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Ken Levine wanted System Shock 2's final level to be set in outer space, but the idea was shot down by its senior designers: 'They're like dude, we have 14 months to make this game' "I still went and made a level that looked entirely different and played entirely different."
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Monster Hunter fans are building LEGO models so good they should be official Forget LEGO Fortnite, the collaboration I want is LEGO Monster Hunter.
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Gear is optional: Diablo 4 player strips their character naked and slides through its most brutal dungeon without a single death Blizzard wasn't fast enough to stop them.

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Phil Spencer, chief executive officer of gaming at Microsoft Corp., arrives to court in San Francisco, California, US, on Tuesday, June 27, 2023. Microsoft and Activision Blizzard CEOs are expected to testify to persuade a federal judge in California to reject the Federal Trade Commission's effort to block their $69 billion deal. Photographer: Shelby Knowles/Bloomberg via Getty Images

'A future has been stolen from many of us and our community will never experience an amazing game': Microsoft MMO devs respond to cancelation of project Phil Spencer reportedly loved

By Andy Chalk published

news The cancellation of ZeniMax Online Studios' new game happened earlier this month as part of Microsoft's latest round of mass layoffs.

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A sporty purple Pegassi from Grand Theft Auto 4 with Niko Bellic driving.

GTA 4's most famous lighting mod gets its first major update in 11 years, brightening up Liberty City from cloud to ground

By Andrea Shearon published

News If Windows 11 broke your favorite GTA 4 mod, I've got good news.

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Epic publicly humiliates 2 more Fortnite cheaters by forcing them to say sorry and promise to never, ever do it again

By Andy Chalk published

news I'm starting to think this might be a good strategy.

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My most-played game of the last 5 years is 30% off on Steam right now, alongside a ton of other factory games that can absolutely devour your life

By Wes Fenlon published

News Steam's Automation Fest includes our 2024 Sandbox GOTY Satisfactory, as well as one of the PC's all-time great puzzle games.

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Fresh from telling laid-off employees to console themselves with AI, Microsoft doubles down by advertising Xbox jobs with pathetic AI image: 'So tone deaf I hope it is satire'

By Rich Stanton published

News "What is happening over there?"

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Good news for multitaskers: Microsoft is gradually rolling out taskbar scaling to squeeze in as many icons as possible in the latest Windows 11 Insider build

By Andy Edser published

News Move over, lads.

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An ROG Xbox Ally X and Ally shown during Microsoft's Xbox stream in June 2025.

Leaked pricing suggests the ROG Xbox Ally X might be the most expensive Xbox console yet, which probably isn't the award Microsoft is aiming for

By Andy Edser published

News Probably.

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Assassin's Creed Odyssey

One problem with making an Assassin's Creed game in Ancient Greece, says Ubisoft, is that there just weren't enough tall buildings for a 'climbing frame game'

By Rich Stanton published

"That's kind of where some of the ideation came from when it came to building some of the big statues that we put around Greece."

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Borderlands 4 is hiding more than 200 collectible Marcus bobbleheads in hard-to-reach places, and Randy Pitchford reckons 'most players will never see any of them'

By Fraser Brown published

News But he has provided some hints.

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A hobbit cooking in Tales of the Shire, with the UI visible in the bottom right. It has options for making the food more tender, crisp, chunky, or smooth.

The Tales of the Shire system requirements are so light you'll be able to play it on an actual potato (whether boiled, mashed, stewed, or cooked in any other manner)

By Jacob Fox published

News Now that's what I call 'taters.

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