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Anthem private server experimentation's underway, as the shooter's subreddit mods rethink retirement plans
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Anthem private server experimentation's underway, as the shooter's subreddit mods rethink retirement plans

Last week, EA followed through on plans outlined in 2025 by shutting down the servers of Bioware's Anthem. Pretty much since the shooter's fate was set in stone, there's been the natural chatter about whether it could potentially be kept online or revived down the road in some fashion. At this early stage, there's been no huge re-emergence, but that doesn't mean folks aren't experimenting to see what such a thing might involve. Read more

80s-themed survival horror I Hate This Place is a gentler Darkwood based on a celebrated comic series
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80s-themed survival horror I Hate This Place is a gentler Darkwood based on a celebrated comic series

If you find Darkwood too dark, perhaps you will like I Hate This Place, an isometric (is it, tho?) survival horror based on the comic book of the same name from Kyle Starks and Artyom Topilin. I Hate This Place is dark – it has hungry tentacle nests, antlered stalkers, and spiders of many sizes – but going by the trailer, at least, it’s nothing like as harrowing and hollowing as the Acid Wizard game. The colours are bright and splashy, the munsters, funky: think Stranger Thi

TR-49 review
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TR-49 review

The developer of Overboard and Expelled delivers its darkest detective game yet.

Marathon Steam pre-orders no longer automatically try to install Destiny 2, as Bungie fix Freudian slip/bug
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Marathon Steam pre-orders no longer automatically try to install Destiny 2, as Bungie fix Freudian slip/bug

Ah, no, not that one. That, I assume, has been the reaction of folks who've gone to pre-order the Marathon reboot on Steam, and immediately been informed that Destiny 2 is sneaking its way back onto their machines. Thankfully, Bungie have now fixed whatever issue was causing the latter to take pre-purchases of the former as a cue to re-install itself. Read more

Life is Strange: Reunion, the time-fiddling finale of co-protagonists Max and Chloe's tale, arrives in March
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Life is Strange: Reunion, the time-fiddling finale of co-protagonists Max and Chloe's tale, arrives in March

The next Life is Strange game, dubbed Life is Strange: Reunion, is set to arrive in March. Officially revealed following an impromptu teaser from PEGI earlier this month, this new entry sees series stalwarts Max Caulfield and Chloe Price serve as co-protagonists. The former's still able to stick time in reverse and the latter's return provides the verbal prowess necessary to solve a blaze-based mystery. Read more