“It Was A Bit Of A Perplexing Experience” – Hideki Kamiya On The Fan Reaction To Bayonetta 3

Sequel launched in 2022. Bayonetta 3 launched on the Switch in 2022 and received high praise from critics, but it’s fair to say that the reaction from long-time fans was decidedly more mixed. Criticism was raised against the title’s more approachable gameplay, lacklustre stealth segments, disappointing visuals, and more, and it apparently had quite the…

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I fixed Borderlands 4’s stuttering issue by upping my shader cache size to 100 GB, which feels like something I shouldn’t have to do in a well-optimised game

Well, it’s my own fault, really. Despite writing an article about the reaction to Nvidia’s brutal optimised settings charts for Borderlands 4, and being well aware of stuttering issues thanks to Nick’s performance testing piece, I jumped into the game this weekend anyway. And, lo and behold, the stuttering was very much there—until I discovered…

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Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford’s chronic tweeting syndrome strikes again, says ‘less than 1% of 1%’ of players are filing tickets about performance so clearly the internet’s overblowing it

To what I assume is the eternal dismay of the Gearbox PR department, studio CEO Randy Pitchford has once again been tweeting. What’s he up to now? Well, he’s applying the ol’ scientific method to people’s Borderlands 4 performance complaints, pointing out that—if this game is really as stutter-prone as you horrible lot have been…

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