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Zaha Hadid, the Iraqi-British architect and artist, whose glossy, curvy, arcing buildings have looped and flexed through so many cities around the world, once noted that she had never been asked to design anything of particularly striking significance in London. I wonder what she’d make of the Hadidian, cross-purpose, modular thicket of residential units, parkland, […]
As Cities: Skyline 2 continues its attempts to recover from last year’s disastrous launch, Paradox Interactive has announced and released a fresh batch of paid DLC for the original Cities: Skylines, some 18 months after delivering what was supposed to be its final major update. Paradox concluded Cities: Skylines 1’s release roadmap in […]
The Coma 2B: Catacomb may be at its most terrifying when your monstrous enemy is nowhere in sight and all you hear is her rushing footsteps. This game puts us back in the shoes of Youngho, the protagonist of the first The Coma, following their actions after that game and bridging the story into The […]
Rock Paper Shotgun has a fuzzy conception of “news”, in that we regard the “new” element of news as overrated, more of a guideline than an obligation. The trick to selling this mindset is to overclock your obnoxious narcissism until it levels up into stylish solipsism. “It’s news to me,” I sternly insist, while announcing […]
With Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 almost upon us (or already upon us depending on your geographical location), analysts have been weighing in on the impact it’s likely to have on Xbox Game Pass, with some reckoning it could bring as many as 4m new members to Microsoft’s subscription service, albeit at a […]
Indie horror developer Bloober Team says its done making “shitty” games. As Silent Hill 2 Remake enjoys almost universal acclaim from critics and fans alike, Bloober capitalised on the fervor by announcing an original sci-fi survival horror called Cronos: The New Dawn, insisting it has “evolved” and learned from prior missteps. To see this content […]
Alan Wake developers Remedy have announced their very first multiplayer game, a three-person co-op shooter set in the world of Control and thereby, the Remedy Connected Universe. Previously codenamed Condor, it’s called FBC: Firebreak – and I am going to immediately recommend they shorten it to Firebreak, because that caps-into-colon combo is going to […]
Five months after bursting into PC early access, Hades 2 – the sequel to Supergiant Games’ much-loved 2020 roguelike action-adventure – has just received its first major content update, adding a new region, weapon, and so much else its patch notes weigh in at over 3,500 words. Hades 2’s Olympic Update (“practically mountain-sized!”, […]
8-Bit Adventures 2 captures the charming elements of old RPGs and turn-based combat but without the long slogs. I have spent many years on older RPGs, but coming back to some of them has been a bit challenging as there is so much grinding for levels and so many random battles that you have to […]