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UK-based Rockstar devs will be putting their union recognition to a vote during GTA 6's launch next month
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UK-based Rockstar devs will be putting their union recognition to a vote during GTA 6's launch next month

November is potentially going to be big for Rockstar Games, and not just because of that GTA 6 thing they're doing. As shared in a press release from the Independent Workers of Great Britain (IWGB), recognition of the IWGB Union at Rockstar will be voted upon by staffers at the studio, with votes being held from November 12th (a week before GTA 6's launch date) and November 26th. Read more

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A leaked trailer for Transformers: Reactivate shows off the only lick of gameplay we'll likely ever see of the cancelled co-op action game
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A leaked trailer for Transformers: Reactivate shows off the only lick of gameplay we'll likely ever see of the cancelled co-op action game

Back in 2022, Gears Tactics studio Splash Damage revealed that they were working on a Transformers game. It was called Transformers: Reactivate, and at the time was set to be a 1-4 player co-op action game, but come 2025 and the game gets canned all while parent company Tencent was going on a funding withdrawal spree in the games industry. Nothing substantial was ever really shown off of the game, but a trailer has now been leaked featuring what was apparently meant to be an internal look at i

Rock Paper Shotgun vor 2 Tagen
Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced is wrapping things up with one last big update that adds in new game plus and a throwback to the original game
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Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced is wrapping things up with one last big update that adds in new game plus and a throwback to the original game

Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced is setting sail for quieter pastures. That's because the game's last big update arrived today, with Ubisoft explaining that there are only plans for quality-of-life updates for the game going forward. Still, it's a meaty enough sounding update, and one that could in theory keep you going forever if you'd like to torture yourself by relegating your life to a single video game. Read more

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Demanding 300GB to install despite its actual size of 145GB, Phantom Blade Zero makes me question what a gigabyte is worth
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Demanding 300GB to install despite its actual size of 145GB, Phantom Blade Zero makes me question what a gigabyte is worth

We're not in a very cheap era for PC parts. A (possibly manufactured!) GPU shortage making cards that can actually run modern games near-inaccessible to the vast majority of people, combined with RAM and SSDs just generally being horrifically expensive due to demand for their use in data centers, is making contemporary games with high performance requirements very difficult for some people to justify even trying to run, let alone buy. S-Game's recent reveal of wuxia action game Phantom Blade Ze

Rock Paper Shotgun vor 2 Tagen
"This is a serious incident": Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 devs Warhorse hit by cyberattack targeting their systems and data
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"This is a serious incident": Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 devs Warhorse hit by cyberattack targeting their systems and data

Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 developers Warhorse, who're also working on a Lord of the Rings RPG, have revealed that they've been targeted by a cyberattack aiming to access their systems and data. The studio are currently working to make sure their locks are all clicked back into place and tolearn exactly how the incident happened. Read more

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Street Fighter V temporarily delisted and online functions turned off due to issues caused by last week's PHP security flaw
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Street Fighter V temporarily delisted and online functions turned off due to issues caused by last week's PHP security flaw

Though Street Fighter 6 has been the most popular fighting game in the world for three years running, there are still dedicated soldiers playing Street Fighter V right now. Be that due to its much larger character roster (thanks to many more years of updates, obviously, but I do personally miss G), its unique V-Skill and V-Trigger mechanics, or people just not liking Drive Rush or throw loops in 6, the playerbase is still very much there. Unfortunately, that playerbase is currently facing the c

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Virtue and a Sledgehammer review – a haunting sci-fi drama about breaking walls, AI faces, and your heart
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Virtue and a Sledgehammer review – a haunting sci-fi drama about breaking walls, AI faces, and your heart

It’s been well over a week since my final swing of Virtue and a Sledgehammer’s righteous whacking stick, and I’m still finding it difficult to shift the game from my thoughtspace. Having tempted me in with promises of cathartic, base-instinct vengeance against a town of roboticised arseholes, it’s since had me picking through the rubble of my own demolition spree, not so much looking for meaning as trying to parse the abundance of it. I’d gladly invite you to join

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"Every piece is unified": Dark Messiah of Might and Magic returns with co-op, an Adventure mode, a level generator and New Game+ in the 64-bit Community Edition
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"Every piece is unified": Dark Messiah of Might and Magic returns with co-op, an Adventure mode, a level generator and New Game+ in the 64-bit Community Edition

First announced back in March, Dark Messiah of Might and Magic: Community Edition is a fan-made mod (for Dark Messiah of Might and Magic, obvs) that spruces up Arkane's 2006 RPG, including upgrading it to a newer version of the Source engine. Details have been scarce since then, but an updated Steam page confirms what other additions the mod – which is being made with the blessing of both Valve and original publishers Ubisoft – is making. Read more

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