CCP knows Dust 514 should never have been a console exclusive: ‘If we had been on PC the whole time the game would literally be alive’

At EVE Fanfest, PC Gamer had the chance to sit down with EVE Online’s game director Snorri Árnason for a wide-ranging conversation about where the game has been in recent years and where it’s going. But in terms of big announcements, Fanfest’s highlight for many EVE fans wasn’t the main game itself, but CCP’s return…

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Should you kill Jacob and Taylor in Cyberpunk 2077?

Explore Dogtown with these Phantom Liberty guides (Image credit: CD Projekt Red) How to start Phantom Liberty: Enter Dogtown Cyberpunk 2077 Restricted Data Terminals: Get Relic Points Cyberpunk 2077 Iconic weapons: The best guns in Dogtown Cyberpunk 2077 1R-ONC-LAD photo locations: Help the robot If you’re wondering whether you should trust or kill Jacob and…

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CD Projekt apologizes for anti-Russian dialogue and images in Ukrainian version of Cyberpunk 2077, says it was added without permission

CD Projekt has apologized for in-game dialog and graffiti in the Ukrainian localization of Cyberpunk 2077 that criticizes Russia’s invasion of the country, and says it’s working to remove or replace them in the next update. A Ukrainian localization of Cyberpunk 2077 was included as part of the massive 2.0 update that rolled out earlier…

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Starfield mod lets you zip between planets seamlessly

Starfield’s space travel isn’t exactly satisfying: no matter how much the music swells and the engines roar, travel itself is just a series of short cinematic sequences and loading screens. No one was expecting Starfield to be a sim like Elite Dangerous or a seamless experience like No Man’s Sky, but I think a lot…

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Leaked email reveals Phil Spencer’s damning verdict on AAA games: ‘Most publishers are riding the success of franchises created 10+ years ago’

A whole lot of interesting (and occasionally awkward) secrets were revealed by the big Microsoft document leak that occurred last week. One of the most notable bits was a brutally frank analysis by Xbox boss Phil Spencer on the current state of major videogame publishers like Activision and Electronic Arts, who Spencer said are struggling…

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Payday 3’s launch has gone so badly that Starbreeze says it’s now ‘looking at the possibility of some sort of offline mode’

The launch of heist-shooter Payday 3 last week has not gone well. Persistent server problems have frustrated players, and the game’s always-online requirement means that even people who want to play solo are having trouble getting into the game. The net result: A disastrous “mostly negative” user rating on Steam, where 68% of the nearly…

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