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Factorio’s player count is through the roof after the Space Age expansion, ripping thousands of engineers away from their day jobs

Factorio’s Space Age expansion went live yesterday, and it managed to set a new all-time player count peak for the game, with 91,801 players flooding back in to check out the expansion. The Space Age expansion more than doubles the size of the original game, and continues the player’s journey Continue Reading

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Caves of Qud, our favorite science fantasy roguelike where you can clone, befriend, and eat yourself, is leaving early access in December after 15 years of development

Freehold Games, the developer duo who created Caves of Qud, is nearly ready for its deep future, science fantasy roguelike to molt its early access chitin and present itself, glistening and resplendent, to the world. After more than fifteen years in development, Caves of Qud will get its 1.0 release Continue Reading

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Helldivers 2 players have formed the ‘Freedom Alliance’ to organise their own community orders

The secret sauce with Helldivers 2, outside of the excellent moment-to-moment blasting, is the game’s overarching galactic war. Controlled by developer Arrowhead and game master Joel, this sees the Helldivers marshalled to various spots across the galaxy to fight for key objectives, with success often resulting in some sort of Continue Reading

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Amazon’s Secret Level confirms its previously-leaked cast—which includes former governor of California and killer android Arnold Schwarzenegger

In case you’ve been following the news about Amazon’s Secret Level—an anthology of animated videogame shorts put together by the same folks who made Love, Death + Robots—you might’ve seen a leak pop up, briefly, on the information highway. The leaked trailer, which reportedly saw an unfinished version of several Continue Reading

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Cult of the Lamb is releasing an EP where metal legends rework the game’s chiptunes, and the first track is a total banger

Cutesy cult simulator meets roguelike Cult of the Lamb has announced its next project—a metal EP releasing next week called “Cult of the Lamb: Hymns of the Unholy”. Devolver Digital, Massive Monster, and Laced Records have come together to produce an EP that will consist of six tracks featuring appearances Continue Reading