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PC Gamer / Aug 16, 2026

I played the economic simulator that could 'make a convert out of Karl Marx himself' to see if it could convert me

They called me mad. They called me a fool. They said it would never work—my plan to build a business empire on the back of a single department store that sold three products and a silica mine. 'You'll bankrupt us!' yelled red-faced advisors. They saw no wisdom in my schemes at all.And, frankly, they were correct. Fair play to those guys. We are very bankrupt now.(Image credit: Enlight Softwaer)In 1995, PC Gamer—a

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PC Gamer / Aug 16, 2026

You could win a slice of €30,000 by building the best mod for Mount & Blade 2's controversial seafaring expansion

If you've ever fancied giving PC game modding a go but have struggled for motivation, maybe a share of €30,000 will provide the incentive you need. Mount & Blade 2: Bannerlord developer TaleWorlds Entertainment has just announced a modding contest for its War Sails expansion, inviting players to create the best add-on for its nautical DLC.The competition is actually three competitions, with players asked to submit

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Rock Paper Shotgun / Aug 15, 2026

"For a few weeks, women were just dropping their babies": The Witcher 3 lead on designing NPCs that react appropriately

Gone are the days where a developer could give an NPC maybe two lines of dialogue and call it a day. The steady shift to realism essentially enforces the idea that characters must behave realistically, which is why whenever some kind of glitch or bug makes an NPC move about in an impossible manner it does numbers on Your Favourite Social Media App. And according to CD Projekt Red quest designer Philipp Weber, getting

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Rock Paper Shotgun / Aug 15, 2026

Slay the Spire 2 updates are slowing down again, but don't fear, it's all in the name of more modes, an alternate Act 2, and a character with a bandaged foot

Slay the Spire 2 has been moving at a solid pace since it launched into early access back in March, but back in May developer Mega Crit shared that updates would be switching to once every two weeks as opposed to the previously promised weekly updates. Now, as outlined in the game's August Neowsletter, Mega Crit say they'll be slowing down once again, though not necessarily forever. Read more

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Rock Paper Shotgun / Aug 15, 2026

Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl's meaty 2.0 update brings functional fog, a suite of A-Life improvements, and more when it arrives next week

Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl's big 2.0 update is right around the corner, and developer GSC Game World have shared a plethora of details of what you can expect from it. For starters, the shooter is getting a visual upgrade, with a particular emphasis on lighting adjustments. Indoor lighting should look more realistic, the general landscape and foliage should look more natural, and hundreds of items that were previou

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Rock Paper Shotgun / Aug 13, 2026

Five years after acquiring Oxenfree developer Night School Studio, Netflix are shutting them down

In 2021, in their bid to get more of a hold on the games industry after dominating film and television streaming, Netflix acquired Oxenfree and Afterparty developer Night School Studio, the first developer they had ever acquired. Now, five years later, the streaming giant is shuttering Night School Studio, as well as Moonloot, another developer they owned that was yet to put out a game. This comes six weeks after the

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Rock Paper Shotgun / Aug 13, 2026

Phasmophobia devs Kinetic Games mosey into publishing with a witchy delivery game, a parasitic Metroidvania, and more

Kinetic Games are keeping busy! You may have heard yesterday that the Phasmophobia developer is publishing the next game from Her Story and Immortality's Sam Barlow (who's roped in Brandon Cronenberg this time around). That's not all that was announced however, as there's a bevy of other, not even scary at all, actually, games that are coming up from the new publisher. Read more

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Game Developer / Aug 13, 2026

UNC Greensboro game preservation project back on track after Trump funding cuts

Dr. Colin Post, assistant professor of information, library, and research sciences at the University of North Carolina Greensboro, was well into research for a project exploring how libraries can preserve and provide access to digital video games when the Trump administration rescinded already-awarded funding from science, arts, humanities, and museum grants. That grant, he told Game Developer, was supposed to fund a

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