One of the most visually stunning roguelikes just overhauled its graphics to look even gnarlier, but you can still toggle back to the OG art style at will

The gorgeous first person action-roguelike Mortal Sin recently went live with a surprising new update: A graphical overhaul with an arguably even more stunning riff on its pulp comic book art style. Fans of the original needn’t fret, though: You can toggle between the OG palette and new hotness at any time. Mortal Sin’s whole…

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Elden Ring’s upcoming update will add two new starting classes, one of them equipped with a top-tier DLC weapon it used to take dozens of hours to grab

As reported by Eurogamer, Elden Ring’s “Tarnished Edition” GOTY re-release and update won’t just come with new weapons out in the world: It’ll have two new starting classes added to the lineup, with both harkening back to Souls characters of the past, and one of them coming equipped with the Milady Light Greatsword, a killer…

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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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