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Cyberpunk platformer Replaced catches another delay for "final tweaks" based on demo feedback
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Cyberpunk platformer Replaced catches another delay for "final tweaks" based on demo feedback

Replaced, the long-in-development dystopian platformer from Sad Cat Studios, has had its release pushed back a little further. The studio have taken on feedback from the demo they recently released on Steam - that's the one which kept surnaming me - and reckon a few more weeks of acting on it are in order to get the game ready to go. Read more

If you can't beat AI, become one in Hooded Horse strategy RPG Heart of the Machine, which hits 1.0 release in March
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If you can't beat AI, become one in Hooded Horse strategy RPG Heart of the Machine, which hits 1.0 release in March

Why is everything rolling sideways on my desk all of a sudden? What’s this mysterious force, dragging my chair towards the wall? Why are all the cars in the vicinity tumbling and rolling in the direction of *checks press release* ...North Carolina, USA? It can only be gravitational disturbance caused by the impending 1.0 release of a massive strategy project. This time it’s Heart of the Machine, a “4X-style”, “dimension-busting” sci-fi game developed by Arce

Former Diablo devs release demo for their Diablo 2-style action-RPG Darkhaven, but warn of "rough edges"
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Former Diablo devs release demo for their Diablo 2-style action-RPG Darkhaven, but warn of "rough edges"

Moon Beast have released a pre-alpha demo for their action-RPG Darkhaven. You know, the one from the former Blizzard North devs, which harkens back to Diablo 2 while stirring in a dynamic world and terrain destruction reminiscent of Minecraft. I did a big interview feature about it. Now, you can play a very early build and decide whether I've been quaffing the Kool Aid. Read more

Battlefield 6 sets out to rally flagging player numbers with a big dose of hallucinatory gas
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Battlefield 6 sets out to rally flagging player numbers with a big dose of hallucinatory gas

Battlefield 6’s Season 2 thunders onto PC today, a three-month festival of Battlefoolery that begins with a new map, Contaminated, new modes for the Redsec battle royale component, a dinky yet deadly helicopter, and some new guns and gadgets. The EA shooter’s Steam playerbase has slumped following its chart-topping release last year, but don’t worry, ye Battlefaithful, because Season 2 has officially recaptured my interest by filling my lungs with psychoactive vapours. In new

You can now play Avowed as Small Person With Big Magic Stick
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You can now play Avowed as Small Person With Big Magic Stick

Avowed now has a bunch more possibilities when it comes to one of the most important fantasy RPG build archetypes, thanks to the deployment of its anniversary update. Three new character races are on offer alongside the established humans and elves, and you can arm them with a quarterstaff which caters to mages who think puny wands and books aren't quite showy enough. As you might recall, some of the stuff included in this anniversary update was orignally supposed to arrive in Avowed late last