ConnexionWorld of Warcraft game director on the woeful patch 11.1.5: 'It's not the experience our players are expecting or deserve'
Bugs and time-gated content enraged players.
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Clair Obscur's director has an old YouTube channel full of masterful no-hit Devil May Cry videos because of course he does
You'll never guess what his favorite fighting style is.
I did Liberation Day tariffs in Victoria 3, and it all went well until the famine in Colorado, the 2 lost wars with Canada, and the president beating a man to death with a stick
But apart from that, would recommend.
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The Xbox 360 reveal was 20 years ago and is a time capsule from a world where Elijah Wood roamed free, MTV was still cool, and giant tech companies paid Pimp My Ride to make hideous custom consoles
It even opens with an iPod ad.
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Veteran indie dev says success on Steam these days is impossible to predict: 'Why did Balatro take off? You could write a million f***ing essays and none of them will be definitely right'
"Everything has changed. Everything is harder work."
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The first ever third-party game to come to Steam probably doesn't get the respect it deserves—mostly because no one remembers it
Rag Doll Kung Fu has a unique and important place in PC gaming history.
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After Oblivion subreddit bans 'low effort' sexy flame Atronach posts, users respond with high effort sexy flame Atronach posts—'deleting this would be a travesty'
That's enough internet for one week.
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Someone flipped a switch on Elon Musk's Grok AI so it wouldn't stop banging on about 'white genocide' and South African politics, xAI blames 'an unauthorized modification' but doesn't say who did it
"It’s awfully easy for the people who are in charge of these algorithms to manipulate the version of truth that they’re giving."
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Fortnite added an AI-powered Darth Vader and—surprise—players immediately tricked him into saying slurs
Update: Epic has deployed a hotfix to address Vader's profanity.
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Soundcore Liberty 5 earbuds review
Stunning, versatile simplicity with an audible edge.
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Amassing over $10,000 worth of retro GPUs over 14 years, this avid collector says they were astounded it started with a $28 purchase
Just look at them all.
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This SteelSeries microphone is more than most gamers would need, but it's hard to say no at its best price
One for the stream queens, podcast kings, and motor mouth monarchs.
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The new Acer Nitro PG1 is the first portable monitor I actually want thanks to 4K resolution and up to 144 Hz refresh
It looks super slick, too.
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The wacky Pokémon exhibition that puts Poké-fossils alongside real fossils is coming to the United States
But you can also browse the exhibits online.
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Doom: The Dark Ages Spire of Nerathul secrets and collectibles (Chapter 14)
From secret landing pads to sneaky ledges, Chapter 14 turns up the heat.
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Antec heard you like screens so it stuck a 5-inch screen on a water cooler just where you didn't need one
Screens, screens and almost certainly more screens.
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Kojima has a mind tomb: a USB stick filled with ideas for his staff to use after he dies 'kind of like a will'
Watch out for Kojima Productions to split into two warring factions over competing definitions of Kojima's Will.
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Take-Two CEO gets all philosophical yet again about GTA 6, says its delay is to support his team's 'search for perfection'
Zelnick's hunt for the platonic ideal of a videogame continues.
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After Helldivers 2, Arrowhead's next game will be '100% funded by ourselves', though CEO Shams Jorjani says there's no hard feelings over Sony's boneheaded PSN shenanigans
"There would be no Helldivers if it wasn't for them."
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Doom: The Dark Ages Sentinel Command Station secrets and collectibles (Chapter 12)
Backtrack and backtrack again in Chapter 12.
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How to complete the Jungle Bungles duty in Disney Dreamlight Valley
It's time to visit a different realm.
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Rumours of an Arm-based CPU from AMD just won't go away as analysts reckon Arm is eating into the PC processor market
Arm's CPU market share reportedly increases from 10.8% to 13.6% in just one quarter.
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The Stellar Blade PC system requirements are here and even an entry-level graphics card from 2016 can run it
Let's just hope it runs well.
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Welp, Fortnite's iOS version is 'offline worldwide' after Apple continues to shuffle its feet around bringing the game back to the US App Store
The petty squabble continues.
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Oblivion guru found a way to save the Emperor and his bodyguard in the original game, getting the drop on his assassin like the fantasy secret service
If only Bacon had been around in 1963.
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This new armor for Oblivion Remastered has upgraded my elven rogue perfectly
Enhanced immersion thanks to a great new outfit
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Where to find Valerian in Kingdom: Come Deliverance 2
Jog Kvyetoslava's memory of the shrine of Veles with her favorite flower in the Brushes with Death DLC.
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Today's Wordle answer for Friday, May 16
Get all the help you need with today's Wordle.
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Steam's monthly top-seller list is automated now, and goes all the way back to 2004 when it's just Half-Life 2
The top 50 was a lot simpler back then.
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Here's the Summer Game Fest 2025 schedule, including where to watch each showcase
Clear your schedule for a long June 6 weekend.
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Civil war breaks out in Helldivers 2 as players spawn infinite mechs to crash each other's games
Moderators of the Helldivers subreddit have threatened to ban players for showing off the game-breaking technique.
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Hideo Kojima says most Death Stranding playtesters told him 'it was a terrible game,' and he's a little bummed Death Stranding 2 is testing way better
"I'm not interested in appealing to the mass market, or selling millions of copies."
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Avowed lets you replace spiders with orbs in the first of its major updates coming this year
A photo mode is coming before the end of the year too.
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Bungie confirms it stole art once again, will undertake a 'thorough review' of Marathon assets
Update: Bungie lays the blame on a former artist.
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The king of Elder Scrolls meme videos wishes Bethesda still made NPCs like Oblivion's: 'I am a big fan of the Radiant AI system and honestly a bit sad to see how much it was toned down'
Fallout 3, 4, and Skyrim's AI systems all had fewer variables than Oblivion's.
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Dune: Awakening beta players extracted nearly 9 million liters of blood last weekend, enough to fill 3 Olympic-size, extremely gross swimming pools
Meanwhile, 107,000 players passed through Shai-Hulud's digestive system.
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Stellar Blade comes to PC next month with new armor to cover up Eve's woefully exposed ears
She can't hear us, she's got ear armor on.
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A year after Bandai Namco killed its anime MMO, Blue Protocol is getting a second, different anime MMO in the same universe
Blue Protocol: Star Resonance is like Blue Protocol, but different. But similar!
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