The Skyblivion and Oblivion Remastered romance continues to blossom, as Bethesda invites the modders to its studio for tea and sweetrolls

You would think the Skyblivion and Oblivion Remastered teams would be the bitterest of rivals, given how Bethesda surprise dropped a comprehensive makeover of its 2006 RPG on the heads of a team of volunteers, one which had been diligently working on a similar project for years. Yet if anything, the relationship between the two…

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Take-Two CEO reckons Civilization 7’s mixed reception is just history repeating itself: ‘Every time we’ve come out with a new platform iteration of Civilization, there’s been some consternation on the part of consumers’

Civilization 7 has proved one of the more divisive games of 2025 thus far. At present, its Steam rating is split almost precisely down the middle, between players who enjoy its attempt to streamline the experience, and those who believe the changes result in a shallow and predictable turn-based strategy. It’s the most divided response…

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REPO developer teases the game’s ‘most powerful weapon’ yet, a mountable cannon that will ‘turn your cart into a battle tank’

REPO‘s latest community update video made me laugh so hard that the top half of my head almost fully flapped backward, much like the yapping mouths of the game’s own pedal bin-shaped robots. This wasn’t due to the video’s typically goofy opening, though I did crack a slight smile at the introductory silliness. Rather, it’s…

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Two Warhammer 40,000 games will be delisted from Steam on Monday, and one of them is currently on a 90% discount

UK publisher Slitherine Software has announced that its two Warhammer 40,000 titles—Warhammer 40,000: Armageddon and Warhammer 40,000: Sanctus Reach—will be delisted from Steam on Monday, May 19. Slitherine revealed the games would be leaving Steam earlier this week. “We want to inform you that the Warhammer 40,000: Sanctus Reach and Warhammer 40,000: Armageddon franchises will…

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Today’s Wordle answer for Saturday, May 17

Get your Wordle weekend off to the best possible start without help. Why not even cut directly to the best bit (winning, of course) with a sneaky little peek at today’s answer? Everyone’s allowed a day off, and we promise not to tell. Too much? No problem. There’s a clue for the May 17 (1428)…

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Another Sony live service shooter may be in trouble as Jade Raymond exits the studio making PvP heist sandbox Fairgames

Sony-owned developer Haven Studios had planned to release its live service shooter Fairgames this year, but the departure of its founder, Jade Raymond, and poorly-received external playtests has resulted in a delay to 2025, according to a Bloomberg report. Raymond started Haven in 2021 just two months after leaving Stadia Games, Google’s relatively short-lived internal…

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Finally, some good news: The world’s only Warhammer academic conference is returning in September to present more talks like ‘The ethical implications of the Imperium’s war with chaos and the inverted meaning of order’

Last year, I had the pleasure of covering the existence of the Warhammer Conference, the world’s first academic conference devoted to philosophical, theoretical, and otherwise scholarly appraisal of everything involving Space Marines, Chaos demons, and grim darkness both futuristic and fantastical. Today, I’m pleased to report that the Warhammer Conference is returning this September to…

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World of Warcraft game director on the woeful patch 11.1.5: ‘It’s not the experience our players are expecting or deserve’

World of Warcraft’s latest patch was riddled with bugs and time-gated content, frustrating players and causing some pundits to pan it as a disaster, with even friendlier streamers noting that the patch process is broken and that Blizzard blew it. (See our full report for the details). I recently interviewed WoW senior game director Ion…

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