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Kentucky Route Zero act 2 is now out, and developer Cardboard Computer promises a patch to fix some of the most common bug reports soon.

While SWAT games and other real-time tactical affairs were popular in late Nineties and early Noughties, the joys of planning and executing assaults and rescues were largely forgotten for many years. Hey, wipe that single tear from your cheek, you silly nostalgic soul, and download the alpha demo for top-down real-time tactical SWAT 'em up Door Kickers.

What makes EVE Online so exciting is that it gives players so much freedom to do cruel and thrilling things. This can also make players very angry. Developer CCP took down the servers for EVE and its PlayStation 3 FPS spin-off Dust 514 over the weekend following a nasty denial-of-service attack, and while we don't know who did it or why, let's just pretend it was someone enraged by the serious world of Internet spaceships; it's more fun that way.

You can pay what you'd like to get a collection of Telltale's best-known adventure games.

As time of yore known only as 'retro' trundles towards the early Nineties, developer Stone Monkey Studios has combined two cool but sort-of-incompatible things from 20-odd years ago: 2D adventure games and virtual reality. In a charming bit of creativity (not to mention creative marketing), the two-man team created an Oculus Rift mode for City Quest: A Point & Click Adventure where you play it on a 3D computer at a 3D desk in a 3D room.

Valve has shed a little light on Dota 2's mysterious player reporting system, and apparently it's been rather effective. 60% of players who've been abusive enough for Valve to temporarily revoke their communication privileges actually see the error of their ways, or at least pretend they do, and don't go on to get banned again. Taming awful e-people, one muting at a time.

The Novelist creator Kent Hudson talks about the ramifications of player choice and how people from all walks of life will come away from his game with a different sensation.

The folks behind the delightful open-world rollerskate Zineth, this year's IGF Student Showcase winner, have revealed their next game and it's every bit as gnarly. Perfect Stride takes loud and free rolling onto four wheels as a first-person skateboarder and oh my stars the first trailer is glorious.

Paul Taylor from Mode 7 Games talks about the upcoming Frozen Endzone and the studio's shift from turn-based strategy to turn-based sports.

The Humble Bundle 8 is now available, offering Awesomenauts, Capsized, Dear Esther, Little Inferno, and Thomas Was Alone for one price. Paying more than the average also nets you Hotline Miami and Proteus.