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Not as much as the devs would like, to be honest As a republican it pains me to suggest you install a castle and a royal family as soon as possible, because they’re very useful, but in fariness to me that suggestion is only in the specific circumstance that you’re playingLakeburg Legacies. It’s an almost experimental little town management game where you have no control over building placement, your citizens all look like they were made in Picrew, and love is a plentiful yet almost useless resource....

“Yes, you will see how Sam Lake shaves his head!” Remedy Entertainment, the studio behind several wonderfully odd shooters, have a fun trend where they put writer turned creative director Sam Lake on-screen in many of their projects. He’s playingan FBI agent in the upcoming Alan Wake 2, but the trend started with the studio’s breakout hitMax Payne, where the titular tortured man’s face was modelled after Lake’s. One new mod now brings back his grimacing face in the bullet time threequelMax Payne 3....

Filtered article feeds return, rejoice! Hello folks. You may have noticed that our game tag pages have had a bit of a face-lift recently. Previously, these pages were quite plain lists of everything we’d written about the game in question, but thanks to your feedback and some fancy design work from our tech team, these pages are now (hopefully) a lot more useful and better-looking. Here’s what’s changed. Over on the right is an image of what our current game page looks like for Diablo 4, which you can also visit yourselfright hereto see the changes in action....

Definitely not another murder arena Thief-but-with-guns gameGloomwoodcontinues its early access crawl with today’s update, adding a delightful market district to the game. You can get your hair cut, buy a new outfit or two, and generally have a nice time. There definitelywon’tbe any murder or dangerous reasons to skulk through the shadows. And that dog? He doesn’t bite, honest. Take a look at the bustling shopping centre below. Okay, only some of that’s actually true....

I’d rather be a postman The30 minute demonstrationback in June communicated the scope of Bethesda’s spacefaring RPG,Starfield. If what you want is more flavour, tone, some player motivation, then three new animated shorts released today might help. Each tells a short 2-3 minute story of a different character inStarfield’s galaxy, as they attempt to resolve their deep yearning with spaceships. To which we can all relate. Here’s all three, as posted to Bethesda’s YouTube channel:...

With an accompanying 44-page document to boot One eagle-eyedStarfieldfan has apparently spent around 200 hours stitching together what could be thegame’s entire skill treeusing previously released footage of Bethesda’s epic spaceRPG. I’m not actually sure whether you can be a “Starfieldfan” before the game releases, but this budding detective is at least a fan of the trailers, featurettes, and theStarfield Direct. Come and see what they’ve come up with. Over on the Starfield subreddit, sleuth user asd8dhdposteda patchwork image of what they think might be every single skill in the game....

To protect children’s privacy online The Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) have proposed a new method for guaranteeing parental consent to help protect children’s privacy online. The method involves “Privacy-Protective Facial Age Estimation” technology, which would scan an adult’s face to confirm their age before they’re able to consent on behalf a child. Under Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act Rule (COPPA), online sites and services, such as games, must have consent from a parent before they can collect or use personal information from a child....

Part One of our annual countdown of our personal Bestest Bests The RPS 100 To make sure The RPS 100 is as accurate and representative of the current team as possible, we changed how we did the voting for this year’s list, with each member of staff submitting their top 25 favourite games, rather than just a top ten like previous years. This gave us a much more varied list than we had last year, and is probably also why some games have seen some quite large jumps up and down the rankings....

Would be one among many cancellations at Ubisoft in last 12 months Ubisoft have apparently aborted plans for a sequel toImmortals Fenyx Rising, according to a report onVGC. They cite “multiple development sources” who, speaking anonymously, say that the project was scrapped earlier this month. Immortals Fenyx Rising was developed by Ubisoft Quebec, who were apparently also working on its sequel. Prior to Immortals, the studio was responsible for development onAssassin’s Creed Odyssey....

Stuck on the Wordle word for July 25? Read our hint or find the answer below! Need a hint for today’s Wordle answer?It’s said that Tuesday’s child is full of grace, but Tuesday’sWordleis a devious little imp that would love nothing more than to trip you up. But don’t worry, we’re here with the clues you need to keep your winning streak as graceful as ever. Every day, Wordle presents its legions of players with a deviously simple quandary: can you guess the right five-letter word within just six guesses?...

Perfect for Steam Deck, ROG Ally, laptops, phones and more. Gallium Nitride (GaN) chargers are pretty awesome, as they’re much smaller than traditional power bricks allowing for some pretty bonkers specs in a tiny space. That’s certainly the case for this Tecknet GaN triple charger, which offers two USB-C ports, one USB-A port and up to 65W of charging for Steam Deck, ROG Ally, laptops, tablets and phones. It normally retails for £33, but today it’s available for £25 - an awesome price for this spec....

King Of Dragon Pass The Third King Of Dragon Pass’spiritual successorSix Ages: Ride Like The Windis about to get an actual successor withSix Ages 2: Lights Going Out. The storybook sequel follows the strategy-RPG formula from its ancestors as you lead a clan through political disputes, a world-ending crisis, and disagreements about who owns sheep or a magical baby. And best of all, developer A Sharp have announced that the game will come out on August 21st....

We’ll be chatting about the cosy puzzle game Friday 28th This month’s Game Club Pick is the wonderfully cosy puzzlerUnpacking, so as is Game Club tradition we’ll be doing another liveblog chat with you lovely lotFriday 28th at 4pm BST / 8am PDT. If you have opinions about Unpacking, we wanna hear them. We’ll be chatting about Unpacking’s story, level design, our favourite moments, our frustrations, which plushie is the cutest, why the box ‘pop’ sound is so satisfying - anything that comes to mind....