Saturday, 4 April 2026

Gaming"I was chomping at the bit to crack the code": How procedural maps became XCOM 2's biggest ambition, after Firaxis couldn't manage it in Enemy Unknown

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Garth DeAngelis remembers being in the room when Firaxis chose to ditch XCOM: Enemy Unknown's procedurally generated maps. Despite bein...
Friday, 3 April 2026

GamingMarathon isn't deathmatch gone wide, it's multiplayer Alien: Isolation and every other player is a xenomorph

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The human colony on Tau Ceti IV has been abandoned for half a century, as far as anyone can tell. The only exports leaving the planet are t...
Thursday, 2 April 2026

GamingLegends of the Round Table is an obsessively chivalric turn-based RPG with the atmosphere of an actual jousting tournament

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Legends of the Round Table isn't just a turn-based RPG , it's an extravagant 13th century puppetshow with live medieval lute music ...

GamingMarathon's upcoming balance patches take aim at godlike knives, strong snipers and ubiquitous shields, while adding some SECRET items

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Following the murder of a speedy movement exploit , Marathon developers Bungie have a bunch of other weapons in the arsenal of the uber-po...

GamingThe sequel to Garry's Mod releases this month, and Valve will let you publish your creations as standalone Steam games, like dafty Finn sim My Summer Cottage

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S&box is an upcoming open source game development platform, built using a modified Source 2 engine. Out on 28th April, it's the wor...
Wednesday, 1 April 2026

GamingResident Evil director Shinji Mikami partners with Stellar Blade devs Shift Up to make "smaller, experimental titles alongside a large-scale flagship"

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Resident Evil director, Devil May Cry producer and former Tango Gameworks boss Shinji Mikami is now making games for Shift Up, developers ...

GamingIs a blizzardy Skyrim return persuading me to retry Elder Scrolls Online? Not really, but naval combat and underwater exploration might

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I'll be honest right off the bat. As a single player Elder Scroller, the Elder Scrolls Online 's never managed to hook me for more ...