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OpenAI’s Advanced Voice mode is unavailable in the EU, and now we might know why

The new ChatGPT Advanced Voice mode is rolling out this week, but not in the EU, and we've got a good idea why.

TechRadar

Elon Musk: from tech mogul to political provocateur — how did he become Trump's biggest supporter?

The X/Twitter owner has become notorious for peddling harmful misinformation on social media — now he’s offering Trump voters the chance to win $1m a day. Emma Loffhagen charts Musk’s journey from tech bro to disinformer-in-chief

Evening Standard

Tactical Breach Wizards puts the magic into military tactics games

Assemble a crew of navy seers and necro medics to take down a dictatorship in a spellbinding new game inspired by XCOM, but without the punishment

The Guardian - UK

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SteamWorld Heist 2 plays like a perfect follow-up to a great XCOM-style tactics game, and it's borrowing from Final Fantasy to add even more depth

Summer Preview | The 9-year wait for this sequel looks to be paying off in a big way

GamesRadar

Could big tech eventually face its USSR moment and collapse completely?

The end of the all-powerful social networks seems inconceivable, but the disintegration of the Soviet giant once did too

The Guardian - UK

Former XCOM boss Jake Solomon says he doesn't play XCOM-likes, but "Into the Breach is incredible" and he's honored to have inspired it: "I'll put that on my resume"

Into the Breach is the only game like XCOM Solomon has played

GamesRadar

Twitter completes rebrand to X.com by changing its website address

You can still visit the site by typing in the original address... for the time being

Evening Standard

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Musk Confirms Twitter Has Become X.com

The social network formerly known as Twitter has fully migrated over to X.com, owner Elon Musk said on Friday.

International Business Times

I love that Jake Solomon is following his life sim passions, but just give me a minute to mourn XCOM

The turn-based strategy genre is more alive than ever, but I've lost hope we'll ever get another great sequel to the series that shaped it.

PC Gamer

Save the world from supervillains in Capes, an XCOM-style superhero tactics game, coming to consoles and PC on May 29

Capes is an turn-based tactics game about saving the world from supervillains

GamesRadar

How the systems in Marvel's Midnight Suns and XCOM 2 influenced Jake Solomon's next-gen life sim

Interview | "There's no hit point bars, there's no damage, but there's still ways to make it meaningful"

GamesRadar

Superheroes and XCOM collide in this brilliantly tense and tactical turn-based strategy game

Capes' unique characters, tricky teamwork, and punchy mission design make it a really exciting addition to the genre.

PC Gamer

XCOM's greatest DLC was almost a Battletech-style mech expansion before the game's camera scuppered it all: 'Our camera angle is not meant for 30 foot mechs, apparently'

But what we got was one of my favourite expansions ever, so no harm done.

PC Gamer

Midnight Suns devs 'absolutely' knew cards would be a controversial choice, but they were also 'absolutely the right fit for this game and our design goals'

Midnight Suns' game director explains how XCOM's combat evolved into the strategic card system that emphasized "feeling heroic."

PC Gamer

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Classified: France '44 review

Cause chaos for the Nazis in an XCOM-like campaign behind enemy lines.

TechRadar

XCOM-'em-up Xenonauts 2 will be getting new aircraft and weapons in fresh update

Patch 1.3 is coming to Xenonauts 2 and features new UFOs, maps, weapons, and research options.

International Business Times UK

Reluctant Ruler? Elon Musk Opens Up About Donning The Heavy Crown Of CEO

Despite facing production nightmares, Elon Musk's grit and vision helped Tesla continue moving forward during its turbulent period.

GamesRadar

XCOM strategy game veteran of over 20 years wants to do a life sim: “there’s something about life in miniature that I think is just naturally appealing”

Jake Solomon loves what life sims are up to behind the scenes

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Creative Bloq

How X became 2023's messiest rebrand

Elon Musk's transformation of Twitter showed how not to do things.

International Business Times

Elon Musk Net Worth 2024: Top Billionaire Set To Scorch The Wealth Charts

As of Dec. 18, 2023, the net worth of Elon Musk is estimated to be $254.9 billion. And it could scale new heights in 2024.

GamesRadar

It's been a year, but former XCOM boss Jake Solomon still can't let go of probably his last strategy game ever: Marvel's Midnight Suns

On the game's first anniversary, the developer shares some behind the scenes trivia

PC Gamer

Persona 5 Tactica review

The Phantom Thieves return for a turn-based strategy spin-off that will steal your heart.

The Conversation

Grandiose visions and arrested development: a new biography considers the contradictory life of Elon Musk

Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, has his fingers in many pies, none of them your standard Four and Twenty – space exploration, electric cars, AI and social media, among others.

The Independent UK

Elon Musk was on brink of death after catching malaria on South African safari, book claims

Tesla owner was ‘only hours from death’

The Independent UK

Why is Elon Musk obsessed with the letter X?

Tech entrepreneur’s first venture was X.com

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