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‘Super Bowl for Excel nerds’ crowns the king of the spreadsheets in Vegas, complete with championship belt and adoring crowd: ‘You’d never see this with Google Sheets’

(Image credit: Financial Modeling World Cup) I’m not going to suggest you watch all seven hours of the livestream of the Excel World Championship Finals but, if you start watching, you’ll be treated to an exceptional creation: The Excel World Championship theme song. A kind of soft rock ballad that is AI-created but seems to

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If you’re planning to mainline Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, turn the difficulty down to easy

(Image credit: Square Enix) One of my enduring memories of the original Final Fantasy 7 is turning a corner, getting in a random battle, realizing I’d walked into a dead end, and then having two more random battles trigger while I turned around and walked back. What I’m saying is, Final Fantasy 7 was not

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Ascendant brings a unique spin to the bullet hell dungeon crawler with its huge item stash and extensive build crafting for new and deadly synergies

(Image credit: Imagisphere) If you enjoy a good ol’ dungeon crawler full of wizards and battlemages, and love a bit of chaos in your games, look no further than Ascendant. Imagisphere’s roguelike bullet hell lands on Steam on January 31, and it looks to be a roaring good time. Get ready to dive into the

The best games like The Sims for building beautiful characters, homes, and a life full of drama

(Image credit: Maxis, Electronic Arts) For the past 25 years, any list of games like The Sims has been mostly wishful thinking. There hasn’t been anything truly like The Sims series—until now. In 2025 we’re finally going to get some true Sims competition that mimics the full suite of character creation, Build Mode, and Live

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Blade Chimera ditches the usual metroidvania progression in favour of a radical idea: skipping straight to the good stuff

(Image credit: Team Ladybug) There’s a certain degree of predictability to the metroidvania genre. The opening area is the part where the story takes a moment to emphasise how alone I am, and then makes me do a bit of vanilla jumping and attacking while I pass by all the interesting places I can’t go

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Steam reviewers finally trolled me: I bought a game they called ‘calm’ and ‘relaxing’ before I noticed those were the ‘funny’ reviews

(Image credit: Dinosaur Polo Club) I’ve been looking for a new game to unwind with on Steam Deck in the evenings, something casual and chill that will relax me after a long day. After considering a few farming sims and cozy adventure games, I stumbled on Mini Motorways, a transportation strategy sim that looked promising.

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Civilization 7: Everything we know about the first new Civ game in nearly a decade

(Image credit: Firaxis) With Civilization 6 about as stuffed with expansions as it can get, Firaxis is finally on the cusp of releasing the seventh numbered sequel in one of the longest running and most successful game series ever. Civilization 7 will be out in February. Far from resting on its laurels, Firaxis is really

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Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 reveals 3 expansions and a ‘Hardcore Mode’ coming in 2025

Kingdom Come: Deliverance II – Roadmap Trailer | PS5 Games – YouTube Watch On With Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 now just a couple weeks out, publisher Plaion has lifted the lid on the game’s post-launch plans for 2025, including a trio of expansions set to release throughout the year. First in line are free updates