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Promising RTS Dinolords, which is basically Age of Empires with dinosaurs, is getting a closed alpha playtest that you can join later this month

Dinolords is one of those ideas that sells itself the second you hear about it, a colourful blend of RTS and ARPG that sees medieval knights and marauding Vikings take to battle on the backs of roaring, stomping, terrible lizards. I’ve been eager to try it ever since it was announced, and the first real…

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Kick ass and chew brains in Duke Nukem: Horror Castle, a spooky mod where you blast skeletons and chow down on the gooey insides of their skulls

If you’re a die-hard Duke Nukem 3D fan feeling starved for Hallowe’en themed action, that’s an oddly specific scenario in 2025. But I have something for you nonetheless. Duke Nukem: Horror Castle takes the bubblegum-starved FPS titan and plonks him into an all-new episode, swapping out the original’s sci-fi shenanigans for a spookier theme. Created…

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Strategy roguelike 9 Kings finally has 9 kings, though a new perk lets you revert it to 8 kings if nine kings proves too many

Roguelike strategy 9 Kings certainly played its cards right on its early access debut earlier this year. Developer Sad Socket’s concept of using cards to place and upgrade units and buildings was so compelling that it even convinced deckbuilding sceptic Fraser Brown of the genre’s merits. “Runs are brisk, the mechanics are simple, but there’s…

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A new ToeJam and Earl is ‘in the planning stage’ according to its co-creator, but don’t expect to see it anytime soon: ‘We intend to make it happen’

It’s been six years since ToeJam and Earl: Back in the Groove heralded the return of gaming’s funkiest alien duo, and while that’s by no means the longest gap between entries (the third game, Mission to Earth, was released in 2002), fans have naturally been curious about what the future has in store for the…

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Prolific D&D novelist R.A. Salvatore says writing around 4th Edition rules ‘almost broke’ him and he knew its setting changes were a mistake: ‘In about 5 years they’re going to come to us and say, Bob, we got to fix this’

In a new interview with Polygon, fantasy (and sci-fi, and videogame) writer R.A. Salvatore dished on some of the unique challenges of writing stories that have to stay consistent with an ever evolving tabletop ruleset and world state. Salvatore has notably contributed to the Star Wars Expanded Universe (RIP), but is most famous for his…

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Diablo 4 player hands their necromancer a gun for a 1-button build that covers the screen in hundreds of bone bullets and billions in damage

It may not hit for infinite damage, but this new necromancer build in Diablo 4 has infinite bullets, and that’s close enough. The whole build involves pressing a single button to fire off bone splinters in every direction. No enemy is safe from the barrage of projectiles that cover the entire screen and hit for…

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