Grand Theft Auto 6 developer Rockstar fired 31 employees in October 2025, allegedly—according to the terminated employees—because they were trying to form a union. Rockstar denied those allegations, however, and said the employees were terminated because they revealed “specific game features from upcoming and unannounced titles” in “a public forum.” Legal action was filed against…
For the first time in a while, I’m not so sure about Diablo 4’s latest loot experiment. The prevailing complaint about the current season in Lord of Hatred is that Blizzard made the benefits of its strongest items too random compared to what we had in previous seasons. While Blizzard is working on a solution…
For years we life sim players have stood ’round the summoning circle, chanting the ritual words: “The Sims really deserves some legitimate competition, you know?” Despite our efforts to manifest, likely competitors just kept getting delayed or outright canned. Now that Paralives has launched—and is, in fact, good—I think maybe the variety life simmers have…
“He just was so malignant in trying to rewrite history”. Former Sega of America Vice President of Entertainment Marketing Mike Fischer has given a new interview to Sega-16, and one of the topics that comes up often is Yuji Naka. Fischer doesn’t have a lot of particularly pleasant stuff to say about the former Sonic…
CD Projekt finally confirmed yesterday that a new expansion for The Witcher 3 is in the works, called Songs of the Past. The announcement brought months of rumors and speculation (and one cheeky non-denial) to a close—ironically, a day earlier than planned, because CD Projekt accidentally let the big surprise leak out on its own…
It’s the fall of 2022, and everyone is reacting to the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 open beta. Infinity Ward’s reboot sequel made a lot of movement changes that seemed subtle, but angered a lot of folks. The idea was to make Call of Duty more deliberate and consistent by slowing down the action:…
Thanks to a dysfunctional relationship with my own bones and muscles, I accepted from a very young age that I wasn’t ever going to be much of a golfer. Golf games, however, I’ve believed myself to be pretty good at, having achieved mastery over the subtle arts of pressing A when the meters make you…
Valve put the price of the newly-restocked Steam Deck through the roof yesterday, jacking the cost of the 1TB model to $949, a kidney-punch increase of nearly 50%. Ain’t nobody buying Steam Decks at that price, I thought to myself in the immediate aftermath of the price hike, and as with so many things, I…
Stick it to the drift. Switch 2’s Joy-Con seem to be faring much better than on the original Switch, which was plagued with stick-drift issues since its launch in 2017. At the time of writing, there are seemingly no widespread issues with sticks becoming faulty and drifting during gameplay. Read the full article on nintendolife.com
Role queueing as a tank in 5v5 Overwatch requires you to have three things: the mental fortitude of a monk, the siteline knowledge of a OWCS player, and a heart of gold, because good lord can this role feel hellish. That is partially because a good tank can make and break your team, more so…