Oct 8
Ubisoft reportedly cancelled an Assassin's Creed game set around the American Civil War because of Yasuke backlash and political turmoil in the US
PC Gamer - andy.chalk@pcgamer.com (Andy Chalk)
[img]https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/noMS6EDgWhA9ZZRNPakCfR-1280-80.jpg[/img] The game was meant to take place during the Reconstruction era, and would have featured a Black assassin confronting the emergence of the Ku Klux Klan.
Oct 8
Little Nightmares 3 review
PC Gamer - shaun.prescott@futurenet.com (Shaun Prescott)
[img]https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/QBB4b2q3Q8DABykhjkmv3L-1280-80.jpg[/img] A cinematic horror with a hypnotically disturbing atmosphere, but with too few new ideas.
Oct 7
Founder of Dwarf Fortress and Caves of Qud publisher Kitfox Games says its procgen sims for sickos are 'giving storytelling tools back to the people when games and passive media took them away'
PC Gamer - lincoln.carpenter@futurenet.com (Lincoln Carpenter)
[img]https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/8MwsS2qoH9mNBV66yq6JC8-1280-80.jpg[/img] Streets of Fortuna, Kitfox's own in-development "megasim," is chasing that same systems-driven storytelling.
Oct 7
The original System Shock 2 is being removed from sale later this week
PC Gamer - andy.chalk@pcgamer.com (Andy Chalk)
[img]https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/a3vznBF2e3UQkFHyrrs8xd-1280-80.jpg[/img] All current and future owners of the 25th Anniversary remaster will get the original edition for free, but it will no longer be available for separate purchase.
Oct 7
The first gameplay footage from Astroneer studio's next space game looks like co-op chaos on colorful planets, but I'm not crazy about the idea of timed missions in a hangout game
PC Gamer - clivingston@pcgamer.com (Christopher Livingston)
[img]https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/AQvfyHFF2gY2gZW9CDZbpe-1280-80.jpg[/img] A ticking clock on every single mission doesn't particularly appeal to me.
Oct 7
As Destiny 2 hits its lowest ever daily peak for Steam concurrent players, Bungie U-turns on controversial plan to reset player power next season
PC Gamer
[img]https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/v6gPnFRzBZ9NPBGN9beXqg-1280-80.jpg[/img] Bungie continues to prod at a fundamentally broken system.
Oct 7
Vampire Survivors devs say online co-op mode is 'coming soon'—along with the answer to 'a burning question that has been asked thousands of times'
PC Gamer - lincoln.carpenter@futurenet.com (Lincoln Carpenter)
[img]https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/zHXtfyzyuMocSYtrQwmq3M-1280-80.jpg[/img] "Play online with up to 3 other friends from around the world, just as Poe Ratcho intended."
Oct 6
Alien Isolation is way too long because its Xenomorph got way too smart: 'At the time it didn't seem that long'
PC Gamer - shaun.prescott@futurenet.com (Shaun Prescott)
[img]https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/UVe8hbTXGhpRp2CEypkhpm-1280-80.jpg[/img] The tricky AI ended up prolonging an otherwise shorter game.
Oct 6
Unreal mastermind Cliff Bleszinski really likes this fan-made Redux remaster: 'Time for a new generation to learn that Unreal isn't just an engine'
PC Gamer - andy.chalk@pcgamer.com (Andy Chalk)
[img]https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/DbrUvkcQu4L22j3EBn2nR5-1280-80.jpg[/img] It's a certified CliffyB thumbs-up.
Oct 6
Metal: Hellsinger studio The Outsiders is closing as part of Funcom's post-Dune: Awakening layoffs
PC Gamer - andy.chalk@pcgamer.com (Andy Chalk)
[img]https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/zP84XswtxadPGDdRB6twXn-1280-80.jpg[/img] Funcom announced the layoffs last week, just a few months after "the biggest release" in the company's history.
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