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Xmas is almost here, so it's time to play Skeal
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Xmas is almost here, so it's time to play Skeal

The nights are heavy, the sun is frail. The mountain moans its hunger. The rivers are frozen scars and the trees are become hard flashes of black lightning. Bells haunt the wind and peculiar bearded men appear in the fireplaces, to be chased away with pies and brandy. The roses, strangely, are in bloom. Put on your slippers. Stoke the embers. Pull up a chair. It is time to remember. It is time to renew. It is time to succumb to a growing addiction. It is time… to play Skeal. Read more

Rally Point: Tempest Rising is clearly Command & Conquer, but more importantly, it isn't
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Rally Point: Tempest Rising is clearly Command & Conquer, but more importantly, it isn't

I wasn't sure if I wanted Command & Conquer to come back. Some things are just gone, a product of their time, your fondness for them tied to some ephemeral capacity or limitation long since stretched out or hammered in by time and, in the case of games, a wealth of fresher and more convenient alternatives. But Tempest Rising is not C&C again. Even though I've summarised it as such in a few emails, given the clear similarity of its design and setting. It feels more like an original work made wi

Larian announce plans to let folks ask anything about their generative AI use, asserting "a lot has become lost in translation"
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Larian announce plans to let folks ask anything about their generative AI use, asserting "a lot has become lost in translation"

Larian hope to offer "more insight" into their usage of generative AI via an ask me anything session set to take place in the new year. It'll also be a chance to ask more general questions about Divinity, if you fancy. Naturally, this all comes after the Geoff announcement of the Baldur's Gate 3 devs' next RPG was swiftly followed by comments from CEO Swen Vincke which revealed the studio are making limited use of generative AI. Read more

I've never felt more at home than in the labyrinths of Blue Prince
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I've never felt more at home than in the labyrinths of Blue Prince

You are standing in the Dark Room, pockets full of gems and keys, eyeing up the eastward door. The three silhouetted templates on your drafting screen all seem equally unpromising. You go for broke and pick the one on the left. Ah nuts, you’ve drawn the Videogame Journalist’s Bedroom. It contains nothing save rotten coils of USB cables, the stink of bad coffee, and a single active computer screen, displaying a just-written article about an esoteric strategy puzzler. Which strate

League of Legends is set for a big overhaul in 2027, as Riot lay "the groundwork for League’s next era"
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League of Legends is set for a big overhaul in 2027, as Riot lay "the groundwork for League’s next era"

League of Legends is set for some big changes as part of an overhaul targeting a 2027 release, Riot Games have confirmed following a report on the coming revamp by Bloomberg. Yep, the MOBA's devs have pulled the trigger on their official announcement a little earlier than planned, waxing lyrical about laying "the groundwork for League’s next era" now, rather than waiting to reveal all in the new year. Read more