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Paradox are marching on Civilization and Humankind with new 4X Millennia

Conquer history, or bend the timeline with its neat Variant Ages

Rime devs say "you're going to cry" with their new League Of Legends game

"Hopefully for the right reasons," they say, when Song Of Nunu releases on November 1st

Thank the gods, Total War: Pharaoh will have a dedicated tutorial campaign

Hip hip Horus

Cities: Skylines 2's huge maps blew me away with their sheer size and scale

I clearly need to think bigger with my city planning

Farming mech sim Lightyear Frontier has more in common with PowerWash Sim than you think

Devs reveal how FuturLab's mega hit impacted one of its most vital mech tools

Mortal Kombat 1's slick story mode instantly shows up its new seasonal challenge mode

A great idea for single player likers, but its execution leaves something to be desired

Yep, Payday 3 seems a lot like Payday... but that's no bad thing

It's more of the co-op silliness you'd expect

Lies Of P's horrible puppets and gloop cannon prove it's more than a Bloodborne clone

Poke your nose into its business

The Electronic Wireless Show S2 Episode 28: Gamescom 2023 was thoroughly whelming

Some stuff was good though!

The Lord Of The Rings: Return To Moria has a lot in common with Valheim and... PowerWash Simulator

Build stuff, sink pints, clean walls

Arco is one of the most fascinating blends of turn-based and real-time tactics I've seen in ages

Its pixel art is gorgeous, too

Where Winds Meet is a wildly ambitious RPG that lets you yeet bears

And telekinetically rob people

Diablo 4 has only made Diablo Immortal more popular, say Blizzard

Blizzard's Rod Fergusson tells RPS they were "nervous" about Diablo 4 cannibalising Immortal

Thank Goodness You're Here is a bit like a Yorkshire Untitled Goose Game, but infinitely weirder

And all the more brilliant for it

I have consumed Starfield's universe and it tastes of whole milk and cinnamon

Bethesda literally fed us their space adventure at Gamescom

Life By You's humans are always watching you, and some of them can be real creepy about it

We get a guided day of the life tour of gym instructor Ronnie at Gamescom

Granblue Fantasy: Relink might be the king of chaotic JRPG combat

Platinum's touch certainly hasn't deserted its fights with large skeletons

Diablo 4 Season 2 will put fun before balance, but "we want every build to be viable"

Blizzard's Rod Fergusson tells RPS season 1 was an "educational" experience

Station To Station delivers minimalist railway management in October

And the chill demo is still available

Europa's demo channels Journey's gentle gliding and Fumito Ueda's classics

Unrelated to the UEFA League

Like A Dragon Gaiden lets you fight alongside the series' finest weirdos and I love it

Mr. Masochist, I choose you

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2's irradiated world is dreadfully peaceful, if a bit confusing at the moment

In a sort of, "I'm going to die" way

Ghostrunner 2's cyber bike is the closest I've felt to a modern F-Zero in years

Its more forgiving first-person slashing has some fun new tricks up its sleeve, too

Rejoice, Citizen Sleeper 2 is heading to Game Pass

The original game will be "sticking around" on the subscription service, too

Hyenas' space-pirating actually makes for a refreshingly speedy extraction shooter

I've come away pleasantly surprised, if still a bit apprehensive