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Prince of Persia creator shares his sympathies with The Sands of Time remake devs: "Artists put their hearts into their work"
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Prince of Persia creator shares his sympathies with The Sands of Time remake devs: "Artists put their hearts into their work"

Last month, Ubisoft pretty unceremoniously cancelled a bunch of games, the most notable of the bunch being that long gestating Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time remake. This came as part of a major restructuring at the company, putting up to 200 jobs at their Paris HQ at risk, ultimately leading to a call for an international strike, and the firing of one Assassin's Creed designer. It's all a concerning mess, and now the creator of Prince of Persia and lead designer on the original Sands of

Square Enix's baffling murder mystery social game Killer Inn gets a quick, free-for-all playtest ahead of its release next week
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Square Enix's baffling murder mystery social game Killer Inn gets a quick, free-for-all playtest ahead of its release next week

In a few months time we'll be approaching the anniversary of Square Enix realising that actually, their commitment to releasing certain games only on particular platforms isn't that good for them after all. These following two years will supposedly have been a time of internal change for the studio, with that translated externally via the Final Fantasy 7 Remake games releasing on more than just PlayStation. Perhaps they're finally making smart choices! And then last year, instead of finally sh

Throw pool, dice and stickers into a blender and you get STICKER/BALL, a roguelike that relishes in chaos
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Throw pool, dice and stickers into a blender and you get STICKER/BALL, a roguelike that relishes in chaos

I'll be truthful with you for a moment: I do, from time to time, enjoy a game where I do not have to be supremely strategic, and get to watch different lights and colours light up on my screen. Something that's got the juice, but doesn't ask too much of me. Everyone needs to turn their brain half off once in a while! And I believe I could quite easily find myself switching off that half to STICKER/BALL once in a while, a "pool game roguelike from the future." Read more

Exodus' writer wants to make the Mass Effect successor's side quests so good you won't care if you're rewarded for doing them
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Exodus' writer wants to make the Mass Effect successor's side quests so good you won't care if you're rewarded for doing them

You know, you'd think that with decades worth of RPGs in existence, side quests would have been more or less figured out by now. And yet, there are still enough games releasing that seem more interested in going for quantity over quality. But for the devs over at Archetype Entertainment, the goal is to make the side quests in their upcoming sci-fi jaunt Exodus not feel just "tacked on." Read more

I'm certain the pirates in strategy game Menace are laughing at my mistakes
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I'm certain the pirates in strategy game Menace are laughing at my mistakes

My Menace campaign hasn't been a rousing success. In my first mission, I failed a string of optional objectives and saw one of my squads gunned down by a group of heavily-armed, jetpack-wearing space pirates. I got revenge by running them over with an APC. So, we'll call it a draw. But I need to up my game if I'm to kick these freeloading bandits off the planet Backbone. Read more