Torment: Tides Of Numenera Coming In 2016

Torment: Tides of Numenera [official site] has never been given a firm release date, though vague, smooshy plans have bounced the RPG from December 2014 to the first half of 2015, then the final quarter of 2015, and, now, into 2016. Developers inXile Entertainment have announced that they’re looking at next year for their crowdfunded spiritual successor to Planescape: Torment, as they want to, you know, make it good and not rush it out. Which sounds sensible – past a certain point of lateness, just make sure you do it right.

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Batman: Arkham Knight – Warner Bros Offer Full Refunds For Steam PC Version

Warner Bros have announced they will offer a full refund to Steam owners of their troubled PC port of Batman: Arkham Knight [official site].

“Until the end of 2015, we will be offering a full refund on Batman: Arkham Knight PC, regardless of how long you have played the product,” announced the company on the game’s Steam page. I’m flagging up the Steam stuff because it looks like this is an offer or an attempt at damage limitation which relies on Steam’s refund system.

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An Interview Is An Interactive Story About Depression

An Interview is a short interactive story based on the theatre show Fake It ‘Til You Make It about clinical depression and men, most specifically how men have the unfortunate tendency to shun facing up to their feelings for fear of being perceived as weak.

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The Technomancer Makes First Contact With New Trailer

So, cards on the table, I’ve heard of technomancy but I’m not entirely sure what a technomancer is, nor what falls under the remit of such a title. If you’re in a similar position, this trailer for The Technomancer [official site] tells us that front man Zachariah is “a warrior that’s able to harness his bio-electric power into powerful skills and abilities in combat”. Huh, there you go. The rest of the vid shares a lot of new information about French outfit Spiders’ upcoming game, with a focus on combat.

I wouldn’t normally pass comment on how a promo trailer is voiced, but there’s something weirdly hypnotic about how this one’s narrated:

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Have You Played… Myst?

Have You Played? is an endless stream of game recommendations. One a day, every day of the year, perhaps for all time.

Have you played Myst?

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The Sunday Papers

Sundays are for football, whether watching it or controlling it in the Football Manager 2016 beta. Before the pitch claims us, let’s round up the week’s best games writing.

• John Sharp has been co-chair of Indiecade for the last six years, helping to plan and diversify the indie games conference’s talks. He wrote this past week about the challenge of building sustainable diversity, and why he no longer feels conferences are a method of doing so:

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League Of Legends: And The Winners Of Worlds Are…

Spoilers ahead for the grand finals of the League of Legends World Championship [official site]:

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