Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth’s director weighs in on the real-time versus turn-based debate, saying that younger players ‘increasingly favour more real-time experiences in games’

Real-time or turn-based is a debate as unending as Coke vs Pepsi or Unreal Tournament vs Quake 3. Yet regardless of whether you prefer battering your enemies via free-flowing combat or tactical increments, Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth‘s director reckons he knows which one is winning. And sorry to all you players who like taking time…

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Star Citizen’s latest alpha update brings a ‘full reset’ to its universe, as Cloud Imperium Games promises to crack down on player exploits and duplication issues

Star Citizen has a problem. No, not the fact that it’s been in development for well over a decade, or that it still has no hard release date on the horizon despite raising almost $1 billion in development funds. The problem is that the markets in Cloud Imperium Games’ space sim alpha are riddled with…

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Civilization 7’s imminent update will add one of history’s most famous conquerors for free, in Firaxis’ latest bid to coax you back to its controversial sequel

Civilization 7‘s latest update arrives on Monday. Firaxis revealed the bulk of the update’s additions earlier this month, including the “most-requested addition” of letting players guide a single Civ across the entirety of its campaign. But Firaxis kept one last surprise in reserve, having just revealed that the update will add military wunderkind Alexander the…

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This indie action RPG looks like Minecraft but plays like Dark Messiah, letting you boot enemies off ledges and body slam them into walls of spikes

I consider it my sworn duty to keep you informed of games that channel the energy of noughties fantasy swashbuckling sim Dark Messiah of Might and Magic, and there are a surprising number of upcoming projects that borrow from the game with the best boot in the business. There’s Alkahest, which has caught my eye…

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Former Valve writer Chet Faliszek has no interest in writing Half-Life 3: ‘I don’t want to touch that with a 10-foot pole’

Chet Faliszek opens the above video by explaining, “This is not saying that something’s happening, not trying to allude to anything. I’m going to talk about some stuff from like 10-plus years ago. I’m not trying to say anything. OK?” Because if you were a writer on Half-Life 2’s episodes (as well as the Left…

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