Tyler
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If you're part of the BioWare or Sims community and want to talk about how those studios' queer characters and themes have impacted you and your fears for those series moving forward after this sale, I'd love to chat with you for a Kotaku story. Can be reached here or email kshepard@kotaku.com
Kotaku@kotaku.com · yesterdayWell, I guess Electronic Arts belongs to Saudi Arabia, private equity, and Jared Kushner now. https://kotaku.com/electronic-arts-officially-belongs-saudi-arabia-jared-kushner-now-2000721666
I like how the Path of Exile 2 team spent a year and a half trying to figure this out because Nvidia didn't believe them. www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/af...
After a year and a half of rigorous testing, Path of Exile 2 devs finally convinced Nvidia to fix a driver bug by sending it an entire PC
We're finally free.
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@midimyers.com spent the week with Hell Clock, the roguelite that uses its sparse atmosphere and zombie enemies to make its perspective on the real-life Canudos Massacre known.
I came to Hell Clock for the vibes, then learned a history lesson
I knew nothing about the Canudos Massacre, then Pajeú’s struggle pulled me in — and sent me down a research rabbithole
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had fun on Sunday in Deep of Night rank 2 where we cooked a Deathrite Bird because @tylercolp.bsky.social got a Halo Scythe like 5 minutes into a run #nightreign
this deserves an explanation WHICH IS: at gamer night we decided that since everything is a mouse game now there should be a mouse extraction shooter in which you are escaping from cats and also you have to get cheese and peanut butter out of mouse traps and whatnot
Tyler@tylercolp.bsky.social · 2w agomouse extraction shooter
Blizzard has now fired the GM who cheated and killed some bosses for friends: www.pcgamer.com/games/world-...
Blizzard fires World of Warcraft game master who insta-killed bosses for friends
It will also be "taking action" against the players who were involved.
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Tyler@tylercolp.bsky.social · 2w agoThis is certainly an embarrassing way to risk your job. www.pcgamer.com/games/world-...
The Halo remake is decent. But playing Campaign Evolved and the original back-to-back reveals how right Bungie got it back in 2001. Review: www.pcgamer.com/games/halo/h...
I played the Halo: Campaign Evolved remake and original Halo back-to-back, here's my review
A neat, but fundamentally flawed remake that doesn't always understand the appeal of Halo.
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This is certainly an embarrassing way to risk your job. www.pcgamer.com/games/world-...
Blizzard is investigating a World of Warcraft cheating scandal after game master 'death-touched' bosses for friends without realizing it was being recorded
One of the players then went on a Twitch stream to spill the beans.
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Here's a story about what happens when you squeeze 2,000 skeletons into a room and let unsuspecting people walk in. www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/pa...
Path of Exile 2 players broke the game by summoning 2,000 skeletons and then lured unsuspecting players into the ultimate frame rate shredder
A literal minion army.
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I don't even really play Path of Exile, but I respect the devs for refusing to let people skip 50% of the experience simply because they want to eat dessert first. www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/pa...
Path of Exile devs want it to be easier for new players, but still won't let you skip its 20-hour campaign every league—at least not yet: 'It feels very wrong to me'
Game director Mark Roberts said skipping it would be a "very, very bad way to go."
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New from me: "Being engaged in videogames over the last decade has meant watching a cohort of publisher executives inherit an industry of products, professionals, and consumers they seem to actively resent for failing to produce instant, infinite profits."
Does anyone know how to drive this thing?
It's increasingly looking like nobody remembers how videogames work—or cares to.
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Are you a developer who has put a fishing minigame inside your non-fishing video game? Or are you considered a connoisseur of fishing minigames? OR do you have knowledge of how real-life fishing works and how it might translate to games? I would love to speak to you for a story please!
Stadium was a neat idea but the execution never really did it for me, and the pace it needed to keep up with everything else seemed doomed to fail. www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/a-...
A year after its debut, Blizzard is done adding new heroes and maps to Overwatch's MOBA-inspired Stadium mode
A lack of daily players has prompted a change in development plans.
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If you liked Hades and/or Diablo, you need to give Hell Clock a shot. www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/th...
The only indie roguelike action RPG that rivals Hades and Diablo for me just got an incredible new expansion
Hell Clock: Cursed War has me squeezing in runs everywhere I can.
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Finally hit the highest rank in Nightreign's Deep of Night mode! About 90% of this was Duchess, with like 10% as Undertaker (and 1 Revenant game).
Ted Litchfield@dilfpatrol.bsky.social · last mo.@tylercolp.bsky.social good goddamn
The Verge: Xbox is closing down Hellblade creator Ninja Theory "Staffers were told on a call on Monday about the closure, but they are hoping the studio will find a buyer." www.theverge.com/games/950204...
BREAKING: Several Xbox studios, including Compulsion, Ninja Theory and Double Fine, are negotiating with Xbox as they try to avoid closure. Some or all could spin off. Lots still in flux as many studios remain unsure about what's happening. Here's the latest: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Studios in Microsoft’s Xbox Division Brace for Closures
The studios, which include Compulsion Games and Double Fine, are in active negotiations with Xbox and may be given the chance to go independent.
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Blizzard sues to take down another private World of Warcraft server, Project Ascension aftermath.site/blizzard-proje...
hehe i wrote about love and deepspace, everything i wanted to know when i started playing, as someone new to this sort of game
Aftermath@aftermath.site · 2mo agoLet me tell you about Love and Deepspace: aftermath.site/love-and-deeps...
As long as Donald Duck can get hit by a car in Kingdom Hearts 4 I’m in