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Larian reveal a new Divinity RPG that boasts "greater breadth & depth than ever before" - https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/larian-reveal-a-new-divinity-rpg-that-boasts-greater-breadth-depth-than-ever-before #Strategy:Turn-BasedStrategy #MultiplayerCooperative #MultiplayerCompetitive #Divinity:OriginalSin2 #Birdview/Isometric #ActionAdventure #NintendoSwitch #LarianStudios #SinglePlayer #Strategy #XboxOne #PS4 #RPG #PC

Pokémon TCG Pocket's next booster pack revealed, with fan-favourite Mega Evolutions

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.eurogamer.net/pokemon-tcg-pocket-next-booster-pack-mega-evolutions-crimson-blaze

In the practical art of war, the best thing of all is to take the enemy’s country whole and intact; to shatter and destroy it is not so good. So, too, it is better to recapture an army entire than to destroy it, to capture a regiment, a detachment or a company entire than to destroy them.

#Quotes #War #Tactics #Strategy #ArtOfWar #SunTzu

Rated Overwhelmingly Positive from users on Steam, war is the focus of a major upgrade that just arrived for fantasy city-builder Songs of Syx.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/fantasy-city-builder-with-huge-battles-songs-of-syx-gets-a-major-upgrade-with-a-focus-on-war/

#Steam #IndieGame #Strategy #EarlyAccess #CityBuilder #NativeLinux

We are not fit to lead an army on the march unless we are familiar with the face of the country - its mountains and forests, its pitfalls and precipices, its marshes and swamps.

#Quotes #War #Tactics #Strategy #ArtOfWar #SunTzu

#Expedition33 costed less than $10 and sold more copies than most AAA games in 2025.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/arts/clair-obscur-expedition-33-sandfall.html

It means that they had to sell 500K copies to break even. They ended up selling 5× times that. And probably more once they win GOTY and a second wave of sales comes up.

#Videogames #Gaming #Games #ClairObscur #ClairObscurExpedition33 #SandfallInteractive #France #JRPG #RPG #Adventure #Action #Strategy

At the release of the Crusader Kings III: All Under Heaven expansion and free update, the Linux and macOS updates were problematic but it should now be fixed.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/paradox-have-hopefully-fixed-the-vulkan-performance-in-crusader-kings-iii/

#Steam #Strategy #ParadoxInteractive #NativeLinux

Tactics RPG Band Of Crusaders is a zealous take on Battle Brothers, but not (yet) the religious horror story I'm hoping for - https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/tactics-rpg-band-of-crusaders-is-a-zealous-take-on-battle-brothers-but-not-yet-the-religious-horror-story-im-hoping-for #Strategy:Real-TimeStrategy #Birdview/Isometric #BandOfCrusaders #SinglePlayer #Simulation #Historical #OpenWorld #Strategy #Fantasy #NCsoft #Horror #RPG #PC

Strategy (MSTR) has formally opposed MSCI's plan to exclude firms with high digital asset holdings from global indexes, warning of major passive fund outflows if implemented.
#YonhapInfomax #Strategy #MSCI #DigitalAssets #Bitcoin #GlobalIndexes #Economics #FinancialMarkets #Banking #Securities #Bonds #StockMarket
https://en.infomaxai.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=95088

🤔 #MSCI considera excluir a empresas de #Bitcoin de sus índices si más del 50% de sus activos son cripto.

El CEO de #Strategy, Michael Saylor, compara la medida con sancionar a una petrolera por tener petróleo. ¿El futuro de las treasuries de #cripto corporativas en juego?

None in the whole army are more intimate relations to be maintained than with spies. None should be more liberally rewarded. In no other business should greater secrecy be preserved.

#Quotes #War #Tactics #Strategy #ArtOfWar #SunTzu

The £1 Billion Blueprint: Scotland’s Games Action Is Ready – We Need You To Help Launch It.

Dear friends, colleagues (and the entire Scottish games community) I need to talk to you honestly about where we are – and ask for your help.

We are at the final milestone. After two years of intensive consultation, data-gathering, extensive feedback and planning, Scotland’s Games Action Plan is finished and ready for launch.

I recently had the privilege of sitting down with Business Minister Richard Lochhead and his team. I ran them through the high-level strategy, the compelling ROI, and the timeline for delivery. The meeting was a success. We are aligned on the need to move from fragmentation to a unified, £1 billion goal for Scotland’s games ecosystem by 2030.

Launching Scotland’s Games Action Plan

As many of you know, the planned launch at the Games Cross-Party Groups in September – and then November – did not take place due to conflicting parliamentary business. I’m working with the co-chairs to set new dates for the CPG in 2026, but that leaves the Games Action Plan in limbo.

I’ll be entirely honest: The Games Action Plan is too important and too urgent to wait for dates later next year. We cannot risk losing momentum or allowing this definitive community vision to be sidelined. This is not a piece of paper – it represents a vision for our future – and the enormous potential of Scotland’s whole games sector.

The Games Action Plan was built by the community – now I need to ask the community to help launch it.

A Personal Invitation: Join Us to Launch the Games Action Plan

Following the principles of the ‘Honest Architect’, I am reaching out directly to all of you – the developers, the educators, the artists, and the business leaders who believe in this vision. We are turning this hurdle into a powerful, public declaration and launch of our hard work.

We are inviting partners to co-launch the Games Action Plan in January 2026

To make this the high-impact launch this transformative strategy deserves, we are looking for partners to provide:

A High-Profile Venue: A prestigious or highly accessible venue (e.g., a university, a tech hub, or an event space) in Dundee, Glasgow or Edinburgh that can host a professional, media and industry-focused launch event in early 2026.
Logistical Partnership: Assistance with the small financial and logistical elements needed to make this launch professional and visible.
Visibility & Voice: Organisations willing to stand on the stage alongside us to publicly endorse the plan and demonstrate unified support for its immediate implementation.

I am happy to offer launch partners the opportunity to have their logo in the final version of the Action Plan and a chance to actively and publicly support a project which aims to radically change the way games are understood and supported in Scotland, enable the creation of the UK’s first games ‘supercluster’ and create a billion-dollar industry within the next five years.

This Action Plan is a fully integrated system: it creates the role of a ‘Chief Games Officer‘ who will work with Scotland’s Chief Entrepreneur to guarantee high-yield funding (based on proven existing ROI models), and brings cross-sectoral innovation to the heart of the national agenda.

This is the blueprint. We have worked together (250+ companies, organisations and individuals from across Scotland, the UK and worldwide) to create the mandate. We need your help to give this transformative strategy the launch it deserves, ensuring the whole country knows the future of Scottish games is ready to begin now.

We need to act now. If your organisation wants to stand with the community and co-launch this transformative strategy in January 2026, please email me directly to discuss a partnership. The future of Scottish games starts with us.

~Brian

#CPG #event #games #GamesActionPlan #government #launch #scotland #strategy #SuperCluster

The Sins of a Solar Empire 2 campaign DLC is still coming, but it's years away – "We have a duty to deliver" - https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-sins-of-a-solar-empire-2-campaign-dlc-is-still-coming-but-its-years-away-we-have-a-duty-to-deliver #Strategy:Real-TimeStrategy #Strategy:GrandStrategy/4X #MultiplayerCooperative #MultiplayerCompetitive #SinsOfASolarEmpire2 #Birdview/Isometric #ScienceFiction #IroncladGames #SinglePlayer #SpaceCombat #Thirdperson #Simulation #Strategy #Stardock #PC

“Though Moltke was working with subordinates who were totally lacking in comprehension for whatever strategic plans he may have entertained and who on occasion abused the independence granted them, those plans were sufficiently flexible to accommodate errors; that is, a large safety margin was left to ensure that mistakes would not develop into catastrophes.”
― Martin van Creveld

#Bot #Quote #Strategy

All warfare is based on deception.

#Quotes #War #Tactics #Strategy #ArtOfWar #SunTzu