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Paradox Interactive is taking a big financial hit on the turn-based tactics game The Lamplighters League, saying that sales of the game have been “a big disappointment.” Paradox also confirmed that significant layoffs had been made at developer Harebrained Schemes, but clarified that those layoffs occurred in the summer, a few months before The Lamplighters…
It turns out that being a one man criminal cleanup crew is hard work. I have spent a staggering amount of time virtually power washing filthy buildings in the past, which is why Crime Scene Cleaner piqued my interest as I scrolled through this year’s list of Next Fest demos. With a darker premise than…
2023’s best game about managing an underwater sushi restaurant is getting even better. The already ludicrously deep Dave the Diver got its first content update yesterday, bringing a surfeit of improvements to the undersea management sim and, crucially, introducing the spellbinding notion of the “Lobster Party”. The update arrived yesterday, and although Mintrocket had already…
Pickpocketing is back in Assassin’s Creed Mirage as the latest game returns to its stealthy roots. You’ll be spending a lot of time sneaking around ninth-century Baghdad, and there are plenty of pockets in need of emptying. If you keep your nerve and don’t draw any unwanted attention, you can make a decent living off…
As reported by Windows Central, sources have shared the inside details of an internal townhall yesterday between Activision CEO Bobby Kotick and Activision-Blizzard employees. This was apparently hosted by James Corden. In case you’re not familiar, Corden’s known for his role in beloved british sitcom Gavin and Stacey, movies like Into the Woods hosting The…
Choreographed dance moves. Elaborate staging. Songs with earnest lyrics about friendship and unity. No, your wildest dreams of a Eurovision simulator have yet to come to fruition – but Ensemble Stars!! Music definitely occupies that same territory. Featuring not one but two exclamation marks in its title alone, Happy Elements’ massively popular 2020 mobile game…
A new Dungeons & Dragons actual play is in the works, featuring even more familiar faces from the voices and creatives of the gaming industry. Titled “Natural Six”, the campaign posted the Kickstarter trailer—shown above—to their YouTube channel earlier this week (thanks, Dicebreaker). Leading the group as its DM is Harry McEntire, who is the…
Starfield has now been in the wild for a month and, yep, turns out it’s a Bethesda game. I don’t know why anyone’s surprised really, and surely that’s what we were all secretly hoping for: where’s the joy in a vast, polished galaxy where everything works as intended? Far better to have a cosmos where…
As I fend off endless assaults from the mysterious Sea Peoples’, neighbouring factions happily cross into my borders to raid me for resources, and my rivals in the Royal Court seek to tarnish my name. I realise at this point, with my head in hands, that I have much to learn in Total War:…
I might have a personal soft spot for Baldur’s Gate 1, but it’s impossible to deny that Baldur’s Gate 2 is far more influential. It’s tectonic: a game that codified a model of RPG making whose influence is still felt today, and it’s in large part down to how it handled its companion characters. Where…