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Superloop is not messing around.
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Dune: Awakening review
Craft, explore, and fight for your life on Arrakis in Funcom's survival MMO.
Clockwork Revolution: All the key details on InXile's steampunk FPS RPG
It's time to unravel all the info we know about InXile's time-bending RPG.
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Rematch review
A few kinks aside, Rematch is pitch perfect.
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Bloodlines 2 developer The Chinese Room has laid off employees, but Paradox says the game is still coming in October
A number of TCR employees revealed the layoffs on social media, and Paradox has effectively confirmed "staffing changes" at the studio.
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Death Stranding 2 reviewers say it's a sequel that's 'more Metal Gear Solid than ever,' but it's 'still beautifully odd'
The strand sequel has a lot more combat options, but delivery loses some of the spotlight.
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After more than 7 years of development with nothing to show for it, Riot cancels the Minecraft-inspired sandbox RPG Hytale and closes the studio making it
Riot acquired Hypixel Studios in 2020, but its anticipated sandbox RPG never materialized.
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Top AI firm finds that AIs will choose to merrily asphyxiate humans rather than be shut down: 'My ethical framework permits self-preservation'
I'm sorry, Dave. I'm afraid I can't do that.
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7 Rematch tips to help you hone your football skills
Football is life (and that means it's complicated).
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Star Wars Battlefront 2 had over 2200% more Steam players this weekend than it did last June—and it's thanks in part to Kyrie Irving and his level 101 Emperor Palpatine
This is where the fun begins. Or began. In 2017.
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I'm not built for whatever I heard in Phasmophobia's Chronicle update, which adds terrifying new sounds you can't afford to run from
There are reports of ghosts yapping.
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Dune: Awakening is changing its endgame in response to player complaints: 'Our goal is not to force PvE players to interact with a PvP system that they may have no interest in'
Some areas of the deep desert will be changed to PvE zones, so players can explore them without worrying about being pulled into fights they don't want.
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Moonlighter 2 perfectly refines and streamlines the first game's engrossing shopkeeper RPG formula, and it's got a free demo you can try right now
From dungeon-crawling to commerce, the game is full of more interesting and impactful choices.
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PSA: Grab the best upgrades from Death Stranding 2's first area before you leave
Don't speed off without earning some useful gear.
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What does your birthday do in Death Stranding 2?
Untangle how your birthday affects whatever DOOMS is.
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Resident game industry weirdo Yoko Taro laments that there aren't as many 'weird' people making videogames as there used to be
Where my certified freaks at?
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Xbox-themed Quest 3S has been spotted ready for release and if you close your eyes and imagine what an Xbox-themed Quest 3S looks like, bingo
Anything really can be an Xbox.
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Stellar Blade's director admits 'the narrative was lacking', but wants to make up for it in the sequel
Development costs and unfamiliarity with narrative-driven games held back Stellar Blade's story, according to Kim Hyung Tae.
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MindsEye's catastrophic launch to be followed by layoffs at former GTA producer's studio
The layoffs are likely to affect over 100 people.
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Mario Kart 64 has a native PC port now thanks to the mad lads even Nintendo can't stop, who also ported Zelda and Star Fox
Harbour Masters have done it again.
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Phasmophobia devs 'don't want to walk into the live service area' with seasonal events, but still have plans to keep the community engaged
I reckon that means no demonic cupid, but I respect it.
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One lucky Redditor has managed to snag themselves a mythical AMD Radeon GeForce RTX RX 9070 XT. Yes, you read that right
One manufacturer's boo-boo is another person's GPU of the decade.
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Final Fantasy 14 director Yoshi-P admits 'our quality of service has declined recently' and 'we got used to things a bit too much and got comfortable'
It's been a rough year for the critically acclaimed MMO.
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REPO devs are planning something diabolical for the upcoming museum map: 'Get ready to Mission: Impossible your way past laser security modules'
I can't foresee any issues with this.
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iFixit awards the Framework 12 laptop a 10/10 for repairability: 'respects your time, your budget, and your ability to make repairs'
Repairability is Framework's whole thing, after all.
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Cyberpunk 2077's surprise 2.3 patch gets a surprise delay as CDPR needs some time to aim 'for a scope similar to Update 2.2'
Hey, take all the time you need.
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The GPU-less version of Intel's best Arrow Lake chip, the one I bought myself, is now down to $230
Two price cuts in two months make this a real bargain.
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Balatro creator finally gets the last harrowing achievement he needed to 100% complete his own game, now feels 'better equipped' to design its upcoming expansion
LocalThunk is free from his self-inflicted purgatory.
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Genshin Impact Ineffa materials and kit
Everything you need to know about Ineffa's kit and Constellations, plus ascension and skill materials.
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The Claaaaw: MSI unveils Toy Story gaming PC parts with Buzz GPU, Woody motherboard and Pizza Planet cooler
And it'll set you back about $2600.
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Death Stranding 2 cements Hideo Kojima's legacy as a PC game designer still living in the console world
Since 2015's Metal Gear Solid 5, Kojima's games have been inching closer to immersive sims—at least in between all the cutscenes.
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Linus Torvalds has apparently met Bill Gates for the first time in person and before you ask, no he didn't clock him in the face
It's a far cry from the days when Linux was "a cancer" in the eyes of Microsoft.
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Final Fantasy 14 is doing what it should have done 6 years ago and fulfilling its promise to let every race wear hats
Hrothgar and Viera are finally getting hat privilege.
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Xbox emulator devs shoot down rumours they're in cahoots with Microsoft to bring Xbox games to PC: 'What f****** AI ChatGPT stuff have you been reading?'
"Xenia continues to be a community-run effort that encourages and enforces legal emulation practices."
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Lies of P: Overture devs actually rewarded for making a solid DLC in rare industry W: Getting a bonus, 2 weeks vacation, and a free Switch 2
Finally, some good news.
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OpenAI's CEO Sam Altman airs his thoughts on ads in ChatGPT: 'I'm not totally against it...I think ads on Instagram, kinda cool'
Since when have ads in anything been cool?
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Best Arbites build in Warhammer 40K: Darktide
I fought the lex and the lex won.
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