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Celebrating the 30th anniversary of SimCity 2000 with an LGR retrospective review! The sequel to the classic Maxis city builder was a true game changer in 1993, improving nearly every part of the game and adding so many things that would become staples of the genre. So let's take a look at the MS-DOS version, the many ports and releases, and its legacy decades later!

Pilgor's baaack! Gather your herd and venture forth into Goat Simulator 3; an all-new (at least on Steam), totally realistic, sandbox farmyard experience. Invite up to three friends in local or online co-op, create carnage as a team, or compete in mini-games and then not be friends anymore.

E for exasperated.

An unessential Call of Duty that does nothing to overturn the impression that it was made too quickly.

Cities Skylines 2 traffic and garbage management just got a lot easier, as Paradox and Colossal Order confirm some vital new CS2 fixes.

Cities Skylines 2 patch notes 1.0.14f1

Reduced occurrences of texture resolution dropping
Fixed case where in-game would appear black when playing offline
Fixed undesired clothing variations
Fixed “Garbage Pilling Up” warning notification icon not being removed after garbage is collected
Fixed citizen model changing when characters go in/out of buildings
Increased citizen preference to park cars on building lots vs roadside
Fixed multiple pathfinding bugs and general improvements
Improved calculation accuracy for fitting pickups on parking lots
Fixed bug resetting line visibility when changing the Transport Overview Panel tab or transport type
Fixed flaws and optimized air pollution, especially on the Tampere map
Added “Under Construction” section and progress bar for spawnables SIP (Selected Info Panel)
Hid other SIP sections until building construction is completed
Added button to toggle visibility for whole list of lines at once
Balanced parking buildings’ construction and upkeep costs, electricity and water consumption, garbage accumulation, XP rewards and workplaces
Increased passive service coverage range and effect of the Elementary School, Medical Clinic, Hospital, Fire House, Fire Station, Police Station and Police Headquarters
Balanced processing and sewage capacity of Wastewater treatment plant Extra Processing Unit
Fixed coverage not shown fully green when placing Police station
Tweaked terrain cliff texture tiling and detail texture values
Fixed padding issues in the main menu
Fixed Japanese UI layout issues
Updated credits

Gorgeous 19th century grand strategy game Victoria 3, from genre masters Paradox, is a free Steam game this weekend, and 50% off to keep.

Baldur’s Gate 3 hotfix 11 is here from Larian Studios, fixing an awkward bug spoiling a Gale romance scene along with freezing and glitches.

Factorio and RimWorld rule the automation strategy sim, but a fresh rival, with a huge new expansion on Steam, is here to shake things up.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1450900/Desynced_Autonomous_Colony_Simulator/

The Oxygen Not Included Packed Snacks update is here, as Klei introduces food preservation and storage options and expands critter moods.

The release date for Dragon's Dogma 2 has seemingly leaked. According to a since-removed post on the European classification board PEGI, the upcoming sequel is scheduled for release on 22nd March next year.

If you've ever wondered what it'd feel like to be back in 1999, booting up your PSX and popping in a Dark Souls disc, t…

Developer Aspyr Media has claimed the free cut content DLC it planned to release for Star Wars: Knights of the Old Repu…

Named Game of the Year by over 50 publications, Valve's debut title blends action and adventure with award-winning technology to create a frighteningly realistic world where players must think to survive. Also includes an exciting multiplayer mode that allows you to play against friends and enemies around the world.

To celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the release of Half-Life we reunited the original development team to share their memories of creating Valve's first game.

Check out the Half-Life 25th Anniversary Update, featuring quality of life fixes, restored content, and new multiplayer maps for the original game at https://half-life.com/en/halflife25

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Larian's king wizard (CEO) Swen Vincke is very eager to tell you about the studio's next game after Baldur's Gate 3. An…

Valve updated the portable gaming Steam Deck machine with an OLED screen, WiFi 6e, bigger battery, and more.

I remember not liking this game, until I played this passion project version.

One former Half-Life 2, Portal, Left 4 Dead, and Valve developer says that Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3’s use of quotes is “gross.”

While the flagship GeForce RTX 5000 series graphics card likely won't feature a 512-bit memory bus, it should pack GDDR7 VRAM for higher bandwidth.

KRAFTON has just announced a new life simulation game that will be powered by Unreal Engine 5, called inZOI.

Welcome to Suicide Squad Insider!

In this first episode, the team at Rocksteady deep dives into the main story of Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, the Squad’s traversal mechanics, and a peek at the world of Metropolis.

Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League is available 02-02-24 on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC.

The Witcher 3 team has announced a PC mod editor is in the works for Wild Hunt.

Despite being Bethesda biggest launch, interest in Starfield has tailed off somewhat now.