Total War: Pharaoh, the latest from Creative Assembly's strategy series, is a great application of the Total War design ethos applied to an ancient Egyptian setting, but, since its launch last year, it hasn't won over many series diehards who still prefer older entries like Total War: Three Kingdoms, Total War: Warhammer 3, and Total War: Shogun 2. Still, its creators have continued to work on refining and adding in new features meant to make Pharaoh the best it can be. The biggest push in this direction to date is the launch of Dynasties, a massive update that's seen positive reviews and a healthy player count in the short time since it's come out. Continue reading Creative Assembly may have saved Total War Pharaoh with Dynasties DLC MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Total War Pharaoh review, Total War Pharaoh factions, Total War Pharaoh leaders

Rather than task players with constructing and managing realistic cities, as in games like SimCity 4 and Cities Skylines 2, Scorchlands takes a more fantastical approach. It, like Against the Storm and Timberborn, takes place in a world populated by anthropomorphic animals, offering up a setting where bipedal birds use magical technology to build homes and extract resources from a moon. If this premise sounds compelling, there's even better news: the game has just left Early Access on Steam, is currently available for just $6, and has garnered positive reviews from players. Continue reading Hex city builder Scorchlands has incredible reviews already, only $6

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Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge After a year and a half of negotiations, SAG-AFTRA has called a strike of all video game work produced under the union’s Interactive Media Agreement. The strike goes into effect July 26th at 12:01AM and impacts all SAG-AFTRA actors, voice actors, and motion capture actors and involves companies like Activision Blizzard, EA, Insomniac Games, WB Games, and more. According to SAG-AFTRA’s press release, the union and video game companies could not come to an agreement regarding AI protections. “We’re not going to consent to a contract that allows companies to abuse AI to the detriment of our members,” said SAG-AFTRA president Fran Drescher in the press release. “When these companies get serious about offering an agreement our members can... Continue reading…

Image: NASA NASA and Sierra Space blew up another space habitat in June, and everyone is smiling about it. That’s because the full-size inflatable structure in this “ultimate burst pressure” test only failed after exceeding NASA’s recommended x4 safety levels by 22 percent. Sierra Space’s inflatable structure, known as a Large Integrated Flexible Environment, or LIFE, had its last stress test in January. LIFE is built from “basket-weaved Vectran fabrics” that strengthen once inflated. It’s intended to be used as a component in the Orbital Reef space station project involving NASA, Blue Origin, and Sierra Space. “This second burst test will get us the design, repeatability, and architecture as we go towards our certification of the pressure shell of... Continue reading…