Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 devs to issue its first nerf to an ability that does 2 billion damage: ‘We gave it a big damage boost—and clearly overdid it’

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is getting its first set of hotfixes tomorrow—which’ll include a nerf to Stendhal, a skill that’s been allowing players to do around 4 billion damage, which, as I observed yesterday, is enough to kill the game’s hardest endgame superboss 45 times over. “We hadn’t planned to make any balance changes this…

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The new GTA 6 trailer draws on base PS5 footage

The new Grand Theft Auto 6 trailer is graphically impressive in a way videogame trailers generally aren’t anymore. That’s to be expected: Rockstar has more resources than any other studio in the world, and nowadays, the graphics arms race favours studios with loads of money, time, and talent at their disposal rather than just, say,…

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Today’s Wordle answer for Thursday, May 8

Use our handy tips to improve every row in every game, scroll down to our exclusive hint for the May 8 (1419) Wordle if you’d like some guided help with Thursday’s word, or take a shortcut to a win any time you like with today’s answer. We’ve got all the tools you need right here,…

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Oblivion’s gloriously exploitable magic is even more busted in the remaster, letting one player turn into a high-speed leap wizard who can cross Cyrodiil in seconds

Over on Reddit, an Oblivion Remastered player going by the name of purpleturtlehurtler claims to have found the perfect balance of speed and fun. In a 90-second video, their high elven mage (with a custom class called “Master Blaster”) leaps from a frozen mountainside, flies through the air to land near the sunny Imperial City,…

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