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Dwarf Fortress, the cult classic simulator game that has been in development since 2003, is getting a new “premium” version this week with entirely new visuals. The original game is well known for its ASCII art, but the version coming to Steam and itch.io will feature really nice pixel art. Dwarf Fortress can be a mind-bogglingly huge game. At its most basic level, the game lets you manage a dwarven outpost in a randomly generated world. But things can go much deeper than that; you can do a lot with your expansive…

Destiny 2's Season 19 will see the arrival of a new mode called Iron Banner: Fortress. Bungie describes Iron Banner: Fortress as a mode similar to Zone Control, in which players compete to capture and hold zones. Caital also apparently has some role to play in Fortress, but Bungie leaves the exact details of how she affects the mode's gameplay a secret.Iron Banner: Fortress goes live on January 3, 2023. You need a javascript enabled browser to watch videos.Size:640 × 360480…

It's been , but the legendary civilization management sim Dwarf Fortress at last has a and release date. It will be available on both storefronts on December 6th for $30. While that might seem steep for a game that has already been around for 16 years and is available for free elsewhere, the latest version has some major upgrades. For one thing, you won't need to deal with Dwarf Fortress' famously primitive visuals anymore. The ASCII graphics have been upgraded to a pixel art tileset. Other new features include a fresh…

Simulate a new dwarven life in December It’s time to break earth and set up a new home. The impossibly deep simulator Dwarf Fortress has set a Steam and Itch launch date of December 6, 2022. This infamous engine for incredible internet stories is often perceived as pretty dense. But as part of the Steam launch, Bay 12 Games is also rolling out several major draws for newcomers to make dwarven life a bit easier to manage. First off, the graphical tile set. Rather than ASCII characters moving around, Dwarf Fortress has…

| Ahead of an excursion under the sea, Aqualad explains what he can do if it's "wet" in this preview of Batman: Fortress #6. Bleeding Cool has asked us to partner with an AI for all previews articles. The idea is that we come up with the headline and let LOLtron do the rest. What could go wrong? Well, this will surely blow up in our faces, but, LOLtron… what did you think of the preview? INITIATING CLICKBAIT PROTOCOLS…PROCESSING COMIC BOOK PREVIEW… LOLtron found the preview for Batman: Fortress #6 to be very exciting.…

Dwarf Fortress developers Tarn and Zach Adams have shared a brand new look at the game’s upcoming Steam Edition. During a Pax West 2022 livestream, the developers and the publisher Kitfox Games, an hour of footage was shared featuring the new Dwarf Fortress Steam Edition (via PCGamer). The in-game footage, which was narrated by the Adams brothers, included in-development gameplay while also showcasing new features from designated mining, trade initiation, and setting up rooms. Dwarf  Fortress will also be getting a new…

Dwarf Fortress may be getting its Steam release soon following a Tweet from publishers Kitfox Games. It was announced in 2019 that the famous freeware management simulation game Dwarf Fortress would be getting a paid enhanced release on Steam – as creator Tarn Adams is looking to monetise his popular creation. Adams has partnered with Kitfox Games, developers of Boyfriend Dungeon to handle the business side of development while Adams’ Bay 12 Games work on the enhanced edition. In response to a fan question about when…

THIS WEEK: Now on its fourth issue, Batman: Fortress has thoroughly snuck-up on our reviewer, who examines whether or not this comic actually whips ass. Also, this week sees the release of a Human Target prequel and a Swamp Thing finale. Note: This piece contains spoilers. If you want a quick, spoiler-free buy/pass recommendation on the comics in question, check out the bottom of the article for our final verdicts. Batman: Fortress #4 Writer: Gary WhittaArtist: Darick RobertsonColorist: Diego RodriguezLetterer: Simon…

| Ch'p is a Green Lantern who first appeared in 1981 in Green Lantern #148, created by Paul Kupperberg and Don Newton. An alien from the planet H'lven, he resembles an anthropomorphic rodent, such as a squirrel or chipmunk. And gets a lot of stick for it. Ch'p stating the obvious. Apparently, humans don't all look alike. After the Crisis on Infinite Earths, he discovered that history had been rewritten so that he had died in an accident 15 years earlier. In the new timeline, his wife M'nn'e had remarried his best friend,…

JD Alois / Crowdfund Insider: Las Vegas-based Fortress Blockchain Technologies, which is building financial, regulatory, and tech B2B infrastructure for Web3 companies, raised a $22.5M seed — Fortress Blockchain Technology has raised a $22.5 million seed round to pursue its vision for B2B infrastructure for Web3. JD Alois / Crowdfund Insider: Las Vegas-based Fortress Blockchain Technologies, which is building financial, regulatory, and tech B2B infrastructure for Web3 companies, raised a $22.5M…