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You can now listen to the entire soundtrack for grand strategy game Europa Universalis 5, as it's been posted to YouTube, Spotify, and Apple Music. Composed by Håkan Glänte, the music spans a lot of history and a lot of Europe in an impressive 26 tracks lasting nearly two hours.As you might imagine, it's a suitably grand soundtrack for a game that will encompass nearly 500 years of human history,...
Free-to-play survival adventure shooter Once Human now has custom, dedicated servers available.The independent server infrastructure is officially supported by developer NetEase games, which said in a press release that it hopes players will use private servers to "push the boundaries of the Once Human experience, such as transforming it into a cozy building experience or a brutal survival game where only the most skilled survive."Private servers let those who manage...
Back in 2014, an established Chinese game development studio called Shanda Interactive Entertainment started work on Borderlands Online, a Chinese-market-only MMO version of the two-games-deep Borderlands series. Gearbox was trying to get a jump on the growing Chinese PC gaming market, clearly, but the game didn't happen: It was cancelled in 2015 when Shanda left game development entirely. All that remains now are some screenshots and (rather weird) trailers.Now, on...
A new action-adventure game set in medieval China, Blood Message, has been revealed with a suitably epic trailer for its epic historical journey.Developed by NetEase's 24 Entertainment Lin'an Studio, Blood Message will be a "cinematic, singleplayer, linear story-driven action-adventure" powered by Unreal Engine 5 and released for PC and consoles. NetEase said in a press release that it considers Blood Message to be "its first AAA singleplayer title."And wow, what...
Denmark is switching to Linux, says its Ministry of Digital Affairs, in a move that exchanges Windows and Office 365 for Linux and LibreOffice.Yes, that Danish government. The government of a nation of roughly 6 million people, which is the southernmost Scandinavian nation and/or the northernmost part of Central Europe, comprised of the Jutland peninsula and adjacent islands.It'll migrate about half of the Ministry of Digital Affairs away from Windows...
It has been six years since Ring Fit Adventure, the Nintendo Switch fitness game that asked players to defeat monsters (and a sexy dragon) through exercise. The workout game used the Joy-Cons’ accelerometers to measure your movements and translate them into fitness attacks on screen. It’s weird, it’s wacky, but it worked. I played quite a bit of Ring Fit during the COVID-19 lockdown. What can I say: Nintendo kept...
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Wizard of Legend 2 is about as good as roguelikes get. It’s a shame then that I’ve spent more time trying to play Wizard of Legend 2 than I’ve spent actually playing Wizard of Legend 2. The original Wizard of Legend, developed by Contingent99, quickly amassed a cult following, due to charmingly minimalist vibes and a deep, creative combat system. For the sequel (that’s also a remake), Contingent99 stepped back...
Creative Assembly's long-running readjustment of Total War: Warhammer 3 presses on with the slow but inexorable determination of an army of dwarves. Back in March, the developer completely overhauled the game's maligned Kislev faction to make its polar-bear riding humans more fun to play. Now, it has issued a new patch targeting another specific area of the game with deep restructuring—its magic item system.For those unaware, Total War: Warhammer 3...
Obsidian will be shaking up its early access strategy for the release of Grounded 2 next month. Rather than the monthly micro-updates that were the norm when Grounded launched, the developer has decided that something more like every four to five months will be the norm.In an interview with GamesRadar, Grounded 2 game director Chris Parker laid out the studio's thinking."When we started with Grounded 1 in early access, we...
Throwback RTS Tempest Rising is one of my favourite games from this year, a spectacular and thrilling tribute to Westwood's tragically absent Command and Conquer series. I thought its twin campaigns were pretty much perfect when I reviewed it a couple of months back, which is possibly why its first major update focuses mainly on multiplayer.Titled the "Rally and Recon" update, the patch substantially expands and refines player-on-player warfare. Its...