Der Astronaut – Project Hail Mary

Die Begegnung mit Außerirdischen stellen wir uns viel zu oft als tödliche, sogar massenvernichtende Version vor: unbarmherzige Killermaschinen („Alien“, „Life“) schleichen sich virengleich in unsere verletzliche Gesellschaft ein, oder riesige Armeen greifen die Erde aus dem All an („Independec Day“, „Kampf der Welten“), denen die Welt beinahe chancenlos gegenüber steht. Oft stellt Science-Fiction…

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Helldivers 2 bekommt 6.3.0-Update: Kontroll-Center, Galactic War-Kampagne und Nachladen beim Wegrollen

Hinter einer Nummer wie 6.3.0 kann alles Mögliche stecken. Ein kleines Update mit ein paar Bugfixes oder eine ganze Galaxie an Änderungen, um einen etwas eingeschlafenen Extraction-Shooter aus seinem Funk rauszuholen. Helldivers 2 bekommt nun sein 6.3.0-Update und damit eine ganze Reihe teilweise ziemlich gewichtiger Änderungen.

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"There's nothing worse than an AI-generated pitch": Bloober, Jagex, 11 bit and indie devs on the bruising hurdle of funding a videogame prototype

Among the worries faced by game developers seeking a publisher is the gamble of a prototype – that is, "a playable build that meaningfully shows what’s good about your game – a proof of concept", in the summary of Suspicious Developments boss Tom Francis. Specifically, Francis says a "prototypable project is one where you can build that in an amount of time you can afford to lose".

Few…

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What are we all playing this weekend?

The weather has been an unpredictable mess of downpour and blazing sun this week, but Saturday feels like it could be the turn. Another chance for the sun to yank on the starter cord of summer and get that season's engine thrumming.

I simply refuse to have to turn back from another walk around the park because 10 metres from my front door the lovely sunshine is replaced by pelting rain.

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"Pay the gravity tax": In crushing strategy game Asema, your factories will become a vortex if they grow too vast

I like a factory simulation that fervently embraces the basic evilness of factory sims, these games about wrapping a smoking, clanking straitjacket around a realm of organic colours and unsuspecting resource deposits. Or in the case of Asema, around the wonders of the interstellar abyss, and whatever life it contains. "You are old, one of many," goeth the blurb. "There may be an infinite amount…

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Diz o que vais jogar neste fim de semana

O fim de semana está aí e com ele aquela sensação de alívio depois de uma longa semana de trabalho duro. Agora é tempo de abrandar o ritmo, deixar o stress de lado e fazer o que muitos de nós mais gostamos: jogar. No Eurogamer Portugal sabemos que o verdadeiro descanso começa assim que ligas o PC, as consolas ou mesmo o telemóvel. Cada jogador tem o seu ritual, o seu espaço preferido e aquela…

Starseeker: Astroneer Expeditions blasts off into early access today, with a full planet ready for you to explore

A little bit of space travel, anyone? Last time I checked in on Starseeker: Astroneer Expeditions, the sort of spin off of regular ole Astroneer, it had only just shown off some gameplay for the first time. Apparently somewhere along the line I blinked and now here we are on its early access release day!

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Drums, cash grants, and bubbling capybaras: How Latin America's game dev creatives are outgrowing outsourcing

Easily missed among last week’s Summer Game Fest advert marathon was the Latin American Games Showcase: an exhibition that, at over eighty games strong, dwarfed the Keighley-fronted main event, yet has received only a small fraction of the eyeballs. Less than two months earlier, 154,000 visitors poured into Gamescom Latam to see games made across Brazil, Colombia, Argentina, Costa Rica, Mexico,…

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Exo Rally Championship im Test: Ein staubtrockener Traum für Science-Fiction-Geeks

Das Spiel stammt von Jay Weston und Rhys Lindsay, die beide schon für Exo One verantwortlich zeichnen und die Idee der Reise über ferne Planeten jetzt auf ein Rennspiel übertragen haben. Mit vereinfachter, aber glaubwürdiger Physik geht man auf verschiedenen Himmelskörpern in Wettläufen gegen die Zeit an den Start. Erhältlich ist das Spiel seit 7. Juni für 24,50 Euro auf Steam.

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