Escape from Tarkov fans are scrutinizing alleged sympathies for the Russian invasion of Ukraine within Battlestate Games: ‘If I could refund it I would’

Today, a thread on resetera from user RedbullCola titled “Escape from Tarkov directly funds the Invasion of Ukraine through partnerships” linked to a pair of imgur galleries that has been traded around on social media before. The two galleries show a series of images that draw an apparent close relationship between Battlestate Games, particularly COO…

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Former id Software artist argues performance and optimization is ‘as much of an art problem’ as a tech one: ‘Killzone 2 looks incredible today. FEAR looks incredible today’

I recently sat down with Defect game director and former id Software artist, Emanuel Palalic, as well as composer Mick Gordon to discuss the upcoming cyberpunk FPS. One topic I wanted to get their thoughts on was optimization: Defect looks like a heavy game, but has surprisingly lenient specs⁠—RTX 2060 minimum⁠—and no mandatory ray tracing…

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To celebrate Fallout: New Vegas’ 15th birthday, one mad lad lugged a CRT and an Xbox 360 to the fan gathering at the real Goodsprings to play the game outside the Prospector Saloon

Over on YouTube, The Scenic Gamer is living the dream (or at least one of my dreams): The classic game aficionado hooked up an Xbox 360 to an old tube TV to play Fallout: New Vegas outside real-life locations from the game, all while fans gather in the real Goodsprings to celebrate the RPG’s 15th…

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Shortly after Concord’s resurrection by fans, it looks like Sony might be about to kill it again: ‘Due to worrying legal action we’ve decided to pause invites for the time being’

Concord wasn’t great, by our account. It was also one of the biggest black holes for development time and money in our medium’s history, collapsing into dust a couple weeks after it came out following eight years of buildup. Its few fans brought it back though, despite all odds; but if you were interested in…

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