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FROZEN POLITICS: WHY FROSTPUNK'S SOCIETY SIMULATOR HITS DIFFERENT

Society simulators usually let you play god from a comfy distance, dropping buildings like a kid playing with LEGOs. But Frostpunk grabs you by the throat and makes you feel every death, every desperate choice, every compromise of your moral compass. It's like The Sims had a baby with Schindler's List, and that baby grew up to write really depressing poetry.

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UBISOFT AXES 185 JOBS AS UK STUDIO FACES SHUTDOWN

Ever wondered what happens when a gaming giant's string of failures finally catches up with them? Ubisoft just answered that question by closing their Leamington studio and showing 185 people the door, all while wrapping it in enough corporate euphemisms to fill a buzzword bingo card.

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NINJA GAIDEN 2 BLACK REVIEW: NOSTALGIA GETS AN UNREAL FACELIFT AND IDENTITY CRISIS

Ever wondered what would happen if someone tried to remake one of gaming's most legendarily brutal action titles but couldn't decide which version to actually remake? Ninja Gaiden 2 Black answers that question with a remaster that's caught between three different games, powered by an engine that sometimes feels like it's actively trying to kill you - and not in the fun way the original did.

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