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Today’s Dune: Awakening patch takes another sidestep away from the PvP-heavy endgame

Today’s Dune: Awakening patch takes another sidestep away from the PvP-heavy…

Dune: Awakening’s endgame continues to evolve. The massive Deep Desert, the only place where huge spice deposits and top-tier level materials can be found, was nearly entirely PvP at…
This is the ultimate rebuke of studios killing their online games

This is the ultimate rebuke of studios killing their online games

All too often, publishers pull the plug on video games, whether that means delisting them from digital storefronts or shutting multiplayer servers off. The Stop Killing Games movement, spearheaded…
Romero Games Says It’s Not Dead, But Looking For A New Publisher After Xbox Layoffs

Romero Games Says It’s Not Dead, But Looking For A New…

Romero Games, the studio led by Doom designer John Romero, had been reported as one of the casualties of Xbox’s devastating layoffs last week. This was based on a…
Occult deckbuilder The Killing Stone is introducing a ‘dynamic’ scare system originally considered for BioShock 2: ‘It’s very fun as a gamedev to be surprised by something in your own game’

Occult deckbuilder The Killing Stone is introducing a ‘dynamic’ scare system…

BioShock 2 was a bold follow-up to Irrational Games’ 2007 FPS, putting you in the lead-weighted shoes of a Big Daddy and flipping its objectivist critique on its head.…
The Jurassic Park franchise could have been a lot worse — and there’s proof

The Jurassic Park franchise could have been a lot worse —…

By now, it’s a familiar pattern: A new Jurassic Park franchise movie movie comes out during the summer, garnering middling and sometimes exhausted-sounding reviews. Yes, it has some decent…
Dune: Awakening is getting a free DLC that adds a whole new map and swaps out sand for snow

Dune: Awakening is getting a free DLC that adds a whole…

Thus far, Funcom has focussed mainly on changes to its survival MMO Dune: Awakening, with the Norwegian studio reworking the entire game to function as both a solo experience…
Capcom cancels a presentation on Monster Hunter Wilds performance at CEDEC 2025 amid ongoing developer harassment

Capcom cancels a presentation on Monster Hunter Wilds performance at CEDEC…

Capcom has cancelled a developer presentation on performance and optimization in Monster Hunter Wilds that was planned to take place later this month at the 2025 Computer Entertainment Developers…
The Nintendo Switch 2 has replaced my Steam Deck — for now

The Nintendo Switch 2 has replaced my Steam Deck — for…

Exactly one year ago, I found myself so bored that I decided to calculate just how much I was using each gaming platform I owned. The results weren’t surprising:…
Final Fantasy 9 fans are eating well this year

Final Fantasy 9 fans are eating well this year

Final Fantasy 9 fans have a lot to be excited for 2025, on the occasion of the game’s 25th anniversary. In a year already filled with Final Fantasy flavor…
After conquering ChatGPT, Atari 2600 Video Chess destroys Microsoft Copilot: ‘The vintage silicon mastermind bested me fair and square’

After conquering ChatGPT, Atari 2600 Video Chess destroys Microsoft Copilot: ‘The…

Last month we reported on the somewhat-surprising news that an emulated Atari 2600 running the 1979 software Video Chess had “absolutely wrecked” an overconfident ChatGPT at the game of…