Age of Empires 4 launches autumn 2021. It’ll be available on PC via Steam and the Windows Store, and will be available day one on Xbox Game Pass for PC. The real-time strategy sequel includes a Norman campaign – one of four historic campaigns in the game at launch. Gameplay is in the video below …
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Earlier this week, the internet was abuzz after a developer revealed a fully playable version of TimeSplitters 2 had been squirrelled away in Homefront: The Revolution. The only snag was the code required to unlock the easter egg had been lost to time – or so it was thought, until now. Word of the substantial …
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After an eight year absence. Second Sight, the cult classic psychokinetic thriller from TimeSplitters developer Free Radical Design, has re-appeared on Steam after an eight-year absence. First released 2004, Second Sight casts players as a parapsychology researcher who wakes in a mysterious medical facility with no memory of his past. On the upside, he’s now imbued …
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Stellaris’ galaxy menacing Nemesis expansion comes to PC on 15th April and, as is the norm, it’ll be accompanied by a free update for all PC players on the same day. In the run-up to next week’s launch, publisher Paradox has now offered a quick taste of Dick, as the update is officially known, in …
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Sea of Thieves will be raising anchor and embarking on its second official season – bringing new content, fresh player progression, and associated rewards – next Thursday, 15th April. There’s not a lot to report on Season 2 just yet, but – barring minor tweaks to the formula – it should continue the template established …
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A few years ago, I had some time to kill in Huddersfield and decided to check for any interesting books in the Oxfam shop. I’d never seen a copy of Granta before nor hunted one down, presuming my intelligence was below its target readership and assumed my pretentiousness lay elsewhere. (Spoiler: despite ongoing questions regarding …
“If you’re a Titanfall fan, hang on for Season 9.” Buckle up, Titanfall fans – “a ton” of Titanfall-flavoured content is coming to spin-off battle royale, Apex Legends. During a panel at BrownGirlGamerCode, Apex’s senior writer, Ashley Reed, hinted that the studio was working “to integrate Titanfall” into future updates, as “Titanfall’s very much a part …
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Call of Duty: Warzone’s enormous mid-season update was hotly-anticipated by fans, but unfortunately it has suffered from a number of serious issues since launch. Shockingly, the long-standing invisibility bug, which has plagued Warzone for months now, returned with the update. This awful bug, which allows entire squads to turn invisible during a match, was linked …
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Reyner Banham once spoke about the architectural properties of crisps. I would love to have been there. This week I am re-reading his thrilling book on Los Angeles, The Architecture of Four Ecologies, and I’m looking through twenty-year-old magazines. I’m reading Banham again because his generous and perceptive take on LA always feels like comfort …
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Steam and PSVR releases to follow. Wise-cracking anthropomorphic crime-fighting duo Sam & Max will be making their VR debut on Oculus Quest this June in developer HappyGiant’s brand-new adventure outing Sam & Max: This Time It’s Virtual, with releases on Steam, Viveport Infinity, and PSVR to follow. Sam & Max: This Time It’s Virtual is the …
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