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Archipel are making the best videogame documentaries on YouTube

Posted: 09 Jan 2021 03:00 PM PST

The back of a Isamu Kamikokuryo's head as he looks upon a strange industrial construction.

Most videogame documentaries look like early ’00s webcomics. There’s usually a couch, some talking heads, maybe the occasional establishing shot of a building, to let you know that the couch is inside a building. Archipel is something else entirely. A YouTube channel dedicated to creating documentaries about Japanese artists and creators, it has raised the bar – and mostly just by making people go outside.

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You can now “play” this cancelled Tomb Raider remake

Posted: 09 Jan 2021 01:57 PM PST

A screenshot showing Tomb Raider Anniversary Edition, a cancelled Tomb Raider game now playable. Lara Croft in the center of the screen says, "This ancient lever still appears to work."

Tomb Raider: 10th Anniversary Edition was a remake of the original Tomb Raider under development for the PSP by series creators Core Design. The project was cancelled in 2006 and re-skinned as an Indiana Jones game, which was also cancelled. Now, thanks to the Internet Archive and some Tomb Raider super fans, you can play this cancelled game – sort of, a bit.

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Planetary Annihilation: Titans is still being updated after five years, under new management

Posted: 09 Jan 2021 12:31 PM PST

A screenshot of Planetary Annihilation: Titans showing the surface of a lava planet, upon which stands a titan robot who towers over several dozen small robots around its feet.

One of Valve’s yearly, player-voted Steam Awards is called the “Labor Of Love” award. It’s designed to reward a developer that has been continually updating a game for years. Naturally, the award goes to games with big, satisfied communities with lots of players to vote, and in 2020 the award went to Valve’s own Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. The other nominees were Among Us, Terraria, The Witcher 3 and No Man’s Sky.

Worthy games, but I’m going to make a belated pitch for a left field contender: Planetary Annihilation: Titans, a real-time strategy game that hoped to follow in Supreme Commander’s big robot footsteps, and which has been quietly humming away under new developers for the past couple of years.

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Valorant's stealthy new agent Yoru arrives next week

Posted: 09 Jan 2021 08:00 AM PST

It looks like the leak was right: Valorant‘s next agent is a tricksy teleporter named Yoru. The character was unofficially revealed by a Russian YouTube channel earlier this week, but now Riot Games have made him official. Edgy lad Yoru is set to debut in the tactical FPS next week on January 12th, which just so happens to be the start date of the game’s new Episode and Act to boot.

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Pictopix is four years old and still the best Picross game on PC

Posted: 09 Jan 2021 04:41 AM PST

A screenshot showing a half completed Picross or nonogram puzzle from the game Pictopix.

It was true when John wrote his Pictopix review four years ago, it was true when the game got a huge update for its first anniversary, and it’s true now at the puzzle game’s 4th anniversary. The celebration is a smaller gift this time, but Pictopix is still great.

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Pavlov VR is now a proper World War 2 game, with tanks and everything

Posted: 09 Jan 2021 03:57 AM PST

A screenshot of a WW2 soldier standing in the rubble of Stalingrad from the game Pavlov VR.

There are a handful of VR games trying to be the headset-wearing equivalent of Counter-Strike or Call Of Duty. Pavlov VR is one such modern military shooter, only it’d quite like to be Day Of Defeat or Medal of Honor, too. Released on Thursday, update 24 – also known as the WW2 update – adds Axis, Allied and Soviet weapons and player models to the game – and fully functioning tanks.

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What are we all playing this weekend?

Posted: 09 Jan 2021 01:00 AM PST

Four people skiing down a wooded hill in an illustration from 'Finland in the Nineteenth Century: by Finnish authors. Illustrated by Finnish artists.'

I do quite like this time of year in the UK, where most the place gets wee bits of snow scattered around in dribs and drabs. One day, I’m screaming about snow and delighted by the weird snowmen I find in the park. Then it melts and a pal a hundred miles south gets a go. Then back up to me. Then ooh a rare snowy day in London. It’s fleeting enough that one pal or another is always excited about snow. Which is nice.

What are you playing this weekend? Here’s what we’re clicking on!

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