Even Counter-Strike’s devs called this wonder-bug the ‘Smooth Criminal’ before they had to beat it

“Release notes for today are up” began the fairly typical message from the Counter-Strike 2 dev team, before things take a turn: “Shamone.” The world’s greatest competitive shooter has in recent days been delighting players with a bug that has been christened the “Smooth Criminal”, after Michael Jackson’s dance moves that accompany the song of…

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Starfield players uncover some of the best XP farms in the game through obliterating cosmic wildlife: ‘even in a video game this feels wrong’

Good news, my friends: Starfield players have entirely abandoned human morality in their quest to invent the most effective methods of XP grinding possible, turning the game’s rambling planetary plains into a kind of Victorian safari hunt. I’m discomfited, disturbed, and would quite like to unlock the manipulation ability, so might give this a try…

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Diablo 4 will be Steam Deck ready when it leaves its Battle.net exclusivity next week, confirms community director

Diablo 4’s leap to Steam—alongside other games like Overwatch 2—is welcome news to gamers wanting to keep their rigs launcher-slim. Adam Fletcher, the game’s Global Community Development Director, has fully confirmed on Twitter that the game will be coming Steam Deck verified next Tuesday. (Image credit: @PezRadar on Twitter/X) Regrettably, it looks like there won’t…

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