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CultureCharlie Guillemot, Son of Ubisoft’s CEO, Is Leaving The Company
Charlie Guillemot, co-head of Ubisoft mobile studio Owlient, is stepping down based on a new report from Axios. Back in August of last year, his studio faced controversy when a Tom Clancy branded mobile game used Black Lives Matter imagery in relation to a fictional in-game terrorist group. Charlie Guillemot is also the son of…
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CultureHere’s 14 Minutes Of Horizon Forbidden West Running On PS5
Today, during a State of Play digital showcase, Sony showed off 14 minutes of gameplay for Horizon Forbidden West, the much-anticipated sequel to 2017’s awesomest open-world robot dinosaur-hunting game. The demo opens on the beachfront ruins of San Francisco, six months after the events of Horizon Zero Dawn. Raiders show up, riding machines, leading a…
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CultureDying Light 2 Gets A December Release Date And A Gameplay Trailer
The eagerly and often angrily-awaited sequel to Techland’s 2015 survival horror action-adventure game finally has a concrete release date. The gates to humankind’s final stronghold swing wide on December 7 when Dying Light 2 Stay Human arrives on PlayStations, Xboxes, and PC. Announced at E3 2018 and delayed indefinitely early last year, Dying Light 2…
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CultureNew Sonic Game Coming In 2022
Y’all! There’s a new Sonic game coming in 2022! Sega’s also releasing a remaster of Sonic Colors and a Sonic Origins collection. Today, in celebration of 30 years of Sonic, Sega held a Sonic Central to share what’s coming next for the Blue Blur. Most of the news centered on boring crossover content like Sonic-themed…
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Tips & GuidesPSA: Among Us Is Currently Free On PC
You no longer have a good excuse to turn your friends down for a round or eight of Among Us. Innersloth’s enormously popular subterfuge game is free via the Epic Games Store through June 3. Each week, the Epic Games Store puts up a game for free. All you have to do is add it…
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CultureBorderlands 3 Is Getting Crossplay Everywhere But PlayStation
More than a year after it was released, Gearbox’s cartoonishly violent loot-shooter Borderlands 3 is apparently soon getting crossplay for all platforms…except for PlayStation. “An update for Borderlands 3 has been prepared for release that includes full crossplay support across all platforms,” Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford wrote in a tweet this morning. “Bad News: For…
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CultureUbisoft’s Second Movie Is Looking Much More Entertaining Than Assassin’s Creed
In theaters on June 25 and on demand July 2, Ubisoft Film & Television’s Werewolves Within is a supernatural whodunnit described in its trailer as “a good old-fashioned sleepover with guns.” Judging by the trailer it might just be a lot of fun. See for yourself. Loosely based on Red Storm Entertainment’s 2016 VR social…
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CultureBlizzard Sends Cease-And-Desists To Diablo II: Resurrected Modders
Several mods for last month’s Diablo II: Resurrected alpha test were recently pulled offline following a wave of cease-and-desist letters. One creator says Blizzard even went as far as to send a private investigator to his home to serve the warning in person. Blizzard’s “Technical Alpha” for Diablo II: Resurrected—a content-limited, invite-only, single-player experience that…
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CultureLatest Outriders Patch Pisses Everyone Off Even More
Yesterday, developer People Can Fly released the latest—and repeatedly delayed—patch for Outriders. It was supposed to fix an issue wherein players would get killed instantly, without explanation. Instead, it appears to have irritated everyone under Enoch’s sun. The patch notes for yesterday’s long-awaited update are minimal, purporting to address a bug that miscalculated armor values…
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Tips & GuidesHow To Kick (More) Ass In Biomutant
Biomutant, an ambitious yet messy RPG-cum-ASPCA advertisement, is full to the brim with mechanics. Though the combat system doesn’t exactly reinvent the wheel, it’s saddled by enough quirks that, yeah, it may take some getting used to, even for seasoned players of action games. The following advice should help. Consider playing through the opening hours…
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Tips & GuidesHow To Choose The Right Faction In Biomutant’s First Major Choice
Within the first few hours of Biomutant, you have to make a choice. You’ll find yourself at the fulcrum of a war between two opposing factions. Whichever one you don’t choose will, by virtue of you being an unstoppable badass, eventually cease to exist. And the one you align with will dictate the rough roadmap…
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Monster Hunter Rise Update 3.0 Adds More Monsters And A New Ending
Just when you thought you were done hunting monsters, bam! Capcom drops a free title update adding two new ferocious beasts to conquer and “a new ending to advance the story,” which is not how endings work but that’s what Capcom says, so we’ll run with it. Monster Hunter Rise version 3.0 goes live this…
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CultureFollowing One Final Update, Echtra Games Ends Work On Torchlight III
Yesterday Echtra Games released the “Cursed Captain” update for Torchlight III, adding a playable class, new pets, and applying several bug fixes and quality-of-life changes to the dungeon crawler. The developer also announced this update would be its last, due to its acquisition by Zynga in March Founded by original Torchlight studio Runic Games’ co-founder…
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Tips & GuidesEverything You Need To Know About Creating A Biomutant Character
Following the long-standing convention of complicated role-playing games, Biomutant makes you customize your character—their stats, class, and so on—before you actually know how the game plays. You’re essentially funneled into a situation in which you make lasting decisions without fully understanding their context or long-term ramifications. The following advice should guide you. What breed should…
By Ari Notis
