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Deus Ex was a hard sell because, among other things, the Thief devs thought 'if you give players a gun, they won't sneak'
Deux Ex, today, is synonymous with the immersive sim genre—paving the way for other games to let you approach a task from all ...
The US claims $81.5 billion bonus revenue from Trump tariffs but that's a drop in the ocean compared to its spending deficit
The press release goes on to say, "CBP took enforcement action to secure $16.3 billion in additional revenue because of ...
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Bing Bong is talking to you: Peak players are getting jump-scared by what seems to be the developers possessing a little green plushie
Bing Bong was the first thing I saw after waking up dazed in the sand after a traumatising plane crash at the start of Peak.
Good guy GSC wordlessly deletes ads in Stalker remaster menus with itsy-bitsy new patch
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Anker recalls a number of power banks amid safety fears, though it says that 'the likelihood of malfunction is considered minimal'
Neither should you ignore Anker's recall, as a faulty lithium-ion cell can potentially overheat, which at the very least ...
BG3 might be the last hurrah for the era of the Hexblade, as D&D's 2024 rules revamp tries to dethrone the king of multiclass dips
The Hexblade is king—anyone who's been playing D&D since 2017 knows this, though Baldur's Gate 3 players were only introduced ...
Right to repair bill in Texas has been signed into law after winning by a landslide victory, with not a single vote against it
Texas joins the likes of Oregon and California in a pretty small group of states that have enacted a right to repair law: ...
Mecha Break launch times and release date
The Mecha Break release date is July 1st, though this will be July 2nd in some territories. The game launches at the ...
Commodore's been bought by a YouTuber who's re-assembling key execs and already teasing new hardware
Christian Simpson, who goes by Peri Fractic on YouTube, has rebranded his popular retro gaming channel as " Retro Recipes x Commodore " and says he is now the "acting CEO of Commodore Corporation." ...
The people who brought you the $165 Disco Elysium trash bag now bring you an $800 The Alters tracksuit
If I'm known for anything, it's my incredible fashion sense. 'Josh!' cries the baying mob, 'tell us where you got that ...
Psych-rock band The Velvet Sundown racks up well over 400,000 Spotify listens within a month, but very quickly turns out to be AI-generated
A psych-rock musical project has racked up 400,000 listens since it started dropping music on Spotify a little under a month ...