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Stellaris is getting a base-game upgrade in May, but it’ll also come with a $10 price hike, and Paradox Interactive has laid the details out clearly to make sure you can decide what’s right for you if the Steam spring sale has you tempted. We’re about to reach a full decade of what remains one of the best 4X games on PC, and Paradox is handing out some of its most essential DLC to all players, old and new, as part of the tenth anniversary celebrations. “For the past nine years, every time a new player asked, ‘What’s the first…
We’re heading for a super Sunday as the Carabao Cup final takes place at Wembley Stadium on Sunday the 22nd of March. It’ll see Manchester City take on Arsenal in what’s bound to be a gripping battle, and the kick-off is at 4.30pm UK time.For the second season running the Carabao Cup Final is happening later in the calendar: in previous years the final took place in February, but in 2025 it was moved to March and it’s staying there this year too.The Carabao Cup is the first major trophy of the season, and it’s going to be an intense…
"You're swimming against the tide making games like this": Why more developers didn't copy Firewatch's reactive storytelling
By the time Campo Santo were reaching the end of Firewatch’s development, Chris Remo was itching to start over. “I remember feeling, ‘God, if we made this exact same game again now, we could take these ideas so much further’.” After Firewatch’s release, Remo began giving talks about what Campo Santo were trying to do: making a game that focused not on interactivity, but reactivity. “I was hoping this model would catch on and be pushed forward and done in a more ambitious way than we did,” Remo says. “There was a part of me that was hoping that Firewatch…
The Marathon Cryo Archive has been roundly conquered at this point, and Bungie’s much-touted endgame mission proves that it still knows how to put a memorable encounter together. It’s an intricate and unforgiving series of combat encounters and puzzles, fusing the challenge of the best Destiny raids with the multiplayer tension inherent to the extraction shooter. However, after watching the race to a world-first completion play out, and taking feedback from everyone else fighting through the deck of the UESC Marathon, Bungie has acknowledged that it might be a little too restrictive for the average player. “Congratulations to all the…
Merlin Entertainments and Mojang Studios have announced plans to open a £50 million Minecraft theme park world in the UK.Planned to open in 2027 at Chessington World of Adventures in Greater London, Minecraft World will feature the first Minecraft rollercoaster, the world’s biggest Minecraft shop, Minecraft-themed food, “interactive adventures”, and more.In an announcement, Merlin said the park was one of its most ambitious in recent years, and the result of a long-standing partnership with Mojang to ensure that the Chessington experience feels authentic to game fans.It also shared some concept art of Minecraft World, showing the world’s biggest shop, a roller…
Minecraft Dungeons 2 takes another stab at Mojang's surprisingly great Diablo-inspired action-RPG spin-off later this year
Mojang Studios is taking another stab at making its own Diablo rival set in the beloved, blocky world of Minecraft.The company announced Minecraft Dungeons 2 last night at Minecraft Live 2026 with a pretty brief but cool trailer down below. The loot-filled action-RPG is coming sometime later this year on PC, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox Game Pass, PS5, Nintendo Switch, and Nintendo Switch 2 – despite appearing on the OG Switch, it’s worth noting that a PS4 or Xbox One version doesn’t seem to be on the cards. MINECRAFT DUNGEONS II | Announce Trailer – YouTube Watch On Details about…
"The sheer scale is daunting": These Baldur's Gate 3 modders are remaking the entirety of Baldur's Gate 1 as a custom campaign, with a first demo already out
Last August, I wrote about a Baldur’s Gate 3 modder who had recreated Candlekeep, the library-fortress which serves as the starting point of the original Baldur’s Gate. Well, modder 786r786 is back with a full team and they’re remaking the entirety of Baldur’s Gate 1 as a custom BG3 campaign.
An unprecedented sale just skyrocketed Call of Duty Modern Warfare above Black Ops 7. Is it a clue to what's next?
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (the 2019 reboot, for those keeping track) has achieved the impressive feat of overtaking its brother on Steam, surpassing the combined player count of the overarching Call of Duty launcher that plays home to Black Ops 7, BO6, and Warzone. How has it done this? It’s all thanks to by far the biggest sale Microsoft and Activision have ever deployed on the platform, dropping its price by a whopping 90%, far beyond anything the COD games usually offer. It’s a great time to dive in, but could that generosity be a clue to where the…
Mojang and Microsoft have announced a sequel to 2020’s action spin-off, Minecraft Dungeons.Minecraft Dungeons 2 will release this year for PC, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, and Nintendo Switch 2, the pair announced on Saturday, featuring new locations, encounters, and loot.“This is an all-new action-RPG adventure where you’ll take on high-stakes encounters, thrilling challenges, and explore never-before-seen locations in the Minecraft universe,” an announcement reads.“Disorder is brewing, and the world stands before a threat unlike any other. A new danger is growing in power, ready to descend upon the land and unleash mayhem… Will you and your allies prevail…
Star Wars: Maul – Shadow Lord showrunner says the former Sith is "a bad guy fighting worse guys"
We’re just a few weeks out from the return of former Sith lord Maul (he ditched the “Darth” bit a while back) to our screens in a new animated show.Star Wars: Maul – Shadow Lord is a 10-episode series that puts the sinister Zabrak front and center in his own show. Voiced once again by Sam Witwer, who has embodied the character since he returned to the Star Wars galaxy in the Clone Wars animated show, Shadow Lord follows Maul as he seeks to build a new criminal syndicate and takes on a new apprentice.Don’t think, however, that just because…