Civilization 7’s latest update brings a sweeping balance pass and a broadside of naval mechanics, while Firaxis offers Blackbeard for free as a ‘special thanks’ to players

Firaxis’ attempt to right the ailing vessel that is Civilization VII continues, with its latest update bringing a major balance pass for all civs, plus a bunch of new systems designed to enhance oceanic play. And if you’ve already picked up Firaxis’ latest and most divisive entry in the series, you have the opportunity to…

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‘The world became stupider’ when Internet Archive’s Open Library was hit by a lawsuit: ‘We survived, but it wiped out the library’

Internet Archive, a non-profit library dedicated to archived websites, music, books, apps, and all kinds of information on the internet, has been subjected to multiple lawsuits since its foundation in 1996. And one aimed at its library has reportedly had a major effect, according to what its founder told Ars Technica. Internet Archive might be…

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Where to find mushrooms in Arc Raiders

Mushrooms are oddly one of the trickiest foods to find in Arc Raiders, but what Scrappy wants, Scrappy gets. By this point, you’ll have already been sent to track down everything from lemons and apricots to prickly pears, olives, and a cat bed, yet somehow mushrooms—fungi you’d have thought would overrun old buildings in the…

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As if being a gas station attendant in Roadside Research wasn’t stressful enough, I’m also an alien who has to research humans while trying not to poop goop everywhere

If there was an award for grossest sounds per minute, I’m positive that the Roadside Research demo would take it. It’s like any other shop/restaurant/venue simulator on the surface: buy goods, sell goods, make customers happy, make a profit. Except every step I take causes an unsettling squelching noise to ricochet through my ears, and…

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“It Is Ever More Likely That Nintendo Will Lose” – Firm Faces Another Setback In Battle Against Palworld

U.S. Patent Office orders reexamination of Nintendo patent. Nintendo faces another setback in its legal battle against Pocketpair and Palworld. As reported by Games Fray (thanks, IGN), the U.S. Patent Office boss John Squires (no, not quite The Stone Roses guitarist – close, though) has ordered the reexamination of Nintendo’s “summon sub-character and let it…

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I’ve been playing with the ‘world’s first’ glasses-free 3D handheld PC and my early impressions are that the $1,500 Abxylute 3D One is absolutely huge, annoyingly clunky and a little bit silly

Weary-eyed, desiccated, seen-it-all cynicism is something of an occupational hazard for a hackneyed hardware reviewer such as I. But just occasionally something lands on your desk that’s genuinely surprising. And the Abxylute 3D One, a new glasses-free 3D handheld gaming PC, is just such a device. But maybe for all the wrong reasons. We’ll have…

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‘Gamers deserve clarity’: UK Parliament debates videogame ownership while also beating the dead horse named Concord

Yesterday, the UK Parliament conducted a small debate on an e-petition that had been raised by concerned constituents about consumer law and videogames. In layman’s terms, it was all about how frustrating it is when players don’t have ownership over their games and get left hung out to dry by big studios, unceremoniously ending support…

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