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Aliens: Fireteam Elite Is No Longer Playable On Switch

There’s a microscope on digital games right now as PlayStation has opened the door to the death of physical games and refuses to close it. That’s why the shutdown of Aliens: Fireteam Elite’s cloud servers on Switch is causing more uproar than it might have if we weren’t staring down the barrel of a future where this co...

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mobile

Jobs digest: moves and promotions at EA, Nazara, Unity, Epic, Scopely, Kabam and more

  Our jobs digest has all the recruitment news you need from across the mobile games business, all in one spot. This column is sponsored by FastSpring. FastSpring: Global payments for your games from a partner you can trust with your players. Quickly launch a new web store, replace an existing D2C vendor, or add a...

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No Man’s Sky Studio Director Says He’s Not Rushing To Experiment With AI: ‘Let’s Just Enjoy Making Games The Way We’ve Always Made Games’

Sean Murray compared the AI race to the post-COVID return to office plans

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gaming

Corsair isn't rolling in money from its mega-expensive RAM kits—and it's all thanks to higher component costs and lower demand

If you've looked at memory prices recently, you've probably seen Corsair DIMMs selling for astonishing prices. The 32 GB Vengeance DDR5 RGB kit sitting in my PC right now is selling for $480 at Amazon, whereas I bought it for $90-$100 just a couple of years ago. Corsair RAM can still be some of the cheapest comparative...

3 weeks ago 👁 13
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This week in PC games: GoldenEye returns (sort of), plus janky arcade football, ballpoint cities, and a game about keeping the monsters inside Area 51

This week in PC games: too much horror! And not the kind related to graphics card prices, stinky corporate acquisitions, or the general corrosion of all that is real and good. There are a lot of horror games, I mean. I do like horror games, but I'm easily deadened by them - I need an apple-cheeked platformer or two to...

3 weeks ago 👁 10
gaming

Beast of Reincarnation Releases Major Update for August 2026

The launch of Beast of Reincarnation hasn't gone as smoothly as fans may have hoped, though Game Freak is attempting to make major post-launch improvements with its first major update. While best known for work on Nintendo's Pokemon franchise, Beast of Reincarnation is a big change of pace as it takes players to a post...

3 weeks ago 👁 14
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Sean Murray reflects on 10 years of No Man's Sky, its future, and why Hello Games' "redemption arc" narrative "isn't really the story" of the developer

When Hello Games ended its trailer for No Man's Sky's first major update with three little words - "Our journey continues" - it's doubtful anyone, studio included, could have predicted the game would still be going strong some 10 years later. But as the exploratory space sim celebrates a decade since its original relea...

3 weeks ago 👁 7
gaming

As developer Arc System Works promises a fix, Marvel Tōkon's suffering PC players are creating some bizarre home remedies for its dire performance woes

Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls has been out for a few days now, and the PC version appears a little busted. Wide-ranging reports, including stuttering, online matchmaking issues, and CPU strain, are plaguing Windows warriors who have joined during the game's opening week. Read more

3 weeks ago 👁 10
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Sean Murray suggests No Man's Sky follow-up Light No Fire is quite far along, but he's 'learned a very important lesson' about speaking too soon

It's a big moment for No Man's Sky. This week sees developer Hello Games' exploratory space sim celebrating its tenth anniversary, and to mark the occasion, I recently spoke with studio boss Sean Murray. Read more

3 weeks ago 👁 10
gaming

Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 Players Criticize Recent Change

Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 recently introduced a new form of 'Classic' matchmaking. Said to be inspired by the matchmaking systems found in the earlier Black Ops entries, Call of Duty: Black Ops 7's new Classic playlists were designed to be another alternative to skill-based matchmaking, but their launch hasn't been met...

3 weeks ago 👁 10
gaming

Blue Monitors on Poles Puzzle Solution in Big Walk (Green Tower)

Players will come across blue monitors in Big Walk shaped like a stoplight on poles that will randomly display pictures in quick succession. This puzzle is found near the Green Tower, and solving it can get tough if you don't coordinate with your teammates properly. However, the solution is as simple as counting the nu...

3 weeks ago 👁 7
gaming

In Landmark Ruling, Chinese Court Says A Woman Can Inherit Her Deceased Son’s Gaming Accounts

It raises big questions over Valve's claims that Steam accounts can't be passed on

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