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After REPO ‘kinda blew up’, its developer asks the community for advice on how to make matchmaking lobbies

REPO is the latest co-op horror viral sensation, taking the template established by Lethal Company and adding wacky physics and googly-eyed robot protagonists. It’s a combination that has proved wildly popular, with REPO currently positioned as the fourth highest-selling game on Steam. Now, developer semiwork has posted its first community update since the game launched….

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After suing a Disco Elysium writer to prevent him from making his own game, a tech CEO who’s allegedly banned from the Disco Elysium subreddit is trying to crowdfund a spiritual successor

Disco Elysium-like “psychogeographic RPG” Hopetown has announced a Kickstarter campaign launch date of March 17, as well as the addition of new talent from the team that made Disco Elysium. But for a variety of reasons—including that the studio head is allegedly banned from the game’s subreddit—I would not recommend backing the project. The developer’s…

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AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D review

Nine months ago, in July 2024, AMD launched its Zen 5 CPU architecture and the Ryzen 9000-series of processors. Compared to the previous generation, there wasn’t a significant difference in performance, although subsequent Windows updates and motherboard BIOS revisions did improve matters a touch. For PC gamers, though, the real interest was elsewhere and we…

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Limbo and Inside studio demands compensation from co-founder Dino Patti for alleged ‘unauthorized use of Playdead’s trademarks and copyrighted works’

Playdead, the Danish studio behind Limbo and Inside, is demanding compensation from former CEO and co-founder Dino Patti over alleged “infringement and unauthorized use of Playdead’s trademarks and copyrighted works in a commercial and marketing context.” In an email to Game Developer, Playdead confirmed it has “submitted demands” to Patti, claiming it has “found it…

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The SteelSeries QcK Performance series has reignited my excitement over the simple pleasure of a quality mouse pad… and trying to click skulls with pinpoint accuracy

Some of my colleagues might poke fun at me for this, mouse-on-desk heathens that they are, but I used to be a bit of an obsessive freak over mouse pads—they’re important, okay? It’s been a long time since I fanned that flame, so it was with an almost audible ‘uh oh’ that I looked upon…

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Blue Lock Rivals codes and how to redeem them

While there are plenty of excellent sports games on the Roblox platform, none of them can hold a candle to Blue Lock Rivals. It’s ripe for the Roblox treatment as one of the most popular sports anime ever. Using Blue Lock Rivals codes in Roblox can help you unlock more items, power ups, and even…

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