Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy review

Need to know What is it?: Plague Tale prequel goes full third-person action-adventure.Expect to pay: £44/$50Developer: AsoboPublisher: FrogwaresReviewed on: Windows 11, Intel Core i9, 32GB RAM, Nvidia RTX 4060Multiplayer?: NoSteam Deck: PlayableLink: Official site The Plague Tale series were puzzle-stealth games about kids trying to survive a Horrible History version of France during the Hundred…

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Sick: Ace Combat 8 has online airbase lobbies where you can bum around as your own bespoke pilotsona

If Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve isn’t one of your most anticipated releases in this fall’s overstuffed launch calendar, I’m just going to say it: It should be. You might be wondering, ‘But isn’t Ace Combat just, like, planes?’ And it is. But it’s some of videogames’ most ridiculously indulgent anime-ass melodrama, mediated through…

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Dwarf Fortress creator says we can learn something from simply walling up dwarf nobles to maintain an equal society—but notes you have to abolish the dwarf cops, too: ‘Another lesson to be had there’

While the legendarily absurd complexity of fantasy simulation in Dwarf Fortress provides countless perils for dwarven health and happiness, the most insidious threat to any mountain hall emerges from within: Nobility. As a fortress flourishes, it inevitably draws the attention of dwarven nobles who’ll needlessly burrow themselves into industries they’re not qualified to direct, issuing…

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