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Cities: Skylines developer Colossal Order has parted ways with publisher Paradox Interactive, with ongoing development of the series moving to a different studio. In a statement posted to the Paradox Forums, Paradox announced that the pair had “mutually decided to pursue independent paths”, claiming the choice had been made to ensure “the strongest possible future…

Have you ever come across something so deeply rooted within your childhood memories, it triggers a physical sensation? I have. It’s this playable 3D Maze screensaver project, which allows you to fulfil the fantasy of controlling your way through a nightmarish tangle of Windows 95-era digital brick walls. Or my childhood fantasy, anyway. I was…

You shouldn’t personify or feel pity for games—developers? Certainly, they’re people. But the game itself is not alive, and it doesn’t have feelings, and any sentimentality or nostalgia you feel for it is a mere trick of the light. Unfortunately, I am not taking my own advice, because Monster Hunter Wilds is getting so thoroughly…

Excluding knives, pistols, and launchers, you’ve got a total of 23 weapons to play around with in Call of Duty: Black Ops 7. That’s a lot (though two less than Black Ops 6), so it’s not always easy to know what the best guns are at any given moment if you’re more meta-minded. Of course,…

Completing the Tribute to Toledo quest in Arc Raiders requires you to track down a Power Rod. If you’re anything like me, this was the first you’d ever heard of this epic Exodus material, which is understandable considering you only get them in a few very specific ways, and they’re just needed to craft Heavy…

Bad news for the presumable legions of you that were just about to pick up 2005 survival horror shooter Cold Fear on Steam. You can’t. It’s gone. Vanished. Disappeared and absconded without so much as a how’d-you-do. As of November 11 (per SteamDB), Cold Fear has been yoinked from Steam. The timing here is notable:…

Final Fantasy 14 has been in a bit of a weird state. Endwalker’s post-launch patches failed to hit the ground running, despite the main expansion absolutely nailing the climax of its 10-year story. Dawntrail carried these problems forward, and with a lukewarm main quest, it couldn’t rest on that good ol’ patch story hype to…

Resident Evil Requiem developers have made it abundantly clear that this game will be terrifying; no punches have been pulled. Taking its inspiration from Resident Evil 2, Requiem will put players in the unenviable blood-soaked shoes of Grace Ashcroft, but it wasn’t always meant to be like this. The first hint that Requiem was first…

Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 came under intense fire last week, with players and developers alike criticising Activision Blizzard’s use of generative AI to produce many of the game’s calling cards. Now, US Congressman Ro Khanna has weighed in on the furore, calling for proper regulations on AI use in the wake of the…

In October 2024 a science fiction author, Matthew Kelsey Martineau, launched a lawsuit against Bungie focused on a Destiny 2 enemy faction: Martineau alleged that the game’s Red Legion faction, the Red War storyline, and various other narrative beats were based on his stories from 2013-14, which had been published on a WordPress blog. Perhaps…