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Chucklefish shares new gameplay of Indiana-Jones-esque strategy adventure Pathway
Coming to PC later this year.
Developer Robotality (previously responsible for sci-fi strategy-RPG Halfway) has unveiled a big wedge of new gameplay footage from its intriguing, rip-roaring 1930s "strategy adventure", Pathway, coming to PC later this year.
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Two years after its announcement, Axiom Verge finally gets a physical release on Wii U
Following legal dispute with original publisher.
Limited Run Games has announced that it will be releasing a physical edition of Axiom Verge on Wii U at the end of the month, more than two and a half years after the game launched digitally on Nintendo's now defunct console.
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No Man's Sky's next major update is Beyond, brings "radical" new online component
But it won't be a traditional MMO.
Hello Games has unveiled the next major free update heading to its exploratory space sim No Man's Sky. It's called Beyond, is due this summer, and includes a "radical" new online multiplayer component.
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Finally, a video game with an Arachnophobia Mode!
Very Satisfactory.
Hands up how many of you used to pick spiders off their webs, and from dark corners in sheds, and plonk them overnight in a Millennium Falcon toy - with removable roof - so in the morning you could see which one emerged triumphant?
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Developer Shiro Games' entertaining Viking-themed real-time strategy, Northgard, has just received a major new content update - introducing, among other things, powerful Relics that can grant serious benefits to your ever-beleaguered clans.
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Fallout fan creates series' most detailed timeline yet
"All I did was read every terminal entry, note and holotape for Fallouts 3 to 76."
"One of my boring, pointless hobbies is making lists, recently these lists have been timelines," Connor Rawlings begins a reddit post by stating.
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Epic Games store targets May for cloud saves
User reviews, wishlists, mods in six months.
Epic Games has published a roadmap of features coming to its newly-launched store over the coming weeks and months.
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Epic responds to accusations its launcher accesses Steam data without permission
"Since this issue came to the forefront we're going to fix it."
Epic has responded to growing concern its launcher accesses users' Steam data without permission.
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Steam Link now lets you play games from any PC
Opening up own multiplayer servers, too.
Valve has announced a couple of new Steam features ahead of this year's GDC - although neither are to do with sorting its abject mess of a store curation policy.
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"It was not our intention to scam anyone."
The creator of the original X-COM, Julian Gollop has endured a backlash after signing a Epic Games store exclusivity deal for his next title.
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Frisbee-tossing arcade classic follow-up Windjammers 2 gets first gameplay trailer
Coming to PC and Switch later this year.
We've known about Windjammers 2, the long-awaited follow-up to Data East's frisbee-tossing arcade classic, for some time now - but, finally, we've a chance to see developer DotEmu's sequel in action, thanks to a newly unveiled alpha gameplay trailer.
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Hearthstone is showing its villainous side in next expansion Rise of Shadows
Arrives next month.
Blizzard has announced that Hearthstone's next expansion, Rise of Shadows, will be coming to all the things (PC, iOS, and Android, to be exact) on April 9th.
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Skyrim Middle Earth Redone is the one mod to rule them all
You shall not parse.
Ever thought you could do a better job than Legolas at the Battle of Helm's Deep? Well now you can prove it, as the final version of this incredible Lord of the Rings Skyrim mod has just been published.
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Superb VR rhythm game Beat Saber gets its first paid music pack DLC today
On PS4, Steam, and Oculus.
Developer Beat Games' superb block-smacking VR rhythm extravaganza Beat Saber has launched its first paid DLC music pack on PC and PlayStation 4.
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God of War leads BAFTA Game Awards nominations
With as many for Obra Dinn and Florence as RDR2.
PlayStation 4 exclusive God of War leads this year's British Academy Games Awards shortlist, with an impressive 10 nominations.
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Rebellion announces four new Sniper Elite games in development
Including a follow-up to Sniper Elite 4.
There's a lot of Sniper Elite on the horizon.
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Half-Life 2's headcrab pounces on Two Point Hospital
To celebrate free weekend on Steam.
Valve has let loose Half-Life 2's headcrab within Two Point Hospital.
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Devil May Cry 5 gets the Bloody Palace mode on 1st April as part of a free update, Capcom has announced.
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Microsoft officially announces Xbox Live support for iOS and Android
Switch support played down.
Microsoft has now officially unveiled its Xbox Live support for games on iOS and Android devices, something first mooted around a month ago.
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PUBG Mobile banned in several Indian cities
UPDATE: 10 arrested so far.
UPDATE: Since the Rajkot ban was put in place, reports have emerged that 10 people have been arrested in India for playing PUBG Mobile.
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Snooker 19 breaks off right on cue
You can't fault it.
It's been a good long while since an officially-licensed Snooker game hit the latest generation of consoles. Snooker 19, out this spring on PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch, breaks off right on cue.
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Battlefield 5 Firestorm mode finally has a release date
EA drops a new trailer - officially, this time.
Given this week's earlier leak displayed the Firestorm tutorial, it's not exactly the first time we've seen Battlefield 5's battle royale mode in action - but the official trailer is now here, so you can take another look anyway.
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John Carpenter wants to make a Dead Space movie
Halloween and The Thing director also a fan of Dishonored and Assassin's Creed 3.
John Carpenter - director of Halloween, The Thing, and Escape from New York - would like to make a Dead Space movie.
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Turtle Rock returns to its Left 4 Dead roots with Back 4 Blood
But don't call it Left 4 Dead 3.
Turtle Rock has announced its next game: Back 4 Blood.
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Feature | An epilogue for the staff of Telltale
Where has the talent gone?
At the tail end of last year, I wrote an article on Telltale's closure. I talked to those who had worked there about what it was like at the company when roughly 274 people suddenly lost their jobs. With this many writers, artists, testers and others left stranded without severance more than four months ago, I wanted to find out how those affected are doing in 2019.
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Crackdown 3, Shadow of the Tomb Raider coming to Xbox Game Pass in February
Plus Batman: Return to Arkham and more.
Microsoft has unveiled the titles set to be made available to Xbox Game Pass subscribers in February, including Crackdown 3, Shadow of the Tomb Raider, and more.
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Dwarf Fortress coming to Steam
Simple.
Dwarf Fortress is coming to Steam.
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New Overwatch hero Baptiste goes live next week
Haitian to add.
New Overwatch hero Baptiste will be released for players on all platforms on Tuesday, 19th March. As with all new heroes, there will be a one week period after his arrival before he is available for Competitive Play.
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Feature | Apex Legends is a game-changing multiplayer experience for women
Ping it.
If you're a woman and a gamer, it's extremely common to run across other gamers that, through some moral failing or lack of guidance, will lob gendered insults at you for no reason other than existing. You don't have to search for long to find evidence of this constant harassment either - Twitch streamer Spawntaneous has an eight-part series dedicated solely to how men treat her in multiplayer games that is distressing to watch. This is common among any and all multiplayer games, to the point many women may decide to 'play incognito' instead. After all, GamerGate sent a clear message to women in games: "You're not welcome here."
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Apex Legends datamines not a "source of truth", warns Respawn
Hemlocking the stable door.
If Reddit is to be believed - a very big if - it would seem Apex Legends has really lost the element of surprise. Over the past few weeks several leaks and datamines have dug up information on the game, the most recent including images of an upcoming L-Star weapon and character models of 10 supposedly upcoming legends.
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