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Because of course he does. After creatingMetal Gear Solid, founding his own studio to developDeath Strandingand becoming best pals with most of Hollywood,Hideo Kojima’s next big ambition is apparently to be blasted into space to make a game. That’s according to the legendary dev himself, who told the crowd assembled at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival to watch Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds, the recent documentary about his creative process, that he’d love to create a game playable in space… while in space....

School’s in for the summer. Let’s School, the whimsical headteacher sim fromMy Time at Portiadevs Pathea, will be out next month. The school sim - which effectively blends the charming, colourful style of Portia and upcoming sequelMy Time at Sandrockwith the bird’s-eye view of something like Two Point Campus - sticks players in the shoes of a principal needing to manage their former academic institution and revamp the rundown school....

Pro Philosopher 1 is still excellent and free It’s been ten years since Intelligible Games graced us withSocrates Jones: Pro Philosopher, an Ace Attorny style argue ‘em up where you confront a cavalcade of philosophers in an attempt to uncover the ultimate nature of morality. Also you’re dead, and there are lots of silly jokes. Watch on YouTube Playing Pro Philosopher the first is a fab little way to get the Cliff Notes on some of the major moral theories that have cropped up across history....

Check out these attractive and interesting indie games! Every weekend, indie devs show off current work on Twitter’s#screenshotsaturdaytag. And every Monday, I bring you a selection of these snaps and clips. This week is another shortie because Twitter is once again broken and refusing to show all the weekend’s posts, which sure feels ominous for the social media platform. The games are still good. Come on in for an immersive sim with a clever little technology trick, an adventure game set in a city on a giant octopus, the throwing of an egg, and more attractive and interesting indie games....

Nearly 11 years since he said it would be the next official Team Meat game IfMewgenicswere an actual cat, it would be approaching its twilight years. It’s been nearly 11 years since Edmund Mcmillen, known forSuper Meat BoyandBinding Of Isaac, first announced that the mysterious cat breed ‘em upwould be Team Meat’s next game. The cats wound up waiting outside while they worked on other things, but we now have a much more concrete idea of what the game is....

A bit Auto Chess, a bit Slay the Spire, from makers of the popular Downfall mod We already knew the folks behindSlay the Spiremod Downfall were making their own standalone game, Tales & Tactics, and now we know when we’ll be able to play it. Tales & Tactics,in case you’ve forgotten, is best pitched as a mixture of Slay the Spire andDota Auto Chess; in other words, it’s a fantasy roguelike (like StS), where you can pick up abilities, gear and whatnot during each run, with auto-battling combat (likeAuto Chess) - except here it’s on a hex board....

Spend less on your motherboard, spend more on your CPU and GPU. One mistake I often see novice PC builders making is overspending on the motherboard. It’s true that higher-end models offer more features and can support better overclocking performance, but for the vast majority of people you’re better off putting your budget towards the highest-tier graphics card and processor you can afford - as these actually determine in-game performance! - then slotting in the cheapest motherboard that gets decent reviews and supports your components....

Don’t avoid a go Boy howdy,Voidigois lively. ThinkNuclear Thronebut weirder. Every sprite oozes a frantic combination of energy and personality, from the steel-eyed sprint of your starting gun-bird-thing to the bobbing scuttle of the cyclops clayfish boss. Guns have punch, stomps have oomph, reward boxes have merry jingles. It’s a top-down roguelike shooter that does everything right, and seldom have I seen a game more deserving of its Overwhelmingly Positive rating on Steam....

The Elite Dangerous studio are also taking a “multi-pronged” approach to ensure it’s an RTS for old and new players alike Next month’sopen betafor Frontier Developments' new Warhammer RTSAge Of Sigmar: Realms Of Ruinmay be focused on testing its 1v1 multiplayer mode, but theElite Dangerousstudio have told me there’s still plenty to look forward to in its single-player story campaign. I got to chat with principal designer Sandro Sammarco last week, and he told me they’ve been hard at work making sure it’s “filled with loads of cool new stuff that people really haven’t seen before”....

Diablo 4 Lifesbane is easy to farm if you know where to look Where do you find Diablo 4 Lifesbane?Lifesbane is an essential crafting ingredient inDiablo 4potions, elixirs and incense. The strange-looking berry is only available in certain parts ofSanctuary, so you may need help finding it if you’re not looking in the right place. If the RNG gods aren’t helping you find these creepy berries laden with what look like ghoulish faces, fear not, as we’re here to tell you where you can find as much Lifesbane as you need throughout the world ofDiablo 4, which isnow out on Xbox Game Pass....

Stuck on the Wordle word for June 19? Read our hint or find the answer below! Need a hint for today’s Wordle answer?On this, the dawn of another week, let us give thanks to the beauty of language by engaging in another tricky (yet somehow deeply comforting) dailyWordlepuzzle. 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?...

Stuck on today’s Wordle word for June 18? Read our hint or find the answer below! Need a hint for today’s Wordle answer?It’s time to grab a coffee (or less delightful beverage of your choice), sink into your seat, and open up your phone or laptop for your daily dose ofWordle. 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?...

Aiming to be a cinematic soulslike Flintlock is a third-person action-RPG with a Souls-style currency system, in which you gain ‘Reputation’ by hacking monsters, lose it all when you die, but can collect it again on your next life. You’re also fighting alongside Enki, your spirit sidekick who teleports about and nips at the enemies you’re hacking and slashing. Ed had a chance to lock eyes with Flintlockin October last year, during which its developers described it as sitting at a midpoint betweenElden Ringand God Of War....