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World War 1 survival horror Conscript gets a ‘huge’ update that adds a hardcore mode, redesigned levels, new items and gear, and much more

World War 1 survival horror Conscript was one of the bigger surprises of last year, with its unvarnished depiction of a French soldier’s journey through the battle of Verdun thoroughly impressing reviewer Alexander Chatziioannou. “Every aspect of the game feels meticulously crafted to convey the absurdity and depravity of war,” he wrote in his Conscript…

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Viking RTS Northgard is now Northgard: Definitive Edition, thanks to an update that folds in its major DLC and adds a bunch of new stuff free to existing players

The recent history of real-time strategy has been more dark age than golden era, but there have been a few bright spots over the last decade. One of those is Northgard, a Viking-themed RTS that was released in 2018. Built on traditional strategy foundations, Northgard added novel ideas like game-altering weather systems and a region-based…

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Felicia Day says her New Vegas character ‘is one of the best roles I’ve ever got to play,’ but the actor won’t be in Fallout Season 2

There are a lot of things from Fallout: New Vegas players would like to see in the Fallout TV show as the series visits the Mojave for its second season. The Kings. Whatever’s left of the NCR. That one megalomaniac toaster who wants to set the world on fire. And also Veronica Santangelo, the Brotherhood…

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Felicia Day says her New Vegas character ‘is one of the best roles I’ve ever got to play,’ but the actor won’t be in Fallout Season 2

There are a lot of things from Fallout: New Vegas players would like to see in the Fallout TV show as the series visits the Mojave for its second season. The Kings. Whatever’s left of the NCR. That one megalomaniac toaster who wants to set the world on fire. And also Veronica Santangelo, the Brotherhood…

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Players are piling in to the Guild Wars remaster, and it’s giving the servers trouble: ‘Demand for Guild Wars Reforged blew past our projections’

There’s still nothing quite like the original Guild Wars. It came out before World of Warcraft had crystallized the face of the modern MMORPG, and was as inspired by Magic: The Gathering as it was by Everquest or Ultima. It turned out as more of a co-op ARPG with shared town hubs, dual-class deckbuilding, and…

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