Total War: Warhammer 3’s latest patch radically reattunes its magic item system: ‘In total some 600 ancillaries have had their effects and rarity adjusted’

Creative Assembly’s long-running readjustment of Total War: Warhammer 3 presses on with the slow but inexorable determination of an army of dwarves. Back in March, the developer completely overhauled the game’s maligned Kislev faction to make its polar-bear riding humans more fun to play. Now, it has issued a new patch targeting another specific area…

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Tempest Rising’s first major update targets the Command and Conquer successor’s multiplayer, adding 6 maps, a 2v2 ranked mode, and an extensive balance overhaul

Throwback RTS Tempest Rising is one of my favourite games from this year, a spectacular and thrilling tribute to Westwood’s tragically absent Command and Conquer series. I thought its twin campaigns were pretty much perfect when I reviewed it a couple of months back, which is possibly why its first major update focuses mainly on…

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That 16-bit Terminator 2 throwback doesn’t feature Arnie’s likeness, but it did license the guy who played adult John Connor for 30 seconds in the film’s intro

I was seriously impressed by Terminator 2D: No Fate when it was revealed earlier this year. I love the idea of a tie-in that’s authentic not only to the events of the film, but also the era of gaming in which the film was released. Developer Bitmap Bureau seems to have largely nailed the authenticity…

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Today’s Wordle answer for Saturday, June 21

Our Wordle tips can provide a bit of polish to not just today’s puzzle solving, but every puzzle afterwards too. Take a look at them, it won’t take long and they’ll definitely help. Today’s answer is on hand if you need a bit more than regular help, and the June 21 (1463) clue’s available too…

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‘I don’t think of art as prophecy’: David Cronenberg says eXistenZ wasn’t about predicting modern gaming, but if it did, ‘that’s lovely’

Horror luminary David Cronenberg’s films are all thematically related, but 1983’s Videodrome and 1999’s eXistenZ feel especially like a diptych. Videodrome is about the virtual reality created by televised mass media (“television is reality, and reality is less than television”) and eXistenZ is about an immersive VR game that erodes the realness of the world…

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