After almost a decade, Bungie is letting Destiny 2 players fix their fugly guardians (and it actually won’t cost anything)

Here’s one I made earlier: I was searching for Joker enjoyer meats guitarist from Jared Leto’s band. (Image credit: Bungie) I’ve had an article in my drafts titled ‘All MMOs need a barber shop’ for several years now. The likelihood of that piece ever getting finished inched further away this afternoon, with Bungie announcing that—after…

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Blizzard reveals how hard the nerfs to Diablo 4’s sorcerers and barbarians will be next season as it outlines a new balance philosophy

It’s official: Barbarians and sorcerers won’t rule Sanctuary in Diablo 4’s next season, at least not using the same builds that absolutely crushed season 2. On a developer stream today, Blizzard said tomorrow’s patch notes will include fixes to the bugs that fuel the strongest builds in the game, as well as changes that elevate…

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Microsoft’s answer to Civilization looks, well, a lot like Civilization, but has twists like simultaneous turn resolution

Ara: History Untold maybe could’ve used a better title—it makes me think of a Las Vegas show, like the Luxor hotel’s King Tut Experience—but it’s interesting: a historical grand strategy game from Microsoft-owned developer Oxide Games (maker of Ashes of the Singularity) with ambitions to deliver “an evolution” in the genre. A lot of what…

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Indiana Jones headbutts a Nazi 37 seconds into the reveal trailer for The Great Circle, coming later this year

MachineGames gave us our first real look at its long-awaited Indiana Jones game at today’s Developer Direct showcase, confirming the title—Indiana Jones and the Great Circle—and revealing details on the setting and story, and—this is the important part—a release target of later in 2024. Indiana Jones and the Great Circle was first announced in early…

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Xbox Developer_Direct: All the News and Announcements

It’s going to be a good year for Xbox players. At today’s Developer_Direct show, we provided deep-dives into five new games launching across Xbox Series X|S, PC, Game Pass and/or cloud – all of which will arrive later in 2024. Development teams at Xbox, Bethesda, and even one of our third-party partners invited you into…

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