A few hours into my first campaign in city-building survival game Frostpunk 2, I was asked whether I thought parents should be able to accompany their kids into quarantine. A mother had been waiting ...

Frostpunk made a name for itself in 2018 when the designers took a simple icey base builder and gave it higher stakes, aesthetics and intent than other games. It was a short game but brought an ...

Max has loved video games ever since he booted up his friend's N64 and played Mario Kart. He quickly spent all his allowance on any game he could get his hands on, and spent hours playing a dusty PS2.

The original Frostpunk surprisingly appealed to me, despite my usual disdain for city builder and strategy-style games. I adored the gritty, dark, and often disturbing post-apocalyptic setting of ...

Jason is a classic jack-of-all-trades writer who loves to cover most topics, though gaming has always been his strong suit. After spending the better part of the past decade freelancing for various ...

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As my city of New London burns and the people revolt over years of conflicting policies gone awry, I’m already mulling over how I want to approach my next Frostpunk 2 run. The last one, probably my ...

It’s hard to build a city from the ground up when it’s covered in snow, but Frostpunk 2 is all about challenges. If you’re the kind of person who faces decision paralysis when doing something as ...

In an alternate universe, Planet Earth doesn’t have to debate the validity of climate science. We don’t make it out of the 1800s before a second Ice Age comes to humble us. The new normal becomes the ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Huddled together in a crater, they gather around their last hope against the cold--an aging steam generator. Fueled by coal, it can kick out just ...

Citizens of New London: As you prepare to banish me from our city forever, I hope you understand that I always had good intentions. I never meant to run out of food, let hundreds of you perish from ...