Armored Core 6 players hit with intense emotional whiplash as new patch buffs nearly ever weapon but nerfs beloved shotgun and grenade cannon

They had it coming. From the moment players started blasting their way through Armored Core 6 dual-wielding the Zimmerman shotguns with two Songbirds grenade cannons on their shoulders, it seemed like only a matter of time until FromSoftware took a long, hard look at each weapon and turned down the heat on them both. Heck,…

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Three Ways We Made Our Indie Game into the AAA-Sized Sandbox Adventure Bang-On Balls: Chronicles, out Now

So you’re looking at the art and title of our game and wondering what on earth is this, right? Well, in a nutshell, Bang-On Balls: Chronicles is a zaney, destructible open-world sandbox adventure combining combat, platforming, character customization, and collect-a-thon scavenger hunting into a solo or co-op experience. Phew! That’s a lot. And we know…

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A Cyberpunk 2077 ‘live-action project’ is on the way

Having completed a three-year comeback that finally turned it into the game it should have been on launch day, it looks like Cyberpunk 2077 is now headed for television screens. CD Projekt Red announced today that it is working with production company Anonymous Content on a “live-action project” that will tell a brand new story…

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Xbox Insider Release Notes – Delta (2310.231001-2200)

Hey Xbox Insiders! We have a new Xbox Update Preview coming to the Delta ring. It’s important we note that some updates made in these preview OS builds include background improvements that ensure a quality and stable build for Xbox consoles. We continue to post these release notes, even when the noticeable changes to the…

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Xbox Insider Release Notes – Beta (2310.231001-2200)

Hey Xbox Insiders! We have a new Xbox Update Preview coming to the Beta ring. It’s important we note that some updates made in these preview OS builds include background improvements that ensure a quality and stable build for Xbox consoles. We continue to post these release notes, even when the noticeable changes to the…

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Valve level designer returns to Twitter after lengthy absence to reveal he used a pot to add handles to an electrical box in Counter-Strike

Magnar Jenssen is a level designer with serious pedigree, starting his career at Grin before stints at Starbreeze, Avalanche, and then from 2013 onwards working for Valve. This was an auspicious year for Counter Strike: Global Offensive, with the Winter Offensive update in December 2013 adding two new maps to the game, Cobblestone and Overpass….

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Commandos: Origins – A Legendary Franchise Reborn

Increasingly, story conflicts seem to be set in modern day or in a far-off future, driven by one-man armies living out overplayed power fantasies without an ounce of tension. And there is some joy in this – it’s fun to be a god, however it sits in stark contrast to what some old school games…

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