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The latest Arc Raiders patch makes Rocketeers way more important
The flying Arc marauder's innards are now an important crafting ingredient, which could have outsized implications on player behavior.
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Get 7 serious shooters for just $17, or 4 hidden gems for a fiver, in a pair of packages from new game bundle seller Digiphile
It's a good deal.
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Discord delays its age verification, admits it knew the rollout was "going to be controversial" and that it "failed at its most basic job"
After mounting pressure and a potential user exodus, Discord's CTO has delayed the chat app's age verification plans to later in the year.
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The devs behind The Simpsons: Hit & Run and Prototype are back as a sort-of new, just as radical studio
The time is upon us! The time to once again become radical, as from the ashes of developers Radical Entertainment and Hothead Games a sort of but not really new studio has been born: New Radical Games. It does seem like Hothead drew the short straw here name wise. But given that Radical were known for the likes of The Simpsons: Hit & Run and the Prototype games, and Hothead made, uh, The Baconing, the choice feels apt. Read more
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Discord delays its global age verification rollout and cuts ties with Peter Thiel-backed verification vendor after upsetting almost everyone on Earth: 'We've made mistakes'
Discord promises greater transparency and more verification options.
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This long-awaited sequel to a classic split screen survival RPG will be DRM-free on GOG when it launches later this year
Set to launch years after its reveal, Outward 2, a rare split screen RPG, will land without DRM on everyone's favorite Steam alternative.
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Boy, this is awkward: Sony drops the first Horizon Hunters Gathering playtest directly on top of the Marathon server slam this weekend
Sure, they're different kinds of playtests for different kinds of games, but even so, this comes off as a little weird to me.
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Discord delay global rollout of age verification to improve transparency and add more options
In the ongoing crazy saga of the internet getting gated behind new age verification laws, Discord are putting on the brakes temporarily.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.
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Insomniac finally lock in a Wolverine release date on PS5, so start placing your bets on a PC port launch window
Remember how literally only two weeks ago, PlayStation held one of their "Look at the State of the Place, You've Made Such a Mess!" presentations? There were plenty of announcements that landed with suitable aplomb, like a new Castlevania, a proper look at Silent Hill: Townfall, and a reveal of remakes of the OG three God of War Games. So it strikes me as perhaps a bit odd, and funny, that today Insomniac Games have, with quite little fanfare, confirmed the release date of their Wolverine join
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Two of Mewgenics' most memorable areas were directly inspired by a brutal and brilliant tabletop RPG
Can you fit a cat through a funnel?
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The original Simpsons Hit and Run studio is back, but here's why you should keep your remaster or sequel hopes in check
Weâve been in a long drought of The Simpsons games, but I doubt the return of original Hit and Run developer Radical will change that.
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The latest entry in Ubisoft's Anno series is free to play this weekend, but there's a huge catch
When it comes with yet another login to juggle, a free weekend for city builder Anno 117 Pax Romana somehow becomes a difficult sell.
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GOG declares 'The future of preservation is decided by players who give a sh*t' after New Blood CEO expresses concern for the storefront's lifespan
Your library needs you.
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Apex Legends finally nerfs it's most overpowered character, but my guy Fuse is still completely useless
Apex Legends developer Respawn has made some balance tweaks to Octane after his recent rework, but isnât showing any love to Fuse.
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New retro-styled MMO hits a new Steam high because players are⌠attending a poetry event?
Why risk your head out in the wilds of indie MMO Project Gorgon when you can hang back and soak in the lyrical tones of fantasy poets?
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Don't fancy trying Marathon this weekend? Lucky you, as there's now the chance to have a go at Horizon Hunters Gathering
Is there something in the digital air this weekend? Bungie are finally letting anybody who wants a go have a go at Marathon from February 26th to March 2nd as part of the game's server slam, and now it looks like Guerrilla Games' recently announced live service spin-off Horizon Hunters Gathering is joining it with a playtest of its own. Read more
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Death Stranding 2 system requirements are here, and you'll need an RTX 4080 to play at 4K
Minimum and recommended specs for Hideo Kojima's latest are reasonably modest, but download size is big and 4K will require a strong GPU.
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'We have a new major number purely because I'm easily confused and not good with big numbers' says Linus Torvalds about Linux 7.0
Totally relatable, carry on.
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So concrete gaming keyboards are now a thing, and I think I need one in my life
With the K2 HE Concrete Edition, Keychron is literally building a wireless keyboard out of reinforced concrete, in all its gray glory.
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FINAL FANTASY VII arrives on GOG with a new edition live on Steam too
Square Enix today released their slightly upgraded version of FINAL FANTASY VII, along with making it available on GOG too.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.
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AMD and Meta announce yet another circular megamoney GPU deal, this time for $60 billion of chips and potentially a 10% stake in AMD for Meta
Meta to buy $60 billion in GPUs but might end up owning $35 billion share in AMD.