Team Fortress 2 Classic is now Team Fortress 2 Classified, has been delayed to January 30: ‘it wouldn’t be an authentic TF2 experience without a bit of Valve time’

The mod formerly known as Team Fortress 2 Classic was always slightly misnamed. It suggested a version of TF2 without the proliferation of cosmetics, a return to the readable silhouettes and basic weapons of its early days, and while it is that it’s also a reimagining of TF2 that adds cut content and abandoned ideas…

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Gaming collectible purveyor iam8bit is suing publisher Skybound over alleged fraud related to cat sim Stray

As reported by Engadget, videogame merch and physical edition company iam8bit is suing Skybound Game Studios over alleged fraud and breach of contract in their multi-year partnership, particularly relating to their joint work on distributing Stray, the 2022 3D platformer where you play as a cat exploring a cyberpunk city. Notably, Stray’s developer, BlueTwelve, and…

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The creator of popular animated short The Backwater Gospel is making an FPS inspired by ‘Half-Life and the golden age of narrative first person shooters’

Animator Bo Mathorne, creator of the 2011 animated short, Backwater Gospel, has revealed a new game project alongside developer Thomas Mygind: Skarven, a crunchy, lo-fi (but not too lo-fi) FPS inspired by narrative-heavy late ’90s/early aughts shooters like Half-Life. Skarven’s first trailer is all mood and light on action. The player approaches a lonely country…

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Cool Shirtz had one goal and one goal only when it came to creating the Minecraft collaboration: To design clothes people can wear ‘not just to represent the game, but to become it’

In the time it took to write and publish last week’s Character Select about the Very Cool x Minecraft collaboration, almost the entire thing sold out. Fewer than 10 pieces are currently listed on the website, and an even smaller number of each size, if any at all. So while I wait for my precious…

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