‘The absolute sincere truth is that I don’t want anyone to pay any more than they should or are comfortable with’: Randy Pitchford’s latest post on the Borderlands pricing controversy is a whole dang essay

The videogame discourse cycle does another lap, racing past “videogames are too easy” and “singleplayer is back” and hitting the straight of “videogames are too expensive” one more time. This time Borderlands 4 is the game, $US80 is the potential price, and Randy Pitchford found himself at the head of the pack after saying that…

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MindsEye co-CEO claims there’s a ‘concerted effort’ to trash the game ahead of its release: ‘I do KNOW that there are bot farms posting negative comments and dislikes’

With less than two weeks remaining until the June 10 launch of MindsEye, the upcoming action game from former Grand Theft Auto producer Leslie Benzies’ Build a Rocket Boy, studio co-CEO Mark Gerhard has stirred up controversy by claiming there’s “a concerted effort to trash the game and the studio” being financed by… well, someone….

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To A T review

Need to Know What is it? An adventure about a kid who can’t put his arms downExpect to pay: $20/£18.76Developer: Uvula LLCPublisher: Annapurna InteractiveReviewed on: Intel i7 9700K, RTX 4070 Ti, 16GB RAMMultiplayer? NoLink: Official site In To a T you eventually find out exactly why Teen (the 13-year-old kid you play) is forever stuck…

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‘Nightreign is a weird one’: Elden Ring Nightreign promises to be a divisive spinoff as reviewers say it’s both ‘deeply satisfying’ and a ‘frustrating slog’

Dawn has broken over Elden Ring Nightreign, by which I mean the review embargo has lifted and we can actually talk about FromSoft’s roguelike spinoff. And folks, there’s going to be a lot of deliberation in the days ahead. In our Nightreign review, Tyler Colp wrote that it’s “both a trend-defying remix of Elden Ring…

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Cyberpunk 2, which is now officially called Cyberpunk 2, has entered pre-production, but don’t expect it out before 2030

Sound the “it’s happening” klaxon, folks, because it’s happening: CD Projekt announced today that Cyberpunk 2—which, by the way, the studio is now calling Cyberpunk 2 instead of Project Orion—is now in the “pre-production phase” of development. It’s not the biggest surprise of the year—we’ve known since 2023 that a new Cyberpunk game is in…

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Former BioWare lead writer says the best level in Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines gave him ‘ammunition’ to argue that story can be just as engaging as combat

You ever get sick of trashmob fights? I admit it: sometimes I just want to run from A to B without massacring half a village, cutting down group after group of bandits, goblins, and imps who have only really been placed there to stop me from getting bored. I am, apparently, joined in this philosophy…

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