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“Ways of War” DLC Out Now for Age of Wonders 4

I’ve heard lots of great things surrounding the Age of Wonders series by Paradox Interactive, but have yet to try out the games myself. This week Paradox launched the latest DLC alongside the largest content update for the newest entry in the…

Prison Architect 2 Delayed Indefinitely

To put it lightly, Paradox is having a torrid time. Between being verbally abused for whatever you want to call Cities: Skylines 2 and the cancelation of Life by You which was directed by The Sims 3 director, things are rough. Especially…

Cities: Skylines 2 Given Indefinite Console Delay

To say the release and post-release of Cities: Skylines 2 has been troubled would be an understatement. I’ve even written an editorial on the nonsense argument that it was fine that the game doesn’t aim for 60FPS, which is still nonsense. Really,…

New Expansion Coming to Crusader Kings III

For those hungry for new content within the strategy game space, Paradox Interactive has just announced the latest expansion for Crusader Kings III. If you’ve never played Crusader Kings, it’s essentially Civilization but focused strictly around the Middle Ages. Players will choose…

Life by You Delayed Again

I am this close to kicking Rod Humble in the Loughboroughs. Announced yesterday, the highly anticipated Life by You has been delayed once again. Previously set to release in September of 2023, later set to release in March of this year, and delayed until June 4th, I was hoping The Sims contender…

Life by You Given Early Access Release Date

Like everyone born before the turn of the century, I spent a good portion of my time hammering “MOTHERLOAD” into console commands, designing lavish houses, and then drowning people by taking away the ladders to their pools. Depending on what you are…

Cities Skylines II gets Modding and Beach Assets in new Update

There’s nothing like a good day at the beach. There’s also nothing like modding your favorite game and making it serve your needs. Now, it seems that Cities: Skylines II’s latest update is bringing both of those things to your PC. Cities:…

Prison Architect 2 Announced, Coming This Year

Released into Early Access in 2012, Introversion Software’s Prison Architect became a major success story for the realm of Early Access on Steam and crowdfunding. The private prison builder/management sim is one of my favorites of the 2010s, a perfect recapturing of…

Stop Talking Down To Players: Cities II

“The performance target is to run at a steady 30 FPS minimum. There is no real benefit in a city builder to aim for higher FPS[,] as a growing city will inevitably become CPU-bound. […] We just don’t believe there would be a long-term benefit…

Cities: Skylines II (PC) Review

I think it is really difficult to talk about Cities: Skylines II without acknowledging the obvious statement: “I already have the first game, why should I pick up this sequel?” It is a difficult question in itself to answer because of the modding…