ConnexionIt's time we talked about how wild it is to be a pedestrian in GTA 5
GTA is a high concept experiment in tripping over your physics-enabled feet, conducted at the highest level of blockbuster entertainment.
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Vue lecture
Skyrim was 'personally rebalanced' by producer Jeff Gardiner just 2 weeks before launch: 'Well, I hope this is good'
The lesson: don't trust AI simulations.
Too many RPGs don't get that 'choices that matter' isn't just about cause and effect, but Avowed does
I want choices that matter to me, not just to the game.
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Atomfall dev says Rebellion's open world shooter has 'some experimental stuff' that can have a 'huge influence' on the game world: 'It might work out. It might not'
"I'm looking forward to finding out."
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No More Room in Hell 2's 'biggest update yet' introduces weapon attachments, new level scenarios, and ensures players no longer spawn 'without a body'
Why didn't the zombie survivor go to the ball?
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A Skyrim dev broke the game before launch when they made thousands of tiny ants cast individual shadows: 'Why is the game running so slow?'
Always blame the bugs.
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Today's Wordle answer for Saturday, February 22
Get all the help you need with today's Wordle.
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'These kids do not care about romance': Game devs want to know what today's teens want, and surveys say sex and romance isn't it
Young people want stories about friendship more than romance, say researchers and industry execs.
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Marvel Rivals was reportedly almost cancelled because the CEO of NetEase didn't want to pay Disney for the licenses
And who can blame him, really?
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Peripheral maker Corsair says Grand Theft Auto 6 is coming to PC in 'early 2026,' then immediately yoinks it back
Nothing to see here?
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Peter Jason, the voice of Fallout 2's famous drill sergeant and Dizzy in the Gear of War games, has died
Jason had a long career as a character actor in film and television and frequently collaborated with John Carpenter, but to us he'll always be Sergeant Dornan.
![](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/JJyaN7qzq3dvubgXhQaGhD.jpg "LOS ANGELES, CA - MAY 14: Peter Jason attends the "Deadwood" Movie Premiere on May 14, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic for HBO)")
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I am begging you not to watch this ghostly white 'faceless, anatomically accurate' robot dangling from wires and silently thrashing its sinewy limbs
I'm not joking. Don't look at it.
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Inzoi is really trying to eat The Sims 4's lunch by including seasons in its base game instead of locked behind a DLC
Inzoi's game director explains how seasons and weather-appropriate outfits are going to work.
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XCOM's creator wants to know where XCOM 3 is just as badly as you do: 'I'm sure there's an audience for it'
You and me both, Julian.
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Newsflash: Intel's all-important 18A node is officially 'ready' but what exactly happened to the 'five nodes in four years' thing?
Ready for customers, but what about the PC?
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Nvidia has built a free AI-led platform to help teach American Sign Language with '400,000 video clips representing 1,000 signed words' so far
And it's all validated by ASL users.
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The original Asus ROG Ally handheld gaming PC is great for my itty bitty hands—and now even better for your pocket with a new itty bitty price
Handing it to Asus, once again.
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Done with apocalypses, the new game from XCOM creator Julian Gollop is a bright, Brutal Legend-style action-strategy inspired by Pikmin and Clash Royale
Chip 'n Clawz vs The Brainioids has aliens, but that's where the XCOM comparisons stop.
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RPGs like Avowed need to stop letting me steal everything that isn't nailed down
When I literally take the bread off a starving man's plate, I feel like I might deserve a telling off.
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I got murdered by the ancient Swiss in this life sim about being Julius Caesar's top guy
Which is an issue, yes.
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Terrifying horror nopefest Phasmophobia combined with immersive room lighting looks like an easy way to give yourself a chronic case of the brown trousers
If this is immersive gaming you can keep it, thanks.
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In Shotgun Cop Man you are a man who looks like a thumb and has gone to Hell to arrest Satan
It's published by Devolver Digital, in case you couldn't guess.
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Marvel Rivals players are so starved for Vanguard options one person has decided to take matters into their own hands: 'We need more Vanguards, so I made one'
The power of the sun, in the palm of my hand.
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Asus ROG Flow Z13 (2025) review
I try to wrangle some sense out of AMD's beefy Strix Halo experiment stuffed inside a gaming tablet.
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Lenovo's leaked new foldable OLED AI laptop looks like someone has slipped with their mouse in Photoshop
Double it and pass it on.
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Is This Seat Taken? is an upcoming adorable puzzle game all about dealing with stinky triangles and snotty squares, and just trying to make everyone happy
Some of these shapes need to take a shower.
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George RR Martin says there's 'talk' of an Elden Ring movie but he might not be involved because, ah geez, he's really gotta write this Winds of Winter book
At this point, he's gotta be as upset at the delays as you are.
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'A massive, massive moment of wow.' Microsoft CEO predicts AI-generated games are a 'CGI moment' for the industry
Nadella also says the company wants to be in gaming for gaming's sake: "Flight Simulator was a product long before we even built Windows."
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'It’s very straightforward': Acer plans to raise the price of its PCs in the US by 10% in reaction to Trump's tech tariffs
Basic economics strikes again.
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There's a simple way to enable FSR 3 frame gen in Avowed and it more than doubled my frame rate, but it makes waterfalls look ugly as sin
Still, 150 fps + even in Paradis central? I'll take it.
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Players are already finding creative solutions to Prologue: Go Wayback's grueling difficulty: 'You could just chug gasoline'
Keep an eye out for those blackberries.
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Fallout 76's former project lead says it's still his favourite game he worked on, but the initial reception was demoralising: 'I got yelled at in an Apple Store, I'll never forget'
Jeff Gardiner oversaw the game's troubled launch, as well as the start of its redemption arc.
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If you ever got the feeling a customer support line is intentionally keeping you on hold in the hope you'll go away it turns out the HP is doing precisely that with a minimum 15 wait
Please go away, sorry, use our online 'support'.
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All treasure map locations and rewards in Avowed
Grab a map and compass as it's time to explore every inch of the Living Lands.
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Today's Wordle answer for Friday, February 21
Get all the help you need with today's Wordle.
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Sure seems like the new Call of Duty map is teasing a Tony Hawk's Pro Skater game
The dream of the '90s is alive in Black Ops 6.
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Payday 3 sales dropped off hard in 2024, but Starbreeze has hope for the future
After a year and a half of updates from the launch, Payday 3's troubles continue.
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Dune: Awakening's sandworms will be their own masters: 'You won't be able to summon them at will'
It's their desert, not yours.
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