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City-Building in Your Hands: Adapting Frostpunk 2’s Depth to a Gamepad

September 18, 2025 City-Building in Your Hands: Adapting Frostpunk 2’s Depth to a Gamepad
  • Igor Skibiński, Production Coordinator, 11 Bit Studios
Summary
  • Out now and available day one with Xbox Game Pass.
  • Fully reworked control scheme and interface tailored for gamepads.
  • Complex strategy gameplay translated into an intuitive console experience.
With ...
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Dying Light: The Beast Review

When setting out on my fourth journey of leaping across rooftops while slicing zombies in twain via the Dying Light series, I’d wondered if I’d feel any less joy from this violent survival horror-parkour this time. But after another 40+ hours of tucking and rolling I’m pleasantly surprised to say ...
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Yes, Hollow Knight: Silksong has “some moments of steep difficulty” Team Cherry admit, but have you considered going for a pre-boss walk

Something Hollow Knight: Silksong-related has happened at an Australian museum again. This time, rather than the game being confirmed for an appearance back when it was still infinitely mysterious and sans release date, it's Team Cherry devs addressing just how difficult their creation is, following plenty of post-release discourse on ...
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The Best Video Game Remakes of All Time

Over the past decade, video game remakes have become more and more prevalent. Most years see at least one major remake attempt to rekindle the nostalgia of old fans and show new players the achievements of days gone by. And while there’s an argument to be had about games being ...
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Endless Legend 2’s early access launch is a triumph of asymmetrical 4X design, but I do wish it were even stranger

As the ravening shitbeetles of the Edwinphage overran the coral fortifications of the neighbouring Aspect kingdom, filling the air with the moist crunch of mandible on polyp, it occurred to me that I don't feel as much like a horrible doomsday cockroach as I should. We'll circle back to that ...
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Jump Space Early Access Review

The ship was on fire. My crewmates were off-ship capturing the nearby defense cannons to aid our fleet, and I was fighting half a dozen Legion vessels. I wasn’t sure how long I could last solo, but if they didn’t get me, the fire would. I pointed the bow of ...
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Japanese Charts: Switch 2 Surpasses 2 Million Units Sold

While Minecraft sells over 4 million on Switch.Famitsu has provided the latest look at the boxed charts in Japan, and it's another resounding success for Mario Kart World, with the Switch 2 launch title selling another 38,026 copies.Borderlands 4 made its debut, with the PS5 version coming in at number ...
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Jump Space Blasts Onto Xbox Game Preview Tomorrow, Mixing FPS and Space Combat to Wild Effect

September 18, 2025 Jump Space Blasts Onto Xbox Game Preview Tomorrow, Mixing FPS and Space Combat to Wild Effect Summary
  • Jump Space comes to Xbox Series X|S and Xbox One as an Xbox Game Preview title tomorrow, September 19.
  • Previously called Jump Ship, this four-player ...
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Secrets behind Dreams of Another’s creation, out October 10

I’m Baiyon, the director of Dreams of Another and a multimedia artist. The release date for the game, October 10, is fast approaching. In this post, I’d like to share the inspiration behind the themes of the game, the ideas behind the object dialogues, which is one of the aspects ...
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Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds Review

Live and Learn is more than just one of the best songs in Sonic history; it also feels like a philosophy SEGA has taken to heart with Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds. I've spent over 35 hours drifting, boosting, and gathering rings across an excellent set of tracks that span Sonic's 34-year ...
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