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Rare Two-Player Version Of First Arcade Game Up For Auction From Shiny Entertainment Founder

Computer Space is often regarded as the first commercially distributed arcade machine, and David Perry’s personal two-player unit of this historical artifact is now up for grabs

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"For a few weeks, women were just dropping their babies": The Witcher 3 lead on designing NPCs that react appropriately

Gone are the days where a developer could give an NPC maybe two lines of dialogue and call it a day. The steady shift to realism essentially enforces the idea that characters must behave realistically, which is why whenever some kind of glitch or bug makes an NPC move about in an impossible manner it does numbers on Yo...

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Viral Steam Hit Finally Coming to PS5 on September 15

Trading card games have always been a massive part of gaming culture, and there is something uniquely appealing about stepping away from the actual competition and running the shop where everyone comes to buy their packs. Card shops have that familiar mix of cluttered shelves, rare pulls, tournaments, regulars, and the...

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Tom Cruise Made His Best Movie Years Before Becoming an Action Icon

Tom Cruise has built a legendary acting career as one of Hollywood's most recognizable movie stars. He has flown fighter jets, climbed skyscrapers, hung from airplanes, and performed increasingly dangerous stunts to make sure his films feel like genuine events. From Minority Report to Jack Reacher and Mission: Impossib...

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Dispatch Developer's New Website Teases Future Projects

AdHoc Studio, the developer behind the wonderful Dispatch, has updated its official website with a message promising β€œmore to come” from the studio.

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New Official GTA 6 Release Confirmed for August 27

Grand Theft Auto 6 fans need to mark August 27 on their calendars, as that's when the next big update on the highly-anticipated game will be released. Grand Theft Auto 6 is arguably the most highly-anticipated game of all time, with hype reaching unprecedented levels despite Rockstar revealing very little about it sinc...

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US Senate Opens Investigation Into Roblox

Members of the United States Senate have opened an official investigation into popular game platform Roblox, related to concerns about its child safety measures. The Senate action against Roblox is the latest in a growing trend of government agencies scrutinizing the gaming and game creation platform.

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Metro 2039 Could Be Kingdom Come: Deliverance for Post-Apocalyptic Fans

Metro 2039 is set to launch in February 2027, and it will mark the first new mainline series in the franchise since 2019. The game takes place three years after its predecessor, Metro Exodus, and what little has been shown of the game is already promising a bleak and harrowing post-apocalyptic story. Metro 2039 looks t...

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Solo Leveling: 5 Things You Didn't Know About The Sequel Ragnarok

When looking at the world of anime, few franchises managed to take the world by storm as quickly as Solo Leveling. With many calling it a spiritual successor to the legendary Dragon Ball franchise, the series contains incredible aspects that harken back to the classic shonen romp, such as unforgettable battles, amazing...

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Slay the Spire 2 updates are slowing down again, but don't fear, it's all in the name of more modes, an alternate Act 2, and a character with a bandaged foot

Slay the Spire 2 has been moving at a solid pace since it launched into early access back in March, but back in May developer Mega Crit shared that updates would be switching to once every two weeks as opposed to the previously promised weekly updates. Now, as outlined in the game's August Neowsletter, Mega Crit say th...

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Witcher 3 designer says it wasn't easy to convince players its NPC simulation wasn't 'just fakery': 'People nowadays are interested in those kinds of details, and it really came to haunt us'

It might seem silly to ask in our post-Red Dead horse testicles world, but how much exacting detail is too much? How much is not enough? Gamedev can go on forever if you don't prioritize the things that players actually notice, but if you're making an immersive fantasy RPG, it's critical that the intended illusionsβ€”bus...

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Former Square Enix Exec Believes Disc-Free PlayStation Will Drive Game Prices Down

Jacob Navok says that a world without physical media will put major publishers in constant competition with each other, though how that would drive costs down is just a theory

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