Alongside its new expansion, Warhammer 40K: Rogue Trader got a massive patch buffing its weakest classes and companion

Owlcat is an insanely busy RPG dev: It’s currently developing Mass Effect killer The Expanse: Osiris Reborn, CRPG Warhammer 40K: Dark Heresy, and new add-ons to 2023’s Rogue Trader as it celebrates 10 years of build sicko multiclassing. The latest Rogue Trader add-on, The Infinite Museion, was accompanied by a massive patch to the massive…

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Nintendo’s legal battle with Palworld looks shakier than ever: It may only get ‘$30,000 chump change’ if it wins at all

Palworld’s irreverent ‘Pokémon with guns’ conceit won it all sorts of buzz, but also attention from Nintendo’s infamous lawyers—Palworld developer Pocketpair was sued by the big ‘tendo back in 2024 over a few Pokémon patents for around $66,000 in damages—a small payout for such a big company, but with an apparent aim to bleed Pocketpair…

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A little known rendering technique that can create low-cost, photo-real graphics may be about to have its big moment in game development

A photo-real art style rarely sells me on a game. That said, over the last few months, a tech delivering low-cost, photorealistic graphics has become something of a singular obsession of mine: Gaussian splatting. Previously, I lost myself in this very basic FPS laying its scene inside a Gaussian splat of a real-world abandoned space….

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I wish Bungie would stop designing excellent multiplayer shooters and go back to making fantasy strategy games where you blow up zombies with dwarf bombs

Weird Weekend Weird Weekend is our regular Saturday feature where we celebrate PC gaming oddities: peculiar games, strange bits of trivia, forgotten history. Pop back every weekend to find out what Jeremy, Josh and Rick have become obsessed with this time, whether it’s the canon height of Thief’s Garrett or that time someone in the…

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