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Cronos: The New Dawn reviewers say it’s an ‘atmospheric and uniquely introspective’ survival horror outing—but it’s held back by ‘run-of-the-mill combat’

The last year’s been a big one for Bloober Team: The Polish studio’s releasing its second survival horror outing in less than 12 months. As a follow-up to the success of the Silent Hill 2 remake, Cronos: The New Dawn sees Bloober Team stretching its legs in a new setting featuring time travel, soul harvesting,…

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As bugs and bad performance spoil an otherwise excellent Helldivers 2 update, Arrowhead CEO says its ‘technical debt is crippling’

A major Helldivers 2 update is here, but somebody invited the wrong kind of bugs to the party. The Into the Unjust update takes the fight to Terminid strongholds, plunging Super Earth’s finest into cave systems guarded by acid-spitting bug dragons. That’s all well and good, but a new wave of bugs (the software kind)…

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007 First Light is the first time IO Interactive has taken on an outside project, but CEO Hakan Abrak isn’t worried: ‘We’re able to stand on the shoulders of ourselves’

It’s been five long years since IO Interactive first announced that it would be taking on Project 007, now known as 007 First Light. It’s a pairing that goes together seamlessly, as IO has been making Hitman games for almost 25 years now. But even with all that practice, it was still a huge undertaking….

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