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It’s not cool when a retailer leak blows a big game announcement. Just ask Bethesda, which saw its surprise Rage 2 announcement spoiled by an errant Walmart Canada listing. (I bet Pete Hines is still steamed about that.) But you know what might be even more frustrating? When your own gear store does it. That…
Cities: Skylines was the antidote to 2013’s bungled always-online SimCity reboot. It was a regular old offline, singleplayer game with mod support: hallelujah. From the sounds of it, Cities: Skylines 2 will be just as moddable as the original, but there will be one notable change: You won’t be getting your Cities: Skylines 2 mods…
After a long career at Bethesda, Starfield lead quest designer Will Shen has left the studio and joined Something Wicked Games, where he’ll serve as lead content designer on its first game, the open-world RPG Wyrdsong. Shen spent nearly 15 years at Bethesda, during which time he earned writing and design credits on Skyrim, Fallout…
Guardians of the Dream, the next major content update for World of Warcraft: Dragonflight, will go live on November 7, one week ahead of the launch of Dragonflight season 3. Also known as patch 10.2, Guardians of the Dream will add a new zone called The Emerald Dream—an ancient dimension of Azeroth that has been…
Almost a month after Payday 3’s disastrous launch, its highly-anticipated first patch, which is said to include over 200 quality of life improvements, has been delayed a second time with no estimated release date. “We’re sorry for the lack of communication regarding the first patch,” Starbreeze community and influencer manager Elisabeth Elvestad wrote on the…
Here’s the full-resolution Heartsteel poster, so you can print it out and put it up on your wall. (Image credit: Riot Games) Five years after turning four of its characters into a pretend K-Pop group, League of Legends has a boy band now. The six-man group is called Heartsteel, and it features “re-imagined” versions of…
Just a week before the release of Cities: Skylines 2, developer Colossal Order and publisher Paradox Interactive have issued a warning to fans about the city builder’s performance. The statement was posted on the Paradox Interactive forum today as both a news item and a FAQ, and the message is, essentially: lower your expectations. “Cities:…
After nearly a quarter century of helping lead Bethesda Softworks, Pete Hines, the company’s head of publishing and one of its most recognizable faces, has announced that he is leaving the company and retiring from the videogame industry. “After 24 years, I have decided my time at Bethesda Softworks has come to an end,” Hines…
Need to Know What is it? Top-down cooperative roguelite with gunslinging wizards. Release date October 17, 2023 Expect to pay $25/£21 Developer Galvanic Games Publisher Devolver Digital Reviewed on Radeon RX 6600, Ryzen 7 5700G, 32GB DDR4 RAM Link Official site Wizard with a Gun is surprisingly moody, though I imagine any wizard would be…
Developer Mojang Studios has announced that Minecraft, first released in early access in 2009, has now sold over 300 million copies worldwide. It is the first individual videogame to hit such a milestone, with its closest rival Grand Theft Auto V languishing behind on a mere 185 million copies (as of August 2023). Other series…