Read OutwardWhat to play in September: three small projects
Build a ship to share in No Man’s Sky, revisit a city through its residents’ daily trips in Cities: Skylines II, and return to Half-Life 2 with its makers.
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Build a ship worth walking around in
A Corvette in No Man’s Sky offers a different building ambition: give the hull a character, then give the people inside a reason to stay.
Return to your city by following its residents
A shopping destination, a journey to work and a decision about moving home offer three ways to look again at a familiar Cities: Skylines II save.
Open Half-Life 2 again—with the makers in the room
Start a commentary-led return through New Game, then decide where curiosity takes you: an integrated Episode, a closer look at the graphics, or a community creation in Extras.
Start with the silhouette
Searching for a spaceship whose appearance feels right has an obvious appeal. Building one invites a more personal question: what would you want to do inside it? In the developer’s announcement of 27 August 2025, Corvettes are large, player-designed ships with interiors you can walk around in—even after leaving the pilot’s seat during flight. That makes the project about both the object seen from outside and the place experienced aboard. The exterior starts with concrete parts: hulls, wings, landing gear, cockpits, engine parts and thrusters, arra…
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