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Civ 7’s massive overhaul update brings its highest Steam player count in over a year

This week marks the culmination of Civilization 7’s yearlong attempt at a post-launch redemption arc, as Firaxis has released its Test of Time update, a free patch the studio has called an expansion-sized overhaul. Alongside the much-requested option to play as the same civilization between age transitions, Test of Time reworks victory conditions, adds systems…

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Gaming’s largest lobbying group says Trump’s tariffs ‘would negatively impact hundreds of millions of Americans’ and do serious damage to the videogame industry

The US government is set to launch a massive, sweeping trade war against Canada, Mexico, and China tomorrow (although Mexico earlier today was given a one-month reprieve), which has the potential to throw international economies into chaos, destabilize world security, and make videogames more expensive. In response, the Entertainment Software Association, the trade group representing…

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Painkiller’s creator jokes that Clair Obscur: Expedition 33’s team of newbies has ‘ruined’ his worldview: ‘I don’t know what to believe anymore’

One of the core elements of Lovecraftian storytelling is the idea that brushing up against knowledge changes you—the fear is not that you look upon something comprehensible, it’s that you look at something no-one else can understand and, just for a fleeting moment, get that it is possible. Then you need to go back to…

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