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In a year jam-packed with big releases like Tears of the Kingdom, Baldur's Gate 3, and Spider-Man 2, which games came out on top?

Global water resources are stretched by climate change and human population growth, and farms and cities are increasingly turning to groundwater to fill their needs. Unfortunately, the pumping of groundwater can cause the ground surface above to sink, as the aquifers below are drained and the architecture of the ground collapses. For the first time, a new study maps this loss of groundwater storage capacity around the world.

Remedy's long-awaited sequel is a narratively thrilling experience that benefits from an uncompromising creative vision

The Kotaku US review of Alan Wake 2. You can find the Australian review by legendary Aussie critic James O'Connor on Kotaku AU!

What can Max Payne gain with the modern, AAA video game treatment?

Remastering Max Payne is a chance for Remedy to turn its weirdest pair of games into two of its very best ever.

It’s the perfect time to watch John Carpenter’s In the Mouth of Madness

Human-induced climate change is causing more frequent and intense cyclones on India's west coast, finds a new study.

Open access notables Included in this weeks government/NGO section the World Meteorological Organization has released its annual retrospective of our previous years climate situation, State of the Climate in 2022 (pdf):

Hector Muñoz owns a coffee farm in San Lorenzo, Puerto Rico, and hurricanes aren’t the only natural disasters he’s worried about. “If a drought comes it...