After years of Ukrainian readers only having access to Warhammer novels via pirated Russian translations, Games Workshop cut a deal with Molfar Comics (who also publish translated versions of manga and World of Warcraft novels) to localize books published under its Black Library imprint. When that contract suddenly ended, Ukrainians who were three books into the Horus Heresy weren't super happy about it.As Oleksandr Nevskiy, the co-owner of Molfar Comics,...

Just a couple months ahead of its original October 24 release date, Mortal Kombat 2 has been delayed to May 15, 2026, as reported by Deadline. However, the delay apparently isn't due to production-related setbacks. According to Deadline, the release date was moved mainly for box office reasons.By bumping Mortal Kombat 2 back to May, the film may be able to get more attention—and therefore box office cash—during the early...

New data shows gaming revenue has moved almost entirely to digital purchases, at least in Europe, with PC and console purchases dwarfed by mobile gaming. The 2024 All About Video Games report, published earlier this month by Video Games Europe, showed sluggish growth for PC gaming in the EU and signaled the death knell for physical game sales.According to the report, gaming revenue overall grew 4% in 2024. An overwhelming...

Approaching its tenth year out, exploration and crafting hit Astroneer shows no signs of slowing down as developer System Era Softworks has announced a new full, paid expansion called Astroneer: Megatech. It's due out this November, with an accompanying free update, and will bring a new scale of construction to your exploratory infrastructure."Unlock the ability to build massive Megastructure projects that will test your base building skills through the use...

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...

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...

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...

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...