’ except for one tiny detail: ‘they completely botched how jumping works’

Crash Bandicoot’s overhauled N. Sane Trilogy was generally well received when it released back in 2017, and marked the first time that PlayStation’s jorts-clad mascot somersaulted onto PC. But there has long been suspicion that something ain’t right with Crash’s jumping in Vicarious Visions’ remake, with numerous Reddit threads complaining that the game’s platforming is…

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Flight Simulators on Atari – by Eugenio Anguiera

Flight simulator video games have existed in one form or another since the 70’s. When referring to flight simulator video games, we are talking about a simulation of a flight environment for non-official flight training and more as a form of entertainment or “edutainment.” Flight simulator video games could involve simulation of commercial flights, military…

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After a forgettable launch, Ubisoft’s Avatar game is getting a huge new update later this year, introducing new game plus and a third-person mode

I liked Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora more than I expected I would when it rumbled into Steam’s digital jungle back in 2023. Despite finding James Cameron’s films about as interesting as picking out the sock fluff from between my toes, Avatar’s remarkable rainforest world was fantastic to explore both visually and mechanically, and I enjoyed…

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