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Senior Treyarch developer says he’d be ‘dead lying’ if he claimed not to be worried about series fatigue with Call of Duty: Black Ops 7

Call of Duty has proven itself highly resilient to series fatigue. While the quality of each entry has varied wildly for at least a decade, its overall popularity hasn’t been in serious doubt since Call of Duty 4. Perhaps this is because Call of Duty is so culturally omnipresent it would require active effort from…

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Magic: The Gathering cards featuring Dwight from The Office are a step too far for some, though others think they’re ‘so bad its circling back to being funny’

“I’m rarely at a loss for words,” says Saffron Olive on the hive of scum and villainy formerly known as Twitter, “but I honestly have no idea what to say about the Dwight from the Office Secret Lair drop.” Others have eagerly stepped in to fill the gap. Over on the MagicTCG subreddit, HiroProtagonest says,…

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Over half of Japanese game companies are using AI in development according to a new survey, including Level-5 and Capcom

As reported by Automaton, a survey conducted by the Computer Entertainment Supplier’s Association (CESA) during June and July found that 51% of Japanese game companies are using AI in some capacity. The survey responses came from CESA member companies, which include the likes of Capcom, Level-5, Square Enix, Sega, and many more spanning major developers…

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Hyper Light studio Heart Machine’s next singleplayer game is launching in November, no early access, just a year and a half after it was announced

In a new trailer, developer Heart Machine has revealed the release date of its new metroidvania search action game, Possessor(s). The fighting game-inspired platformer arrives on November 11, just a brisk year and a half after its June 2024 announcement. I got a first look at Possessor(s) in action earlier this year, but was not…

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