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Former NetEase exec’s new investment group is funding Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic because ‘everyone wins’ if you ‘give the best creator the opportunity to work on a dream project’

One of the bigger showings at The Game Awards 2025 was the surprise reveal of Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic, a successor to the beloved Knights of the Old Republic series being developed under the leadership of original KotOR director Casey Hudson at a new studio staffed with other BioWare veterans. A year…

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Singleplayer simulated MMO Erenshor is getting raids this summer

Last year, solo developer Brian—operating as developer Burgee Media—released Erenshor in early access on Steam to offer the MMO experience he was denied in his EverQuest years by a shoddy internet connection that made group play impossible. It’s a fully simulated, singleplayer MMORPG, with dozens of quests, zones, and computer-controlled “simplayers” who’ll group up, join…

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New testing shows DisplayPort 2.1 is very picky about the monitor cable you’re using

DisplayPort 2.1 GPU connected to DisplayPort 2.1 monitor. Result? DisplayPort 2.1 connect. Right? Apparently not, according to Monitors Unboxed. At least, not always. Now, without getting bogged down in the details, the main attraction of DisplayPort 2.1 is bandwidth and lots of it. That means not only higher resolutions, refresh rates and colour depths, but…

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