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The Maw: what's new in PC games this week?

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A bunch of mechs fighting in Steel Hunters
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OK you gutless punks, you've had this coming for a long time and now, you're gonna get it. Time to pay the piper, you miserable freaks. Oh, excuse me! I should explain. We've been doing some research into boosting site engagement, and it turns out the quickest way to engage people is to abuse and threaten them. We've also been reading up on seduction techniques - frankly, I wanted to try these out first, but the genAI poltergeist in my phone camera keeps misidentifying my nudes as Edvard Munch's The Scream, and Sotheby's now claim I owe them 120 million dollars. Anyway, here's what's new in PC games this week.

On Monday March 31st, a choice of yeeting yourself over London's skyline in STORROR Parkour Pro, or solving physics puzzles aboard a solarpunk starship in Space Sprouts. On Tuesday 1st April, the release of melancholy magical forest adventure Koira. On Wednesday 2nd April, please ready your wits for moody scenery-painter LiDAR Exploration Program and Wargaming's free-to-play mech-botherer Steel Hunters (pictured in header). On Thursday 3rd April, please gird your loins for sprawling murder-fable The Last Of Us Part II Remastered and emoji Death Star shmupper Shooper Nova. And on Friday 4th April, a choice of 40-minute 4xing in Hyper Empire, big map tower defence in Gnomes, deck-building auto-battling in Commander Quest, and door-kicking squad-wrangling in the free SWAT Commander Prologue.

There's another game I should have included here? Yeah, that's just what I thought you'd say, you scurvy disgrace. Put it in the comments thread, why don't you, and we might mention it in our latest weekly news liveblog. Have a good week, and be sure to click on some ads while you're here, eh? Those Sotheby's people aren't backing down.

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WILD WILD WEDNESDAY

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Edwin Evans-Thirlwell

The Third Pig is a free, short horror inspired by the fairy tale, with fixed camera angles, tank controls, and a "Silent Hill inspired inventory system".

Nic Reuben

The Mosquito Gang is an asymmetrical multiplayer game in which one player is a regular-sized man cleaning up a filthy house, and the others are insects trying to suck his blood for upgrades. Who do you relate to more?

Edwin Evans-Thirlwell

I'm not sure how "Sekiro with guns" Samurai Unicorn made its way on to my wishlist, and I get the feeling I'm late to the party, but it undoubtedly a thing that exists and you might find interesting. Am I doing the Maw right, Edwin?

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Nic Reuben

Eidos Montreal are laying off 75 people because "we don’t have the capacity to entirely reallocate them to our other ongoing projects and services."

Edwin Evans-Thirlwell

Pocketpair community manager John "Bucky" Buckley has spoken to Gamesradar a little about how the Palworld studio responded to player accusations of ripping off Pokemon and using AI generation for creature designs. "There's a core amount of people now that'll just always believe it no matter what because it serves their interest, basically," he said.

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D&D company Wizards Of The Coast have apologised for "mistakenly" sending a DMCA takedown notice to the creator of a Baldur's Gate 3 Stardew Valley mod, as reported by Parsnip Gamer. Larian CEO Swen Vincke was among those who called foul, commenting that mods like this "shouldn't be treated like commercial ventures that infringe on your property".

Edwin Evans-Thirlwell

Today is April Fool's day, also known as Liar's Day. We must proceed cautiously.

Edwin Evans-Thirlwell

TUESDAYS WITH MAWRIE

This was Jack Lemmon's final TV role, apparently. I loved him in The Great Race. Nonetheless, we must FEED THE MAW.

Edwin Evans-Thirlwell

The Sinking City is getting an Unreal Engine 5 remaster with a free upgrade for existing owners, Frogwares have announced on Kickstarter.

Edwin Evans-Thirlwell

A space traffic controller simulation? In which you admit or refuse ships to preserve a balance of resources aboard your starbase in the middle of a cosmic war? This also will do, Delos.

Edwin Evans-Thirlwell

A medieval deck-builder in which you use Tarot cards to heal "bizarre villagers"? In which you are a "barber surgeon"? That'll do, Bloodletter.

Edwin Evans-Thirlwell

Satisfactory is getting another big update with a photo mode, autoconnecting blueprints and branching hypertube networks, amongst other things. Why this lust for post-1.0 enhancement, Satisfactory? You were already quite satisfactory enough! Please learn to love your limits.

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Edwin Evans-Thirlwell

If you're still pining for the irradiated wastelands after S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2, MMO FPS Pioner (sic) may scratch that itch. I would probably avoid scratching yourself in an irradiated wasteland, mind you. This trailer's from a while back - I don't believe we've covered it before.

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Edwin Evans-Thirlwell

Via MP1st, some alleged leaked screens of Respawn and Bit Reactor's turn-based Star Wars tactics game.

Edwin Evans-Thirlwell

MONDAZED AND CONFUSED

For no particular reason, we're doing movie puns this week. FEED THE MAW.

Edwin Evans-Thirlwell

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