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Inzoi director Hyungjun ‘Kjun’ Kim has not been quiet about how difficult developing a life sim has been. He’s repeatedly lavished praise on The Sims for seemingly achieving the impossible for the last 20 years, and called developing Inzoi “an entirely new frontier and a significant challenge” despite having over two decades of game development…

Manor Lords was the best city builder of 2024, even if the game remains in early access, and studio Slavic Magic, aka developer Greg Styczeń, has revealed what it’s been working on for the game’s next major update: a new map, castle planner changes, and a progression system rework. The new map is called Devil’s…

NZXT has really cemented its design philosophy in recent years. You can sum it up effectively as, well, pretty traditional. It’s got that strict, rigid square aesthetic, the same tried-and-true internal layouts, those almost iconic perforated panels, the bold engraved logo, and of course an arsenal of internal cable management assistance inside to back it…

In its first dozen hours, Monster Hunter Wilds felt like a new friend anxious about showing their true, weirder colors. Throughout Low Rank Wilds seemed convinced it had to curb its own character, throwing up guard rails in an effort to keep its dinosaur swordfights pleasantly agreeable. Even before selling eight million copies in three…

Microsoft is prepping a new handheld version of its Xbox console that could be launched later this year. Meanwhile, plans are afoot to replace the existing Xbox Series S and X consoles in 2027. If you’re wondering how Microsoft could be launching a handheld Xbox so soon, well, according to Windows Central the device is…

World of Warcraft’s new Delves system is, in my humble opinion, a net plus to the game—it’s nice to have something I can solo (or hop in with a buddy or two) that gives me gear. But that’s not to say it hasn’t had its own teething problems. Balance issues and damage bugs have pockmarked…

REPO is the latest co-op horror viral sensation, taking the template established by Lethal Company and adding wacky physics and googly-eyed robot protagonists. It’s a combination that has proved wildly popular, with REPO currently positioned as the fourth highest-selling game on Steam. Now, developer semiwork has posted its first community update since the game launched….

Disco Elysium-like “psychogeographic RPG” Hopetown has announced a Kickstarter campaign launch date of March 17, as well as the addition of new talent from the team that made Disco Elysium. But for a variety of reasons—including that the studio head is allegedly banned from the game’s subreddit—I would not recommend backing the project. The developer’s…

Nine months ago, in July 2024, AMD launched its Zen 5 CPU architecture and the Ryzen 9000-series of processors. Compared to the previous generation, there wasn’t a significant difference in performance, although subsequent Windows updates and motherboard BIOS revisions did improve matters a touch. For PC gamers, though, the real interest was elsewhere and we…

If you have signed up for the dev build of the latest Windows update, you should now have access to a smart new feature allowing you to pair apps together for easy access, alongside a few new additions. According to the latest Windows blog, in the recommended tab of the Start menu (which pops up…