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You won't have any standing armies in Total War: Medieval 3 at first, so better get chummy with the commoners In Creative Assembly's latest strategy game, you'll have to muster levies from each region until you unlock the ability to field professional soldiers.
06.03.2026 12:58 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Marathon's credits include the artist whose work Bungie used without permission An artist whose work Bungie used without permission has been included in Marathon's credits as a visual design consultant.
06.03.2026 12:15 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Bungie ask Marathon critics to delay "full reviews" till the release of an endgame zone, and I am wistfully reminded of Vault of Glass Bungie suggest that Marathon reviewers "hold your full review and impressions until you play Cryo Archive, Marathon's pinnacle endgame zone and experience".
06.03.2026 11:55 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Microsoft's next console will play PC games too, and it's currently codenamed Project Helix Xbox CEO Asha Sharma has announced the company's next console, codenamed Project Helix, will also play PC games.
06.03.2026 11:22 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Rally Point: Whiskerwood suggests that, even without the violence, colonialism is a scam Rabbit-person warren builder Whiskerwood is surprisingly skillful at dealing with issues of taxation, diplomacy, and subservience to a foreign power.
06.03.2026 11:22 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Ambitious Fallout: New Vegas Van Buren remake mod locks in an early March release date for its second demo Fallout: New Vegas mod Fallout: The New West, a project remaking the cancelled Fallout: Van Buren, has locked in a release date for its second demo.

Update: Demo now out

06.03.2026 10:39 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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US governor boosts US-Iran 'combat footage' that is actually from War Thunder, featuring WW2-era weapons War Thunder footage of a WW2-era plane attacking a battleship has been passed off as footage of the current US war on Iran.
06.03.2026 10:36 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2
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Pragmata gets a release date change once again, albeit in a good way this time Fool me once, shame on... well, me, actually.
05.03.2026 22:57 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Almost 10 years on from the first one, Ruiner is getting a sequel, and this time with co-op Plus a snazzy new shell system.
05.03.2026 21:33 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Prepare your decks once more, Slay the Spire 2 is now out in early access Marathon? What's that?
05.03.2026 20:35 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Hard drive space for all! Helldivers 2's slimmer install size is rolling out to everyone later this month But I'm sure another ridiculously sized game will waltz in soon enough.
05.03.2026 18:00 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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One of Marathon's more controversial mechanics brings back a neat idea from Anthem Marathon's heat mechanics encourage a more cunning relationship with map conditions and the changing weather, in a nice reminder of BioWare's Anthem.
05.03.2026 17:06 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Two genres and seven years on, Remedy attempt to define what a Control game even is in the lead-up to Resonant Whether they've got it right or not, we'll have to wait and see.
05.03.2026 17:02 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Activision pressured Call of Duty studio Infinity Ward to make a game about Iran invading Israel, claims former developer Ex-Call of Duty lead animator Chance Glasco has alleged that Activision once pressured Infinity Ward to make an entry in the series about Iran attacking Israel.
05.03.2026 16:31 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Resident Evil Requiem's mystifying Final Puzzle is case-closed after its solution was discovered by accident The Final Puzzle, a Resident Evil Requiem challenge that had vexed players for days, has been solved - apparently by accident.
05.03.2026 16:26 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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With Marathon's release imminent, Bungie say it's got "no pay for power" microtransactions and confirm seasonal rewards will stick around Marathon has no "pay for power" microtransactions, Bungie have said, while mentioning that its seasonal rewards won't disappear at season's end.
05.03.2026 14:36 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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"In a sense, we're kind of victims of ourselves" says Crimson Desert's chief marketer, who reckons it plunged over the announcement Kliff too early Crimson Desert's chief marketer reckons it being announced too early has made it tougher for folks to grasp what exactly the game's all about.
05.03.2026 12:25 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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In Total War: Medieval 3, you can change the laws of your kingdom to ensure your feckless heir doesn't inherit the throne Strategy game Total War: Medieval 3 looks to be cribbing from Crusader Kings 3's faction laws and systems.
05.03.2026 11:23 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Oblivion Remastered multiplayer mod announced by company aiming to give a bunch of single player games their GTA 5 moment An Oblivion Remastered multiplayer mod has been announced by ReadyCode, who're behind an established Black Myth: Wukong multiplayer mod.
05.03.2026 11:01 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Highguard's beefy final update is live, with a "skeleton crew" having voluntarily "crunched" to get it out ahead of shutdown Highguard's final update prior to its shutdown next week is live, adding a new warden, a gun, and skill trees.
05.03.2026 11:00 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Nvidia hotfix targets broken GeForce driver that followed previous broken GeForce driver Nvidia have released a new GeForce graphics driver hotfix, version 595.76, following two successive unstable releases in the past week.
05.03.2026 10:30 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 3
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MindsEye studio confirm more layoffs, as CEO claims they've got "overwhelming evidence of organised espionage and corporate sabotage" MindsEye developers Build a Rocket Boy have comfirmed they've laid off more staff, as their CEO claims to have evidence the game was sabotaged.
05.03.2026 10:02 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 3
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Sony are breaking up with PC, reportedly! The PlayStation creators will no longer release big PS5 singleplayer games on things that are not actual PlayStations. https://bit.ly/4lcrTDe

04.03.2026 22:30 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2
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Ubisoft talk up "unique, darker" Assassin's Creed Hexe, also promise their Invictus multiplayer game is making progress Ubisoft have release a broad update on the future of Assassin's Creed which is mostly intangible, but contains a few interesting hints.
04.03.2026 17:48 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump administration reportedly debating whether to force Riot Games owners Tencent to divest stakes in US game companies The US government are reportedly debating whether to compel Chinese conglomerate Tencent to divest their stakes in US gaming companies.
04.03.2026 17:25 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Corpses in the censored Japanese version of Resident Evil Requiem are full of terrible darkness Japanese Resident Evil 9 players are irked about Capcom's rather blunt censorship practices.
04.03.2026 16:43 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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"Gary will no longer attack the player from beyond the veil" says The Outer Worlds 2's latest patch, which also makes a death pit work as intended The Outer Worlds 2's latest patch saves players from being attacked by Gary "from beyond the veil".
04.03.2026 14:44 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Sony will no longer release their biggest PlayStation games on PC, claims report, starting with Ghost of Yōtei Sony are breaking up with PC, reportedly! The PlayStation creators will no longer release big PS5 singleplayer games on…
04.03.2026 14:32 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 3
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Planet of Lana 2 review - a grander, more dynamic platformer sequel that keeps hold of its heart Despite a few underdeveloped ideas, Planet of Lana 2 is a bigger, smarter, and even better-looking puzzle-platformer than the charming original.
04.03.2026 14:01 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Ahead of Myrient's RAM crisis-linked demise, volunteers are working to archive its entire collection Volunteers are working to archive the collection of soon to be shut down ROM distribution site Myrient.
04.03.2026 12:25 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1