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When I was a kid, post-launch support was a concept reserved mainly for NASA, and rarely the domain of video games. Sure, you might download the odd online patch on your 56k modem to fix particularly gnarly bugs. But that was more or less it. These days, it's expected that games will be supported for months and even years after release. And this support isn't limited to fixing bugs: Developers...
Celebrate Star Wars being good again with up to 85% off EA's Jedi and Battlefront games until May 15
I am not typically one to celebrate Star Wars Day, partly because dedicating a day of the year to a fictional universe is the highest form of corporate nonsense, but also because being a Star Wars fan always comes with the risk of being blown up by the proton torpedo of disappointment.This year, though, even I must admit things are looking pretty great in that galaxy far, far away. The...
It's the weekend, and you deserve a Wordle win. Which is why we've prepared all the help you could possibly need so you can breeze through Saturday's game at whatever pace suits you best. Spend a while with today's hint if you like the sound of taking it slow and steady, or mull over our tips for a while instead. The May 10 (1421) answer will always be ready to...
World of Warcraft senior game director Ion Hazzikostas announced last week that Blizzard Entertainment will cut off access to the live combat log and auras for add-ons in the game, after incorporating new features to replace the most popular mods.I interviewed Hazzikostas for an hour about the broadcast to identify in detail what would be affected by the changes.Using that information and the broadcast itself, I took a look at...
Borderlands fans noticed that instead of the minimap introduced in Borderlands 2, the recent Borderlands 4 gameplay deep dive features a compass bar that points toward objectives. Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford confirmed that the minimap is gone during a PAX East panel on Friday, and asked fans to hold judgement until they've played the game.The map talk starts at about 28 minutes into the video embedded above.Borderlands 4 takes place...
Nearly 200 Overwatch developers at Activision Blizzard have formed a new union under the Communications Workers of America called The Overwatch Gamemakers Guild—CWA, "a wall-to-wall unit that includes game developers across all disciplines, including design, production, engineering, art, sound, and quality assurance."The announcement of the new union followed confirmation from a neutral arbitrator that an "overwhelming majority" of employees had either signed a union authorization card or indicated support for...
It should speak to an already stacked year for games that we're just over a month away from Death Stranding 2, and yet it feels like this major PlayStation (timed) exclusive is flying under the radar. Maybe that has more to do with the divisive response to Kojima's first apocalyptic mailman simulator—Death Stranding was the sort of game you either kinda hated or totally clicked with (and gave a Game...
Good news for lovers and sand, spice, and/or worms: Dune: Awakening's beta weekend, which started today and will run until May 12, is now open to anyone who preordered the survival MMO.It's also mildly perplexing news because, y'know... why weren't players who preordered the $50 game on Steam automatically included in the beta weekend in the first place?"Everyone who has pre-ordered Dune: Awakening can now also access the Beta Weekend!"...
In a surprise appearance alongside UK indie band and Disco Elysium composers Sea Power, voice actor and musician Mikee W. Goodman donned the green jacket and flared trousers of Disco Elysium protagonist Harry Du Bois to belt out a rendition of "The Smallest Church in Saint-Saëns." The melancholy song is the subject of Disco's memorable and much-loved karaoke sidequest.An audience video shared by Goodman on TikTok captured the beginning of...
Good news, Goggins-heads: It looks like work is proceeding apace on Fallout season 2. In an Instagram post uploaded yesterday, Ella Purnell uploaded a celebratory selfie with costar and fictional dad Kyle MacLachlan to commemorate the end of filming for Fallout's second season.If you're wondering, yes: Walton Goggins made his own announcement, by which I mean he tore his face off in slow motion on video. His ghoul face, I...