History is built in layers. This was the key concept Firaxis kept in mind as it planned Civilization VII, the next entry in its long-running 4X strategy series. Civilizations are not static; they rise and fall, and new cultures take over and build on top of them. With Civ VII, …
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The first gameplay trailer for Batman: Arkham Shadow–the next Arkhamverse game coming exclusively to Meta Quest 3 headsets–has been revealed at Gamescom Opening Night Live. Like the Arkham games, you’ll be able to punch goons, clobber enemies with Batarangs, and sneak up on people, all in virtual reality. Developer Camouflaj …
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Techland revealed Dying Light: The Beast, the latest addition to the open-world zombie series, with a new trailer that teases the return of the original game’s protagonist, Kyle Crane, as its playable character. The announcement came with a trailer during Gamescom Opening Night Live. The trailer is light on details, …
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The marketing team behind Black Myth: Wukong has asked streamers covering the game to avoid mentioning topics including “feminist propaganda,” COVID-19, and China’s game industry policies, multiple reports have revealed. Screenshots of the document with a number of “Do’s and Don’ts” for influencers circulated on social media thanks to French …
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Netflix is continuing to willfully miss the point of its hit series Squid Game, turning a show about living in an unfeeling capitalist utopia into a funny game about completing obstacle courses. Squid Game Unleashed got a new trailer during Gamescom’s Opening Night Live that makes the horrific and lethal …
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The Dark Pictures Anthology, Supermassive’s long-running horror franchise of games that tend to play like interactive movies, is getting some major overhauls to its gameplay mechanics with Directive 8020, as revealed at Gamescom Opening Night Live. The next game in the series will be the first to be set in …
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From 1999 to 2015, Backyard Sports was a beloved kid-friendly sports game franchise with colorful graphics, easy gameplay, and one of the most dominant athletes in video game history in Pablo Sanchez. Today, Playground Productions has announced that Backyard Sports is coming back, and it’s doing so as more than …
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During Gamescom Opening Night Live, a new cinematic trailer was shown off for Dark and Darker Mobile, Krafton’s upcoming dark fantasy game. While there wasn’t any new gameplay in this trailer, it did serve as a reminder that fame and fortune can be yours, if you don’t mind being constantly …
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Coffee Stain Studios has revealed Goat Simulator Remastered, a remaster of the original 2014 game, and it’s coming out later this year for PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S. This version includes all previously released DLC from the PC version, as well as the previously mobile-exclusive GoatVille High map. Mobile …
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The first player rankings have been revealed ahead of NBA 2K25‘s release on September 6, starting with the lowest 30 of the top 100 ranked players. 2K has also revealed this year’s top-ranked rookies, as well as some of the top-ranked WNBA players. The highest ranked player revealed so far …
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