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Frostpunk 2 Given Warm Release Date

Oh, the weather outside is frightful, and this pillar of fire is so delightful, I hope the children keep digging me coal, let it snow, let it snow, let it snow! Anyway, enough about my winter, let’s talk Frostpunk 2. Yes, the franchise…

Warner to Address “Volatile” Industry with Live Service

Some parts of the games industry is like watching a friend shoot themselves in the face, and then blame someone else for the massive hole in the side of its head. I’ve no better way of explaining the recent comments from the…

There is an Xbox Partner Preview Tomorrow

Did you know it is only March? I know, there have been two Nintendo-based showcases, a PlayStation one where Kojima told us he’s making yet another game, Xbox had a podcast that could have been an email, and NACON Connect happened last week that no…

Classified: France ’44 (PC) – Review

Before your Navy Seals and modern US Rangers, the UK was forced to create the special forces as we know them today. While David Stirling and the SAS were off in Africa and eventually taking on Operation Pegasus, and the SBS were…

Prime Gaming – March 2024

I sat and worked it out. If every Prime subscription was paid in full in US dollars, that would generate Amazon around $32 billion a year, which doesn’t account for Prime Music subscriptions, sales on Amazon, or anything else; it also doesn’t…

Aerial_Knight’s Never Yield is Free on Epic

Monday, Primal Planet is a Metroidvania with a prehistoric twist. Tuesday, Pepper Grinder, which we’ve covered multiple times already, has finally gotten a March release date, as did ENDER MAGNOLIA, the sequel to ENDER LILIES. Meanwhile, Supermassive joined EA and Sony in the cascade of laying off staff, the latest…

Lower Decks “Old Friends, New Planets” – Review

An episode that’s a 30-minute version of Wrath of Khan, with heavy connections to TNG, including “Lower Decks?” I’m in! Directed by Bob Suarez, he returns from “Something Borrowed, Something Green” and “A Few Badgeys More” from earlier this season. As I’ve said before,…

ENDER MAGNOLIA Releasing in March

One of the more enjoyable 2D Souls-likes in the last few years following Hollow Knight and Blasphemous is Live Wire and Adglobe’s ENDER LILLIES. Announced last Wednesday, during the third-party Nintendo Direct, a sequel has been in the works for quite some time, it seems. ENDER MAGNOLIA: Bloom…

News Tower (PC) Preview

Covered in more dust than the inside of your granddad’s underpants, the SimTower-like genre hasn’t been milked for all it is worth just yet. Sure SomaSim’s Project Highrise is the closest one-for-one but we’ve rarely gotten some delineations that focus on specific jobs, such…

Super Meat Boy Forever is Free on Epic

Monday, the Payday 3 and Ready or Not 2024 roadmaps were revealed, and Baldur’s Gate 3‘s 6th patch was released. Tuesday, Neverwinter Nights got an unofficial officially supported patch, Times & Galaxy looks interesting, and NACON is doing another showcase. Wednesday, PowerWash Sim is getting its 40K DLC very soon, and Winter Survival was given a short delay. Thursday, there was a third-party Nintendo Direct with…