Stellaris updates are going to start coming more slowly, because new patches are causing new problems and QA testers can’t keep up

Two days after releasing another update for Stellaris, Paradox says the pace of patches is going to slow down—not because Stellaris 4.0 is in tip-top shape (it’s not), but because firing out updates so quickly is causing more headaches than its worth. Released in early May alongside the not-very-popular BioGenesis expansion, the 4.0 update was…

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Rematch launched without crossplay because of ‘unforeseen technical complexities’ and Sloclap is sorry, but it’s a hit on Steam anyway

With the 5v5 soccer game Rematch now in full release, developer Sloclap has issued an apology for waiting until the last minute to tell fans it would not have crossplay at launch—and promising that the feature is coming as soon as possible. Sloclap had previously confirmed that crossplay was in the plan for Rematch, and…

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World of Warcraft dataminers dug up its biggest boss ever: A new 3,806-foot-tall horror who could crush its capital cities in one step

If you’ve got a name like Dimensius, the Void Lord, you probably don’t like the fact that everyone remembers you as a pretty normal-sized quest boss during World of Warcraft’s 2007 Burning Crusade expansion. You’d want to change that, earn that title of Void Lord, and make them fear you. At about 3,806 feet tall,…

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Daemon X Machina: Titanic Scion is adding a card game as the mecha sequel targets an increasingly specific type of guy

Daemon X Machina wasn’t a perfect game, as our 2020 review will tell you. But with former Armored Core producer Kenichiro Tsukuda, designs from Macross creator Shoji Kawamori, and the voice actors of Gundam’s original anime rivals, it had a compelling pedigree for meeting the particular tastes and expectations of the modern mecha enthusiast. Now,…

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As war looms in the Middle East, clips of Arma 3 and War Thunder are being used as propaganda, and even the Israeli military’s having to clarify ‘the footage is fake’

On June 13, 2025, Israel launched surprise airstrikes targeting Iranian nuclear and military infrastructure. The initial strikes killed several Iranian nuclear scientists and high-ranking military officials, while the number of civilian casualties remain unconfirmed (estimates vary between 300-600 depending on the source), with many more hundreds injured. Iran vowed a “crushing response,” retaliating by firing…

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OpenAI supremo Sam Altman says he ‘doesn’t know how’ he would have taken care of his baby without the help of ChatGPT

For a chap atop one of the most high profile tech organisations on the planet, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s propensity, shall we say, to expatiate but not excogitate, is, well, remarkable. Sometimes, he really doesn’t seem to think before he speaks. The latest example involves his status as a “new parent,” something which he apparently…

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Believe it or not Death Stranding is getting another movie, screenwriter puffs on the Kojima pipe and says he can’t wait to ‘birth new stories into this fertile, mind-bending universe’

Kojima Productions and Line Mileage have announced (yet another) Death Stranding movie is in the works (thanks, GIBiz). Line Mileage is an animation studio and will be creating a film set in the Death Stranding universe, which is not going to be an adaptation of the first game but an original story bouncing off some…

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