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Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 Interview - Airbus A400M
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Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 Interview - Jorg Neumann on The Future of The Ambitious Franchise

Microsoft Flight Simulator will soon undergo a new transition with the new Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 coming next year, while work continues on the 2020 edition. At Gamescom in Cologne,…

September 18, 2023 | 04:09 EDT

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Microsoft Flight Simulator Interview - iniBuilds CEO Discusses the Work of the Prominent Developer

Third-party developers are extremely important in keeping the content of a product like Microsoft Flight Simulator fresh and vital. Aviation is such a wide topic that simulating every existing…

April 22, 2023 | 10:00 EDT

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Microsoft Flight Simulator Antonov An-225 Interview: the Revival of the "Mriya" & More

A few days ago, Microsoft released the Antonov An-225 "Mriya" add-on for Microsoft Flight Simulator, bringing back the massive aircraft destroyed during the initial phase of the war in Ukraine.  The…

March 8, 2023 | 10:00 EST

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How Age of Empires IV Is Changing Education

If you're reading this, there's a high probability you grew up in a time when video games and school were mostly separate -- a taboo association, if you will. Indeed, while games such as 1971's The…

April 22, 2022 | 12:00 EDT

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The Story Behind Age of Empire 4's 'Hands on History'

For nearly 25 years now, the Age of Empires series served as one of the pioneers of the real-time strategy genre. It's held the role of educator as well, teaching history to players all across the…

December 6, 2021 | 12:00 EST

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Age of Empire 4’s Asymmetric Civs Are a Strong Foundation For a New Age of Mythology

Fifteen years is a long time to wait for a new entry in a video game franchise, and because of that, Age of Empires 4 had to update some of the series' core design. While Age of Empires has always…

December 5, 2021 | 12:00 EST

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Psychonauts Helped Fulfill My Childhood Dreams

Video games are one of the best ways to escape reality. They allow the player to experience things or go to places they would never get the chance to otherwise. Regardless of whether the experience…

August 17, 2021 | 12:00 EDT

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Toy Soldiers HD Brings Little Figures and Big Ambitions

Toy Soldiers is back with Toy Soldiers HD, a remaster of the game to run on the current offering of consoles. A game that was originally one of the breakout hits of the early Xbox LIVE Arcade Games,…

June 11, 2021 | 01:00 EDT

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Tackling Gears 5 Operation 6

With Operation 6, Gears 5 is a year-and-a-half old. While not significant in itself, disastrous live services would have sunk by this point. The Coalition's attempts at revitalizing multiplayer…

March 5, 2021 | 12:00 EST

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Everything We Can Learn From The New Psychonauts 2 Trailer

Information for Psychonauts 2 has been a pretty slow drip-feed, which means that the psycho-obsessed (like yours truly) put it upon themselves to comb over every new piece of art that’s released in…

December 30, 2020 | 11:00 EST

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Tell Me Why's Third Episode - The Messy but Earnest Finale

One of the greatest strengths of Dontnod's storytelling throughout Tell Me Why has been how it has sidestepped certain common narrative pitfalls, particularly in terms of mental health and gender…

September 10, 2020 | 12:00 EDT

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Tell Me Why's Second Episode Dives Into Loss

Two years ago, I lost my grandmother to kidney cancer. I had to undertake the hardship of coordinating her funeral, burying her, and then selling her house. Wandering the rooms in a melancholic haze…

September 3, 2020 | 12:00 EDT

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Tell Me Why's First Episode is An Emotional Ride

Tell Me Why might just be Dontnod's most grounded and human experience to date. Ever since they stepped into making interactive dramas, directly competing with the likes of Quantic Dream and Telltale…

August 27, 2020 | 12:00 EDT

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Psychonauts 2 is Looking Like a Fantastic Mindbending Trip

It's been years since fantastic 3d platformer Psychonauts came out, and not quite as long since VR puzzle game Psychonauts in the Rhombus of Ruin proved the universe is still lovely. Or, as Tim…

June 12, 2019 | 11:00 EDT

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Halo: Combat Evolved | Game Changers

Whenever a new console is launched, there is always the question of how much staying power it will have. Companies like Nintendo, Sega, and Sony have weathered many storms, and for years had…

February 23, 2017 | 01:00 EST

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10th Anniversary of Crackdown

Welcome to Pacific City, a metropolis filled with bustling citizens, large skyscrapers, and some of the worst crimes in the area. Three crime organizations hold the city hostage: Los Muertos or The…

February 20, 2017 | 11:00 EST

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Fact or Fiction – Psychonauts 2 and FIG

Misconceptions. Fiction. Myths. All of these surround Psychonauts 2 and FIG—the latest big crowdfunding attempt. Poring through the documents, we've gone over and also talked with noted Game Lawyer…

January 9, 2016 | 05:32 EST