MindsEye’s messy launch shenanigans has IO Interactive hesitant to play publisher for more games in the future: ‘That remains to be seen’

When it comes to messy videogame launches, MindsEye has certainly been a hot contender. The first third-party game to be published under Hitman developer IO Interactive’s Partners programme, its debut has been rather sour—poor sales, a Mostly Negative rating on Steam, and layoffs at developer Build a Rocket Boy. That’s not to mention the bizarre…

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‘Let the criers cry’: 42,000 Pokémon TCG Phantasmal Flames products have been swiped by a scalper group thanks to a ‘massive error’ on the Pokémon Center

The only time I ever get to write about Pokémon TCG anymore is whenever there’s an issue with scalpers, which is kind of depressing. But at this point, I’m so used to it that watching people scalp thousands of Pokémon products it’s just become painfully normal to me now. This time, the expansion in question…

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After 1,693 days of daily Silksong news, its skeletal host signs off with heartfelt thanks: ‘We have finally reached an end. So let’s do this one last time’

By the time you read this article, Silksong will have released—and while I wouldn’t fault you for playing it, I don’t want to let one sterling sentinel’s good work go unnoticed. After around four and a half years of consistent, daily silksong news, Araraura has finally signed off for the last time. Premiering about half…

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2 of Deadlock’s 6 new heroes are running over low-skill matches—I’d know, because they’ve been stomping me flat into the sidewalk like a chump

Deadlock’s “Six New Heroes” update has added, you guessed it, six new heroes. You gotta respect the economy of language there. Two of which, the Drifter and Victor, are causing a bit of a scene. See, both the Drifter and Victor are what you might, in the MOBA lingua arcana, call “pub stompers”—if you play…

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Critics claim the latest judgement against Google is a ‘feckless remedy to the most storied case of monopolisation of the past quarter century’ while the US DOJ says ‘we’re not done’

Just this week, it was announced that, despite being declared a monopolist last year, Google would not be forced to sell Chrome, and the reaction has certainly not been all positive. Politicians, CEOs, and even Tim Sweeney are not happy about what is being perceived as just “a slap on the wrist” for its illegalities….

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Valve applies to use ‘Steam Frame’ as a trademark for a new console as speculation over a mythical next-gen Half-Life game continues

Remember Fremont, that supposed SteamOS device from Valve that popped up in Geekbench’s CPU results and according to some sources is a new console designed to connect to TV sets and running AMD CPU and GPU hardware? Well, now Valve has trademarked “Steam Frame” a new brand for use with gaming consoles and peripherals. The…

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