A song once asked what war was good for, and apart from things like fighting off aggressors, the thing it’s best for is providing a background for strategy gaming. Songs of Steel Hispania uses one particular war for its basis, namely the conflict on the Iberian Peninsula between 153 BC and 133 BC. If you aren’t familiar with that series of wars then don’t worry; Songs of Steel Hispania will get you up to speed with its combination of historical turn-based strategy and consequence-filled narrative decisions. What’s more, with its first big patch, it just got a whole lot better to play. Continue reading Cerebral Roman war sim Songs of Steel Hispania gets game changing update MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best strategy games, Best turn-based strategy games, Best war games

A new fantasy MMORPG spearheaded by one of the original creators of RuneScape - that’s an exciting premise, right? Well, that’s exactly what you’re getting soon with Brighter Shores, the upcoming game from Andrew Gower’s Fen Research studio. However, we come with both bad and good news. The bad news: its early access launch on Steam has been delayed. Darn. The good news: it’s only been delayed by a single day. Huzzah! Continue reading RuneScape creator’s new MMO Brighter Shores gets a bizarre pushback MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best MMORPGs, Best free PC games, Best fantasy games

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Image: The Verge On Threads, the topic of “Threads Moderation Failures” is trending. Some users complain their accounts are being deleted or restricted for linking to articles with controversial topics. Instagram and Threads boss Adam Mosseri is directly replying to some complaints and said he’s “looking into it.” And I’m one of many people who’s had their account deleted for allegedly being a child — which I am not. Moderation is a perennial problem on social media, but based on social media posts and The Verge staff’s own experiences, Meta is currently banning and restricting users on a hair trigger. One of my colleagues was locked out of her account briefly this week after joking that she “wanted to die” because of a heatwave. Others, like Jorge... Continue reading…