Sometimes you don't want to go too hard, you just want a nice little game where you transform a million hexagons of barren oblate spheroid into a lush new home for humankind with an atmosphere, plants, and animals. Is that too much to ask? It's not, it turns out, because after a couple years in early access Plan B: Terraform has hit 1.0.In Plan B you build up automated infrastructure...

September is a return to a much busier month for game releases after a slower summer window, and as I look ahead to October, I'm thankful for the brief lull we had. If you didn't know already, September is Hollow Knight: Silksong month, and I'm pretty sure I could hear the collective shouts of joy from its fanbase around the world when Team Cherry made the announcement during Gamescom. I...

I am, as is well-known, an absolute sicko for any videogame that lets me conjure up some fabulous alternate history. Crusader Kings: what if Novgorod conquered Muscovy? Europa Universalis: what if Ethiopia became the beating, imperial heart of the world economy? Hearts of Iron 4: what if any of WW2's key players were replaced by someone only loosely aware of what a tank is (I am not good at Hearts...

You probably couldn't have predicted this one. Of all the things Star Trek that could be a game, it's 24-years-gone series Star Trek: Voyager that's getting the treatment with a game that'll put you in charge of the lost ship's journey home.Star Trek: Voyager - Across the Unknown is described as a "a story-driven survival strategy game." Your job is to manage the ship, its resources, and its path through...

While it may not have been as popular as Fallout or Baldur's Gate, Planescape: Torment is often regarded as the zenith of the CRPG's golden age. Its bizarre setting, kooky characters, and emphasis on solving quests through dialogue rather than combat set it apart from its RPG brethren, and you can trace its influence all the way through to modern roleplaying games like Disco Elysium.Yet despite its legacy, new adventures...

Darkest Dungeon 2 has spent the last year plus change building out its Kingdoms mode. This transforms the party-based roguelike into a more open-ended strategy experience, folding in several features from the original game in the process. It's gone down relatively well with players, helping to bridge the divides in opinion over some controversial design decisions Red Hook made for the sequel.Now, the developers have released a new update for...

There's a clue for the August 30 (1533) Wordle just a quick scroll down this page if you need it. Heck, it's here even if you don't think you'll need it, ready to go whenever you feel your first weekend puzzle's not quite going to plan. Team it up with today's hints for maximum effect, or cut straight through to the best bit (winning, of course) with a sneaky little...

I will neither confirm nor deny that I was among those miffed that a powerplanning mistake got their base pillaged and destroyed in Dune: Awakening, but I will say auto-run sure could make the recovery process from such an error less painful. Funcom must've heard that complaint more than once too, as Dune: Awakening has a new auto-run toggle on the way.The blessed new keybind was included in the latest...

One nice thing about Helldivers 2 is that you can join random sessions with strangers all night and never find a bad egg. Emerge from the cryostasis transportation pod on another diver's ship and you're likely to be greeted with a salute, handshake, or hug emote. That's just how Helldivers roll.The community's been on its extra-best behavior this week with an uptick of fresh recruits, as Helldivers 2 became the...

Folks, they're calling it the steal of the century. The unbeatable deal. A throwback to a better time, before the world was ravaged by tariffs, gachaflation and out of control cost of living increases. Could it be true?Could Hollow Knight: Silksong really go on sale next Thursday for a mere 19 dollars and 99 cents?So claims Gamestop (as spotted by ResetEra poster --R), which has listed a pre-order for the...