Crusader Kings II: Jade Dragon brings in China and ask you to keep the Emperor happy, with a tributary system so you can ply him with gold or concubines.

When people talk about the dawn of the multiplayer FPS genre, it's always Doom, Quake and Counter Strike crowding the conversation. But Counter Strike has managed to stand the test of time by offering up an individual map that's still a part of the eSports scene - Dust2. And it's getting another makeover real soon.

'Cradle of Civilization' DLC for Europa Universalis 4 will be available later in 2017.

We live in a time where the leader of the free world barely believes in climate change. It's real, and there's a massive amount of technology, research, and spending going into slowing it down. Some of that arrives in Cities: Skylines next month as the Green Cities expansion plants the seed of the future.

Academia: School Simulator is best called 'Theme Academy', out now on Early Access with a number of offer bundles.

When last we checked, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (or PUBG) had pulled ahead of Counter Strike: Global Offensive in terms of concurrent players through Steam. Considering both titles are only playable through Valve's content delivery network, it's safe to say which is the current king - at least outside places like South Korea and China, at least.

Crowdfunding campaign now up for the RPG set in a happy English village where there's been a brutal murder and the townsfolk turns into cats every evening. Republique developer Camoflaj are helping on development.

The search for Portal-connected Borealis, revenge for Eli Vance, the Combine as a Dyson Sphere, and the setup for Half-Life 3 are in the Half Life 2 Episode Three synopsis.

If you bought a game during Paradox's misguided price increase earlier this year you should be getting details on how to claim a free game as compensation.

Paradox Interactive and Colossal Order announced earlier this week that the next expansion for Cities Skylines would be titled Green Cities, which aims to make cities more eco-friendly and sustainable, adding 350 assets to the core game when it launches later this year on PC.