There are already Civilization 7 mods that improve the UI, unlock all civs, and add ‘ludicrous’-sized maps

Civilization 7 is officially here, and with it comes (at least for now) a “Mixed” review status on Steam and a lot of complaints about the 4X strategy’s UI. While we’re keeping up with all the latest Civ 7 news and developments, the community has been busy too: the first Civ 7 mods have arrived … Read more

Palmer Luckey says he wants to ‘turn warfighters into technomancers’ as Anduril takes over production of the US Army’s IVAS AR headset from Microsoft

Microsoft has announced that it is getting out of the Kill-O-Vision headset business, more formally known as the US Army’s Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) program. While the company’s “advanced cloud infrastructure and AI capabilities will continue to provide a robust backbone for the program,” responsibility for actually making the headsets and the software that … Read more

To make its fantasy extraction game, this studio of ex-Blizzard devs had to teach itself the art of third-person combat design: ‘There’s a science to how those are built’

Late last year, I played in a closed alpha playtest of Legacy: Steel & Sorcery, an upcoming extraction game pairing World of Warcraft-style high fantasy with third-person action combat. Over a couple of hours, I got an early taste of stringing together longbow headshots on skeletons, smashing wolves with maces, and panicked escapes as a … Read more

Here’s our first look at Karl Urban in Mortal Kombat 2 as ‘Johnny ******* Cage’

As Benjamin Franklin famously wrote in a letter to Jean-Baptiste Le Roy in 1789, “In this world nothing can be said to be certain except death, taxes, and a bunch of Mortal Kombat reboots.” Benny Franks (as he was commonly called around the Continental Congress) wasn’t wrong: The Mortal Kombat game series has been rebooted … Read more

Share of the Week: Climb – PlayStation.Blog

Last week, we asked you to climb to new heights in the game of your choice using #PSshare #PSBlog. Here are this week’s highlights: m1rko_vp shares Jin scaling the side of a building in Ghost of Tsushima. ​​ Misfunkshun shares Eivor climbing up a cliffside in Assassins Creed Valhalla. call_me_xavii strikes Astro Bot climbing up … Read more

Takeover launches February 11 with creator-made challenges and items – PlayStation.Blog

We live to fight, Legends. This season we’re showing that the community rules all as some of your favorite creators are taking over content and competition. These Creator Commissioners will create challenges based on their own Apex experiences, with fresh and unique items available to earn. Gear up with Arsenals, new shops stocked with everything … Read more

one year later – PlayStation.Blog

Early 2024 the fight for galactic liberty reached new heights when, on February 8, Helldivers 2 blasted off into the stratosphere and became the new star of PlayStation 5. Since its launch, the third-person squad-based shooter has become a firm favourite with fans, scooping a clip-load of awards throughout the year. And what a year … Read more