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Alan Wake Creator Says Sequel Is 'More Intense, More Brutal'
25.10.2023
The other day, the official Twitter account for Alan Wake 2 tweeted, “You must write to escape…” and I felt my blood run cold. As a writer who knows the agony of writer’s block—the fear of looking inside myself and having to face all the doubts and insecurities lurking in my dark places as...
The Week In Games: What’s Coming Out Beyond Alan Wake 2
23.10.2023
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Former Call Of Duty Champion Apologizes For Homophobic Slur
18.10.2023
Doug “Censor” Martin got heated and started flaming his teammate during a recent Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Twitch stream. Things got so bad that he eventually called the other player a “f*****.” The former two-time national Call of Duty champion immediately took to social media...
Overwatch 2 Is In Its K-Pop Era With New Collab Event
18.10.2023
Overwatch 2 has been taking a page out of Fortnite’s book lately, increasingly making cross-cultural, in-game collaborations part of its repertoire. We’ve already seen crossovers with the popular Shonen Jump anime One Punch Man, WWE superstar John Cena, and a Blizzard in-house collaboration with...
Before Alan Wake 2, Check Out This Creepy Fortnite Recap
17.10.2023
Remedy’s action-horror cult hit Alan Wake was first released back in 2010. Later this month, after 13 years, Alan Wake 2 is finally launching. And to help folks remember what happened in the first game over a decade ago, Remedy and Epic have partnered up to create a short, playable recap inside...
GTA VI Superfans Hopeful The Big Reveal Is Imminent (Again)
17.10.2023
A 4chan user alleges they’ve watched a new trailer for Grand Theft Auto VI, Rockstar Games’ years-in-the-making action-adventure game that’s already been leaked so hard we might as well call it a river. And GTA fans, always eager for the smallest morsel about their upcoming obsession, seemed ready...
Cyberpunk 2077 Dev Says The Game Was A Lesson In Avoiding Crunch
16.10.2023
Callous, crunch-heavy work culture keeps shaking the games industry, but it seems like some developers are at least trying to safeguard against it. Colin Walder, a CD Projekt Red engineering director with over a decade of AAA audio programming experience, discussed game industry leadership during...
Hands On With Halo Infinite’s New Forge AI Toolkit (It’s Awesome)
13.10.2023
Forge, Halo’s in-game map creator, has appeared in every mainline Halo game since Halo 3, allowing fans to bring back beloved older maps, fashion creations of their own, or just create unique, quirky experiences within Halo’s timeless and tweakable sandbox. Once season five of Halo Infinite...
Take A Tour Through Halo Infinite's Newest Arena Maps
12.10.2023
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New Shooter Is The Duke Nukem Sequel We Deserve
11.10.2023
The Last Exterminator might not be an official Duke Nukem 3D sequel, but its crunchy combat, interactive environments, and retro visuals provide a much better alternative to the actual Duke Nukem sequel we got back in 2011. Read more
Destiny 2 Offers Players $45 Credit After Banning Them By Mistake
11.10.2023
Destiny 2 has been cracking down on cheating in recent years, and the sci-fi shooter is now riddled with players who claim they were banned by mistake. However, it seems at least some of them may have been telling the truth: Bungie recently contacted a few players to apologize for banning them...
Halo Infinite: Here’s Your First Look At Season 5’s Awesome New Maps
9.10.2023
Halo Infinite’s fifth season, “Reckoning,” arrives on October 17, 2023. With two new maps, a returning multiplayer mode from Halo 4, a new variant of the Bandit rifle, and more, it’s shaping up to be an excellent season for 343’s shooter. Read more
Around 100 Devs At Just Cause Studio Are Unionizing
6.10.2023
Around 100 employees at Just Cause developer Avalanche Studios Group are unionizing. This means around a fifth of the 500-person Swedish team is now bargaining with the company’s management for a fair contract.Read more
Redfall Finally Gets 60fps Mode On Console In Its Biggest Update Yet
6.10.2023
After months of silence, vampire shooter Redfall is receiving its biggest update yet following a disastrous launch back in May. The second big patch will add the Game Pass multiplayer game’s long-awaited 60 frames-per-second mode on Xbox Series X/S, as well as a host of gameplay improvements...
CD Projekt Red Spent Over $120 Million Saving Cyberpunk 2077’s Reputation
6.10.2023
Cyberpunk 2077’s highly acclaimed and massive expansion, Phantom Liberty, almost feels like its own game. That’s probably because the developers behind the expansion spent over $60 million on developing Phantom Liberty and $21 million on marketing it, bringing the total cost of producing the DLC...
Everybody Hates This YouTube Channel’s AI-Filtered Video Game Faces
5.10.2023
Remember Corridor Digital, the Los Angeles-based production studio that made waves a few months back with its AI-generated “Rock Paper Scissors” anime video and the team’s claims that the tech could “democratize” the animation industry? That video wound up pissing off professionals who felt it...
Your First Look At Multiplayer In Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III
5.10.2023
Today’s Call of Duty Next event gave us a solid look at what’s around the corner for the ongoing milsim franchise. Modern Warfare III launches on PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, and Windows on November 10. PlayStation gamers who’ve pre-ordered the game will be able to participate in...
Every Change In Cyberpunk 2077's New 2.01 Patch
5.10.2023
CD Projekt Red said it plans to move on from Cyberpunk 2077 now that its big Phantom Liberty DLC and 2.0 systems overhaul are out, but it still has a few things left to patch. A new 2.01 update that went live on October 5 fixed corrupted save issues on PlayStation 5 and a bunch of other issues...
Gearbox Is Reviving A Dead Hero Shooter For 3 Days (No, Not Battleborn)
4.10.2023
You remember Gigantic, don’t you? The hero shooter from Motiga that was released in 2017 and, uh, died a year later? Well no worries if not, because Gearbox is bringing the ill-fated hero shooter back for a limited-time event from October 5 to 7, 2023. Read more
Sombra’s New Overwatch 2 Rework Is Here, And I Hate It
4.10.2023
Sombra, Overwatch 2’s hacking, harassing, stealthy damage hero, has been one of my favorite characters on the hero shooter’s roster since I started playing in 2019. Her cloaking and hack-based kit is distinct, and even after her rework leading into Overwatch 2, I’ve still had a lot of fun with...