Author: Katharine Castle
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Songs of Conquest review – fantasy tactics that favours breadth over depth
While its battles can be surprisingly punishing and occasionally uneven, there’s a lot of heart in this gorgeous turn-based tactics anthology, and the scale of its ambition just about sings through. When you first meet Songs of Conquest’s Captain Xavier Silkspool (a brilliant fantasy name if ever I heard one), his role begins and ends…
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From superheroes to soap operas: XCOM’s Jake Solomon unveils first details of his new studio and next-gen life sim
The games industry is in a worrying state of flux right now. Beloved and storied studios are being shut down left, right and centre; others are having their teams gutted from the inside out. It’s hard to know which games and teams will even still be around next month, let alone in a year’s time,…