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If you're a fan of The Sims, you should care about Paralives. We spoke to developer Alex Massé to learn more about this ambitious indie life-sim game -
Fallout 76 is out - but what happened to Fallouts 5 through 75? We've asked games historian
@frogcroakley
to take us through all seventy of these forgotten gems - so keep an eye on this thread to learn about
#AllTheFallouts
We spoke to Slime Rancher 2's game director Nick Popovich, who told us that the slime-coralling sequel will have a bigger world, and (somehow) even more colour than the original -
Fallout 76 paid subscribers have formed "The Apocalyptic Aristocracy", a clan who flounce around in fancy clothes while looking down on non-paying "peasants" -
"The narrative had to be baked into the corridors": Marc Laidlaw tells all about writing Half-Life, Valve's pre-Alyx VR project, and his regret over posting that Episode 3 story -
Branching off from the Hypixel Minecraft mega-server, Hytale is an upcoming block-building sandbox backed by Riot Studios, and designed with mod support in mind -
Awesome Games Done Quick 2021 has revealed its game list and there are some absolute belters on the cards, including Hades, Sekiro, Left 4 Dead 2 and more -
GTA Online has added player-run nightclubs in its After Hours update. As well as crimehubs they're social spaces to dance, chill, and maybe go so hard you wake up somewhere else entirely...
"After playing Mandela, it's very hard to read a script that doesn't have any of the qualities that man has," said Idris Elba in 2013.
Elba will next play Knuckles The Echidna in the Sonic The Hedgehog 2 movie:
Warframe players are refusing to let Fortuna instance number 69 end, maintaining a round-the-clock vigil (and party) so it doesn't empty and automatically shut down -
The new System Shock is a breathtakingly beautiful and astonishingly faithful remake that proves the enduring power of Looking Glass design. Our review -
Eve Online has booted one of their Council Of Stellar Management members and banned his in-game accounts over allegations of corruption. The twist: He's a US political lobbyist -
Roblox Portraits is a short series of articles exploring the quiet success of the MMO. In the first instalment, Alex Wiltshire talks to two successful creators who have been making games in Roblox since its early days -
The Sonic movie has revealed his promised makeover, and it's disappointingly familiar. Please, Hollywood, show some integrity and bring back Sonic's ratty fur and sinister human mouth -
But *why* can we pet the dog? Ruth Cassidy talks to three indie devs, and the man behind
@CanYouPetTheDog
, to find out if virtual dog snuggles are worth it -
Deus Ex is 20 years old today. We spoke to its developers and publisher - including Harvey Smith, John Romero, Ian Livingstone, Sheldon Pacotti, Austin Grossman and more - for the story of how it was made -
Indiana Jones'y tactical FTL-like Pathway is out next week, blending XCOM-ish tactical squad combat with exploration, tomb-raiding and lots of Nazi-stabbing -
Microsoft have open-sourced 1995's 3D Movie Maker by popular demand, as part of a wave of source releases which some hope might lead to Carmageddon code (no, really, it makes sense) -