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Our weekly news liveblog, with this week's bestest videogame releases
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It's a brand new week in Computer Game Land, and right now, I am playing a nasty little survival sim called "Beating Jetlag". I landed back in the UK from GDC on Saturday afternoon, and my brain and eyeballs still feel as though they're being gently sautéed in a medicinal blend of oil and vinegar. The sun and sky bear down with a terrible, holy light and I can't seem to conjure any warmth into my elbows. In the street outside, a small dog is barking. Soon, very soon, I will catch that dog, place it in a box and FedEx it to China.
But what care you of my moderate fatigue and melodramatic posturing? Without further ado, here are this week's new PC game releases of note: spaceship defence FPS Sentry (25th March, early access); free-to-play survival MMO Palia (25th March); dark fantasy metroidvania Ender Magnolia: Bloom In The Mist (26th March, early access); historical 4X Millennia (26th March); island city-builder Bulwark: Falconeer Chronicles (26th March); party-based RPG remaster Geneforge 2: Infestation (27th March); Grandia-style wizards RPG Terra Memoria (27th March); Gone Home-esque mystery Open Roads (28th March); hand-drawn alt-history fest Felvidek (29th March).
As ever, all these new releases are sponsored by the Maw, that abyssal personification of doomscrolling and conjecture - you can follow our efforts to appease it with videogame news stories and random asides about (e.g.) plankton in the latest weekly liveblog, below. The Maw's mood this week can best be described as "dribbling with anticipation". The creature knows, after all, that I have a bunch of videogame news stories to pass on from my time at GDC. Look out for the first of them shortly - and don't forget, fellow UK denizens, there's a bank holiday on Friday. I am counting down the hours.
10:41 am UTC
Remedy's latest investor report includes a smidgeon of info about the forthcoming co-op survival game Condor, which is set in the Control universe. Ta, resetera.
Image credit: Remedy
– Edwin Evans-Thirlwell
10:26 am UTC
A release I missed last week amid all the GDCing - stealthy brawler Raw Metal, which now has a post-launch roadmap feat. excitable talk of boss rebalancing and alternate progression modes. We listed this as a game to watch in our last Steam Next Fest demo round-up - did any of you poor devils actually play it? There may or may not be a review in the offing.
– Edwin Evans-Thirlwell
10:09 am UTC
Kotaku report that GTA 6 could be delayed until 2026 (on console). It's suggested that fears of a delay are the principle reason for Rockstar's recent decision to end hybrid working.
– Edwin Evans-Thirlwell
10:03 am UTC
Bend Studios, creators of post-apoc motorbiking sim Days Gone, are hiring for their next project. Requirements for a new lead project manager position include "hands on game development experience in leadership roles shipping AAA live-service games".
– Edwin Evans-Thirlwell
10:00 am UTC
As passed on by PCG, Baldur's Gate 3 was once supposed to have multiple dungeon masters or narrators.
– Edwin Evans-Thirlwell
09:58 am UTC
I'm not sure if this got Mawed while I was at GDC, but it's been fascinating to follow the reaction to Dragon's Dogma 2's Dragonsplague mechanic - it's a disease that spreads between AI-controlled Pawns when they circulate online, which may cause Pawns to go on murderous rampages if left untreated.
This Feature in Dragons Dogma 2 is SCARY!
You can rent out 2 "Pawns", Created By Other Players. They can get this disease called "Dragonsplague" that can infect your pawn! THIS Pawns Eyes started glowing! If I go to sleep she will MURDER a whole town that will ruin my save! pic.twitter.com/J0etmI9MTy
– Edwin Evans-Thirlwell
09:28 am UTC
MONDAY ARRIVES
Trim the mainsail and burnish the barnacles! FEED THE MAW.
– Edwin Evans-Thirlwell
