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Thank God Gears Of War: E-Day Is Finally Making Changes To Wall Bouncing

The devs behind the next Gears of War say its not entirely gone, but it won't work the same as in past games

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Dragon's Dogma 2 hands out an infinite fast travel item after people wouldn't stop moaning about how laborious it was to go anywhere

It has been two years since Dragon's Dogma 2โ€”the unlikely sequel to an unlikely RPGโ€”emerged from its Riftstone, and it just got a fairly mondo new patch. Released on June 10, Dragon's Dogma 2's latest title update brings fast travel tweaks, pawn futzing, bug fixes, and plenty else besides. Oh, and it's part one of two:...

2 months ago ๐Ÿ‘ 11
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Stranger Than Heaven director says GTA 6 may force devs to use generative AI

After dropping the release date trailer at Summer Games Fest 2026, Stranger Than Heaven Executive Director Masayoshi Yokoyama has been talking to journalists about the game. While discussing the use of generative AI in video game development, he made an interesting quip that caught my eye, as he explained how Grand The...

2 months ago ๐Ÿ‘ 40
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Phanteks shows off PC case that bucks the fish tank trend in favour of greater thermal efficiency and giving your GPU its own little room

If ever I needed the nudge to rethink my rig's cooling set-up, a heatwave in the mostly AC-less UK would do it. Earlier this month, I admit I had the thought, "Is that smell coming from my PC and, if so, why does it smell of bacon?" So when Phanteks rocks up with an unconventional-looking case that rethinks airflow, yo...

2 months ago ๐Ÿ‘ 18
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An SSD company has just agreed to an almost $2 billion multi-year NAND deal, which is a sign it expects the memory crisis to stick around for a while

The memory crisis has fundamentally changed how we approach memory and storage. It has made consumers adjust expectations about how much capacity they can get, and for what cost, and for companies like Biwin, it has meant having to purchase billions worth of NAND flash memory years in advance just to make sure it has a...

2 months ago ๐Ÿ‘ 15
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X4: Foundations' Empire update, out now, delivers the space sim's biggest bout of battle balancing yet, plus RTS-style ordering and ship showrooms for showoffs

Spaceshipper X4: Foundations just underwent an empire-sized overhaul dubbed the empire update, which is fitting for a game that famously lets you form your own angry empirical armada of spacefolk. Among the plans on the agenda for the Xtending of X4 have been a rebalancing of ship combat that devs Eogosoft reckon is th...

2 months ago ๐Ÿ‘ 44
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From Mr. Potato Head to a cosmic '70s documentary, Spore's creators share how it came to be

I don't tend to think of Spore as a game that really came from any one person, moreso an omnipresent entity that just somehow installs itself on your computer. This is hogwash, of course, as it was made by creator The Sims Will Wright during his tenure at Maxis. Read more

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Xbox's new chief strategy officer is still a big believer in in-game ads

Videogame analyst Matthew Ball predicted in his "State of Videogaming in 2026" report released earlier this year that in-game ad placements will become more common in PC and console games and services in the future, as they're a largely untapped source of revenueโ€”income the industry needs and is increasingly struggling...

2 months ago ๐Ÿ‘ 23
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FF7 Revelation Could Get Spin-Off DLC Like Dirge Of Cerberus

In the '00s, everyone was making edgy spin-offs where the main character goes on a shooting spree. See: Ratchet & Clank: Deadlocked, Shadow the Hedgehog, Jak 2, and Devil May Cry (while it didn't feature guns, Prince of Persia: Warrior Within certainly fit the bill). Not even Final Fantasy 7 was exempt, as Square Enix...

2 months ago ๐Ÿ‘ 19
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10 Great Games Players Are Rediscovering In 2026

Games come and go, and don't we know it: 2026 is absolutely packed in the latter half of the year, with games like Witchbrook, Marvel's Wolverine, and, of course, the lumbering giant of Grand Theft Auto 6, still yet to come. However, it's also been a year of reflection so far and there are some older games that have se...

2 months ago ๐Ÿ‘ 13
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Blueyโ€™s Quest For The Gold Pen Review: A Big Game For Little Gamers

When I first heard there was a new Bluey game on the horizon, I had low expectations. Not because Bluey: The Videogame was bad, but because it was incredibly basic yet, at the time, it felt like it needed to be. Blueyโ€™s Quest for the Gold Pen is anything but, and proves that you can make a deeper, more complex game for...

2 months ago ๐Ÿ‘ 11
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How to take a photo of a Track Toy at Irokawa Space Centre in Forza Horizon 6

Finding the Astro Toy photo challenge location this week in Forza Horizon 6 is much easier than the Tokyo Tower or Edogawa Baseball Stadium, so long as you've done some exploring. That said, finding the Irokawa Space Centre isn't the biggest hurdle. That would be figuring out what a Track Toy is.Below, I'll explain exa...

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