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Celebrate Labor Day by playing Civilization 7 for free
The Labor Day weekend is upon us (in Canada and the US, anyway, and we'll be sure to spare a thought for our UK colleagues who will be working on Monday) and holy cow, it is about time. If you find yourself in need of something to do, here's a thought: Play Civilization 7, because it's free to play on Steam until September 10.
Civ 7's had kind of a rough go of things since it launched in early 2025. It made some big changes to the formula that didn't go over well with a significant portion of the fan base, the UI was almost universally unpopular, and performance was dodgy. milkshakeslot.com
Firaxis has been banging away on it ever since, to mixed results: A major update released in May brought a big bump in player numbers on Steam, but the reactions expressed via Steam reviews were almost literally split down the middle. Civ 7's Steam rating remains "mixed," with only 48% positive user reviews, while concurrent player numbers on the platform are still running neck-and-neck with the 16-year-old Civilization 5.
Civ 5 is much beloved but I imagine Firaxis and Take-Two would like to see people move on.
Ah, but here's the counterpoint: It's free. Just go around to Steam and click the "Play Game" button, and after some requisite amount of downloading, you're playing Civ 7 without spending a penny. It's hard to go wrong, really.
If the past year-and-a-half of updates have got Civilization 7 to a point where you think to yourself, 'Yes, I would like to play this game all the time,' you can also pick up the standard and deluxe editions for half price until September 17: That's $35/£30/€35 for the former, and $50/£45/€50 for the latter.
The Civ 7 development team (a small part of it, anyway) will also be discussing what comes next during a livestream from PAX on September 5—you can catch that on YouTube, Twitch, and Facebook.
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Rykte: Rockstar fremskynder PC-lanseringen av Grand Theft Auto VI
Det er åpenbart ingen tvil om at « Grand Theft Auto VI vil bli utgitt på PC før eller senere. Men ved lanseringen vil spillet være eksklusivt tilgjengelig på PlayStation 5 og Xbox Series S/X. Så når kommer det til PC?
Vi vet selvfølgelig ikke sikkert, men ser vi på tidligere erfaringer, tok det åtte måneder for « Grand Theft Auto IV, 19 måneder for « Grand Theft Auto V og 13 måneder for « Red Dead Redemption 2. Så omtrent et år senere ville være et rimelig anslag. Men... kanskje det kan skje tidligere enn det, i hvert fall ifølge VGC-redaktør Andy Robinson.
I den siste episoden av VGC-podcasten sier han at alt som har skjedd i spillverdenen den siste tiden, med skyhøye komponentpriser og mangel på både PlayStation 5 og Xbox Series S/X, har fått Rockstar til å vurdere å fremskynde prosessen:
«Jeg tror faktisk de vil fremskynde PC-versjonen. Det går noen rykter om det. At PC-versjonen kanskje kommer tidligere enn noen forventer, nettopp på grunn av alt som skjer.»
Hvis Rockstar hadde holdt seg til sin vanlige tidsplan, ville en PC-lansering i tide til neste julehandelseperiode virket rimelig, men nå ser det ut til at det kan skje enda tidligere enn det. Tør vi til og med drømme om at en virkelig fantastisk PC-versjon kommer ut denne våren eller sommeren?
Rygte: Rockstar fremskynder PC-lanceringen af Grand Theft Auto VI
Der er selvfølgelig ingen tvivl om, at Grand Theft Auto VI før eller siden vil blive udgivet på PC. Men ved lanceringen vil det være tilgængeligt eksklusivt til PlayStation 5 og Xbox Series S/X. Så hvornår kommer det til PC?
Vi ved det selvfølgelig ikke med sikkerhed, men set på tidligere erfaringer tog det otte måneder for Grand Theft Auto IV, 19 måneder for Grand Theft Auto V og 13 måneder for Red Dead Redemption 2. Så cirka et år senere ville være et rimeligt gæt. Men... måske kunne det ske før end det, i hvert fald ifølge VGC-redaktør Andy Robinson.
I den seneste episode af VGC-podcasten siger han, at alt det, der er sket i spilverdenen for nylig, med eksplosive komponentpriser og mangel på både PlayStation 5 og Xbox Series S/X, har fået Rockstar til at overveje at fremskynde processen:
"Jeg tror, de vil rykke PC-versionen frem. Der er lidt larm omkring det. At PC-versionen måske kommer tidligere, end nogle måske forventer, bare på grund af alt det, der foregår."
Hvis Rockstar havde holdt sig til sin sædvanlige tidsplan, ville en PC-udgivelse i tide til næste juleindkøbssæson have virket rimelig, men nu ser det ud til, at det måske sker endnu tidligere. Tør vi overhovedet drømme om en virkelig fantastisk PC-version, der udkommer til foråret eller sommeren?
PlayStation's Peter Parker actor has pushed Insomniac to put Deadpool in Spider-Man 3: "I would like to believe that they got the idea from me"
If we end up seeing Deadpool in Marvel's Spider-Man 3, it would seem we have Peter Parker actor Yuri Lowenthal to thank, at least partly.
Talking to The Movie Dweeb on Instagram, Lowenthal was asked to comment on a potential Wolverine and Spider-Man collab in Insomniac's next open-world Spider-Man game. Insomniac is currently hard at work prepping for the release of Marvel's Wolverine, out September 15, but considering the success of Spider-Man, the standalone Miles Morales game, and Spider-Man 2, another Peter Parker game seems likely to happen at some point even though nothing's been confirmed yet. And of course, a Wolverine x Spider-Man match-up seems all the more likely with Insomniac now having worked on both IPs.
Lowenthal thinks a Wolverine collab would be "terribly exciting," but he says "there is one character that I would opt for even more strongly than Wolverine, and it would be Deadpool."
In response to this, The Movie Dweeb points out a tweet apparently published at some point from Insomniac creative director Brian Horton. I tried to track down the tweet, but Horton's Twitter account has been deactivated and there's no Bluesky equivalent, so take this with a grain of salt. According to The Movie Dweeb, the tweet read "worlds collide" and included hashtags for Wolverine and Spider-Man. Lowenthal says the tweet is news to him, but confirmed he's pushed Horton repeatedly on Deadpool being in the next Spider-Man game.
"I've pushed [Horton] every time I see him with the Deadpool thing, so if I've just spoiled it for Spider-Man 3, then I would just like to believe that they got the idea from me anyway," Lowenthal says.
As much as I'm sure Wade Wilson would be flattered to have a part in Insomniac's Spider-Man series, I'm not sure it would be a tonal fit, what with Deadpool's whole thing being expletive-laden meta humor and Marvel's Spider-Man being a generally straightforward, family friendly affair. At the very least, you'd probably have to bump up that ESRB rating from Teen to Mature.
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