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One of the big PC gaming success stories from 2018 was the launch of Frostpunk, a city-builder with a post-apocalyptic survival theme. It's sold 1.4 million copies in its first year and churned out an expansion, but the snowplow isn't content to stop there. An official board game adaptation of the four-player co-op game is in the works, and if...

The popular single-player/multiplayer RPG Genshin Impact will be expanding outside of what's currently available according to a miHoYo spokesperson who talked with IGN Japan. The developers plan on adding more characters, character-specific missions, side quests, and a third city, all of which are currently in development. The mechanics of the game, however, don't appear due for any changes or...

I was today years-old when I learned that a Legends of Aria player has created a custom PvE server that has its own unique classes. Of course, the fact that this game has PvE servers is certainly nothing new, and the game has several PvE-minded shards. In any event, I suspect that this TIL moment is the purpose of...

We've got a bundle of World of Warcraft news here to cap off your Thursday. First, if all the jeering for Battle for Azeroth kept you from buying the expansion, congrats: Now you're getting it for free, kinda, as Blizzard announced today that the expansion will be bundled into the base subscription fee when the Shadowlands pre-patch drops next week....

Riot Games' Valorant is smooshing around its fall lineup. The good news it's that it's pushed the new arctic wilderness map, Icebox, up in the schedule, meaning it'll launch on October 13th alongside the act III battlepass (27th for competitive mode). "An abandoned Kingdom research facility in the arctic wilderness is the next location to flex your aim and abilities....

I realize the news cycle has been wild this week, so you may have missed the sad news that Van Halen co-founder Eddie Van Halen passed away after a battle with throat cancer. The death of a popular musician would normally not be something we cover on a gaming blog, but as it happens, Sea of Thieves has brought...

A trial date has been confirmed by the northern California district court hearing the case between Epic Games and Apple. The litigation will move to a bench trial on Monday, May 3rd, 2021, officially confirming that both parties' desire for the case to be heard by a judge and not a jury has been granted. The May 2021 date is...

With Wurm Online safely enshrined on Steam and pulling in "unprecedented" numbers of players thanks to the platform, Code Club is moving on to prepping its next move - and it involves more devs, more marketing, and more content. "The surge in popularity has definitely exceeded our expectations and it seems like it can give us some headroom in expanding...

GI.biz has a detailed expose of Twitch's corporate culture out today, painting a picture of ongoing and systemic racism, sexism, and abuse, both in the office and in the community. The article includes input and allegations from 16 employees, only a few of whom said they had never seen misconduct at the company. One of them, whose identity was...

The latest update newsletter from Squadron 42 is very much about its alien lifeforms. A number of team segments are working on the Vanduul, whether it's the AI team working out the race's melee and ranged combat tactics, the animation team working on melee attack animations and locomotion, or the art teams working on Vanduul's armor and lance weapon....