Return of the Scourge
While we weren't paying attention, Blizzard have been filling the game with clues: There's more chaos on Northrend than we could have imagined.
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Loading Screen: STALKER's Missing Soviet Monuments
Stalker's enhanced editions launched this week with missing monuments, and players weren't happy. Now, GSC have relented and put them back.
WoW Still Doesn’t Have The Teeth It Needs
11.1.7’s story has it all: The Defias, the Scarlet Crusade, and faction tensions. Why, then, is everyone so mad about it?
Microsoft Faces Widespread (Blizzard-Led!) Unionisation Efforts Across Xbox
Microsoft yearned for the closure of the Activision Blizzard deal, making every promise needed to make it across the line. That included plenty towards those advocating for their workers' rights. Now that the deal has closed, they don't want to honour those promises!
Loading Screen: The NFT Games On Steam
Steam banned NFT games, yet this week we heard about two of them coming to the platform. Has Valve loosened the rules?
Lorewalking: Blizzard’s Attempt To Save The Story
Lorewalking might be how Blizzard fix one of their biggest problems: Having 20 years of story that only a handful of people played.
Emerging From The Shadows, Ubisoft's Hope Is Renewed. Will It Last?
After a string of relative failures, Assassin's Creed: Shadows was the success Ubisoft needed to kickstart their journey back towards stability. Successfully convincing Tencent to bail them out to the tune of €1.16bn with "Two-bisoft"? That certainly makes things simpler.
Valve's New OS Standards
Valve are setting their standards early for SteamOS on third-party devices, and that bodes well for the future.
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A new player in preservation has arrived, and they're interested in treating physical games as the art that they are.
Ion Responds To WoW’s Broken Patches
In a shocking display of candidness, Ion opened up to PC Gamer about 11.1.5 shipping the way it did, and why. I have a lot of thoughts about what he said.
Summer Showcase Showdown 2025
Prepare to be marketed at! Not-E3 Season is kicking off already, and the games industry wants you to get hype.
Xbox Are In The Way Of Better Games
Xbox's response to union demands leaves a lot to be desired, with staff now waiting more than two years for agreements.
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Loading Screen: Epic Alters The Deal For Voice Actors
Epic Games are in hot water with voice actors for their latest Fortnite innovation - a generative AI-powered Darth Vader.
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Amid Their Half-Hearted Apology, Bungie Struck By Leaks From Within
Their new game revealed with a whimper, Destiny, a source of mockery & credible plagiarism accusations abound... It's no wonder that leaks concerning Bungie's workings point to a sorry state of affairs. Is all hope lost?
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EA Spent $2.5 Billion Not Making Games Last Year
EA spent $2.5 billion not making games last year, and that's exactly what they're supposed to do.
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Bungie Really Needs To Stop Stealing Art!
Bungie, we're worried about you. Once is a mistake, twice is the process, thrice is pushing it... But plagiarism in your work four times in as many years? That's a habit forming, and it needs to stop!
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Loading Screen: Game Has $800m In Funding? Add Some P2W MTX!
$800m in funding later, and Star Citizen players are just starting to realise that Cloud Imperium Games intends to monetise everything in-game.
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Housing Has "Way Exceeded Expectations"
A handful of lucky creators got to see what player housing actually feels like, and Blizzard asked him to tear their system apart for feedback. Here's how that went down.
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Bungie's Bad Weekend
An uncomfortable stream, messy leaks and a sense that things are going to get much worse. That was Bungie's weekend after they admitted plagiarism.
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EA Haven't Made Games For Any Of Us In Years!
Barely two weeks after they laid off another few hundred staff, EA are reporting another year of broken earnings records. Their games earned them billions. So the cool $2.5 billion they just invested must have been in making more, better games, right?
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Have Nintendo Won? Palworld Players Are Feeling Pocketpair's Loss
The infamous suits at Nintendo have been hard at work, and Palworld has been forced to change. Will it be enough for Nintendo's legal enforcers? Pocketpair are bracing for impact.
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Loading Screen: PlayStation Just Lost Another Live Service Leader
PlayStation just lost another live service studio leader, and this time, the game hasn't even released yet.
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Bungie Stole Art. Again.
Bungie stole art from an independent artist, which defined Marathon's aesthetic. They admitted it. What happens next?
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Ve'nari's Foreboding Return (Huge 11.2 Tease!)
Ve'nari, our dearest almost-friend and most mysterious of all brokers, is back. Which, of course, tells us a lot about what we can expect from 11.2.