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If you played Civilization 7 during release week and decided it wasn’t the sequel that you were expecting, now might be the time to give it a second try. The user interface, progression, and certain behaviors of enemy rulers have all been criticized by the Civ 7 community; the response to Firaxis's 4X follow-up has in fact been so mixed that Civilization 6, despite being eight years old, now regularly has a larger number of players on Steam. But alongside the Crossroads of the World DLC, Firaxis...

Firaxis and 2K have released Civilization 7 Update 1.1.0, and it's got tons of gameplay improvements, UI tweaks, and more.

If you’ve been begging NetEase Games to institute a version of role lock in Marvel Rivals, the fingers on the monkey’s paw have started to curl. Instead of a new take on Overwatch’s longstanding queue and balance solution, we’re getting a brand new game mode, and it’s going to be limited to just two selectable heroes per team. So if you want to play matches where you mirror the other team on purpose, this is your chance.

Acclaim was one of the biggest gaming brands in the '80s and '90s, but the company ran into trouble in the the early 2000s. It filed for bankruptcy in 2004 and it was sold off in parts. Now, more than twenty years later, a group of industry veterans has revived the publisher with the aim of supporting indie developers and revitalizing its own gaming franchises. The company will help indie studios on the funding, marketing and PR fronts. That's very welcome news, especially at a time when funding...

"I'm a slasher... of prices!". Nintendo has announced that it is discounting several first-party retail titles on Nintendo Switch to coincide with the upcoming MAR10 Day celebrations (that's 10th March in case it wasn't incredibly obvious). Available on 9th March 2025, six games will be discounted down to a suggested retail price of $39.99, while one more will benefit from an even heavier discount, retailing at $29.99.

I've jumped straight into Grand Theft Auto 5 Enhanced on PC, and the difference in performance and image quality is huge. GTA V is finally where it needs to be for PC players after waiting years for this update to arrive. The improvements aren't just visual, though, with loading times also improved massively, provided you're using an SSD. The GTA V system requirements have been adjusted for this new version of the game, and an Nvidia GeForce RTX GPU is now part of the recommended specs. GTA V Le...

Sid Meier's Civilization 7 has a new Sid Meier's game update that makes changes to Sid Meier's user interface, leader AI, Age mechanics, Mementos and naval unit handling. Developers Firaxis have also stirred in a free bonus Natural Wonder, Sid Meier's Bermuda Triangle. Leaving aside for the moment the on-going arguments about whether (Sid Meier's - OK, enough of that now) Civilization 7 is an unambiguous low point for the series, or yet another flawed 4X strategy sim that will find its feet via ...

Samsung is no stranger to foldable screen tech, with it being the first company to really push the idea of foldable phones with its Samsung Galaxy Fold and Samsung Galaxy Flip phones. However, now the company has taken the only logical next step and demoed a new concept, showing off a gaming handheld that can do the same screen-bending trick to halve its footprint, making for an even more portable gaming device. Samsung doesn't currently make a device that would compete with the likes of the Ste...

Shure just revealed the MoveMic 88+ wireless direct-to-phone microphone with four selectable polar patterns. The company says this is the first-ever microphone of its type to offer this feature. For the uninitiated, polar patterns dictate where a microphone picks up sound. Most of the mics in this category offer just an omnidirectional polar pattern, which records equally from all sides. Some companies swap that out for a cardioid pattern, which picks up audio from a single direction. The MoveMi...

The Fortnite found quest “Somebody’s planning a party in Crime City” and Joss’ story quest “Help Big Dill with the party” require you to, well, help Big Dill set up his party. Both quests follow the same steps and require you to interact with Big Dill, but the quests can be very difficult: A lot...

Behaviour Interactive has announced that the Cenobite Chapter, which includes iconic killer Pinhead, will soon be removed from Dead by Daylight.

What are the WWE 2K25 system requirements? While 2K is set to innovate when it comes to gameplay for its WWE license this year, introducing The Island as a new shared-world game mode, the game's PC demands have stagnated, meaning there might be little in the way of technological advancements coming. You won't need the best graphics card to play WWE 2K25 on PC, and if you were able to play last year's game with decent performance, you're already set for this year. Very few changes have been made,...

Pulling together the teams behind hits like Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge and Streets of Rage 4, today we have an exciting reveal of Absolum.

While gamers have been struggling to get their hands on a new Nvidia GeForce RTX 5000 GPU, it looks as though you’ll have a much easier time buying a new AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT when it’s released. According to the latest whispers, stock of the new 9070 cards is significantly better than any of the RTX 5000 cards. The AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT release date is coming very soon, and with a price of $599 it looks set to offer some serious competition for the Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070, with more VRAM and so...

Apple CEO Tim Cook yesterday teased that there was "something in the air" this week, and it turns out that could be "things" plural. Following today's announcement of a new iPad Air with an M3 chip, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman now says that Apple plans to announce the long-rumored MacBook Air with the M4 chip tomorrow. "Expect the M4 MacBook Air tomorrow as part of the new product wave," he said, in a post on X. Gurman initially said the new MacBook Air would be announced "earlier" than the iPhone 1...

The BAFTA Games Awards 2025 nominees have been announced, and games like Astro Bot, Helldivers 2, and Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2 are getting nods.

Lessons all around, I guess.

Another developer closing up due to a tough industry. Studio Fizbin have announced they will be closing up after releasing Reignbreaker which arrives this month.

Late last year, Australia passed a law banning social media for all people under 16 years old. Now, some of those companies — namely Meta, TikTok and Snap — are not happy at one exception: YouTube. Australia has deemed YouTube as a critical education tool and is allowing use, despite an original assumption that the Google-owned platform would be included, Reuters and The Guardian reports.  This follows last month's report from Australia's eSafety Commissioner, which found that YouTube is the mos...

Firaxis has released its development roadmap for Civilization 7, promising UI updates and more refinements starting from today.

A boring odd couple go on an incredible adventure.

After their success delivering one of the best beat-’em-ups of the past decade with Streets of Rage 4, developer Guard Crush Games is working on something original. The studio announced its new game Absolum, which Guard Crush and co-developer Supamonks describe as an “action-RPG ‘rogue-’em-up’” that channels classic fantasy brawlers like Sega’s Golden Axe and...

Apple's Beats brand is announcing another headphone collaboration today, this time with designer Sandy Liang for limited-edition Solo 4 headphones. Beats highlights Liang's "playful, nostalgic aesthetic" and her "signature, whimsical style" that sees Liang's hand-drawn pink ribbon on the headband of metallic silver Solo 4 headphones, as well as matching pink Beats "b" logo buttons on the ear cups."I've always been drawn to the way nostalgia and modernity can coexist, and working with Beats felt ...

Just one more run. What would you get if you crossed Dead Cells with Streets of Rage 4? Well, to save you the hassle, we’ll tell you. You get Absolum, a ‘Rogue ‘em Up’ from developers Dotemu, Guard Crush Games, and Supamonks which we recently got the chance to play via a streamed preview build. It takes the slick, stylish, and accessible combat mechanics that you might expect from a classic beat-‘em-up title and adds in unique runs with branching pathways, permanent upgrades, items, and quests. ...

Split Fiction, the next game from It Takes Two makers Hazelight Studios, is out this week, and is the latest example that 2025 is a strong year for co-op games. Like It Takes Two, which won Game of the Year at the 2021 Game Awards and has since gone on to sell a staggering 20...

When director Josef Fares announced Hazelight Studios’ “next thing,” Split Fiction, at The Game Awards, he prefaced the adventure game as “some next-level shit.” Given Fares’ hat trick of narrative-driven co-op game successes in Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons, A Way Out, and 2021 Game of the Year winner It Takes Two, Hazelight set...

Split Fiction isn't your dad's It Takes Two - which is just as well, as that dad's currently a tiny wooden puppet being serenaded by a singing couple's counselling book. It might look and feel very similar to It Takes Two, particularly in the way its dual protagonists Zoe and Mio can leap, bound and grapple with playful exuberance through its bevy of winding and fast-paced action sequences. But it doesn't take long to realise this is an altogether different beast that's easily Hazelight Studio's...

Apple today announced the newest additions to its tablet family, the 11th generation iPad and M3 iPad Air. Alongside these refreshes, the company has introduced a Springtime refresh of iPhone cases and Apple Watch bands, introducing bright new colorways for the new season. iPhone 16 Silicone Cases The new colors of the iPhone 16 Silicone Case ($49.00) include Tangerine, Aquamarine, Peony, and Periwinkle. These are available in iPhone 16, ‌iPhone 16‌ Plus, iPhone 16 Pro, and ‌iPhone 16 Pro‌ Max. ...

While there are too many deckbuilding roguelikes to count at this point, there aren't many like Knights in Tight Spaces. It distills action movie fight scenes into a fine, tactical experience, and does so with a medieval fantasy twist. A more close-quarters version of XCOM, mixed with the variety of a deckbuilder like Slay the Spire, Knights in Tight Spaces is out now. You can even grab it with a nice discount, too.

Apple today updated the entry-level iPad with an A16 chip. Unfortunately, however, the device continues to lack support for Apple Intelligence. Apple Intelligence is not available on the new entry-level iPad, according to Apple's tech specs. In January, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman said the new entry-level iPad would be equipped with an A17 Pro chip, enabling Apple Intelligence on the device:The new entry-level iPads — J481 and J482 — will get faster processors and Apple Intelligence. The current mod...

“What would you do if you did what you really wanted to do?” It’s the kind of question that a child would ask, but one that’s harder to answer than you might think. It’s also a moment shared in a podcast literally years ago, but one that I still remember fondly — and one that...

Somehow, we live in a reality where we’ve gotten a new version of Grand Theft Auto 5 - a Grand Theft Auto 5: 2, if you will - before GTA 6. It’s an unusual world, but then again, it’s nice to have an excuse to revisit Los Santos one final time. The GTA 5 Enhanced PC edition is finally here, bringing with it a bundle of visual and audio enhancements, faster loading times, and all the improvements previously reserved for console-based GTA+ players. It sounds good, but despite a huge influx of play...

Don't want that $2,000 card overheating.

Another old name has returned. Acclaim Entertainment that was originally founded in 1987 has relaunched, with a plan to bring back some classic games as well as new indie games.

How do you get Monster Hunter Wilds Hunter Symbols? MH Wilds doesn't make it very clear that these hunts are available to you, but Hunter Symbols are a unique material used for crafting weapons and armor. They appear as a certificate in your inventory, as proof that you've hunted a Tempered monster. Hunter Symbols in Monster Hunter Wilds can be earned by hunting Tempered monsters of varying difficulty. Five-star Tempered monsters drop Hunter Symbol I; six-star Tempered monsters drop Hunter Symbo...