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A Season 6 release window has also been detailed We learneda bitaboutDeep Rock Galactic’supcomingSeason 5 updatea few weeks ago, and now we know a bit more thanks to a Ghost Ship dev stream. Not only has it gifted us details on the new mission type and the new season event, it’s also given us an idea of when we might see Season 6 emerge. I suppose you could liken the stream to a bushy Dwarven beard, from which the devs pluck out announcements like it’s show and tell....

“The history of how a game has been made is critical" Followinga reportby Game Developer on the ESA’srefusal to budge during a hearing on easing copyright restrictionsaround academia’s remote access to legacy games,Deus Excreator Warren Spector has written for the website on his own frustrations with, and efforts to aid, game preservation. Channeling some of the classic immersive sim resourcefulness he helped pioneer, he writes that he’s “literally dumpster dived to retrieve information other developers have simply thrown away, believing it to be worthless....

From former TT Games devs behind the Lego games Your feelings on Funko Pop probably fall into one of two categories: you either hate the black-eyed, copy-paste figures modelled on pop-culture characters with a burning passion, or you own enough of them to construct a small fortress and defend your newfounded Funko nation from the government. Either way, it looks like the first video game starring the ubiquitous toy collectables might somehow scratch your itch....

Here’s how to enter Castle Planner mode in Manor Lords Want to enter Castle Planner mode in Manor Lords?Adding towers, tax offices, and walls to your manor inManor Lordsis a neat feature of the game that’s only going to become more involved over time. While Castle Planner’s still relatively simple in Early Access, the possibilities for turning your home base into a veritable fortress are endless. If you’ve been wondering how toenter and use the Castle Planner in Manor Lords, you’re in the right place....

Here’s how to increase your Settlement Level in Manor Lords Want to increase your Settlement Level in Manor Lords?One of the ultimate goals in any game ofManor Lordsis to slowly see your community evolve from a ramshackle tent housing a handful of peasants to a large town fit for a baron. Settlement Level is the metric used to monitor the ongoing evolution of your town, andManor Lordsplays its cards close to the chest when it comes to revealing what’s required to make that level rise....

But KSP2 publisher Private Division say space game is still receiving updates Last month, GTA 6 publishers Take-Two Interactive announcedplans to “rationalize” their “pipeline"by laying off five per cent of their workforce - around 580 people - and cancelling various games. As part of that, they’re reportedly now doing away with 70 positions at their Seattle offices - Seattle being the home of the Take-Two-owned Intercept Games, the current developers of space simKerbal Space Program 2....

Need a hint for today’s Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #325 This guide is for a previous day! Looking for today’s solution? Check out theConnections hint and answers for Thursday 12th December! Want a hint for Connections today?Piggybacking off the monumental success of daily puzzle gameWordle, the New York Times has another fantastically popular word game out now. It’s calledConnections, and if you haven’t played it before, now’s the time to start....

After launching in technical preview on Epic Games Store 4X-meets-real-time-strategygameSins Of A Solar Empire 2will finally launch on Steam this summer, Stardock and Ironclad Games have announced, a couple of years after going into technical early access onEpic Games Store. I loved the first Sins and so did Kieron Gillen (RPS in peace) whose16-year-oldreviewdwells appreciatively on the spectacle of cruisers and frigates bouncing to hyperspace on the very edge of a solar system....

In beta now ahead of a May 15th release Starfield’s biggest update since the Bethesdaspace gamecame out last year (remember that?) is arriving in a couple of weeks - with its Steam beta already live now, if you’re interested in poking around. The chunky patch finally tidies up the game’s oft-complained about surface maps to make them easier to navigate, as well as introducing new difficulty options, a decoration mode for the inside of ships and a bunch of other tweaks and fixes....

Chip off the new block The high-fidelity rustic hurly-burly ofManor Lordsis all very well, but some of us yearn for a simpler and perhaps, more elegant age, when city builders looked like a bunch of copulating squares, and could run on PCs with approximately the computing power of a slice of bread (toasted, but not buttered). Step forwardMini Settlers, which has a free prologue version you might try if you’re weary of Manor Lording, or you’ve already exhausted the play possibilities of early access Franconia....

From the studio behind Iron Man VR and Republique Good news! There’s a new Batman: Arkham game on the way that’s notSuicide Squad: Kill the Justice League. (Potentially) not-so-good news! It’s avirtual reality gamethat you’ll only be able to play if you own a Meta Quest 3. Hmm. Like Arkham VR, Batman: Arkham Shadow will be completely exclusive to virtual reality. And not only exclusive to VR, but exclusive to one VR headset in particular: theFacebook-made Meta Quest 3....

It would be a crime if it wasn’t TheAmazon Gaming Weeksale kicked off on Monday, although you wouldn’t know looking at theAmazonhomepage. Despite little fanfare, however, there are some good discounts on gaming hardware and accessories to be had. These limited-time deals will run until 5th May, or until they sell out. There’s lots of other decent gaming deals available in Amazon Gaming Week from now until the 5th May, and you can findthe full sale event here....

Sales for the sale throne, reviews for the review god Yesterday, coinciding with the release of the Thrones of Decay DLC,Total War: Warhammer 3jumped 90 places in the Steam charts, trailed closely by the three lord packs that make up thestrategy game’s latest expansion. Those lord packs are now the three top rated expansions in the series’ history, and the base game itself saw a huge uptick in positive reviews. The last day also saw a peak player count of around 66,000, putting it ahead of giants likePalworld,Rimworld, andFallout 76....