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Why is it that in a role-playing game where the stakes are usually ‘the end of the world’, the end of the world always has to wait for us to finish our sprawling to-do list first? There’s no way you’ve never encountered this. I came across it most recently in Dragon Age: The Veilguard, which, […]
A little teaser story to end the week, care of Maw reader MiniMatt. Factorio devs Wube Software have dropped the vaguest of hints about their next game project, or at least, shared one of their current inspirations: World Of Warcraft.
Gang Beasts is one of the games I think of when I recall the golden days of video game expos, before Covid rolled up and nuked the business model. It casts you as one of several jellybaby pugilists, fighting for dominance over such locations as Ferris wheels and the tops of speeding vans. All of […]
Metal Slug Tactics review The side-scrolling shooter transforms from brainless barnstorming to thoughtful grenade tossing in a work of turn-based tactics – but its arcade soul remains intact. Developer: Leikir Studio Publisher: Dotemu, Gamera Games Release: Nov 5th On: Windows From: Steam Price: £21/$25/€25 Reviewed on: Intel Core-i7-11700F, 16GB RAM, Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060, […]
The panel has voted and this year’s Game Awards nominations have been announced – with Astro Bot, Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, Metaphor: ReFantazio, Silent Hill 2, and Balatro all looking like they could be in for a very merry Geoffmas come 12th December. Astro Bot and Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth are the big […]
Let’s try and get you up to speed on the fascinating oddity that is simulation game Ecosystem, on the off chance that Nate’s coverage of it hasn’t stuck with you like an unwelcome brain parasite you’re nonetheless unwilling to get removed for fear of the lingering emptiness it might cause (he once described an eel […]
Following on from her role in the second season of HBO’s The Last of Us adaptation, Home Alone star Catherine O’Hara has joined the second season of… ok, no she hasn’t just joined the second season Fallout. But, the son she left at home has. According to Deadline‘s sources, Macaulay Culkin has joined the cast […]
Following a seemingly solid launch for Dragon Age: The Veilguard, there’s probably a fair few series newcomers considering delving into the original trilogy. But anyone hoping for a Mass Effect: Legendary Edition style remaster shouldn’t hold their breath; Dragon Age: The Veilguard creative director John Epler says the project would be challenging because hardly […]
Stardew Valley creator Eric ‘ConcernedApe’ Barone has earned one of Steam’s most impressive achievements for his own game. Eight years since the farming sim made its debut, Barone has “finally got 100 percent achievements in Stardew Valley”. This means the creator has even completed Fector’s Challenge, something only 1.2 percent of other players have actually […]
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 […]