Dune: Awakening studio says sorry for accidentally wiping a bunch of stuff in the last patch, promises to replace everything by the end of the week

The fun thing about videogame patches—and I’m using “fun” in the definitely-ironic sense here—is that sometimes they’ll cause new, interesting, and entirely unanticipated problems: Fix this, break that, it’s the circle of life. Such is the case with a recent update to Funcom’s survival MMO Dune: Awakening, which saw several PvE areas of the Deep…

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Get 34% off the Star Wars Shatterpoint core set this Prime Day and start playing my favourite miniature wargame ever

Star Wars Shatterpoint Core Set | 16 miniatures | 23 terrain pieces | rules, accessories, tokens, and dice | $164.99 $108.99 at Amazon (save $56)Where wargaming starter sets usually leave a lot out or compromise the experience, this Core Set genuinely contains absolutely everything you need, pitting Anakin Skywalker and Ahsoka Tano against Asajj Ventress…

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Ready or Not’s review bomb campaign may have been short-lived, as player count subsequently doubles on Steam and it tops PlayStation’s pre-order list

Ready or Not, the gritty, realistic SWAT experience, is currently sat at Mostly Negative on Steam, as players gathered to protest changes made to adhere to stricter console standards over the last couple of weeks. But despite all the angry reviews and comments, it doesn’t look like Ready or Not has suffered any lasting damage….

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The Last of Us Part 2 has a ‘chronological mode’ now, in case you wanted to play through a story with all the finesse of a Wikipedia plot summary

One of the most powerful tools in any writer’s box is the complete mastery they have over time. While real life trudges along in a doldrum routine of cause and effect, stories can arrange their happenings however they’d like. Storytellers have spent centuries finding and developing effective structures. Naughty Dog, however, has better plans. Plans…

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If Marvel Rivals doesn’t want to reward me with fancy skins for my hard work, then I hope it’ll at least give me some of Season 3’s new customisation features

It’s safe to assume that Marvel Rivals makes bank from its microtransactions. Its hero costumes put other games to shame, with incredible designs and even unique effects to go along with them, most of the time. Season 2 added a handful of colour palettes for select skins, while Season 3 brings charms and custom ultimate…

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FromSoftware scrambles for content to keep Elden Ring Nightreign players interested as it announces the return of the first three Everdark Nightlords

Ok, so Elden Ring Nightreign players have beaten all the Nightlords, they’ve come to the end of the Remembrance quests, and everyone’s running through the few Everdark bosses we’ve released so far. How do we keep the remaining players interested? We could, hear me out now, make them fight the first three Everdark bosses again?…

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Persona 5: The Phantom X review

I consider myself an insufferable Persona 5 fan, but even I’m beginning to tire a little of the Phantom Thieves. If there’s one thing Atlus knows how to do, it’s milk the ever-loving god out of a videogame, which I presume is how we ended up here: Persona 5: The Phantom X, a gacha game…

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