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Loading Screen: Monster Hunter Wilds Might Be Turning A Corner
A new, PC-only patch has reignited hopes of a performant Monster Hunter Wilds. Only a year after launch.
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Ubisoft's Attempted Resurrection Has Come At (Too High?) A Cost
Corporate shenanigans, nepotism at the highest levels... It's all been about family for Ubisoft, even at the cost of BILLIONS in market value for the much-maligned publisher. Despite this, things were looking up. So, of course, Yves and co. decided to throw everything into chaos once again.
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Do PlayStation Really Want Games To Play Themselves?
Why play games, or even watch another human play games, when you can just have your copy play itself? That's the question that it looks like Sony are asking its audience. What are they really doing?
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Why Is "Everyone" So Worried* About Highguard?!
Apex Legends. Titanfall 2. Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (2011). A team packed with staff who worked on many of these bona fide classic and popular FPS games. Why the hell did "the internet" decide Highguard was going to fail?!
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After Nearly A Decade, And Cancellation By Riot, Hytale Arrived
Hytale lives. We've played it. It's better than anyone expected.
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PC Building Is Fucked, And It Won’t Get Better
Prices are spiking, and PC parts aren't for consumers anymore. They won't be for a while.
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After A Record-Breaking Launch, Has BF6 Really 'Battlefailed'?!
Being one of 2025's biggest success stories didn't make Battlefield 6 bulletproof. Bugs, glitches, cosmetic drama and more have plagued EA's latest... "90% (of Steam) players are gone, and now? The big Season 2 launch that could pull them out of the fire faces a month-long delay! Will they recover?
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We Asked, Larian Answered With A (Genuine?) Generative Backtrack
Just following our coverage of the chaos surrounding the idea that Larian were "pushing hard on generative AI", Swen and his leadership team took to Reddit to face the music. They say they've listened, so have now tossed their GenAI workflows (almost) completely! But that's not all...
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Beating The Biggest Publishers At Their Own Game(s) Came At A Cost
For years, they were dismissed as publishers of cheap, derivative copies of the industry's successes. Last year, they quietened those naysayers. The cost, however, was very high, and it wasn't NetEase who paid it!
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Next-Gen Console Makers Are Facing A Major Crisis
It's over 12 years since the PS4/Xbox One gen of consoles launched. Old enough to be prepping for the halls of retro appreciation. But instead, they're still the baseline target for the biggest new titles... Games as a medium have hit a standstill; something must change.
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Have Larian Successfully Fumbled Generated Goodwill?
They won Game of the Year with Baldur's Gate III two years ago. Their CEO "won" the Game Awards with his "put the team first" speech a year ago. Of course, then, Larian's Swen Vincke honoured the streak by going all in on GenAI?! What really happened?
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Crunch Two Years Out. Naughty Dog In Sony's Crosshairs?!
Nearly a decade ago, with Uncharted 4 & Lost Legacy behind them and The Last Of Us Part II crunching towards launch, Naughty Dog committed to change. Their first original project in the years since? They're already crunching TWO YEARS from launch, what's going on?!