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  "path": "/self-cloning-strategy-game-the-alters-is-getting-a-20-hour-terraforming-expansion-that-plays-with-the-problem-of-age",
  "publishedAt": "2026-06-06T21:00:00.000Z",
  "site": "https://www.rockpapershotgun.com",
  "tags": [
    "Xbox Series X/S",
    "The Alters",
    "PS5",
    "Single Player",
    "Simulation",
    "Bird view / Isometric",
    "PC",
    "Action Adventure",
    "11 Bit Studios",
    "Third person",
    "Summer Game Fest 2026",
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  "textContent": "Self-cloning sci-fi strategy game The Alters is getting a DLC expansion in which you terraform the world of the original game, using cryosleep to fast-forward the years, even as your hard-working alternate selves age and wither. Out on 13th July, it's a 20 hour epilogue starring Jan Scientist, one of Jan Dolski's vat-grown doubles, who creates his own workforce of clones while investigating a phenomenon called \"the Oasis\".\n\nOver the course of the expansion, you'll build up a new underground base, populate the volcanic soils with flora and fauna, and contend with the planet's increasing hostility to your efforts. It's not quite clear from the release, but I imagine there's also a moderate risk of being dragged from your cryopod and crucified by a bunch of septuagenarian doppelgangers. Anyway, with useful irony I can't think of any more synonyms for \"clone\". Here's a trailer.\n\nRead more",
  "title": "Self-cloning strategy game The Alters is getting a 20 hour terraforming expansion that plays with the problem of age"
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