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Epic CEO says Steam's AI disclosures are 'just as partisan as mandatory political essays'
All the interesting Steam facts for the week ending October 25.
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'Save Mass Effect' petition hits over 180,000 signatures within days of BioWare's closure
The desperate plea to EA has fans sharing their memories of the spacefaring shooter.
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The creator of our running RPG of the year weighs in on BioWare's closure: 'They were fundamental to the genre'
Don't cry because it's over.
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Overwatch devs took one look at Jetpack Cat and Bastion's combo and went 'oh, that's a little scary'
The Apache helicopter meta was certainly something to be feared.
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Indies and non-sequels have exploded in the last year, and it's not all friendslop
"Indie studios produced 20 of the 21 extra breakout launches in the 2026 cohort," reads one industry analysis.
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Riot resurrected 3 of its biggest League of Legends pop groups, but only one emerged victorious
I think I could guess where the budget went, but I'm not complaining.
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Dark Souls 2 Seamless Co-op is the chillest way to play FromSoft's most frustrating game
Don't give up, skeleton(s).
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Mass Effect 5 would have let players generate alternate timelines based on their choices in previous games, according to the series' technical director
"You had so many choices that you could plug your saves together to create parallel universes," Romain Toutain explained in a livestream.
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Jordan Thomas, director of BioShock 2, played Path of Exile for over 7,000 hours while working on co-op horror game The Blackout Club: 'I was essentially awake all the time'
The co-founder of indie studio Question guides us through the games on his PC.
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Civilization 7's game changing update was 'personally challenging' for its creative director, as being able to play as a single faction 'wasn't part of the original vision'
Ed Beach says that players "had not been given full service by the game as the way it first shipped".
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'This is the bit where the comet hits the earth and the dinosaurs die:' Tim Sweeney revisits scathing 26-year-old eulogy for beloved studio Looking Glass
Sweeney's assessment of the games industry in the 2000s hits close to home today, but I still hold out hope that the future can be better.
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Penguin Colony Review
Something ancient and horrible stirs in the farthest south: Are you bad enough penguin to… not really do much about it?
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New Blood CEO confirms it: the worst way to sell immersive sims like Gloomwood and Fallen Aces is to call them immersive sims
"It's not a good marketing term. And I don't think it helps."
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BioWare's incredible legacy will continue as long as there are RPGs
EA is shutting down the venerable studio, but its impact will persevere.
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Now it's over, WoW: Forever's beta has left me with just one fear—its endgame
How do you zig when all you know is zag?
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The best feature in the original Alan Wake is an absence: the man has no reticle
Remedy forgot the rules of third-person shooting to build its inaugural horror game.
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Award-winning sci-fi author NK Jemisin joins BioWare's mourners and scorns a broken industry for killing geese that 'laid the golden eggs'
"The [Mass Effect] and [Dragon Age] games were a literal inspiration."
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'I drank from the chalice of blood': indie dev scrubs his game of AI-generated voice lines, having previously described the technology as 'anti-human and anti-art'
Refund offered for players who "still feel betrayed" over AI use in Future? No Thanks!
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Japan Actors Union pushes for heavy restrictions on AI copying dead actors
It's part of a broader set of guidelines the union hopes to set an industry-wide precedent for.
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Are we in the cozy gaming gold rush era? 'Cozy' has grown over 250% on Steam and 200% in my inbox since 2024
Uh oh, everything is cozy now.
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After 14 years of development, Factorio's final major update is out now
Patch 2.1 brings "a big collection" of small yet significant changes.
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Star Wars Galaxies just got another massive update thanks to its community Restoration project, including a huge visual upgrade and a refurb to the Wookiees' home planet
"We asked everyone: work on something that they loved about Galaxies, and showcase that to the world."
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Mass Effect 5 was set in a 'galactic Cold War,' new leak claims, and all 3 endings were wrapped into 1
The more I hear about what BioWare had cooking, the more pissed off I am that we're never going to get it.
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Based on player data, Capcom's pretty happy with the difficulty level of Onimusha: Way of the Sword: 'We think it's hit the right spot'
Too easy, too hard, or just right?
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Why private equity acquisitions like the one that just claimed BioWare are so dreaded
BioWare is just the latest casualty in a long history of private equity carnage.
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'Every single week it's going to feel like the sky is falling': Cloudflare CEO says strap in for 'a couple years' of AI-powered internet security mayhem
This week's PHP crisis is likely just the first of many.
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Time could be running out for Arkane
The famed immersive sim studio just got an extra month to find a new buyer, but will likely close if there are no takers.
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Creative Assembly exec pins the blame for the Shogun 2 remaster mess on someone else: 'This was not a Creative Assembly developed game'
Roger Collum says Creative Assembly was "focused on our next big projects," and didn't pay enough attention to the work being done by an "external developer."
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It's our new daily game fixation and we all stink at it: Can you guess how much used cars cost?
Like Wordle, but it's about pricing used cars.
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'I'm forever grateful to BioWare': 16 game developers share the moment a BioWare game inspired them to join the industry
BioWare was the catalyst for a generation of game development careers.
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Vote now: The Mammoth Tank and Priest go head-to-head to determine the best RTS unit of all time
Can organised religion defeat armoured warfare?
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This massive monitor is positively epic... if possibly a bit exhausting
LG's new 52-inch ultrawide 5K2K monster monitor is surprisingly old school.
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I got COD: MW4 running smoothly with my RTX 3060 Ti - here are the settings I use
Upscaling is somewhat of a requirement if you're at 1440p.
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GPU prices are soaring in China, with the outgoing RTX 5080 16 GB jumping by astonishing amounts
Good news! I mean, terrible news.
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Abyssal Lapidary is making the social media rounds and I can confirm cutting gemstones is just as satisfying as it looks
I'm a chump who can't tell my gems from my minerals.
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![The resurrected Ryzen 7 5800X3D was 'like a final gift to our loyal [AM4] users," says AMD exec](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/94RkNNoBUmy3PmPVpQQR2d-1920-80.jpg)
The resurrected Ryzen 7 5800X3D was 'like a final gift to our loyal [AM4] users," says AMD exec
It timed itself rather nicely with the deepening memory crisis, too.
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I've finally found some good news: Philips has announced the first 36-inch, 260 Hz gaming monitor
Let's all look upon it with wonder.
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Upcoming Mass Effect-like Exodus himbo-fies protagonist after fans complain about his face
He's been looksmaxxing. He got the Chad surgery.
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Here are the Genshin Impact 7.2 livestream codes
Collect the latest Primogems from the special program.
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The first Wi-Fi 8 router is here, and it's banging
Asus delivers something arguably more performant than any other standalone router we’ve tested.
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Getting the best graphical bang for your buck in COD: MW4 means simply toggling a preset
Upscaling can also help a bunch, of course.
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A whole load of severe Linux kernel vulnerabilities has just been made public
The accidental reveal of unpatched vulnerabilities as high as 9 on the CVSS score chart is a little worrisome.
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Canadian politician calls on government to help BioWare employees buy the studio and run it themselves
Avi Lewis, leader of one of Canada's top opposition parties, is not a fan of private equity.
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My GOTY is $7 and has 253 Steam reviews
Stuntboost is a racing game for FPS movement sickos.