Games

Greetings, Mayors! In this edition of City Corner, we are pulling back the curtain on the technical architecture of Cities: Skylines II. We sat down with our lead programmer and technical director to dissect our current performance landscape. We will be exploring the two primary categories of performance bottlenecks, our roadmap for future optimizations, and...

Greetings from the Paradox Mods team! Welcome to our inaugural developer diary. Over the past few months, we have been hard at work crafting several powerful new features. We are thrilled to offer you a preview of what is coming in our next update, currently slated for release by the end of this month. Our...

I found myself genuinely turned around in Pragmata’s version of New York, and honestly, it was a refreshing change of pace. I was navigating a shopping center—a labyrinthine but compact space—when I slipped into a side corridor with three possible exits. Having momentarily looked away from my screen, I lost my orientation completely and couldn’t...

The Expanse: Osiris Reborn has struggled to shake the inevitable comparisons to Mass Effect. Between its identity as a space-faring RPG, its emphasis on narrative choice, and its tactical, cover-based combat, the parallels were always going to be drawn. Having spent significant time with the recent demo, I can confirm those observations are fair—but they...

Entalto Publishing and developer Forgotten Bastions have revealed Fear Tall Grass, a dark fantasy roguelite monster battler that combines strategic planning with creature-based combat. The game is currently in development for PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch. Set in a world overrun by the Vilekin—malevolent creatures that have...

Xbox announced a strategic pivot on Tuesday, confirming a reduction in the monthly cost of its Game Pass Ultimate subscription, dropping from $29.99 to $22.99. Alongside this adjustment, Microsoft revealed a significant change to its release cadence: future Call of Duty installments will no longer arrive on the service on launch day. Instead, these titles...

Image: Taskmaster/Avalon If you haven’t been keeping pace with series 21 of Taskmaster—which is currently streaming on YouTube for international audiences and airing on Channel 4 in the UK—you’re missing Kumail Nanjiani’s spirited quest to claim the coveted Taskmaster trophy. Nanjiani marks only the third American to step into the Taskmaster house, following in the...

Greetings, Generals! Once you’ve finished catching up on the latest media, your first order of business is to review the 1.18 Patch Notes we released yesterday. If you need assistance rolling back to a previous version, those steps are included there as well. It is now time to turn back the clock to 1936 and...

Bear with me. Attempting to describe Titanium Court is akin to explaining quantum physics to a toddler—while simultaneously trying to bake a soufflé. This unclassifiable indie gem, which clinched the Seumas McNally Grand Prize at this year’s Independent Game Festival, is so thoroughly entrenched in its own complex, interlocking systems that you’ll need to achieve...

Image: Russell Dauterman/Marvel Comics/DC Comics The latest inter-publisher event from Marvel and DC has arrived, and it arguably stands as their most compelling collaboration to date. Following last autumn’s one-shots that paired Batman with Deadpool, this spring brings together the web-slinger and the Man of Steel for a monumental encounter. Spider-Man/Superman #1 delivers a poignant,...