Balatro’s first demo could be edited with Notepad to unlock the whole game—the solution? ‘Bury it as soon as possible’ with a ‘newer, shinier version’

Balatro, as you might have heard, is a bit of a popular videogame. Just a smidge. Having tidied away over 3 million units and snagging Game Awards wins by virtue of being a really solid little card roguelike. I know this because I blinked and it had stolen 46 hours of my life—and, to several…

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‘Hasbro pushed Sigil out of the nest’: D&D’s latest layoffs happened because the ‘distinct monetization path’ for its virtual tabletop Sigil never materialized

D&D’s attempt at a virtual tabletop (VTT), a digital space where you could hypothetically play a bit of Dungeons & Dragons, has been hit with layoffs shortly after its release—that was per a LinkedIn post by former senior writer Andy Collins earlier this week. Now, a report by Rascal News has more details—and it’s all…

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How to become a ghoul in Fallout 76

For the first time ever in a Fallout game, players can finally traverse the Wasteland as a ghoul. This update to Fallout 76 will give those who choose to undergo ghoulifcation a few great perks, which mainly involve taking advantage of radiation to heal and power you up. Instead of having to carry around stimpacks…

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Meet Luna, the new AI robot dog who teaches itself using a digital nervous system and software ‘that allows any machine to learn like humans and animals do’

Move over Spot—aka the Boston Dynamics robot dog doing things like guard Pompei—a new robot dog is in town to make us awwww in fear. Reuters reports the new dog on the block is developed by Swedish start up IntuiCell. The company claims its pup, called Luna, can learn just like a real boy, thanks…

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Game dev union marches through industry event to demonstrate that it’s about ‘taking action and organizing change’

Union organizers and game developers marched through the 2025 Game Developers Conference on Wednesday, gathering at a nearby park for a rally in support of the just-announced United Videogame Workers union. “We’re not playing anymore,” the crowd chanted. “We demand a living wage.” The union is part of the Communication Workers of America, which in…

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Inzoi’s attempt to do everything has left it a shallow imitation of The Sims, and I’m not sure it understands what makes those games so special in the first place

For a game so insistent on letting me forge my own narrative, Inzoi makes it weirdly difficult to do so. I’m a real sucker for a meet-cute storyline, so I’ve been making my Zoi chat up a guy she met in the park, Will Stewart—he’s all artsy with pretentiously curly hair and spends his entire…

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