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Players Dwindle but Fortnite's Shotgun Meta Is Peaking

Fortnite's player count may be sliding, but Chapter 7 Season 2's four-shotgun loot pool is delivering the most interesting close-range combat the game has seen in years.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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No New Games? Sega Universe Pushes Classics Into Film

Sega's new initiative spotlights NiGHTS, OutRun, Streets of Rage, and six more classic IPs, but the plan isn't to make new games. It's transmedia: film, music, fashion, and whatever else fits the brand.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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9s and 10s Across the Board for PS5 Exclusive Saros

Housemarque's follow-up to Returnal is earning near-universal praise from critics, with scores high enough to place it among the best-reviewed games of the year.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Streamer Who Beat Elden Ring With His Chin Now Plays With Hi

HandicapableSean, the streamer who went viral for beating Elden Ring bosses with his chin, is back on Twitch after a two-year absence. His condition has worsened, so now he's playing Super Mario 64 with his eyes.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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300 Hand-Drawn Pages Over 6 Years Built This Gamebook RPG

Veteran illustrator Yoshio Nishimura spent more than six years hand-drawing over 300 illustrations for Veritas Tales: Witch of the Dark Castle, a digital gamebook RPG launching on Steam this July.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Blizzard Apologizes for WoW's Most Broken Patch in Years

WoW's patch 12.0.5 launched with broken bonus rolls, an exploitable prop hunt mode, a busted housing system, and an unkillable raid boss. Blizzard says it will "do better," but players are asking whether the studio's eight-week patch cadence is the real problem.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Steam Blows Star Wars: Galactic Racer's Release Date

Someone at Steam or Fuse Games jumped the gun, briefly posting an October 6 release date and deluxe edition details for Star Wars: Galactic Racer before pulling them down.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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A24's $100M Elden Ring Film Leaks Scene by Scene

Multiple leaked clips from the Elden Ring film set have surfaced this week, revealing everything from the Dung Eater's public execution to a bustling pre-Shattering marketplace. A24's most expensive production is becoming very hard to keep under wraps.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Ex-Blizzard Boss Says WoW Needs a 'Reset' to Survive

Mike Ybarra, former Blizzard boss and Xbox corporate VP, says World of Warcraft will 'continue to decline' without a firm reset. His comments land as Blizzard scrambles to fix one of the worst patches in recent memory.

Nathan Lees5 min read
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$300M Games Can't Survive Without PC, Yoshida Says

With Spider-Man 2's leaked budget hitting $300 million, former PlayStation exec Shuhei Yoshida says cutting PC releases would make funding future blockbusters extremely difficult.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Black Flag Resynced Dev Promises Blood Won't Be DLC

When a developer has to publicly promise that blood in a pirate game won't be locked behind a paywall, something has gone deeply wrong with how players perceive your company.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Valve Hands Devs FPS Data to Fix Shoddy Deck Games

Valve is giving developers real framerate charts and player disagreement surveys so they can see exactly when a patch tanks their Steam Deck performance.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Nintendo's Game Vault May Be Empty, Ex-Staff Warn

Former Nintendo employees believe the company's famous strategy of stockpiling finished games may not survive the realities of Switch 2 development, leaving Nintendo under release pressure it hasn't faced in years.

Nathan Lees3 min read