The most underrated GTA of all time meets Hotline Miami? This ultra-violent crime sim coming soon to Steam has shot straight to the top of my hit list

As we wade into the final stretch of 2025, the GTA 6 release date is slowly (my goodness, so slowly) coming into focus. Close your eyes, shut off your brain and picture yourself kicking back on the white sands of Vice beach this May, sunkissed, fancy free and packing more heat than a chilli cook…

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After a decade in development, this massive Skyrim mod adds a whole new region, 50 new dungeons and ‘the biggest main quest you’ve ever played in Skyrim’

2025 continues to be the year that gives Elder Scrolls fans everything they could possibly want—except for The Elder Scrolls 6. We’ve already had one Oblivion remaster with a second potentially on the way, while Morrowind’s premiere modding team delivered a massive new chunk of the province the vanilla game only explored a fraction of….

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Chill city-builder Bulwark: Falconeer Chronicles just got a massive update that adds an ‘OP AF’ new airship, as the developer urges players to check out his game: ‘Any review helps, even the critical ones’

You can’t go wrong with an airship, that’s what I say! Well, apart from that one time when things went very wrong with an airship. Historically wrong, some might claim. Ahem. But at least I can confidently state that all the best videogames have airships in them, like everyone’s favourite Final Fantasy, 12, the third…

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Civilization 7’s latest update brings improved map generation, a better UI, and a ‘full rework of Napoleon’, but it hasn’t moved the needle on its divided Steam rating

Civilization 7 received a beefy update this week, as Firaxis continues to work on its latest and most divisive entry in its series of historical 4Xs. Update 1.2.5 brings a host of tweaks and adjustments, shuffling maps, improving the UI, and expanding strategic options around city-states. Plus, like a certain Duke who gave his name…

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Fabulous news everyone: Market analyst says the AI bubble is 17X bigger than the dotcom goldrush, and 4X larger than the subprime bubble that caused the 2008 crash

The AI sector isn’t just a bubble, says one senior market analyst: It’s the single biggest bubble the markets have ever seen, the bubble of bubbles if you will, a bubble so large it looms over the entire global economy and leaves Sir Mix-A-Lot breathless. In unrelated news, the Associated Press has just reported that…

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As Microsoft lays off thousands and jacks up Game Pass prices, former FTC chair says I told you so: The Activision-Blizzard buyout is ‘harming both gamers and developers’

As Microsoft slashes jobs and raises prices, former US Federal Trade Commission chair Lina Khan has taken to X to say that the company’s actions since completing its acquisition of Activision Blizzard in 2023 is pretty much what the FTC warned would happen when it opposed the deal. Khan, you may recall, was head of…

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