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Battlestar Galactica: Scattered Hopes review - an iffy take on the sci-fi series that had me contending with Cylons, sabotage, and STDs
Battlestar Galactica: Scattered Hopes is an engaging roguelike that quickly shows itself to be a bit robotic
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/battlestar-galactica-scattered-hopes-review-an-iffy-take-on-the-sci-fi-series-that-had-me-contending-with-cylons-sabotage-and-stds
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Oblivion's persuasion wheel has spawned another wacky gamejam, cue sentient cheese struggling to three-point turn gracefully past dancing French rats
Wheeljam 2, a gamejam inspired by The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion's persuasion wheel, has just wrapped up.
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/oblivions-persuasion-wheel-has-spawned-another-wacky-gamejam-cue-sentient-cheese-struggling-to-three-point-turn-gracefully-past-dancing-french-rats
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The strange parade of Stardew-style horror farming games continues with Besmirch, in which there is far too much smiling
Out in early access today, Besmirch is horrible farming game with action-RPG mechanics, reminiscent of Harvest Moon, Stardew Valley, Darkwood and FAITH.
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-strange-parade-of-stardew-style-horror-farming-games-continues-with-besmirch-in-which-there-is-far-too-much-smiling
about 7 hours ago
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Xbox Game Pass Starter Edition bundles a small library of games with your Discord Nitro membership
A new Xbox Game Pass Starter Edition tier bundled with Discord Nitro has leaked.
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/leaked-xbox-game-pass-starter-edition-looks-to-bundle-a-small-library-of-games-with-your-discord-nitro-membership
about 8 hours ago
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California bill pushing to keep games playable after server shutdowns "doesn't reflect how games actually work", ESA assert
The Entertainment Software Association have voiced their opposition to a proposed Californian law concerning actions publishers take around server shutdowns.
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/california-bill-pushing-to-keep-games-playable-after-server-shutdowns-doesnt-reflect-how-games-actually-work-esa-assert
about 8 hours ago
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This week in PC games: Subnautica 2 early access, a Battlestar Galactica roguelite, and Directive 8020 disproving the old saying about space and screaming
Our weekly roundup of the week's upcoming PC game releases.
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/this-week-in-pc-games-subnautica-2-early-access-a-battlestar-galactica-roguelite-and-directive-8020-disproving-the-old-saying-about-space-and-screaming
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Former Epic tech director announces The Immense Engine, his AI-heavy "European alternative" to Unreal
Guerilla Games co-founder, former Boss Key exec and former Epic tech director Arjan Brussee is making a "European alternative" to Unreal Engine.
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/former-epic-tech-director-announces-the-immense-engine-his-ai-heavy-european-alternative-to-unreal
about 10 hours ago
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Forza Horizon 6's PC version leaks early, allegedly rumbling out of the garage via a Steam upload mishap
Forza Horizon 6 has leaked early on PC, allegedly due to an unencrypted build uploaded to Steam.
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/forza-horizon-6s-pc-version-leaks-early-allegedly-rumbling-out-of-the-garage-via-a-steam-upload-mishap
about 11 hours ago
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"His voice and delivery was human": Darkest Dungeon developers will "never, ever" use genAI to replace narrator Wayne June
Darkest Dungeon developers Red Hook will "never, ever" use generative AI to recreate the voice of recently deceased series narrator Wayne June.
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/his-voice-and-delivery-was-human-darkest-dungeon-developers-will-never-ever-use-genai-to-replace-narrator-wayne-june
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The latest Crimson Desert patch lets you ride a special lion to a claw machine which spits out chairs and special hats
Crimson Desert developers Pearl Abyss have added a claw m,achine with its latest patch, version 1.06.00.
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-latest-crimson-desert-patch-lets-you-ride-a-special-lion-to-a-claw-machine-which-spits-out-chairs-and-special-hats
about 13 hours ago
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Rejoice, Doormaker haters, for Mega Crit have removed him from Slay the Spire 2 in favour of a brand new boss
"We decided that starting over fresh will let us hit what we actually want for an Act 3 boss."
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/rejoice-doormaker-haters-for-mega-crit-have-removed-him-from-slay-the-spire-2-in-favour-of-a-brand-new-boss
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AlteredBlood+ is a movement shooter set at the end of the universe where the key to survival is soaking up your enemies' blood
Do it for MOTHER.
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/alteredblood-is-a-movement-shooter-set-at-the-end-of-the-universe-where-the-key-to-survival-is-soaking-up-your-enemies-blood
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Paranormal Activity: Threshold is as dead as its ghosts, as the game gets canned because Paramount couldn't wait any longer
"It was an honor to even be considered to work on an IP I love so much."
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/paranormal-activity-threshold-is-as-dead-as-its-ghosts-as-the-game-gets-canned-because-paramount-couldnt-wait-any-longer
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Europa Universalis 5's latest patch notes took up 72 pages on a Google Doc so I think it might be a big one
Lots of reworks to be found in this one.
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/europa-universalis-5s-latest-patch-notes-took-up-72-pages-on-a-google-doc-so-i-think-it-might-be-a-big-one
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Psychonauts developer Double Fine are the latest Microsoft-owned studio to unionise
"We appreciate that Microsoft has taken a neutral approach and agreed not to interfere in any way with worker’s rights to organize unions."
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/psychonauts-developer-double-fine-are-the-latest-microsoft-owned-studio-to-unionise
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"A handful of bottlenecks" remain for Morrowind remake mod Skywind, but it's still progressing steadily towards release
Morrowind remake modding project Skywind's devs have shared a fresh progress update video breaking down exactly where they're at as they work towards release.
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/a-handful-of-bottlenecks-remain-for-morrowind-remake-mod-skywind-but-its-still-progressing-steadily-towards-release
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"They were totally game to play ball": how Zachtronics almost made a Star Trek engineering sim
Would you play a Star Trek engineering simulator? Because SpaceChem devs Zachtronics almost made one, later reborn as philosophical puzzler U.V.S. Nirmana.
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/they-were-totally-game-to-play-ball-how-zachtronics-almost-made-a-star-trek-engineering-sim
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Family Reunion is a dinnertime simulation game that captures the wonder and boredom of being a loosely disciplined 7-year-old
Deploy spilled salt, conspiracy theories, and imaginary friends against the tyranny of dinnertime in surreal adventure game Family Reunion.
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/family-reunion-is-a-dinnertime-simulation-game-that-captures-the-wonder-and-boredom-of-being-a-loosely-disciplined-7-year-old
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Helldivers 2's galactic war will include more "multi-week themed campaigns" and "branching outcomes" starting this summer, Arrowhead reveal
Helldivers 2 developers Arrowhead have revealed some plans to improve game's galactic war starting this summer.
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/helldivers-2s-galactic-war-will-include-more-multi-week-themed-campaigns-and-branching-outcomes-starting-this-summer-arrowhead-reveal
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Fallout 1 and The Elder Scrolls 3: Morrowind now run on Fallout 4's Pip-Boy and computer terminals, thanks to a modder
A modder has gotten Fallout 1 and The Elder Scrolls 3: Morrowind running on Fallout 4's Pip-Boy and computer terminals.
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/fallout-1-and-the-elder-scrolls-3-morrowind-running-on-fallout-4-pip-boy-mods
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2K lay off staff at Project Ethos while touting "a renewed direction and vision" for their by-the-numbers hero shooter
2K Games are laying off staff at developers 31st Union, as they pursue what the studio boss calls "a renewed direction …
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2k-lay-off-staff-at-project-ethos-while-touting-a-renewed-direction-and-vision-for-their-by-the-numbers-hero-shooter
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"Your infidelity will no longer be broadcasted to everyone as it happens" declares Crusader Kings 3's latest patch, unless you made a baby at a certain time
Crusader Kings 3's latest patch fixes an issue that was causing rulers' infidelity to "be broadcasted to everyone as it happens".
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/your-infidelity-will-no-longer-be-broadcasted-to-everyone-as-it-happens-declares-crusader-kings-3s-latest-patch-unless-you-made-a-baby-at-a-certain-time
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Path of Exile 2's 1.0 release might slip beyond 2026, but at least we're getting a crafting system that summons skeletons to beat you up when you use it
Action RPG Path of Exile 2 will very likely hit 1.0 by end of 2026, developers Grinding Gear Games have declared, following one last, endgame-focused update.
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/path-of-exile-2s-10-release-might-slip-beyond-2026-but-at-least-were-getting-a-crafting-system-that-summons-skeletons-to-beat-you-up-when-you-use-it
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"Leon must die forever" screams Resident Evil Requiem's new endgame battle rush mode, out now for free
Capcom have added a free combat rush mode to Resident Evil Requiem, dubbed Leon Must Die Forever.
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/leon-must-die-forever-screams-resident-evil-requiems-new-endgame-battle-rush-mode-out-now-for-free
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Give yourself vampirism with a mortar and pestle in Dracula: The Disciple, an alchemist's castle puzzler from Styx devs Cyanide
Explore Dracula's castle, perform dark rituals, and slowly give yourself vampirism in the new first-person mystery puzzler from the creators of Styx.
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/give-yourself-vampirism-with-a-mortar-and-pestle-in-dracula-the-disciple-an-alchemists-castle-puzzler-from-styx-devs-cyanide
4 days ago
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As well as adding all of Hades 1 into Hades 2, the Zagreus' Journey mod now brings new boons, story beats, and more.
https://bit.ly/4wc4PJP
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Still hoping to snag a Steam Controller after it sold out? You'll have to literally join a queue to get one
Your chance to pick up Valve's latest bit of hardware is coming up.
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/still-hoping-to-snag-a-steam-controller-after-it-sold-out-youll-have-to-literally-join-a-queue-to-get-one
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The World of Darkness grows bigger with a first look at Hunter: The Reckoning - Deathwish and a Werewolf: The Apocalypse - Rageborn reveal
Two for the price of one.
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-world-of-darkness-grows-bigger-with-a-first-look-at-hunter-the-reckoning-deathwish-and-a-werewolf-the-apocalypse-rageborn-reveal
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Amberspire review - a strategy game dedicated to the dicey ecopoetics of urban sprawl
Amberspire is an elegant, jarring and entrancing boardgame about dicing with an alien moon for the soul of a city. Read the full verdict in our review.
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/amberspire-review-a-strategy-game-dedicated-to-the-dicey-ecopoetics-of-urban-sprawl
4 days ago
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Embark are testing kernel-level anti-cheat in Arc Raiders to help put a stop to its ongoing cheating problem
"We're currently testing a new kernel-level solution that we expect will sharpen both detection and precision throughout Speranza and the Rust Belt."
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/embark-are-testing-kernel-level-anti-cheat-in-arc-raiders-to-help-put-a-stop-to-its-ongoing-cheating-problem
4 days ago
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Yacht Club Games "make-or-break" moment Mina the Hollower gets a May release date
That indefinite delay has shifted into a definite launch.
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/yacht-club-games-make-or-break-moment-mina-the-hollower-gets-a-may-release-date
4 days ago
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Brigador Killers mixes GTA and Syndicate to make a cyberpunk sandbox where you build your own insurgency
Brigador Killers turns the cyberpunk mech shooter into a Syndicate-like sandbox game, where you're the fleshy human battling the big bad robots.
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/brigador-killers-mixes-gta-and-syndicate-to-make-a-cyberpunk-sandbox-where-you-build-your-own-insurgency
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As well as adding all of Hades 1 into Hades 2, the Zagreus' Journey mod now brings new boons, story beats, and more
You can now play all of the original Hades in Hades 2, thanks to the Zagreus' Journey mod. But it does much more than just copy over the old combat encounters.
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/as-well-as-adding-all-of-hades-1-into-hades-2-the-zagreus-journey-mod-now-brings-new-boons-story-beats-and-more
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Will: Follow the Light review - a pretty Arctic adventure, but tedious puzzles leave it lost at sea
It's got some nice vistas and quality sailing, but Will: Follow the Light's sense of adventure is blunted by dull puzzles. Here's our full review.
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/will-follow-the-light-review
4 days ago
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Morrowind in Elden Ring mod is now "mostly playable", despite the fact its creator's "entire existence has been consumed with interpreting gibberish code"
A mod porting The Elder Scrolls 3: Morrowind into Elden Ring is now "mostly playable", its creator has revealed.
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/morrowind-in-elden-ring-mod-is-now-mostly-playable-despite-the-fact-its-creators-entire-existence-has-been-consumed-with-interpreting-gibberish-code
4 days ago
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Who owns the Wizardry RPGs? We do, say both Drecom and Atari as an unusual IP acquisition splits custody of the genre-forming series
Atari have bought the rights to the first five Wizardry games, with plans for remakes and spinoffs, though Drecom says they'll still "manage" the IP.
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/who-owns-the-wizardry-rpgs-we-do-say-both-drecom-and-atari-as-an-unusual-ip-acquisition-splits-custody-of-the-genre-forming-series
5 days ago
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Civilization 7 devs Firaxis finally slap a release date on the Test of Time update, acting on "over a year's worth of listening" to moans about the Age system
Civilization 7's Test of Time update, which offers players the chance to play as one society through a whole game, releases this May.
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/civilization-7-devs-firaxis-finally-slap-a-release-date-on-the-test-of-time-update-acting-on-over-a-years-worth-of-listening-to-moans-about-the-age-system
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Like fleshy, diaper-wearing cars, infants in The Sims 4 have been "tuned up", making them faster to feed and change, and it's easier to clean up their poop
The next patch for The Sims 4 brings a laundry list of fixes and changes to infants.
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/like-fleshy-diaper-wearing-cars-infants-in-the-sims-4-have-been-tuned-up-making-them-faster-to-feed-and-change-and-its-easier-to-clean-up-their-poop
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Stranger than Heaven, out this winter, sees the Yakuza devs blend Snoop Dogg into a musical adventure/Tojo Clan origin story that looks fascinatingly quirky
Stranger than Heaven, RGG Studio's time-hopping musical Yakuza brawler is out this winter.
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/stranger-than-heaven-out-this-winter-sees-the-yakuza-devs-blend-snoop-dogg-into-a-musical-adventuretojo-clan-origin-story-that-looks-fascinatingly-quirky
5 days ago
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Valve have stated that they are working on getting more stock of the Steam Controller.
https://bit.ly/42l74wL
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Assassin's Creed is being adapted for theatre by a former Cirque du Soleil director, offering two hours of parkour across several eras
Ubisoft have partnered with a former Cirque du Soleil director to create Heredis: Echoes of the Past - a two hour theatre show based on Assassin's Creed.
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/assassins-creed-is-being-adapted-for-theatre-by-a-former-cirque-du-soleil-director-offering-two-hours-of-parkour-across-several-eras
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Update: IWGB union say they "have no reason to believe fresh redundancies are taking place" at MindsEye studio Build a Rocket Boy
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IWGB union "have no reason to believe fresh redundancies are taking place" at MindsEye studio Build a Rocket Boy, following latest layoff report
MindsEye studio Build a Rocket Boy have reportedly laid off around 170 staff in their third round of cuts within a year.
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/mindseye-studio-build-a-rocket-boy-reportedly-lay-off-around-two-thirds-of-250-remaining-staff-following-release-of-sabotage-mission
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Make actual songs with singing garden gnomes in Offbeat, a jobbing composer sim that doubles as an audio production tool
Offbeat, a jobbing composer sim that doubles as an audio production tool, has been announced for early access release this year.
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/make-actual-songs-with-singing-garden-gnomes-in-offbeat-a-jobbing-composer-sim-that-doubles-as-an-audio-production-tool
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EVE Online will be used to help train Google DeepMind's AI tech, as company take a minority stake in the former CCP Games
EVE Online will be used to help train Google DeepMind's AI models as part of a deal to go independent, developers Fenris Creations have announced.
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/eve-online-will-be-used-to-help-train-google-deepminds-ai-tech-as-company-take-a-minority-stake-in-the-former-ccp-games
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Valve release the Steam Controller's CAD files, so you can channel your inner Archie from Balamory and design mods or accessories for it
Valve have released the Steam Controller and Puck's CAD files for free, making it easier for folks to make unofficial mods and accessories.
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/valve-release-the-steam-controllers-cad-files-so-you-can-channel-your-inner-archie-from-balamory-and-design-mods-or-accessories-for-it
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Thief, Dishonored and Philip Marlowe combine in Noirmancer, a stealth sim that lets you wipe minds with a snap of your fingers
Developers Mosferatium have released a 2-4 hour alpha demo for their impressive hardboiled sleuth sim, in which you are a vigilante with supernatural abilities.
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/thief-dishonored-and-philip-marlowe-combine-in-noirmancer-a-stealth-sim-that-lets-you-wipe-minds-with-a-snap-of-your-fingers
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Xbox boss bumps some of her Microsoft CoreAI buddies up into leadership jobs, but hey, at least they're stopping some of their Copilot gubbins
Xbox CEO Asha Sharma has reshuffled her leadership team to add some AI execs, while canning some Copilot plans.
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/xbox-boss-bumps-some-of-her-microsoft-coreai-buddies-up-into-leadership-jobs-but-hey-at-least-theyre-stopping-some-of-their-copilot-gubbins
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11 years after vanishing from Steam, sneaky WW2 strategy gem R.U.S.E. gets a surprise Definitive Edition with Deck support and all the DLC
Eugen Systems have secured the rights to their lost strategy game R.U.S.E. and released a new Steam Deck compatible version at no extra cost to existing owners.
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/11-years-after-vanishing-from-steam-sneaky-ww2-strategy-gem-ruse-gets-a-surprise-definitive-edition-with-deck-support-and-all-the-dlc
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MindsEye studio Build a Rocket Boy reportedly lay off around two thirds of 250 remaining staff following release of sabotage mission
MindsEye studio Build a Rocket Boy have reportedly laid off around 170 staff in their third round of cuts within a year.
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/mindseye-studio-build-a-rocket-boy-reportedly-lay-off-around-two-thirds-of-250-remaining-staff-following-release-of-sabotage-mission
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Crimson Desert's latest patch will help with your post-game buff build boredom through boss fight do-overs and more.
https://bit.ly/4dptwuS
6 days ago
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