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You don't just paint the map your colour in new WW2 RTS Battleplan, you redraw the frontline with a pencil and hope your troops do the rest
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You don't just paint the map your colour in new WW2 RTS Battleplan, you redraw the frontline with a pencil and hope your troops do the rest

You may have heard that the pen is mightier than the sword, but did you know that the pencil is mightier than the 7th Panzer Division? Here is Battleplan to educate us on the subject. In this WW2 real-time strategy game, you issue orders by drawing on a big pseudo-paper map based on geographical survey data. Then you sit back and watch as thousands of troops, tanks, planes and artillery wotsits strive to transform your arbitrary doodles into actual conquered territory. Read more

Rock Paper Shotgun 12.10.2026 13:30 Uhr
Valor Mortis review - this Napoleonic first-person swordfighter is one of the freshest Soulslikes in years
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Valor Mortis review - this Napoleonic first-person swordfighter is one of the freshest Soulslikes in years

Well, I say "freshest." In its ickily up-close vision of Napoleonic battlefields, swapping the boring old bubonic plague for a fleshy, pustulating necro-blight, Valor Mortis is as horrid and grim as a standard Soulslike rulebook would compel. At the same time, One More Level’s first-person take on campfires and attack-pattern combat does feel like a game striking out on its own, and not just through its unusual choice of perspective. If anything, there are decisions here that might have

Rock Paper Shotgun 12.10.2026 13:00 Uhr
This week in PC games: play a human-eating Katamari from outer space, take over a nature reserve in Planet Zoo 2, and battle Napoleonic body horror in Valor Mortis
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This week in PC games: play a human-eating Katamari from outer space, take over a nature reserve in Planet Zoo 2, and battle Napoleonic body horror in Valor Mortis

Edwin came up the ladder to my office last week to remind me that my quarterly Maw Safety Certification was up for renewal. Without an in date health and safety and wild eldritch creature control license, I'm not allowed to remain in the Treehouse and we have to shut down the site. So, today I'm down in the Maw's chamber coaxing it to hock up some globules of games. Edwin's here, of course, though he seems pretty smug to be on the other side of the plexiglass for a change. I wouldn't mind if he

Rock Paper Shotgun 12.10.2026 12:31 Uhr
Star Citizen singleplayer spinoff Squadron 42 gets a Steam page ahead of its 2027 launch, and this is how I've learned about 50 million famous actors are in it
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Star Citizen singleplayer spinoff Squadron 42 gets a Steam page ahead of its 2027 launch, and this is how I've learned about 50 million famous actors are in it

Squadron 42, the singleplayer spinoff that Star Citizen devs Cloud Imperium Games have been teasing and promising and roadmapping for a loooooooooooooooooonnnnnnnnngggg while, now has a Steam page. Yep, things are finally gearing up for its launch next year. Plus, there's a new trailer that emphsises for those out of the loop (me, basically), that pretty much every sci-fi celeb under the sun is set for a cameo. Read more

Rock Paper Shotgun 12.10.2026 11:41 Uhr
Explore the town of Detour in this new Fallout 4 mod chock full of voiced NPCs and quests
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Explore the town of Detour in this new Fallout 4 mod chock full of voiced NPCs and quests

A group of veteran Fallout 4 modders have just added a whole new town to its wasteland, offering another place to pop into for some trading and questing as you roam post-apocalyptic Boston. The place, dubbed Detour, looks set to act as a "new quest hub" that'll grow via new additions from its creators over time. Read more

Rock Paper Shotgun 12.10.2026 09:32 Uhr
Shogun 2 deserved better
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Shogun 2 deserved better

The visual upgrade is nice, but Complete Edition is a little lacking in QoL.

PC Gamer 12.10.2026 09:00 Uhr
Brews & Kings is an upcoming city-builder about brewing
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Brews & Kings is an upcoming city-builder about brewing

A city builder about brewing. Grow grain and vines, scout the wilderness for pure water and rare ingredients, brew and ferment in your own cellars.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

GamingOnLinux 12.10.2026 07:15 Uhr