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This wild Doom 2 mod that blends World War 1 combat with a vicious holy war just unleashed a gnarly prequel campaign where you assault a mountain riddled with heretics
3+ hour, 15+ min ago (655+ words) Rick has been fascinated by PC gaming since he was seven years old, when he used to sneak into his dad's home office for covert sessions of Doom. He grew up on a diet of similarly unsuitable games, with favourites…...
Total Chaos, the survival horror based on one of Doom's best mods, is getting a New Game+ mode featuring an Alien: Isolation-style persistent enemy: 'It does not patrol. It does not follow rules. It adapts"
6+ hour, 15+ min ago (224+ words) "There are no safe zones." But Trigger Happy Interactive has taken a leaf from the rulebooks of those two terrifying games. The next update for the survival horror game will introduce a New Game+mode that aims to radically shake…...
Blood Bowl creator Jervis Johnson agrees with Games Workshop's AI ban, says 'it allows you to be a bit lazy and not put in the effort"
2+ day, 22+ hour ago (315+ words) "AI is going to be like the asbestos of the internet and the computer industry." Though retired from Games Workshop these days, Johnson still contributes to projects like the Godzilla TTRPG and DreadBall All Stars, a kind of full-contact sci-fi…...
WoW lead says they 'lost something along the way' by building dungeons for sweaty Mythic+ timers instead of 20-boss mazes like the good old days, but Labyrinths could be the solution
3+ day, 6+ hour ago (570+ words) "Labyrinths are trying to tap into [that]." Remember back in the good old days, when MMO dungeons used to be big, sprawling mazes you could spend hours just getting lost in? Now most of them follow a similar formula: Narrow-ish…...
The new game from Disco Elysium's studio feels like the first Christmas after your parents' divorce
3+ day, 9+ hour ago (868+ words) It ain't never gonna be what it was. Commodity fetishism is the Marxist term for the process by which relationships between people become relationships between commodities. That is to say, the long narrative of the box of cereal, the pair…...
The demo of Sucker for Love: Crush Landing is the gentle reminder I needed that dating an eldritch god wouldn't be straightforward, actually
4+ day, 5+ hour ago (462+ words) Sometimes you've got to be willing to put in the work. I love an obscure dating simulator, so you can safely assume the ritual performing, eldritch abomination courting experience of Sucker for Love is dear to me. I spent hours…...
In the case of Valve vs Rothschild, it's an outright win for Newell's company
4+ day, 7+ hour ago (452+ words) The court also agreed that they had breached a global license agreement with Valve. Earlier this week, the district court of the Western District of Washington favoured Valve Corporation in its 2023 lawsuit against Leigh Rothschild and his associated companies, on…...
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Magic set includes a deck inspired by the videogames
4+ day, 17+ hour ago (305+ words) Mutant, ninja, and turtle were all existing keywords in Magic: The Gathering. It was only a matter of time. I finally got around to playing throwback sidescroller Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge and, yeah, everyone was right about how…...
My next love after D&D, Pathfinder 2e, has a Fanatical bundle selling over $450's worth of books for around $15
5+ day, 6+ hour ago (489+ words) Pathfinder 2e Fanatical Bundle | 26, 10, or three items | Adventures, rulebooks, and miscellany$457.78 $14.99 at Fanatical (save $442.79) If you're looking to start your adventures in Pathfinder 2e (and aren't planning on running a homebrew campaign of your own design, since Paizo offers all its rules…...
Lead story designer on the first Witcher game just rolled credits on a full playthrough, and you can watch the whole thing on YouTube
5+ day, 19+ hour ago (353+ words) Justin first became enamored with PC gaming when World of Warcraft and Neverwinter Nights 2 rewired his brain as a wide-eyed kid. As time has passed, he's amassed a hefty backlog of retro shooters, CRPGs, and janky '90s esoterica. Whether he's extolling…...