'Overwhelmingly positive' rover-building sim Mars First Logistics rolls out of early access with a new automation system and a 40% discount

‘Overwhelmingly positive’ rover-building sim Mars First Logistics rolls out of early access with a new automation system and a 40% discount

Mars First Logistics is one of those beautifully singular ideas that reminds you why Steam is ultimately a good thing. Shape Shop’s painterly, open-ended rover sim is all about constructing kooky robotic vehicles through a LEGO-like building system, used to solve logistical puzzles scattered around the Red Planet. Arriving into Steam early access back in…

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Senior Treyarch developer says he’d be ‘dead lying’ if he claimed not to be worried about series fatigue with Call of Duty: Black Ops 7

Call of Duty has proven itself highly resilient to series fatigue. While the quality of each entry has varied wildly for at least a decade, its overall popularity hasn’t been in serious doubt since Call of Duty 4. Perhaps this is because Call of Duty is so culturally omnipresent it would require active effort from…

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Magic: The Gathering cards featuring Dwight from The Office are a step too far for some, though others think they’re ‘so bad its circling back to being funny’

“I’m rarely at a loss for words,” says Saffron Olive on the hive of scum and villainy formerly known as Twitter, “but I honestly have no idea what to say about the Dwight from the Office Secret Lair drop.” Others have eagerly stepped in to fill the gap. Over on the MagicTCG subreddit, HiroProtagonest says,…

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Over half of Japanese game companies are using AI in development according to a new survey, including Level-5 and Capcom

As reported by Automaton, a survey conducted by the Computer Entertainment Supplier’s Association (CESA) during June and July found that 51% of Japanese game companies are using AI in some capacity. The survey responses came from CESA member companies, which include the likes of Capcom, Level-5, Square Enix, Sega, and many more spanning major developers…

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