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Baldur's Gate 3 actor Samantha Béart says people don't realise how awful Karlach was before the events of the game: 'I think she was a piece of work in hell'
Béart says they imagine Karlach as someone who was forced to do awful things to survive in a kind of interplanar supermax prison.
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Grow a Garden has added new pets, mutations, and a seed even better than the Candy Blossom as part of its newest update
Time to get your hands (virtually) dirty.
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Today's Wordle answer for Monday, July 7
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At the request of South Korea, Valve pulled a mod from Steam that glorified the country's military dictatorship
Gross mod, troubling precedent?
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'The transfer of user data by DeepSeek to China is unlawful': Germany calls for Google and Apple to remove the AI app from their stores
Berlin's Commissioner for Data Protection is taking a stand against AI app DeepSeek
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Romero Games reportedly met with Microsoft just a day before the publisher pulled funding for the studio, and there was 'no mention' of the decision that put over 100 people out of work
Romero Games is pursuing alternate sources of funding, but for the time being, it sounds like the dream is dead.
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'There are no plans to drop support for SteamOS': The Finals devs commit to Steam Deck and Linux players despite new kernel-level anti-cheat
Embark Studios may be embracing kernel-level anti-cheat, but they're not abandoning their Linux players.
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Arkane Studios founder slams Microsoft for its Game Pass focus: 'At some point reality has to hit'
Former Dishonored and Prey developer Raphael Colantonio has a warning about Game Pass
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Warren Spector was so desperate to make Deus Ex that it almost became a Command & Conquer RPG: 'I was going to find a way to make it one way or another, even if it meant making another damn sci-fi game!'
PC gaming history could have been very different.
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Deep Rock Galactic Survivor is gearing up for launch, literally—adding a fully-fledged gear system when it hits 1.0 in September
Gear of Dwarves.
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Preservationists discover a 'nearly complete' build of a lost Animaniacs game 22 years after it was cancelled, and you can play it right now
Animaniacs: Hollywood Hypnotics hasn't been seen since 2003.
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Rust's developer is overhauling the survival sim's mission system so it can create in-game quests faster and more easily: 'The process to create new missions internally is quite cumbersome and error prone'
Latest update also adds a party system and "improved erosion".
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Mount & Blade 2's naval expansion will have complex sailing with wind, currents, and respect for a boat's draft
Say it with me: boats rule.
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Subnautica 2 studio begs rioting fans for benefit of the doubt after leadership axed by owner Krafton: 'The team that has been working on the game day-to-day over the last few years remains completely unchanged'
I don't think it's enough to win people back.
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Academics critique Farming Simulator's portrayal of 'good farming' and praise modders for agro-ecology add-ons
The researchers believe Farming Simulator can influence attitudes about real farming.
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Best graphics cards in 2025: I've tested pretty much every AMD and Nvidia GPU of the past 20 years and these are today's top cards
I've made a career out of prodding graphics cards and this has been the toughest set of recommendations I can remember.
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European game publisher group responds to Stop Killing Games, claims 'These proposals would curtail developer choice'
Video Games Europe voices opposition to Stop Killing Games movement as it clears threshold to become an EU Citizens' Initiative.
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Best gaming laptop in 2025: I've put the best of this new generation head-to-head and we have a winner
Don't compromise on power or portability with the best gaming laptops.
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Former Forza dev says original Motorsport series died in Microsoft's cuts, but Forza Horizon lives on
Developer Fred Russell left the studio in 2016, but presumably still has connections at Turn 10.
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Best gaming chair in 2025: I've tested a ton of gaming chairs and these are the seats I'd suggest for any PC gamer
Treat your body to one of the best gaming chairs and sit like a royal on your new throne.
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After nearly 4 years, Windows 11 is finally more popular than Windows 10
Windows 11 has finally de-throned Windows 10.
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Even the beginner zone in Dune: Awakening isn't safe from sandworm-manipulating griefers anymore
The sandworm drama is escalating on Arrakis.
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What happened to the creator of Gunman Chronicles, Valve's forgotten FPS? 'My relationship with Gabe didn't really go that great'
Tracing the history of an ancient Valve artefact.
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Runaway city-building success Manor Lords is getting a major overhaul to its systems: 'It's not just a new feature or two. It's a full rework'
"Because we're working on all these big changes, we haven't been able to put out smaller patches."
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Can you guess gaming's weirdest currencies in our latest quiz?
Test your knowledge of fictional financials.
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Chaotic destruction sim Teardown breaks cover on its multiplayer update, revealing 8 player team deathmatch and support for modded servers
Will be available for experimental testing soon.
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RoboCop: Rogue City's expansion will let you play as ED-209, but I'm more excited about having some guns I might use instead of the Auto 9
Also, what's going on with that voiceover?
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Here's a mod that puts Halo's multiplayer into Half-Life, which to me feels like putting tea in your coffee
Halo Goldsource brings Slayer and Firefight into Valve's classic shooter.
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Today's Wordle answer for Saturday, July 5
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Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, the anime so good it made Cyberpunk 2077 cool again, is getting a sequel
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 promises "a raw chronicle of redemption and revenge."
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Deep Rock Galactic board game Kickstarter pulls in nearly $1 million in 1 day for a trio of new expansions
Leaf lovers despair.
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Ratatan, the new rhythm game from the designer of Patapon, delays early access release in response to negative demo feedback
Developers say the planned July 25 release date did not give them enough time to address issues with the demo.
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In the wake of Perfect Dark's cancellation, Joanna Dark's voice actor urges fans to help save the series: 'Agent Dark doesn’t give up and neither should any of you'
Alix Wilton Regan told fans to 'speak up if you wanna see Perfect Dark survive.'
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Hideo Kojima's mysterious OD reportedly escapes the cancellation axe at Microsoft
For the moment, at least, it appears that OD is safe.
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CWA union derides Microsoft layoffs when ‘the company is prospering’: 'We are living through a moment of profound corporate consolidation and disruption'
The media union once touted a positive relationship with Microsoft, but wave after wave of layoffs has changed its tune.
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Perfect Dark dev shoots down claim the ace-looking reveal was fake: 'It's probably more real than you think'
"It was a pretty typical 'vertical slice' I’d say and I don’t think we were particularly deceptive with it."
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