WoW’s Plunderstorm mode is back, and it just lets you buy what you want with your in-game dubloons instead of having to grind

World of Warcraft’s Plunderstorm is back for another go from January 14 to February 18. If you’ve got no idea what I’m talking about, let me explain—Blizzard put a pirate Fortnite in their MMO. Why? Well, for the most part, the company’s making an attempt at branching out and evolving its existing game systems—having a…

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GTA 5 mod recreating GTA 4’s map nuked after 6 years of work because people noticed, and Rockstar insisted on a ‘friendly takedown’, if you know what I mean

The GTA 5 Liberty City Preservation Project (LCPP) was released this month after six years of work, recreating GTA 4’s unforgettable Liberty City within GTA 5’s game world. This was a seriously impressive piece of work, managing to bring over the entirety of Rockstar’s skewed New York and show it all off with GTA 5’s…

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World premiere of the Until Dawn movie trailer

This year marks the 10th anniversary of the release of the Until Dawn game, and I’m thrilled to share with you the world premiere of the trailer for Until Dawn the movie, coming to theaters. Play Video PlayStation Productions and Sony Pictures have been working closely with director/producer David F. Sandberg (Annabelle: Creation, Lights Out)…

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Some 20 hours in, I can say that Civilization 7’s age transitions are the series’ most radical and disruptive mechanic yet

It’s judgement day for Charlemagne of the Roman Empire (not ‘Holy’ Roman Empire, I hasten to add, as leaders are no longer attached to their historical civilisations in Civilization 7). I’m playing the grand strategy game for PC Gamer’s forthcoming review—it’s out February 11—and after several millennia of strained diplomacy with Charlemagne, throughout which I’d…

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Obsidian vet Josh Sawyer says that while ‘it’s not that important’ if players never finish an RPG—after all, who finishes Skyrim—’we can kind of chill out’ on size

Obsidian head honcho and all around RPG veteran Josh Sawyer did another Tumblr Q&A earlier this week (seen above), wherein he dispensed some more of his design wisdom. For the uninitiated, Sawyer is a seasoned developer—having worked on games like Icewind Dale, Neverwinter Nights 2, Fallout: New Vegas, and the Pillars of Eternity series—as well…

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