Balatro publisher Playstack could soon belong to the same private equity firm that owns Fandom and GameSpot

Playstack, publisher of some of the most acclaimed indie games in recent years—games like Balatro, Abiotic Factor, and The Case of the Golden Idol—is likely to find itself under new ownership in a proposed sale that would see it land in the same investment portfolio as Fandom and GameSpot (via Game Developer). Playstack’s current owner,…

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StarCraft 2 development ended 6 years ago, but Blizzard still won’t stop messing with it

Six years ago, in October 2020, Blizzard announced the end of new content updates for StarCraft 2, its storied real-time strategy game, although it promised to continue supporting the game with tweaks and balance patches “as needed.” It’s followed through on that commitment over the years since, and today (technically yesterday, but I didn’t notice…

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007 First Light review

Need to know What is it?: IO’s origin story for Bond. James Bond.Expect to pay: $70/£60Developer: IO InteractivePublisher: IO InteractiveReviewed on: Windows 11, AMD Ryzen 7 3700x, 32GB RAM, RTX 4080Multiplayer?: NoSteam Deck: UnknownOut: NowLink: Official site I played 007 First Light for six hours before I encountered something that felt genuinely novel. I had…

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AMD chief Dr. Lisa Su tells MIT graduates, ‘Technology itself does not decide what the future looks like. People do’

AMD CEO Dr. Lisa Su gave a commencement address to the graduating class of 2026 at her alma mater, MIT, this week. In many ways, Su’s speech was typical fare, congratulating the graduating class for their hard work and offering reassuring anecdotes of overcoming challenges in order to achieve professional success. And then Su starts…

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