Advance Wars — это пошаговая стратегическая игра, в которой игроку предстоит командовать армией, состоящей из разнообразных юнитов: пехоты, танков, артиллерии и авиации. Цель каждой миссии — обычно уничтожить вражеские силы или захватить штаб противника. Ключевой элемент геймплея — тактическое использование ландшафта и типов юнитов. Различные местности влияют на защиту и мобильность, а каждый юнит имеет свои сильные и слабые стороны. Игрок должен учитывать эти факторы, планируя атаки и перемещения. Ресурсы в игре ограничены, и их необходимо грамотно использовать. Захват городов и баз обеспечивает пополнение бюджета, который тратится на производство новых юнитов. Успех в Advance Wars требует стратегического мышления, умения адаптироваться к меняющимся обстоятельствам и эффективного управления войсками.
Though it may not be a sales juggernaut on the scale of Mario or The Legend of Zelda, Fire Emblem is one of Nintendo's preeminent franchises. Like so many of its vaunted stablemates, the series is almost as old as Nintendo's gaming ambitions, debuting on the Famicom and appearing on nearly every home and handheld console since. Given this prominence, it's almost difficult to believe that Fire Emblem's future was ever in jeopardy, but such was indeed once the case; there was a point in time when the series was very much on the verge of cancellation, and it took a dramatic shakeup to reverse its fortunes. The series' second worldwide release (and final GBA installment), The Sacred Stones , arrived in 2005 and moved more than 700,000 copies over its lifetime, while GameCube's Path of Radiance followed later that same year and sold more than half a million copies–well enough to satisfy Nintendo's expectations, considering the system's age and comparatively small user base.
Epic says its new 'vibe coded' Epic Games Store launcher is faster than Steam The updated version is in beta for the time being, and represents a total rebuild of the EGS client. The big Epic Games Store rebuild teased earlier this year has arrived as a new "preview" client available to download for Windows and Mac, as well as Linux for the first time. PC Gamer was shown a demonstration of the client in advance of the announcement, and the speed improvement appeared significant. Epic claims that it's halved the launcher's startup time, and that it now goes from a cold start to the store page 46% faster than Steam.
For the quickest way to join, simply enter your email below and get access. We will send a confirmation and sign you up to our newsletter to keep you updated on all your gaming news. In an new episode of their podcast, former PR leads Krysta Yang and Kit Ellis discuss as much, with the latter saying "Nintendo should be even more focused on remakes." He cites Star Fox and Ocarina of Time's 2026 returns as "really proving that there is a significant audience" and "significant interest when these games are handled in a premium way." Ellis also notes "if you're Nintendo, nobody has a library that's as deep as you" while stating that the original Switch lineup was bolstered by a plethora of Wii U ports throughout its life. We can supplement that with these remakes." The Nintendo Takes We Refuse to Back Down On - EP244 Kit & Krysta Podcast - YouTube Granted, Ellis does say "you need to be careful" when it comes to what the percent of remakes vs original titles is in a given year, as to not be seen as relying on remakes and remasters.
Soaring spaceships are no stranger to Star Wars video games, with thrilling dogfights at the core of both EA’s Battlefront and Star Wars: Squadrons. Yet very few George Lucas gaming adaptations have swapped aerial showdowns for laps around the intergalactic racetrack--until Galactic Racer . Helmed by talent that worked on the vehicular sections of Battlefront and racing classics like Burnout and Need for Speed, Galactic Racer is a game purely about the thrill of zooming past the Galaxy’s greatest racers, and thanks to its roguelike structure, this tournament plays dirty. As you soar across the dunes of Jaaku and cruise across Lantaana’s lava-filled caverns, it’s important to race prepared.
Nothing screams Fortnite like the Peasants' Revolt of 1381, am I right? Focus Features announced Wednesday that the new movie The Uprising, starring Andrew Garfield, is now available to play as a custom experience on Fortnite ahead of the Paul Greengrass-directed film’s theatrical release on September 10. Even for Fortnite – which has a long history of pop cultural collaborations including Star Wars, Marvel, DC, LEGO, The Witcher, Godzilla and Kong, Stranger Things, John Wick, and Back to the Future – The Uprising is a curious film to see on this platform. The period drama – which may or may not (still) be a Robin Hood origin movie – chronicles the Peasants’ Revolt of 1381, which was led by historical figures Wat Tyler (played by Shogun’s Cosmo Jarvis) and John Ball (played by Jamie Bell).
Star Wars Zero Company understands that Star Wars games should feel less like the movies and more like the toys Get to the Egg Box! I'm still early days on Star Wars Zero Company, but I think I'm in love. And this is kind of expected and also kind of strange. Read this next - Star Wars Zero Company, the XCOM-like strategy game, gets a release date - Summer Game Fest 2026 live report - all the news and announcements from Geoff Keighley's big night - The latest Star Wars Zero Company details tease Mass Effect DNA, hardcore turn-based tactics, permadeath, and new Clone Wars lore
For the quickest way to join, simply enter your email below and get access. We will send a confirmation and sign you up to our newsletter to keep you updated on all your gaming news. "I think one of the reasons GTA was so well received was the amount of detail," reflects an original dev: "No one ever said no, or that something couldn't be done" Time Capsule | Retro Gamer looked back at GTA's evolution from top-down open world on PS1 to setting the 3D standard on PS2 as the series readied a next-gen leap We currently find ourselves on the cusp of a brand new appendage to the Grand Theft Auto series. A long-time contributor to both 360 Magazine and Retro Gamer, Stuart is a big fan of Peter Jackson's King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie, and correctly thinks that Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed is a superb racer.
For the quickest way to join, simply enter your email below and get access. We will send a confirmation and sign you up to our newsletter to keep you updated on all your gaming news. I'm still getting used to new games launching for £70/$70 (let alone 80 bucks), and by 'getting used to' I mean 'not buying'. Perusing the likes of CEX or other local shops formed the backbone of my own library when I was a cash-poor base Xbox 360 model owner, scooping up Devil May Cry 4, Fable 2, and Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts for one crisp twenty note (an unwise chunk of my bank balance at the time – I never said I had good priorities).
As CD Projekt Red continues working on Cyberpunk 2 , the company could have a spin-off title to tide over fans in the meantime. MP1st reports that a former WayForward employee's portfolio revealed information on a game project codenamed Gemini that relates to the Netflix series Cyberpunk: Edgerunners . The status of the Cyberpunk spin-off game at WayForward is unclear, though the report claims research and development was underway from 2025 into this year. Project Gemini was apparently planned to be "a rollback-driven" 2.5D beat-'em-up.
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Relic Entertainment produced their own Advance Wars-like strategy game with Earth vs Mars from a smaller team, and now it is updated to be Steam Deck Verified. Read the full article on GamingOnLinux .
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