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PlayStation 6, Project Helix Will Almost Certainly Be Digital-Only, Launch in 2028, Analysts Say

Sony's discontinuation of physical discs in 2028 means there's no point anymore in a console that can read them

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ARC Raiders Used a Massive Amount of Data Per Day to Track Player Behavior

During the Nexon Developers Conference, Embark Studios dives into the player tracking system it uses for ARC Raiders, how it influences changes, and just how much data was required to run it at the game's peak. For a while, ARC Raiders was the definitive extraction shooter for many, finding a way to bridge the gap betw...

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Diablo 4 Across the Threshold Realmwalker Guide

Across the Threshold is a seasonal quest in Diablo 4 Season 14, Season of Death Awakening, that instructs players to find and kill a Realmwalker by closing Surging Ruptures in Helltide Local Events, or by investigating a Colossal Rupture near Zarbinzet. This guide will help players locate a Realmwalker and complete the...

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Love And Deepspace Fans Start Petition To Save Valko

The Love and Deepspace community has been all over the place lately. The announcement of a new love interest, Valko, was met with a mixed response. That's because some players, particularly those on the CN server, hated his design and characterisation. Others were disappointed to see a new love interest get added while...

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The ESA quietly starts walking back baffling statements about private servers being 'illegal', though it's still tutting and wagging its finger

The Entertainment Software Association, in an ongoing attempt to slow the roll of the games conservation movement Stop Killing Games, made a baffling statement at a recent California State Senate hearing over a proposed Protect Our Games Act that goes as follows:"[Private servers are] illegal. They are not in any way a...

2 weeks ago πŸ‘ 2
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Google kills yet another API, shutting out all non-Google platforms from favoured gif database

I'm told that the youths of today find using animated gif reactions 'cringe'. As a millennial who misspent her youth on Tumblr, reacting to good game news with a gif of The Arm from Twin Peaks rubbing his hands together has become an unfortunate part of my idiolect. Before I break out the folder of Supernatural gifs an...

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Battlefield 6 is an FPS where 'the guy obsessed with metas is having the least fun', and it's free-to-play for a week

It is time to do war crimes in a cool way. Battlefield 6, EA's big loud military-themed shooter that earned a coveted 82% from PC Gamer FPS czar Morgan Park, is free-to-try for a week. The trial period runs from yesterday, June 30, up until July 6.The trial gives you access to five modes and four maps, which I will lay...

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Doom The Dark Ages' new Revelations DLC is "the culmination of 35 years of Doom" and movement is back

Shorn of his armor, Shield Saw smashed, the Slayer of the new Doom: The Dark Ages Revelations DLC is less of a tank than in the main game, and that's a good thing, because it means movement is back. In this new paid-for DLC, id Software has drawn on 35 years of Doom, delivering an expansion that looks like it could be...

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Doom: The Dark Ages' Revelations DLC Fundamentally Changes the Game on July 7

Doom: The Dark Ages is getting its anticipated Revelations DLC on July 7, and ahead of its release, id Software has revealed a massive wave of new details about the upcoming DLC. Game Rant attended this presentation, where everything from the new Chain Spear to the new/returning enemies and progression systems was show...

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Nintendo’s Reported 10-Percent Salary Increase Took Place Over Three Years Ago

There is also confusion over whether Nintendo is avoiding the mention of unions

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How to Turn On Subtitles for Unhinged on Netflix

Unhinged on Netflix has subtitles, but they're disabled by default when you start playing the game. Despite the shorter runtime, the game features a decent amount of dialogue, which can be hard to understand at times due to the raging thunderstorm outside or the in-game music. So many players would want to turn on subt...

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10 Multiplayer Games That Are More Enjoyable Solo Than Online

Multiplayer was supposed to be the point. These games shipped built around other people: shared servers and co-op lobbies, with the always-online scaffolding to match. Then the version without anyone else turned out to be the one worth playing. Sometimes a studio backfilled a real solo mode long after launch. Sometimes...

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