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The European Commission is stepping up its efforts to balance the scales in big tech with two new interoperability requirements that may force Apple to finally open the gates of its walled garden. On March 18, the European Commission announced two new decisions regarding its Digital Markets Act (DMA), which is designed to make the…
In a March 29 appearance on left wing streamer Hasan Piker‘s Twitch channel, Elon Musk’s estranged daughter, Vivian Jenna Wilson, offered her opinion on Musk’s prior claims of world-class performance in Diablo 4 and Path of Exile 2. Musk has since admitted to paid account boosting in both games. “When I was 12, he was…
I can’t quite put my finger on it, but something has been missing from Monster Hunter Wilds’ kaiju-carving action—in fact, that’s exactly it: I can’t whip out a cartoonishly large and stomach-turningly realistic finger and poke the monsters to death with it. As always, mods take a woefully unfinished game to the finish line. The…
SAG-AFTRA is making a move to support student game developers amidst its ongoing strike with a new exception that will allow striking video game actors to work on student projects and game jams. On Friday, SAG-AFTRA announced the Student Interactive Waiver Agreement and the Game Jam Waiver Agreement, which open the door for actors who…
Less than a year after releasing its acclaimed Riven remake, Cyan Worlds announced last week that twelve of its employees were laid off in a statement on Bluesky. That represents around half of the studio according to the statement, which adds: “We are having to weigh the future health of our studio against the month-to-month…
Amanita Design, the Czech studio best known for Machinarium and the Samorost trilogy, is currently offering up to 85% off all its games, with money from all sales going to humanitarian aid in Ukraine. “From March 26 to April 2, we’re donating 100% of the proceeds from all our games and DLC to People in…
Earlier this month, MercurySteam announced Blades of Fire, an action RPG the Spanish studio recently confirmed is a spiritual successor to Severance: Blade of Darkness. As someone who fondly remembers Blade of Darkness, developed by MercurySteam’s precursor Rebel Act Studios, I was excited to see this grungy old hack ‘n’ slash get the God of…
The best game about vampires and survival that isn’t Vampire Survivors, V Rising originally rose from its grave back in 2022. Following one of the more comprehensive early access launches of recent years, V Rising emerged fully formed in May last year to glowing reviews. Yet it turns out developer Stunlock Studios was far from…
He’s doing it again. FromSoftware modding savant Yui, creator of the wildly popular Elden Ring seamless co-op mod and the only just released Dark Souls 3 seamless co-op mod, is now doing the same with Dark Souls: Remastered. Yui announced the mod earlier this week, posting a video of it in action on YouTube with…
My housemates played The Sims over our local network back in the day, which became an issue when one of them decided to become a homewrecker. She’d wander around our shared neighborhood, flirt with everyone, start some fights, and move on. Marriages didn’t last long with her around, and pretty soon everyone’s relationship history started…