‘Sweet Liberty, the automatons are invading Minecraft!’ Helldivers 2 player commemorates the game’s most famous battle by recreating it in Mojang’s survival game

This week, Helldivers 2 celebrated the first anniversary of Malevelon Creek, the game’s most famous battle that saw participants holding the line on the jungle planet against a massive automaton incursion. A new robot offensive to take the Creek is currently ongoing. But despite having a war to fight, one errant helldiver chose to commemorate…

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Terra Invicta, the space 4X from the creators of XCOM’s Long War mod, just got a massive update that adds exofighters, improved diplomacy, and ‘advanced weapons’ for its alien menace

Terra Invicta, the space 4X from the creators XCOM’s Long War mod, was already denser than a black hole when it launched into Steam early access back in 2022. But that hasn’t stopped developer Pavonis Interactive from stuffing yet more matter into its strategic singularity where the alien defence of XCOM fuses with the geopolitics…

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After a whopping 13 years in development, the Battle for Middle-earth’s Extended Edition mod finally gives the beloved RTS the full Peter Jackson treatment

Ambitious modding projects are a bit like baby fish, in that millions of them spawn, but relatively few survive to adulthood. Hence, it’s always worth celebrating when one makes it through to full release. Such is the case with the Middle-earth Extended Edition, which launches into 1.0 today after 13 years of development. Middle-earth: Extended…

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Abiotic Factor’s next update will bring a whole new upgrade system and fix attacks on your base: ‘We’ve heard a lot of feedback about base assaults and how they just kinda stink’

It’s only been a couple of months since Abiotic Factor‘s Dark Energy update cascaded out of its Black Mesa-ish science lab. But developer Deep Field Games is already heavily into production on the game’s next block of content. This week, it provided the first look at the new update, titled ‘Cold Fusion’, and it’s shaping…

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Today’s Wordle answer for Saturday, April 5

Why not start your weekend with a guaranteed win? Click or scroll straight to the answer to today’s Wordle and enjoy watching your first row fill with green letters. We won’t tell anyone, promise. You could also spend a while with our clue for the April 5 (1386) puzzle if you prefer, or check out…

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After being laid off from his triple-A ‘dream job’, this developer made a game about a disgruntled ex-employee seeking revenge on the corporate world

What does it take to turn someone into a supervillain? According to a few Marvel movies, not much: Tony Stark skipping a meeting or taking over your construction contracts will instantly push you into a career of ruthless supervillainy. In pixel art action game Vindefiant, it didn’t take much to turn someone evil, either: “In…

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Arkane founder Raphael Colantonio gave up on the System Shock remake because the cyberspace sequences were ‘too hard,’ and I can’t tell you how disappointed I am right now

For me, the name Raphael Colantonio is basically synonymous with immersive sims, which for the record I love deeply. He founded Arkane, headed up Arx Fatalis, Dishonored, and Prey, and then proved immsims could work from an isometric perspective with the excellent Weird West. So I was more than a little shocked when he said…

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