A medievalist's take on Manor Lords: 'It represents medieval peasants and their lives more fully than most games'
Manor Lords made me a king but gave my peasants the crown.
Manor Lords made me a king but gave my peasants the crown.
Do the mods dream of electric sheep?
It's not the end of the line, but it has to be discouraging.
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The selection of games rotating into PS Plus at the end of May isn’t that impressive, save for one: Red Dead Redemption 2 . Rockstar Games’ open-world Western returns to the subscription service after a nearly two-year hiatus. Will you beat it this time? Read more...
Ubisoft has just unveiled Assassin’s Creed Shadows , the latest installment in its globe-trotting, time-traveling megaton stealth RPG series. Taking place in 16th-century Japan, the open world title will drop players into the shoes of two new protagonists, the shinobi Naoe and
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The cancellation was quietly delivered in today's year-end financial report.
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Earlier today, Ubisoft officially unveiled Assassin’s Creed Shadows , the next big, main entry in the long-running stealth-action franchise featuring sneaky assassins and evil Templars running amok throughout history. And for the first time in a decade, Ubisoft’s popular series
Warframe feels like it has been around forever. And yet despite being 11 years into its run as a live-service game, it still has a thriving fanbase, thanks to a crucial combination of community goodwill and a game that’s legitimately fun to play and is always getting cool, new
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A promising game cashing in on growing enthusiasm for drag performers couldn't find necessary funding.
When Overwatch introduced mad scientist tank Sigma back in 2019, he was immediately a powerful shakeup of the meta. His placeable shield was more flexible than Reinhardt or Orisa’s, and his primary rock-throwing weapon did can do damage and disrupt in equal measure. On top of
We peek behind the scenes at GDC and look at what it takes to program and promote the event year-round.
Hi-Fi Rush , developed by Tango Gameworks, is a colorful action-rhythm game that got a surprise release in 2023 and ended up being one of the best games of the year. But the studio behind it was recently closed by Xbox , making the game’s final update a somber farewell to fans.
The Division franchise is no longer jumping to free-to-play.
Bungie’s been slowly peeling back the layers of Destiny 2: The Final Shape , unveiling systemic reworks , a new subclass , nitty gritty server details , and most importantly, a great deal of new loot for players to obtain. However, the newest Exotic weapon to be revealed isn’t
One last update before Tango Gameworks goes away forever.
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Correction: Ubisoft's net bookings rose 33.5 percent in 2023 through 2024, but its total employee headcount declined by 1,700 since 2022.
Early access will have plenty of farming to do, you just can't get married yet.
The latest offerings available to Xbox Game Pass subscribers include a slew of underrated titles that many gamers probably missed when they first released. But if you have to choose one game in the lineup to play, it should be Chants of Sennaar . The endearing art style and
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A new fan-developed tool will soon let users easily port nearly any Nintendo 64 video game to PC, helping preserve the console’s library for future generations and allowing players to graphically improve even the most obscure N64 games. And you can already get a taste of what
You'll face the Ghost of Tsushima horse choice early on.
I want to get off Thunder Goober's wild ride.
A gaming handheld with double the battery life would be a fine thing indeed.
This isn't singing to me.
Today, Airship Syndicate announced the return of its online action-RPG Wayfinder, albeit with a few key differences. Though the game was pulled from Steam while its previous publisher, Digital Extremes ( Warframe ), was transferring the rights to developer Airship, it is set to
Assassin’s Creed Shadows is the next big open-world RPG from Ubisoft. It sports dual protagonists, a shinobi and a samurai, and it looks incredible so far. The next game in the blockbuster stealth series arrives on November 15 and based on its first trailer, it seems like
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You will never be able to stop thinking about Lorelei and the Laser Eyes . The latest game from developer Simogo, the team behind 2019’s Sayonara Wild Hearts and 2013’s buzzy, puzzly adventure game Device 6, will burn itself into your mind. That remains true even when you
I'm developing a 2.5D pixel art game on my old text-mode engine. A character-based ASCII engine can handle this task, it just needs a couple of upgrades.
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