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In strategy game Sintopia you harvest a whole civilisation’s souls for your own custom-built hell

One of my favourite satires is the Screwtape Letters, an epistolary novel by Narnia scribe C.S. Lewis. It consists of messages from an oily elder demon to his nephew about how to correctly groom the soul of an unsuspecting human being. It's a claustrophobic send-up of managerial politics and nepotism, ...
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Outlast Film Adaptation in the Works From Saw Studio

Outlast is getting a film adaptation, and it's in the hands of a studio well-versed in the horror genre.Saw studio Lionsgate, which is also behind series like The Hunger Games and John Wick, announced on Wednesday a deal with developer Red Barrels to bring Outlast to the big screen. The ...
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Hello Rockstar, please make an open world based on my unplayable Xbox edition of Red Dead Redemption

I never completed the original Red Dead Redemption, but not for the usual reasons of being terrible at the game, or thinking that open worlds are too big and boring these days and I just want to lie down forever and watch anime. I never finished it because my Xbox ...
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Death Note Killer Within launches Nov 5 as part of the PlayStation Plus Monthly Games lineup 

Hi everyone! Today, we are thrilled to announce Death Note Killer Within, a brand new online social deduction game for up to 10 players where you can play as iconic characters from the Death Note franchise. The key to this game is the Death Note, for the human whose name ...
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Zero Orders Tactics is a clever turn-based god sim with a touch of From Dust

Classic god sims like Populous and Black & White teach that deities love to reach their horrible holy hands into our world and mess with us directly. They teach us to see 1-1 divine intervention in every random house fire and every lightning bolt that miraculously strikes our enemies. By ...
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Score Sonic X Shadow Generations for $39.99 Right Now at Woot

Sonic fans are in for a real treat, as Sonic X Shadow Generations already has a nice little discount at Woot (see here). Normally this game is listed for $49.99, but it's currently down to $39.99 so you can save $10 on it. Keep in mind though that this version ...
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Ritual Tides Announced for PC, With Console Versions to Follow

Introducing Ritual Tides, the first game from Vertpaint Studios, a new developer made up of industry veterans who've worked at Rockstar, TT Games, and more. Ritual Tides is a horror game in which players find themselves washed ashore on an island beach with just one goal: uncovering the island’s terrifying ...
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We’ve temporarily closed comments for maintenance, but they’ll be back

Hark! Comments have been temporarily turned off on Rock Paper Shotgun. We and all of our sibling websites are moving to a new commenting platform and the existing comments need to be ported across. This process will take some time - days, perhaps - and we'll update this post once ...
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Switch Accessory Firm CRKD Is Launching A Rather Unsavoury ‘FOMO’ Scheme

Drop it like it's hot.Switch accessory manufacturer CRKD has announced that it has launched a new 'Hot Drops' scheme for its products, which is essentially a rather unsavoury way of instilling a sense of 'FOMO' in its potential customers.In a nutshell, Hot Drop products are accessories that feature unique designs ...
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Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Gets Nuketown This Week as Activision Reveals Season 1 Plans

Nuketown comes to Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 on November 1 ahead of Season 1 arriving on November 14, Activision has revealed.A Call of Duty blog post outlined the wealth of updates planned over the next few weeks, beginning with the release of fan favorite multiplayer map Nuketown. This ...
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