Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (12th September)

Heroic madlad is working multiplayer into Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, and the brass ring of the whole thing is functional 2-player Farkle

Online multiplayer wasn’t invented in real life until the Peace of Westphalia, but why should that stop determined modders? Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2—2025’s Game of the Year, don’cha know—is looking a whole lot more populous than usual, thanks to some madlad mod-makers who have combined forces to bring a multiplayer mode to 15th-century Bohemia (spotted…

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Construction Simulator: Evolution introduces new demolition and manual labor gameplay

Construction Simulator: Evolution is exactly what the name promises: the biggest leap the series has ever taken. For the first time, we’re expanding the core experience beyond construction itself – bringing demolition and hands-on manual labor into the spotlight, while staying true to the heavy machinery gameplay featuring numerous officially licensed brands our players love….

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A new MMO in development at Elder Scrolls Online studio ZeniMax has been cancelled as Microsoft puts thousands more people out of work

Microsoft’s latest round of layoffs has seemingly resulted in the cancellation of a new MMO that was in the works at Elder Scrolls Online developer ZeniMax Online Studios. The cancellation of the game, codenamed Blackbird, was first reported by Jason Schreier of Bloomberg, who said on Bluesky that the unannounced MMO—an entirely original project—had been…

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