It's the visual equivalent of remastering a music album and turning up the EQ and compression to make it sound "modern" resulting in something generally inferior to the original.

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The only reason Microsoft would consider releasing a handheld gaming PC is to take a bite out of Valve's market share by locking customers into the Microsoft ecosystem, but a handheld gaming PC that doesn't support Steam will hold no interest for the overwhelming majority of PC gamers. The only customers who might find it enticing would be Xbox owners who subscribe to GamePass exclusively, and that would be a tiny market.

So I'm not sure what Microsoft's strategy is.

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Death Stranding is my all the favorite game, so I am very much looking forward to the sequel. Hopefully Sony won't try to drag it out as a PlayStation exclusive and it will quickly come to PC.

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There are natural wonders in the game. The DLC is simply adding more of them.

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Civ VII is a solid game with excellent performance, few if any significant bugs, and Civilization's classic "Just one more turn!" addictiveness, so what we're seeing in this roadmap is mainly just polishing and expanding what's already there. People hoping to see significant changes or who unrealistically expect Firaxis to remove core features around which the entire game is designed are, of course, going to be disappointed.

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It's Suicide Squad's fault. That was supposed to be their cash cow, and when it failed, it took WB's game division down with it.

Also, patents for gameplay concepts is stupid. You shouldn't be able to patent something like the nemesis system.

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Hello Kitty Island Adventure looks like a genuinely fun game.

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It's a terrific game that's feature complete (ignore the naysayers claiming it's unfinished) and with no significant or game breaking bugs. I got stuck in the classic "Just one more turn!" loop last night and stayed up far later than I should have.

Also, it runs great on desktop Linux and the Steam Deck, although you have to link your Steam account to a 2K account and save your game to the Crossplay save tab if you want to pick up your game on another system. This means that going from PC to the Steam Deck, you'll need to start the game, load the Crossplay save, and then save it locally so you can play offline, and then repeat the process in reverse to continue your game on your PC. I wish it just used the Steam Cloud.

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The way some people are raging, you'd think Firaxis released something on par with the infamous Big Rigs, but in reality, Civilization VII is quite good and runs beautifully on Linux and the Steam Deck (no Proton! Native, baby!). Sure, there are some wrinkles that need to be ironed out, but it's hardly the disastrous launch that some people are making it out to be.

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Longest. Alpha. Ever.

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