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PC PowerPlay brings the Painkiller
We go hands-on with 2025's coolest co-op shooter
Diablo 4 has finally given dungeons their teeth back and the loot hunt has never been more satisfying
Dungeons are cool again.
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Today's Dune: Awakening patch notes are as long as a sandworm, with more than 300 changes, bug fixes, and squashed exploits
Changes include adjustments to 'thopter speed and those annoying antigravity bubbles, plus it's now easier to jump into a vehicle when you're panicking.
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Blizzard ends new content development for Warcraft Rumble and lays off staff: Former employee says 'most' of the team has been let go
Warcraft Rumble will continue to operate with in-game events and bug fixes, but further development is over.
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Phil Spencer retirement rumor is made up, says Microsoft
The Xbox head is not stepping down "anytime soon."
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EA reportedly expects Battlefield 6 to bring in 100 million players, a number that even DICE devs don't think is feasible
A new report says Battlefield 6 development has been more expensive than planned, and the campaign is way behind schedule.
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French court finds 3 former Ubisoft executives guilty of workplace harassment
The sentencing of ex-Ubisoft bosses arrives five years after the onset of its toxic workplace scandal.
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Quiz time! Can you guess which games these 10 ridiculous patch notes are from?
Put your patch note prowess to the test with a quiz!
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The Elder Scrolls Online director Matt Firor, who helped launch ZeniMax Online Studios in 2007, is leaving the company
Word of Firor's surprise departure came just hours after Microsoft announced the layoff of 9,000 employees.
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High on Life 2: all the key details on the wacky FPS's squanchin' sequel
From release date to gameplay info, here's everything we know about High on Life 2.
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Microsoft cancels the Perfect Dark reboot that blew us away last year, closes developer The Initiative
Microsoft laid off 9,000 employees today, and cancellations and closures are following.
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A new MMO in development at Elder Scrolls Online studio ZeniMax has been cancelled as Microsoft puts thousands more people out of work
Multiple ZeniMax employees have confirmed the cancellation, and layoffs at the studio.
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'Instantly lost all desire to even start': Mecha Break's Steam rating lands at an early 'Mixed' as players realize the beta's customization options have been turned into MTX fodder
The free-to-play mecha battler is forcing players to ask the eternal question: How much is a cool robot worth?
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Rare's Everwild has been cancelled amidst Microsoft's enormous cuts to staff and studios
The game had apparently been in production for a decade.
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Amazon will soon deploy more bots than it employs people now that it has a million robots
Wait, Amazon has over one million employees?
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AT&T says 'um actually' to President Trump after he blames the internet provider for conference call woes
Maybe this one could have stayed in the drafts.
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'It's not like we applied for the award ourselves': Dave the Diver director reminds people that 'there's nothing indie' about his game and the controversial indie nomination was out of his control
Dave the Diver was nominated for best indie at the 2023 Game Awards despite being under mega publisher Nexon.
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I've finally found a budget Gen 5 SSD I can recommend, a cool, calm, and collected drive available for a very reasonable sum
Budget PCIe 5.0 drives? Yep, we're finally here.
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This 34-inch curved ultrawide 1440p monitor deal for just $260 makes me wonder how competitors can keep up with Gigabyte
This is a great entryway into making the upgrade to an ultrawide monitor.
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Deus Ex devs say they weren't trying to make a statement when they made one of the most political games of all time: 'What I think is the right future for humanity is irrelevant. It's all about what each player thinks'
A cabal of billionaires unleashing an artificial plague to further immiserate and exploit the underclass, but not in a political way.
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Videogames on the scale of Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 could be on the way for other World of Darkness TTRPGs, including Mage: The Ascension and Changeling: The Dreaming
"There's no obstacle or gatekeeping function that would prevent any of these from making it out into a videogame and getting the Bloodlines treatment."
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Fresh zero-day vulnerability in Chrome found to be actively exploited by hackers in the wild
And you're not necessarily safe if you don't use Chrome either.
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Final Fantasy 14 is fast-tracking one of my most-anticipated fixes, releasing an entire month earlier than expected
Changes to entering Forked Tower are being implemented this week.
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I built a brand new gaming PC from the ground up with Corsair's iCUE Link: a simplified, smart and just a little frustrating all-in-one system
iCUE Link makes things easier, but don't ignore the small details.
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'Our platform, hardware, and game roadmap have never looked stronger,' Phil Spencer says, as Microsoft announces another round of mass layoffs at its gaming division
Microsoft is reportedly laying off around 9,000 people in total, and a lot of them are coming from the Xbox business.
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'We need to do a better job': FBC Firebreak devs are revamping progression after finding out that just 5% of players own a level 3 perk
There's a level 3 for perks?
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All change at the top: Corsair's founder and long-running CEO steps down after 31 years as former company president Thi La takes over the reins
Before you ask, no he wasn't Gelsingered.
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Human spirit triumphs as the Croc devs announce they want to remaster Buck Bumble and the greatest main menu theme song of all time
Biggity Buck, you see. Furthermore, boo to the boo.
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The game that would become Deus Ex originally starred Jake Shooter, supercop
Come on, that's just funny.
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Introducing the PC Gaming Show Tokyo Direct—coming from the Tokyo Game Show
The PCGS is hitting the road with a special show this September
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How to get Mission Tokens in Mecha Break
From new mechs to fresh fits, Mission Tokens do it all.
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How to get Matrix Credits in Mecha Break
Upgrades people, upgrades.
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Turns out you can transform your very ordinary car into an actual Mario Kart controller (but you probably shouldn't)
Just about the only way to make a 2016 Renault Clio interesting.
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How to get Corite in Mecha Break
A must-have for a fancy mech.
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AMD offers an update on Project Amethyst, a Sony collaboration that's already 'delivered smarter, more efficient solutions like Super Resolution in FSR 4'
Tech as a team sport.
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