Romanian folklore, David Lynch, and heavy metal come together in a dark fantasy hack-and-slash action game ‘with an even darker sense of humor’

If you’ve ever thought to yourself that what you really want from life is a videogame inspired by Romanian folkore, David Lynch, and heavy metal, then wow, this is your lucky day. Because the “dark fantasy hack-and-slash adventure” called Moroi, set to launch in early 2025, claims to be exactly that. Moroi takes place within…

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Riot admits it ‘screwed up’ League of Legends’ new reward system, because somebody forgot to add a big chunk of numbers in the new XP calculations

Riot Games says it “screwed up” recent changes to League of Legends that were intended to simplify the game’s overly complex reward systems, but instead dramatically slowed level advancement and new hero unlocks. Head of studio Andrei “Meddler” van Roon said in an update posted today that “the numbers we shipped were pretty far off…

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‘The team wants every kind of player to enjoy the game’: Marvel Rivals director wants to foster a competitive scene, but not at the expense of fun

Marvel Rivals hit the ground running at launch with 33 heroes, seven maps, and even a tournament section on the home page. Before long, NetEase had already set up and hosted an in-game tournament, and it looks like this is only the beginning of Marvel Rivals’ journey to being a more seriously competitive shooter. Marvel…

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Asus ROG Strix B850-F Gaming WiFi review

Almost four months after AMD first announced the details of its budget-orientated B850/840 chipset, the first motherboards to sport them have finally arrived. The first one to pass through our magnifying glass of inspection is the Asus ROG Strix B850-F Gaming WiFi—an ATX-sized model that probably best represents the higher end of the B850 range….

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Sims boss Lyndsay Pearson says ‘leaks are unavoidable’ and ‘you’re going to end up with crossed wires occasionally’ as EA stays clammed-up about Project Rene

As of last year, The Sims 4 team committed itself to going back and working on big lists of outstanding issues with the game (which it has been making good on) but an equally big bug in the system is EA’s communication to players—or the lack thereof. I don’t really think that much is going…

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‘We are incredibly sorry’: Path of Exile 2 devs apologise for data breach that saw 66 accounts snatched and personal info potentially stolen

During an interview earlier this week, developer Grinding Gear Games revealed that around 66 Path of Exile 1 and 2 accounts were hacked after an act of social engineering exploited an old Steam profile—one that was both linked to an admin account and, crucially, forgotten about and unsecured. The full extent of the damage has…

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