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Sins Of A Solar Empire 2 will release on Steam this summer

4X-meets-real-time-strategy game Sins Of A Solar Empire 2 will finally launch on Steam this summer, Stardock and Ironclad Games have announced, a couple of years after going into technical early access on Epic Games Store. I loved the first Sins and so did Kieron Gillen (RPS in peace) whose 16-year-old ...
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Review: Cavern Of Dreams (Switch) – A Rich, Rare Homage To The N64’s Finest ‘Formers

Clanker's Cavern of Dreams.Cavern of Dreams leapt to the Switch eShop on 29th February 2024. We weren't able to review the game at the time but managed to catch up with it recently. And it's good! If you like that sort of thing...Talk to any video game fan over 30 ...
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Some of the Most Popular Fallout 4 Mods Downgrade the Game to Skip the Next-Gen Update

Fallout 4’s next-gen update suffered a troubled launch, but it was PC players of Bethesda’s post-apocalyptic role-playing game that endured the most issues. Now, some of the most popular mods for Fallout 4 let players “downgrade” the game to a pre-patch point.The PC-specific update for Fallout 4 broke a number ...
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Catholic Priest AI chatbot is defrocked within a week after taking confession and okaying Gatorade baptisms

Last week a Catholic media ministry (not sure what that is but okay) called Catholic Answers created a generative AI priest chatbot called Father Justin. Fr. Justin used a large language model to answer questions about the Catholic church and Catholic orthodoxy, and if you have any familiarity with how ...
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Microsoft’s Xbox Game Release Windows for Rest of 2024 Reportedly Revealed

A new report has revealed launch timings for Xbox games throughout the rest of 2024, spilling the beans on when to expect everything from the next Call of Duty to Indiana Jones.The Verge reported that Bethesda is currently targeting a September release for the Starfield expansion Shattered Space. In a ...
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We could be seeing Total War: Warhammer 3’s redemption after months of backlash

Yesterday, coinciding with the release of the Thrones of Decay DLC, Total War: Warhammer 3 jumped 90 places in the Steam charts, trailed closely by the three lord packs that make up the strategy game's latest expansion. Those lord packs are now the three top rated expansions in the series’ ...
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New Contra: Operation Galuga Update Is Finally Available On Switch, Here Are The Patch Notes

Update: Switch catches up with the other platforms.Update : After being released on other platforms last week, Konami and WayForward have revealed that the latest update for Contra: Operation Galuga is now available on Switch too.Notice of the Switch's inclusion was shared by the official Contra Twitter account. You can ...
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Call of Duty Fans Are Squinting at Microsoft’s Direct Showcase Tease, Believe It Hides Black Ops V

This week, Microsoft announced the timing of its Xbox showcase event in June as well as a follow-up Direct for a mystery game that looks like a clear tease for the next Call of Duty.This year’s mainline Call of Duty is reportedly a Treyarch-developed Black Ops game set in the ...
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A Fallout 76 theatre troupe is putting on Richard III, with a ghoul king inspired by the Fallout TV show

A player-run troupe of actors will be performing an adaptation of Richard III in Fallout 76, featuring a "ghoul" in the lead role. They're partly inspired by the recent Fallout TV show, which puts a jaded cowboy ghoul in a pivotal role and has lead to an increase in players ...
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Helldivers 2 Dev to Patch the Eruptor After Community Investigation Reveals Ricochet and Shrapnel Issue

Helldivers 2 developer Arrowhead has issued a statement on recent changes to the way ricochet works in the game after members of the community pointed out one weapon in particular was killing players more than it should.After this week’s release of patch 01.000.300, which tweaked a long list of weapons, ...
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