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If I ever needed more evidence that Build Mode and Live Mode players of The Sims are built different, this is it. Sims player Kewlcy has exemplified a Live Mode sicko by building not just one underground kidnapping bunker but an entire hidden city «for capturing and storing men.»

Today, Sony and Arrowhead have released the official Helldivers 2 PC system requirements. The specifications are quite demanding, especially since there's been no mention of advanced features like ray tracing being available in the game. To play at 4K and 60 frames per second, you'll need an RTX 4070 Ti or RX 7900 XTX.

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Star Citizen developer Cloud Imperium Games is releasing a ship bundle for its controversial space simulator that costs an eye-watering $48,000.

Last year's RoboCop: Rogue City didn't appear on many Game of the Year lists, but plenty of people think it should have. The deliberately pulpy shooter, which manages to capture the tone of the original RoboCop movies rather well, has quickly become known as an underrated excursion — and it sounds like a big update it planned for the relatively near future.

Ever been idly clicking through the Steam store and something causes you to immediately hit the brakes and add a game to the top of your wishlist? That happened to me today while looking at upcoming city builders. There's just something about an isometric city builder with retro pixel art that immediately appeals to me, so Metropolis 1998 grabbed my attention with just a few screenshots.

Star Citizen is notorious in the industry for being a game that just will not launch. It was originally intended to launch in 2014, but has been pushed back again and again with no release date in sight. The game's fans are still somehow on board though, having raised well over half a billion dollars through crowdfunding, with even more cash flowing into the developer's coffers thanks to some extremely pricey DLC options.

Ever since it first warped onto the scene, Star Citizen has been infamous for its rapacious monetisation. The game's development seems never-ending but, long before you could play it in any form, Roberts Space Industries would sell you all sorts of space-things: Like this mine-laying ship that cost over $600 before mine-laying was even a feature in the game.

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RoboCop: Rogue City is set to receive a New Game Plus mode, as announced on the game's official Twitter page. Unfortunately, no details as to when exactly we can expect this update were shared, but more information is likely to follow in the coming weeks, which may answer some questions. 

Star Citizen has a spaceship bundle which - somehow - costs $48,000.

Steam has released its annual end-of-year charts, ranking the games that have generated the most cold-hard cash on the digital PC storefront. Frequent chart-toppers this year include the obvious subjects (Baldur’s Gate 3, Starfield), as well as the games that silently crushed it (Sons of the Forest, Goose Goose Duck.)

 Artificial intelligence is poised to upend much of society, removing human limitations inherent in many systems. One such limitation is information and logistical bottlenecks in decision-making.

Today, December 22, the artificial intelligence (AI) space is asking us deep, philosophical questions, as new developments point towards its innovative use cases and its internal nature. A talkative robot called ElliQ, created by Intuition Robotics, is helping senior citizens in the US combat loneliness by offering them companionship. AI for companionship is a hotly explored space, and it is something even Elon Musk has talked about. In other news, a coalition of scientists is raising serious questions about the AI consciousness. They say the answers to these questions will shed light on the ethical usage of the technology as well as help us guide AI safety measures.

Time is on your side with this month’s signature item—the Golden Mobile Timepiece transmog.

The wizards at Don't Starve developer Klei Entertainment helped write a new playbook for colony sims with the release of Oxygen Not Included, and Ratopia has taken a few pages from it and gone off in an adorable direction of its own. It's a survival city builder that hit Early Access last month, and I'm mighty impressed with the demo so far, which is also giving off some unexpected Terraria energy. 

Cloud Imperium Games just dropped its fourth major update to Star Citizen in 2023 with the release of Alpha 3.22: Wrecks to Riches. Chris Roberts’ spacefaring MMO.

Today, Cloud Imperium Games released Alpha update 3.22 (dubbed 'Wrecks to Riches') for Star Citizen. This is the fourth major update launched this year for the slowly but surely growing MMO space simulation game.

Arkane Lyon creative director Sébastien Mitton just shared concept art for the studio's upcoming Blade game, which was recently announced at The Game Awards with a brief CGI trailer.

It’s been nearly a year since T&W (Tawney and Wilder) and the Zen’shiri Trading Post have been supplying a variety of delightful mounts, pets, toys, and transmogs to the citizens of Azeroth. To celebrate, players who have earned the monthly special reward from the trading Post twelve times will be rewarded with a new achievement, “Trading Post Enthusiast” along with a new color-shifting transmog — the Burden of Unrelenting Justice transmog set.

Good people of the superhero comics community, I’ve kept quiet for 23-and-a-half months and I can remain silent no longer. It’s been almost two years since The Great Gatsby entered the public domain and yet — despite being absurdly overqualified for the job — Jay Gatsby is still not a Batman villain.

Captain Talar Oaktalon is one of the NPCs that can be found in Bel'ameth, the new night elf settlement in Amirdrassil. Will he captain a ship to Gilneas?

Blizzard has released a new blogpost highlighting the Ensemble: Burden of Unrelenting Justice transmog set, awarded alongside the Trading Post Enthusiast achievement for completing the monthly Trading Post journey twelve times beginning in January. The months do not need to be consecutive however, so players who missed a month will still obtain the achievement and set upon reaching 12 total months. Originally datamined in Patch 10.0.5, this Warden Transmog matches the Ash'adar, Harbinger of Dawn mount, which was also available as a monthly trading post reward, although it has received some mixed criticism from enthusiasts due to its color shifting nature.

An especially bitter cold has swept through the snow-capped mountaintops of the Fractured Peaks. The wind pierces through the region, carrying with it the ravenous wail of a bizarre beast rumored to dwell in the frost-laden hinterland. Nobody has ever dared lay eyes on the source of this piercing terror, but perhaps you have ample warmth in your heart to track down and slay your way through the Midwinter Blight, wanderer.

Updates have been made to the city of Gilneas in the lastest PTR build! We take a look at the NPCs added to the city in Patch 10.2.5.

 All of the UK's mobile phone network operators face a British class action lawsuit over allegations that the providers overcharged millions of UK mobile customers in a case that could cost them billions. 

In horror movies, you never want to be alone, as that’s when they get you. So for video games, having a tag team partner is just as important.

After stumbling badly with the co-op shooter Redfall, Arkane Studios is trying its luck with yet another vampire game. This one looks to be quite a bit different, though: It's a new take on Marvel's Blade, which was revealed tonight in a surprise announcement at The Game Awards.

The premise is simple: create a city from scratch. City building games are exceptionally time-consuming and each game can go on forever—or at least until the city you are working on gets stale and you make a new one for different challenges. There are plenty of games to choose from, but finding the diamonds in the rough is our job. Here’s our list of the best city-building games to try out today.

Rogue Trader puts the player in a position of elevated power in the Warhammer 40,000 universe, somewhere in between a governor, a ship captain, and a noble. The game continually asks you to make choices about what kind of Rogue Trader you want to be, and some of the options on display are utterly reprehensible. This is actually fantastic, because I’m a huge fan of RPGs that let you be a bad guy. Rogue Trader even goes one step further than most other games in the genre; you can be not just a bog standard bad guy, but an unspeakably petty tyrant that makes scenery-chewing villains like Cruella DeVille look downright reasonable and level-headed.

is a sprawling adventure game with high-flying mobility, customizable combat, and a fascinating alien world to explore. The original was a highly influential PC release in 1999 as one of the first 3D open-world adventure games. Now, 25 years later, is ready to introduce new audiences to its well-constructed alien world of Adelpha.

The developers of Police Simulator have just announced their next emergency services job sim, Ambulance Life: A Paramedic Simulator, with a high drama trailer at the PC Gaming Show: Most Wanted. You'll be racing across the city responding to emergencies ranging from basic cuts to exploded gas stations, saving lives as efficiently as possible. In Ambulance Life, you're working in the fictional Pelican City on the US west coast, being dispatched to four different neighborhoods: the historic quarter, business district, and industrial zone according to Aesir Interactive.

It's a special treat each time a new SteamWorld game comes out because it's a series that has always deftly leapt from genre to genre. Earlier SteamWorld games have covered everything from tower defense to platforming, strategy to roleplaying, and even deckbuilding. It's hard to think of another game series that's successfully managed to bounce around so many different genres.

In a genre as oversatured as city builders, it's sometimes hard to find original concepts, but Ironhive is attempting to reinvent the tried-and-tested formula through deck-building. In this colony survival game, you're tasked with overseeing the Iron Hive; a rusting bastion where the last remnants of humanity huddle together against the end of the world. 

Bigger isn't always better, and that's especially true when it comes to game sequels: just look at the reviews for Skyrim versus Starfield or Cities: Skylines versus Skylines 2. 

The end of the world is coming and there is only one hope of survival: getting off of it. That’s the premise of the city building and dungeon crawler hybrid SteamWorld Build. It is the latest entry to SteamWorld series, picking yet another new genre compared to previous entries, and challenging you to build a town that satisfies everyone’s needs while mining for resources and rocket parts to get off the planet.

I never fully wrote off Star Citizen as a scam to sell expensive fake ships to credulous fans of Wing Commander, but neither have I ever been convinced that it will actually achieve a 1.0 release someday. I don't think this latest trailer has changed my mind on that point, but it has made me glad that Star Citizen exists as an idea, purely because it is so mesmerising to watch.

Star Citizen developer Cloud Imperium Games showed off the game's underlying StarEngine technology with a new video of 24 and a half minutes. Boldly titled 'The Future of Gaming, ' the flyover video demonstrates the impressive visuals powered by the StarEngine. It all becomes even more remarkable when considering that it renders an open galaxy game that should host over a hundred star systems (when the final game is complete, according to the developer's original goal) in a completely seamless capacity.

It appears that AT&T and the U.S. government are both involved in a government surveillance program; based on the information revealed via leaked police documents, a White House Memo, as well as a letter by U.S. Senator Ron Wyden to the Department of Justice, all of these things combined, confirm that millions of Americans are being spied on.

Venom's voice actor, Tony Todd, has revealed that Spider-Man 2 was originally going to include scenes where Miles Morales was wearing a Symbiote suit, but that they got cut from the final game.

While the world is busy developing artificial intelligence (AI) to take it to artificial general intelligence (AGI) stage, not many are giving a thought to the interpersonal relationship that is being created between humans and this emerging technology. AGI is human-leven intelligence, and thus, it can also empower AI to develop some level of consciousness. Speaking at a conference, Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud on Saturday highlighted the fundamental questions about AI - ethical treatment.

Cities: Skylines 2 is all about erecting concrete landscapes and micromanaging your citizen’s needs. One player is seemingly intent on ignoring that last part, however, and is instead solely focused on making one community as miserable as possible. 

The Government of India has launched a crackdown on an increasingly popular artificial intelligence (AI) technology known as deepfake videos, according to Minister of State for Electronics & Information Technology, Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar. This development comes a day after Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw held a meeting with top social media companies and announced that the government will soon come up with new regulations to tackle the issues surrounding deepfake videos. 

Just the words «city builder» are enough to get my attention. Tack on «grand strategy»—as in you not only build a city but clash with a larger world using military and economic strategies—and I'm even more interested. Throw in an alt-history World War 1 and World War 2 setting, and yes. Yes, I am definitely sitting up and taking notice.

Just in time for the holidays, Diablo: The Official Cookbook is now available for purchase! Citizens of Sanctuary can now explore these heavenly recipes, which include the Old Tristram Toasted Pilaf, Khazra Carrots, and Knights Penitent Pork Cutlets! Purchase Diablo: The Official Cookbook At the time of publication, the price is $32 USD. With over 60 recipes from some of the most famous taverns around Sanctuary, this cookbook will take readers on a culinary tour of the rich world of Diablo. With full-color illustrations and easy-to-follow recipes, this will easily become a staple for any home chef.

Binance is the largest cryptocurrency exchange in the world, and has been under investigation by US authorities for years over allegations of offshore money laundering. Now it has announced that CEO and founder Changpeng Zao is to step down from his role and plead guilty to violating US money-laundering regulations (via BBC), alongside Binance itself pleading guilty and reaching a settlement with regulators that will come to an eye-watering $4.3 billion.

Changpeng Zhao had long cultivated the image of the rugged pugilist of the cryptocurrencies world. 

In a historic move in the cryptocurrency space, Binance cofounder Changpeng Zhao has agreed to step down from the position of the company CEO and has pleaded guilty to violating US anti-money laundering charges brought down by the US Department of Justice. The settlement of the case comes at an unprecedented 4.3 billion dollars to resolve a long-running investigation into the world's largest cryptocurrency by trade volume. But who is Zhao, who created this massive empire and brought it to a fall, conceding a personal payment of 50 million dollars as a penalty to the US government? Let us take a closer look.

You don’t play Genshin Impact for just the plot and pretty graphics. This gatcha game is filled to the brim with cute boys, and players are sure to want the most attractive ones on their teams.

Since Cities: Skylines 2's shaky launch, Colossal Order has been releasing regular patches to improve performance and squash bugs, but the studio's attention is now turning to the issues that «require a bit more work». This means an end to the weekly patches, as well as postponed DLC. The changes have been detailed today in the studio's blog, Word of the Week.

In the ever-evolving landscape of urban development, the concept of smart cities has emerged as a beacon of progress and efficiency. Smart cities use technology to make things like transportation, public utilities, and infrastructure safer and more efficient.

Although the final boss battle in is incredible – arguably even better than 's ending – the game occasionally hints that there’s going to be a monumentally significant battle for Hyrule. However, this battle, disappointingly, does not manifest. Though this would be dissatisfying in isolation, it is made even more so by the Memories that show Ganondorf commanding an assault on Hyrule.

Star Citizen kicks off another Intergalactic Aerospace Expo event today, with free flight for more than 130 vehicles, new reveals, an expanded show floor, and more to explore.

Executives from Microsoft Corp., Citigroup Inc., Exxon Mobil Corp. and other large multinationals are converging on San Francisco this week for an audience with Chinese President Xi Jinping and other Asian leaders as long-frosty US-China relations show only tentative signs of warming.

Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League is going big. Rocksteady confirmed that its version of Metropolis will be twice the size of the Gotham City depicted in Batman: Arkham Knight, giving players a substantial playground to explore.

Apple Inc. agreed to pay $25 million to settle a Department of Justice case alleging that the iPhone maker illegally discriminated against US citizens in hiring. 

In 2012, the first Hunger Games movie sparked a revolution.

Marvel's Spider-Man 2 has a new update that patches out a bunch of bugs, and unfortunately, you can no longer use an exploit to free-roam New York City as Venom.

Persona 5 Tactica was briefly released on Steam on Wednesday, over a week ahead of its official launch.

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In order for your metropolis to thrive in Cities: Skylines 2 you will need to fulfill the requirements of the diverse zones you set out. As you progress and level up your city, you will start to notice that additional buildings and businesses demand more educated workers.

Building a city from the ground up in Cities: Skylines 2 isn’t easy and won’t be cheap. To establish a lot of your infrastructure you’re going to need money consistently, and it helps if that cash is coming in fast.

An asteroid struck Earth this year! No, this isn't the plot of a Roland Emmerich science-fiction but reality. Although it wasn't a planet killer that wiped out entire species like another space rock wiped out the dinosaurs about 65 million years ago, it did impact the surface, alerting citizens who lived nearby. As per NASA, an asteroid turned into an atmospheric fireball on February 15 and crashed near McAllen, Texas. Law enforcement agencies in the McAllen region received several calls from residents who reported hearing a loud explosion. It was a 1000-pound rock that was 2 feet in diameter as it broke into pieces about 21 miles above Earth's surface.

Nintendo wants to help senior citizens in Japan keep gaming into their golden years by sending out Switch hardware and software to retirement homes.

A patch for Cities: Skylines 2 has been released today, addressing several issues with the game—though it doesn't sound like it's the overhaul needed to soothe the city builder's biggest performance problems. Hopefully, that patch won't be too much longer.

If you’re looking to bring in some extra revenue in Cities: Skylines 2, a great way to earn some cash is by exporting water. Keep reading to learn how to export water in Cities: Skylines 2.

As Invincible's Omni-Man is making his debut in Mortal Kombat as the fighting game's first post-launch character, NetherRealm Studios has given us an extended glimpse of the supervillain in action in a new gameplay trailer. Just ahead of the season 2 premiere of Invincible and Omni-Man's debut in Mortal Kombat 1 on November 9, the gameplay trailer shows off Omni-Man's brutal and incredibly imposing combat style, including a fatality that's pulled straight from the gruesome season 1 finale.

In the wake of a messy launch for Cities: Skylines 2, Colossal Order CEO Mariina Hallikainen has published a new blog post addressing the game's issues and detailing some of the fixes that are now in the works.

Sony has revealed the lineup of PlayStation Plus monthly games for November, which includes Cold Iron Studios' Aliens: Fireteam Elite, Mafia II: Definitive Edition, and Dragon Ball: The Breakers.

The launch state of Cities: Skylines II is awful, to say the least. Even as a fan of the first game and of city builders in general, I’m not going to defend it. The game should not have been released in this state.

Delegates from 28 nations, including the U.S. and China, agreed Wednesday to work together to contain the potentially “catastrophic” risks posed by galloping advances in artificial intelligence. The first international AI Safety Summit, held at a former codebreaking spy base near London, focused on cutting-edge “frontier” AI that some scientists warn could pose a risk to humanity's very existence.

The Twitch app on Nintendo Switch will soon shut down.

In recent times, India has faced an alarming rise in cybercrime, with cybercriminals continuously developing new and innovative methods to deceive unsuspecting citizens. Among these tactics, the proliferation of fake e-challan scams has become a serious concern. These scams prey on individuals' fear of traffic violations, demanding payments for offenses that never occurred. The Information Security Awareness (ISEA) by MeitY has issued a warning about this growing threat.

A free passion project from a team of game devs has released on Steam after a few years in Early Access, and it's entirely free. Planet S is a game where you're dropped, with your single colony ship, into an uninhabited solar system either alone or alongside others with their own ships. From there, it's your job to try and expand to get the resources you need to survive and thrive.

Videos of a surprising number of Five Nights at Freddy's fans stealing posters, cutouts, and merchandise of the movie from cinemas have been shared online.

Cities: Skylines 2 has got off to a bit of a rough, with many players complaining of performance issues following this week's launch on PC. But while publisher Paradox has been forthright in acknowledging these problems (even prior to launch, somewhat unconventionally), it now wants to make it absolutely clear that, no, technical issues aren't because the game is trying to render the teeth of every single person in your city.

The much-anticipated Cities: Skylines 2 released this month, and unfortunately not in the best of conditions. PCG's Chris Livingston said in our review it's «a sequel packed with big improvements, but a fair share of disappointments» and among the latter are some serious performance issues. These are affecting so many players that developer Colossal Order broke cover to reassure players they can and would be fixed, and are not «deeply rooted» in how the game works.

As Cities: Skylines 2 players try to figure out what they can do to improve performance, they're coming up with some pretty wild theories about what's wrong - including the idea that the game is rendering every citizen's individual teeth. Developer Colossal Order has addressed that claim, and while it's not exactly wrong, it's not the full truth either.

Your citizens may not have the best life in Cities Skylines 2 right now, but Paradox and Colossal Order are working on performance issues in the new city builder. And while there’s a long list of what’s wrong, citizens’ teeth aren’t among the biggest concerns – so says the devs.

The developers behind Cities: Skylines 2, Colossal Order, has debunked a rumour that the recently-released game's performance issues are due to the surprisingly detailed