Funcom is adding a singleplayer mode to Dune: Awakening, and wow, the new features are definitely gonna bring me back to the game

We reported just a couple weeks ago that Dune: Awakening’s director Joel Bylos didn’t really consider the survival sandbox to be an MMO. And to double down on that, today we learned that Funcom is adding a new singleplayer mode in September. Don’t want to play with strangers, or even friends? Starting on September 22…

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Now that we’re living in a KPop Demon Hunters and Jujutsu Kaisen world, yokai-smiting action game Kemuri should be a slam dunk

It’s been a long two-and-a-half years of silence since a cinematic teaser for Kemuri hinted at what it would be about: hunting mythical demons in dense urban environments. Much of the interest in the game came from studio founder Ikumi Nakamura, who cut her teeth at Capcom and made herself known during a presentation for…

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The Rayman Legends remake has brought on Banjo Kazooie and DK64 composer Grant Kirkhope, who can apparently spin up gold in a day: ‘He’s super fast’

Rayman Legends, an extremely solid platformer from 2013, is getting a fully-fledged remake with 3D graphics—as announced during tonight’s Playstation State of Play—dubbed Rayman Legends Retold. And, more to the point, a whole new soundtrack composed by both Rayman OG Christophe Héral, but also industry veteran Grant Kirkhope. You might know him from his work…

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3 years after a $2 billion implosion, studio closures, and cancellations, Embracer’s new CEO hopes ‘trust is improving’

Embracer CEO Phil Rogers didn’t win himself many new fans when he said a few years ago that the company’s slash-and-burn restructuring, the result of years of hand-over-fist acquisitions that, whoops, it couldn’t really afford, was “how we win.” This was when Rogers was still Embracer’s interim chief strategy officer, prior to his 2025 ascension…

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