Palworld devs ‘disappointed’ as they patch out a game mechanic to appease Nintendo, but ‘the alternative would have led to an even greater deterioration’

Today, Palworld received a new patch. Update v0.5.5 doesn’t add any new features, Pals, or environments. It doesn’t fix any bugs or offer any optimization improvements. Instead, the accompanying Steam news post from developer Pocketpair only includes one patch note: Mechanics Adjustment: The mechanics for gliding with a Pal have been changed. Until now, you…

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Europa Universalis 5 feels like the ultimate grand strategy game, drawing on Paradox’s entire history—and it makes me feel like an idiot

Paradox has finally unveiled the worst-kept secret in strategy gaming: Europa Universalis 5 is coming. This reveal also means I can finally talk about my failed attempt to unite the British Isles under Scotland, my tumultuous conquest of Byzantium as the Ottomans, and how even after many hours of unravelling this behemoth it still makes…

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The mod that aimed to recreate Counter-Strike 1.6 in CS:GO is now officially cancelled following ‘abrupt actions by Valve that prevent us from releasing’ the project

Despite a brief blip of hope that a way forward may be found, the ambitious Counter-Strike mod Classic Offensive has been officially cancelled. “After eight years of development, and despite being officially Greenlit by Valve in 2017, we are devastated to announce the cancellation of Classic Offensive,” the development team wrote in a message posted…

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Hideo Kojima says Death Stranding 2 has so much tactical espionage action that even his own staff ‘worried it was getting a little Metal Gear-ish’

Death Stranding 2: On The Beach is due for release on PlayStation 5 in June, and let’s hope it doesn’t take eight months to come across to PC this time. Creator and director Hideo Kojima has just done a big interview with IGN to accompany some preview coverage, within which he just cannot stop with…

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