As a longtime GTA roleplayer, this documentary about actors putting on Hamlet inside GTA Online made me laugh, cry, and wholeheartedly regret ever calling Shakespeare a boring old bastard

Grand Theft Hamlet is a masterpiece. On one hand, the in-game feature documentary that culminates in an unexpectedly moving rendition of one of literature’s most acclaimed tragedies perfectly captures the boundless possibilities of video games. Simply by giving inventive players the tools to create and perform, we’re shown how even William Shakespeare can be led…

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Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 rolls out new forum rules to curb toxic behavior, which immediately sparks toxic behavior

Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 publisher Deep Silver has rolled out a new code of conduct for discussions in the game’s Steam forums, forbidding discrimination, hate speech, and harmful ideologies, and warning of possible permanent bans for those who break the rules. “We are grateful for the vibrant and passionate discussions that take place here,” developer…

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Instead of role queue, Marvel Rivals wants to trust players with the epic responsibility of creating a functioning team by themselves: ‘We’ll be taking a little bit more of a Marvel-inspired approach’

Three things in this life are guaranteed: taxes, death, and a fight breaking out in Marvel Rival’s team chat when no one on your team goes Vanguard. No role queue has been a contentious subject for players ever since the new hero shooter was released—mostly due to players not really understanding what makes a good…

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This is not a drill: The Razer Kuromi collab is finally more widely available, offering a pointy-eared headset, keyboard, mouse, and gaming chair

Previously China-exclusive, the Razer Kuromi collaboration is now available in the US by popular demand. Not only that, but you can kit out almost your entire gaming set up in gear that reps Sanrio’s tomboy jester-bunny. What—you thought Kuromi was a cat this whole time? Shocking revelations aside, the collaboration now offers even more appropriately…

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Logitech G Pro X TKL Rapid review

With the Logitech G Pro X TKL Rapid coming with both Logic’s first attempt at rapid trigger and its own SOCD tech, its focus is very clear: This wants to be the cutting edge, even if that edge was dulled by SOCDs’ banning in Counter-Strike in the latter half of last year. Logitech’s version of…

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A not-so-subtle tease suggests Games Workshop is finally bringing Total War: Warhammer 3’s Grand Cathay army to the tabletop wargame

One of the interesting quirks of 2022’s Total War: Warhammer 3 is that it featured two major armies that never actually existed in the tabletop game Warhammer Fantasy. Both Kislev (angry, ice-themed Russia) and Grand Cathay (mystical ancient China) had long featured in the lore, but outside of a handful of models and a pamphlet…

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‘You can’t plan a success in this industry’: Former Sony exec Shuhei Yoshida says he would’ve ‘tried to resist’ the company’s ill-fated march towards live service gambles

If you’d ask me, I’d say Sony’s very well and truly felt the sting of Concord’s flop, given it’s slowly been shutting down other live service projects—despite the successes of Helldivers 2, though it’s not as if the company hasn’t endured some hits regarding its handling of the game, to say the very least. In…

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Retired PlayStation exec reckons Bloodborne PC hasn’t happened because Miyazaki ‘cannot do it himself, but he doesn’t want anyone else to touch it’

What do we want? Bloodborne on PC! When do we want it? At some point in this lifetime would be really great, PlayStation, please. FromSoftware is now established as one of the greatest AAA studios of our time, producing classic after classic under the inscrutable eye of director (and now company president) Hidetaka Miyazaki. Most…

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