FF14 ‘stalker plugin’ PlayerScope shut down after creator says they were sent a cease & desist—though that’s not quite the end of it

Final Fantasy 14 has a technical problem—it’s been ongoing for a few months now, but the jist of it is this: A change to the game’s blacklist system, designed to help reduce stalking, accidentally opened the door for modders to obtain info on every character their targets had, making them more vulnerable than they were…

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These 7 games need a remaster, and they need it now

We live in the age of the remaster. From classics of yesteryear, to games that are only five years old, to games you barely remember releasing the first time, it seems that these days almost anything is ripe to return in shinier, cleaned-up, modernised form. And yet… there are still some conspicuous absences in the…

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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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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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