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I've had a hunch ever since playing The Blood of Dawnwalker that its divisive time limit feature - whereby you have 30 in-game days and nights to save your character's family from a nasty pack of vampires - isn't as strict as Rebel Wolves once intended it. And it turns out I was right. Read more

It's been another difficult week for Xbox and the many studios it operates, as a second wave of layoffs has ripped through the company. The saddest news surrounds the impending closure of Hellblade studio Ninja Theory , but layoffs have all but dismantled Halo Studios and halved Age of Empires developer World's Edge as well. Read more

Rockstar Games has announced a limited Goodtime State Vice City collection of goodies for Grand Theft Auto 6 that's ludicrously expensive - £349 - doesn't include a copy of the game, and is pre-orderable now. Read more

After first hearing about Roman Sands Re:Build, and following along with bits of its development over the last few years, it's been a real ride getting to sit down with it; the demo from a couple years ago gave us a glimpse at both of the game's very different acts, a contrast that I initially misunderstood as a moving continuously back-and-forth between two realities situation (it's not). Fast f…

Tim Schafer - the founder of acclaimed developer Double Fine Productions, and the legendary designer behind the likes of Day of the Tentacle and Psychonauts - has spoken out about his studio's recent shift to independence, as well as Game Pass, and industry woes at large. Read more

In an unusual move, developer id Software's free-to-play shooter Quake Champions is transitioning into a paid product, eight years after its original release. As part of the same move, the Microsoft studio is killing off the Microsoft Store version, meaning it's now only available on Steam. Read more

I'm not sure what's more surprising: that Xbox never had a Platinum Trophy equivalent, that Xbox feels the need to have a Platinum Trophy equivalent, or that it's adding a Platinum Trophy equivalent now while restructuring the company. Read more

The times when a pair of pants prove newsworthy are tragically rare, and when they are it's usually not a good thing. Thankfully, a community discovery in World of Warcraft: Forever has remedied that. Read more

After announcing the end of Destiny 2 development and laying off almost the game's entire team , Bungie surprised fans earlier this week with news that it's working on "unvaulting" Destiny 2 campaigns, raids and destinations - bringing them back to the game after they were removed. The developer offered few specifics at the time, but new information has now emerged about what we can expect. Read …

Discord delayed the rollout of its controversial age verification system back in February after very loud backlash against the company's plans. Those age checks are now back, but this time, co-founder and chief technology officer Stanislav Vishnevskiy says the updated system will give users options that aren't as invasive. Read more

We're now living in a timeline that would have been impossible to comprehend for a grunt-squashing teen in 2007: Activision is making the next Halo game . And, now, fans have questions about the change. Is this year's Halo Fest still happening, despite sweeping layoffs at Halo Studios? Will Activision's new game reboot the lore? Can Master Chief finally, please, catch a break? Read more

Xbox's massive and still ongoing reorganisation has pushed Obsidian Entertainment under Bethesda's umbrella. Despite the quite drastic corporate shakeup, Bethesda's president is promising folks the iconic RPG developer will hold onto its "creative identity." Read more

As if this season wasn't packed enough with games to play, the acclaimed 'Nemesis system' Lord of the Rings games Shadow of Mordor and Shadow of War finally come to Switch 2 later this month. Read more

Blizzard has hinted at yet another core mechanic in Diablo 5 seemingly inspired by Diablo 2 . Notably, the in-development action-RPG will tackle level-scaling differently from the way it's done in Diablo 4 . Read more

Former Halo leaders Bonnie Ross and Kiki Wolfkill have added their voices to the chorus of people wishing laid-off Halo Studios employees well after Microsoft's drastic downsizing of the studio yesterday. Read more