Defending a kinda wimpy Killzone crossover gun, Helldivers 2’s Johan Pilestedt says the game’s past balance woes were due to weapons being ‘seen as game objects’ and that ‘balance doesn’t matter’

Helldivers 2, as I mentioned last month, has been a complete rollercoaster during its first year of updates. Balance in particular has been a consistent pain point. As in, those funny little patches that make your guns good or bad and start flame wars: The railgun nerfs that launched a thousand ships. And 2025 is…

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Nvidia is giving away 5 classic Jensen-signed GeForce cards if you tweet to build hype for its CES 2025 briefing, and its first choice is almost older than me

Nvidia has a long history in the PC gaming space and it’s leveraging every inch of that for its briefing at CES this year, one of the world’s biggest technology conferences. All of this is presumably to get as many eyes as possible onto the unveiling of its next generation of graphics cards. Tweeted out…

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Hiding in the shadows, this Nvidia teaser video might have given us our first look at a Founders Edition RTX 50-series GPU

With CES 2025 mere days away, the rumour mill surrounding Nvidia’s next generation GPUs is now spinning at an astonishing rate. The internet is clamouring for any potential info on RTX 50-series graphics cards, and thanks to a newly-released teaser video and some image-editing techniques, our first look at what might be a Founders Edition…

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Today’s Wordle answer for Friday, January 3

Take a look at our Wordle tips if you’d like to learn how to make the best of every letter you come across—green, yellow, and even grey—and feel free to use today’s clue if you’ve got some ideas, but would still like to make sure you’re heading in the right direction. The answer for the…

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Gulp! Dune: Awakening beta testers are dying of thirst nearly as often as they’re dying of sandworms, and some are even drinking mouse blood to stay alive

It’s not a huge surprise to learn that dehydration is a major cause of death among beta testers of survival MMO Dune: Awakening. The fictional planet of Arrakis is so dang dry the inhabitants walk around in special suits that recycle their sweat, pee, and even poo into drinking water. When people die (or get…

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8 bold gaming predictions for 2025

One one hand, it feels like gaming is speeding up. New genres can go out of fashion before you’ve even clocked them, and there’s always some new fad or trend shaking things up, for better or worse. On the other hand, game development remains relatively slow in many cases, and what’s familiar still reigns supreme….

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Clobberin’ time is confirmed: The Fantastic Four is coming to Marvel Rivals and they’re bringing a cute little robot along with them

I have good news for people who like bad superhero teams: NetEase has confirmed that the Fantastic Four is headed to the hit hero shooter Marvel Rivals. “Get ready to welcome Marvel’s First family in Marvel Rivals,” NetEase posted on X, along with an image of the fam floating along in their funky Fantasticar. The…

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