Town to Metropolis, a Voxel-Powered City-Building Sim, Announced for PC
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Town to Metropolis, a Voxel-Powered City-Building Sim, Announced for PC

UK recreation writer Kwalee has introduced Town to Metropolis, a lovely new voxel-powered city-building sim for PC from developer Galaxy Grove, the makers of the gorgeous cozy prepare planner Station to Station.

Due out this yr, Town to Metropolis is a cozy city-builder that features analysis bushes, city and metropolis administration, grid-less city-building instruments, a full marketing campaign in addition to a sandbox mode, a photograph mode, and a enjoyable soundtrack. You may “arrange lighting, plant flowers and wooded parks, and enhance homes and buildings to complement or distinction,” Kwalee says. Try the announcement trailer above and the primary screenshots within the gallery beneath.

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No Man’s Sky’s Massive ‘Worlds Part 2’ Update Adds Billions of New Solar Systems and Trillions of New Planets

No Man’s Sky developer Howdy Video games has unveiled the Worlds Part 2 replace, which it says “permits us to push the boundaries of our engine with new expertise.”

Chief developer Sean Murray stated the replace provides billions of new photo voltaic methods and trillions of new planets to the procedurally generated area sport, in addition to new biomes and terrains.

“I’ve been engaged on a brand new terrain system for a short time now,” Murray stated. “Terrain is extra detailed and way more various with enormous mountains and these huge options. I’m genuinely at my happiest engaged on these items.”

The replace additionally brings with it gasoline giants, that are 10 occasions greater than No Man’s Sky’s current greatest planet. “It’s really end-game stuff to discover them with enormous storms that rage throughout the floor,” Murray stated.

He continued: “New tech permits oceans that may be a number of kilometers deep. A brand new lighting system makes them look so completely different. New caustics, mild shafts and the deeper that you just discover the darker it will get. I’ve had these moments the place you’re exploring and all of the sudden some enormous creature comes into view and it’s simply unbelievable.

“Each factor of our lighting has been rewritten. Shadows present extra particulars, mild glints by the leaves, caves are darkish and immersive. Oceans now replicate the clouds and stars to create these stunning sunsets and evening skies.

“Water reacts bodily to the world round it. Creatures wade by it. There’s little dimples within the rain, and there are giant waves as ships fly overhead. Typically there’s these moments the place a ship simply flies previous the nonetheless ocean and the water ripples beneath and it’s simply so peaceable to observe.

“Within the depths of the ocean and on land there’s these new creatures to find. I believe we’ve gone in all probability weirder than ever earlier than. Whenever you land on a planet all of the tech combines to create an emotion, that feeling of figuring out that nobody has ever been on this world earlier than. I believe it’s what makes this sport actually particular.

“There’s tons of new gameplay too. There’s this enormous quest that ties collectively some strands that we’ve been constructing for years. We’ve received an expedition that takes you on a tour of all the brand new worlds that we’re constructing and it’s received some unbelievable rewards.

“That is our ninth 12 months since launch. I believe we’re doing issues that the neighborhood in all probability by no means thought would occur. I actually can’t await individuals to play.”

In November, Howdy Video games hailed No Man’s Sky hitting a ‘very constructive’ Steam person evaluation person ranking for the primary time, eight years after the sport’s controversial launch was slammed by gamers.

No Man’s Sky launched in August 2016 on PS4 and PC to tens of 1000’s of unfavorable critiques on Steam, with gamers complaining about damaged guarantees and a scarcity of significant content material, notably on the multiplayer aspect. The sport rapidly settled on the dreaded ‘overwhelmingly unfavorable’ Steam person evaluation ranking, a transparent signal to anybody who visited its Steam web page that one thing was very fallacious.

However Guildford, England-based Howdy Video games has continued to replace No Man’s Sky over time, enhancing participant sentiment to the purpose the place it’s now thought of excellent. It took two years to hit ‘blended,’ then one other three to hit ‘largely constructive.’ On the time, 5 years after launch, Tim Woodley, Head of Publishing at Howdy Video games, defined how arduous it was to claw again Steam person critiques from such a low base.

As Howdy Video games continues to work on No Man’s Sky, it’s growing its subsequent sport, Mild No Fireplace. It is about journey, constructing, survival and exploration collectively, set on a fantasy planet the dimensions of Earth.

Wesley is the UK Information Editor for IGN. Discover him on Twitter at @wyp100. You may attain Wesley at wesley_yinpoole@ign.com or confidentially at wyp100@proton.me.

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No Man’s Sky Gives You A Billion New Reasons To Return With Latest Update

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It is likely to be exhausting to wrap your head round this, however No Man’s Sky is getting billions–yes, with an “S”–of new star programs and planets with the Worlds Half 2 replace. That is not all, both. Whats up Video games can also be promising the introduction of contemporary biomes, flora, and an up to date terrain system with deep oceans.

On the PlayStation Blog, Whats up Video games founder Sean Murray detailed what’s new with Worlds Half 2, calling it “one among our greatest updates.” Murray famous that your private home base is not going anyplace, however now there’s extra to see and do out in house. As an example, No Man’s Sky gamers can now come throughout Fuel Giants. “These big worlds may be 10 occasions larger than every other planet you’ve got explored beforehand,” Murray wrote. “Fuel Giants and deep oceans each require high-level know-how to discover. Fuel storms, deep-sea strain, and anomalies deliver new hazards and challenges to No Man’s Sky.”

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As well as, Murray highlights that Whats up Video games has reworked the sport’s lighting system and improved water gameplay for the brand new deep oceans. Intriguingly, these upgrades are a outcome from the staff’s work on Gentle No Hearth, in accordance with Murray. That is the subsequent recreation from Whats up Video games, which is an open-world fantasy title that includes dragons.

Final July, No Man’s Sky obtained the Worlds Half 1 replace that overhauled the sport’s visuals and added mech-mounted flamethrowers. On prime of that, the space-exploration title lastly bought fishing with the Aquarius replace in September 2024, adopted by lastly introducing a cross-save function in November. No Man’s Sky was nominated for Greatest Neighborhood Assist at The Sport Awards 2024.

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Kwalee provides, “As your city thrives, you’ll want to meet the wants of your rising inhabitants. Present facilities that can cater for everybody – from farmers and staff to artisans and the bourgeoisie – alongside particular requests by particular person residents. Get to know every individual as they arrive on the town and watch them quiet down to type new households within the houses you constructed for them.”

You may wishlist Town to Metropolis on Steam in the event you’re , and do not miss IGN’s evaluation of Station to Station.

Ryan McCaffrey is IGN’s government editor of previews and host of each IGN’s weekly Xbox present, Podcast Unlocked, in addition to our month-to-month(-ish) interview present, IGN Unfiltered. He is a North Jersey man, so it is “Taylor ham,” not “pork roll.” Debate it with him on Twitter at @DMC_Ryan.

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