When the Old World collapsed, humanity fell into chaos. The solar flare destroyed every institution of human civilization, causing people to fend for themselves in a collective frenzy for survival. Your group grew up in such a world, a world of desperate tribalism where the very atmosphere is struggling to stay alive. Now, you seek to restore purpose and unity to humanity while ensuring the continuity of living existence. Though the first project from Core Engage, New Cycle seeks to bring fresh new life to the colony survival genre by improving and reiterating on all of its cornerstones, both narratively and mechanically.

Step into the boots of Grayson Hunt after a crash landing on an abandoned resort planet forces him to make a hard choice: survival or revenge. An exiled member of the elite assassin group Dead Echo, Grayson's blind desire for vengeance finds his crew stranded on Stygia where he can finally confront the commander behind his betrayal - or get his team off the planet alive.

Turnip Boy is ready to commit more felonies in this comedic action-adventure game with roguelite elements. This time the career criminal is teaming up with the fearsome Pickled Gang to plan and execute the weirdest heist of all time! Shake down hostages, steal precious valuables, and explore the deep, dark depths and history of the Botanical Bank. To pull off the perfect heist, you'll need to purchase an array of dangerous and wacky tools from the dark web, including a diamond pickaxe, C4, and a radio jammer. However, bank robbing isn't easy, so be prepared for intense shootouts with security guards, the police, elite swat teams and more.

Kieran Culkin has revealed that he still hasn't seen his own Emmy-winning performance in the Succession series finale, speaking at a cast Q&A in Los Angeles on Tuesday, Entertainment Weekly reports. The finale aired at the end of May last year, but Culkin explains he was in Poland at the time and couldn't log in to Max.

Unlike some actors who choose not to watch their own work, Culkin said that missing the finale "wasn't on purpose," after having to confess during the cast Q&A that he hadn't actually watched the finished episode yet. "I was in Poland and I couldn’t sign into my Max account. It was an app issue. Then I went on vacation, then after that I was like, eh, that was like three months ago."

The lack of urgency around catching the series finale makes sense, considering Culkin was there for many of the finale's pivotal moments. While it's not likely he's going to have the ending spoiled for him, he's unsure on what parts of the footage they filmed actually ended up in the final episode. "I want to go back and see it," Culkin promises the rest of the panel, which included director Mark Mylod.

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Thunderful Group, a company group that includes the developer behind SteamWorld Build, and publishers of a huge number of indie games, has announced a restructuring that will see around 20% off its staff laid off.

2023 was a terrible year for layoffs in the games industry, and less than a month in, 2024 is already following a similar trend, with major layoffs at both Discord and Twitch in the last week. Just the latest company to announce impending layoffs, Thunderful Group is a Swedish company whose subsidiaries develop, publish, and distribute games and related products.

"The [restructuring] program aims at lowering costs and increasing focus on areas with the best future growth and profitability prospects," Thunderful's statement reads. "Actions will include both significant staff reductions and evaluation of divestment of non-strategic assets."

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The Season 1 Reloaded update is live in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and Warzone, bringing a new crossover with The Boys, the new Rio map for multiplayer, and more. This update also includes the TAQ Evolvere light machine gun. Here we'll guide you through all the ways to unlock this new gun.

How to unlock the TAQ Evolvere LMG

The TAQ Evolvere is described as a versatile and advanced, multi-caliber LMG capable of firing 7.62 or 5.56 ammunition. This new light machine gun can either be unlocked for free by completing in-game challenges or purchased as part of a cosmetic bundle.

The base version can be unlocked by completing any five weekly challenges from the Week 7 challenge list. There are 21 challenges in total for the week, spanning multiplayer, Zombies, and Warzone, but you can mix and match any five.

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WarioWare: Move It is the latest entry in the quirky series, offering more than 200 "microgames" designed to get you up off the couch. It's a fun party game (thanks to support for up to four players), and right now you can get it for just $30 at Amazon--its lowest price since launching late last year. This will sell out fast--the deal already sold out at Walmart.

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Anyone familiar with the WarioWare series should already know what to expect with Move It. The game follows in the footsteps of its predecessors, having you and a few friends take part in lightning-fast microgames that last just a few seconds. Most of them are motion-based, as you'll be chopping bamboo, curtseying to onlookers, and performing other off-the-wall actions.

Our WarioWare: Move It review noted that, while not as good as some other entries in the series, there's a lot of fun to be had with this strange title.

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The next Plants vs Zombies game is slowly approaching but getting ever closer, just like a zombie. EA and PopCap have announced that Plants vs Zombies 3: Welcome to Zomburbia has soft-launched in the UK, Netherlands, Australia, and the Philippines. This latest phase of testing will set the stage for a full worldwide launch sometime later this year.

While Plants vs. Zombies has been known better for its Garden Warfare series of shooters recently, PvZ3 goes back to the series' roots (get it?) as a tower defense game. You'll protect Neighborville from encroaching zombies, setting up the usual sorts of garden-based traps and defenses with returning favorite plants alongside new ones. PvZ3 also adds new elements like streamlined combat, a customizable Neighborville, and an episodic narrative with new characters and lore to expand the world. This game will also add puzzle challenges that will differ from the usual tower defense battles.

PopCap first announced Plants vs Zombies 3 in 2019, and it has undergone limited testing in various territories since then. This soft launch signals that it's getting close to a full release, though, so we should be ready to gather our flower power this year.

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Samsung announced its new Galaxy S24 smartphone lineup during today's Samsung Unpacked livestream. The new line includes the Galaxy S24, S24 Plus, and S25 Ultra Android phones, all of which launch on January 31 and are available to preorder at Best Buy and Samsung.

While the three models differ in size, camera specs, and functionality, all three sport a set of similar features, including a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chipset with large vapor cooling--which should be great for gaming performance--as well as a collection of AI-powered capabilities. Samsung is pushing the AI features as the big draw of the S24 line, and all three phones will include "Circle to Search," which lets users draw a circle around an object in any image to search for it on Google, and even perform two-way live translations for text and phone calls. There's also a suite of AI-powered photo and video editing tools, including the ability to enhance video recorded at lower fps up to 120fps.

In addition to those features, Samsung also says it will support the new devices with OS generation updates and security patches for the next seven years, which is longer post-launch support than most smartphones usually get.

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