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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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Lord of the Rings Online 'Great Hobbit Run' standing before the fires of Mount Doom

After 3 years of trying, Lord of the Rings Online's 'Great Hobbit Run' ends in confused success as a mob of low-level players gets lost inside Mount Doom and decides it's close enough: 'Sauron can kiss my butt!'

By Andy Chalk published

news Apparently one does simply walk into Mordor.

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A Space Invaders cabinet seen from the side in Croatia.

Space Invaders creator recalls building arcade games with mirrors, making a prototype console that never saw release, and how short-sighted Taito's sales team was about videogames: 'These things will never sell'

By Rich Stanton published

News "Younger people who want to make games should play really old games… there is something shining within them."

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GTA 6 trailer

GTA 6's server player count rumour could be great news for GTA Online 2.0

By Joe Donnelly published

News Official servers could let you play with up to 95 pals.

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Two Ethereals and Alleria Windrunner stand poised to enter K'Aresh in World of Warcraft: The War Within.

World of Warcraft: The War Within's last major patch before Midnight drops early August, and it's time to go into space again

By Harvey Randall published

News Ghosts of K'aresh arrives August 5.

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Seagate Ultra Compact Prime Day deal

I wish I'd snagged this Seagate Ultra Compact SSD at its cheapest Prime Day price before splurging my cash on non-smol storage

By Sean Martin published

Prime Day Get masses of memory in a teensy package with this Prime Day SSD deal.

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Sci-fi horror game Routine just came back to life for the 2nd time in 13 years: 'We are beginning to approach the finish line'

By Joshua Wolens published

News Also, Mick Gordon left.

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Gabe Newell in a Valve promotional video, on a yacht.

'Knowing Steam players are hoarders explains why you give Valve that 30%,' analyst tells devs: 'You get access to a bunch of drunken sailors who spend money irresponsibly'

By Rich Stanton published

News "More than likely the person buying your game is not going to play it."

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Venom looks at his hand with sinister intent in Marvel Rivals.

Marvel Rivals digs its heels into the gooner dirt as it reveals five new swimsuit skins, giving the people what they want: Punisher in a Speedo

By Elie Gould published

News I'm just here for the alligator in sunglasses.

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A psycho in Borderlands 4 stands ready for battle.

Borderlands 4 certainly looks like it's taking its story more seriously: 'We wanted to go back to this sense of dread about the villain of our game'

By Harvey Randall published

News There's some fun cyberpunk DNA coursing through this thing.

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UK looking to revamp defense laws as undersea cable sabotage and cyber attacks create 'gray zone threats'

By Hope Corrigan published

news When an eel bites the line and you're all out of time, that's a moray. I Can't help with the gray zone threats, though.

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