Even Starfield’s community patch modders are growing ‘disenchanted’ with the sci-fi RPG, as volunteers depart in droves: ‘If nobody comes forward, we may have to retire the project’

It would be unfair to call Starfield a terrible game, but by now it’s safe to say that Bethesda’s sci-fi RPG lacks the magic of its earlier games, particularly when compared to Skyrim and Oblivion. Indeed, the fervour around Oblivion Remastered demonstrates much of what Starfield lacks, like the ability to create a distinct, interesting…

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After a decade of development, Roboquest’s developer is calling time on its roguelite shooter: ‘There’s no way we can continue to provide content for players with over 1,000 hours of gameplay’

When I was a kid, post-launch support was a concept reserved mainly for NASA, and rarely the domain of video games. Sure, you might download the odd online patch on your 56k modem to fix particularly gnarly bugs. But that was more or less it. These days, it’s expected that games will be supported for…

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Today’s Wordle answer for Saturday, May 10

It’s the weekend, and you deserve a Wordle win. Which is why we’ve prepared all the help you could possibly need so you can breeze through Saturday’s game at whatever pace suits you best. Spend a while with today’s hint if you like the sound of taking it slow and steady, or mull over our…

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Nearly 200 Overwatch developers at Blizzard form a new union: The Overwatch Gamemakers Guild

Nearly 200 Overwatch developers at Activision Blizzard have formed a new union under the Communications Workers of America called The Overwatch Gamemakers Guild—CWA, “a wall-to-wall unit that includes game developers across all disciplines, including design, production, engineering, art, sound, and quality assurance.” The announcement of the new union followed confirmation from a neutral arbitrator that…

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‘We heard your feedback’: Funcom just reversed course and opened up the Dune: Awakening beta weekend to anyone who preorders the survival MMO

Good news for lovers and sand, spice, and/or worms: Dune: Awakening’s beta weekend, which started today and will run until May 12, is now open to anyone who preordered the survival MMO. It’s also mildly perplexing news because, y’know… why weren’t players who preordered the $50 game on Steam automatically included in the beta weekend…

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