The creator of Hello Neighbor is making a Home Alone-inspired PvP heist game and you can sign up to test it on Steam now

RBO looks like just the thing for a group of goofy Discord friends: a “physics-powered” heist game in which one player must protect their house and possessions while a group of unallied intruders attempt to rob it. Publisher tinyBuild officially announced RBO today, although public testing started at least a couple weeks ago judging by…

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Not that big a deal in the end: A few Xbox exclusives are coming to PS5, none of them are Starfield or Indiana Jones

After a couple weeks of rumors, Xbox diehards were bracing for cataclysm today: Was Microsoft really going to announce that it’s going to give up on Xbox console exclusivity—or even consoles themselves—and start releasing its big games, such as Starfield, on PlayStation 5? It turns out: No, not really. Xbox boss Phil Spencer did announce…

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Embracer reveals it laid off around 1,400 people in 6 months last year, but don’t be a bellyacher—this is all about ‘maximising shareholder value’

There may be a wider context of enormous industry layoffs, but the rate and volume of layoffs at Embracer Group over the last year is on an unprecedented scale. Everything seemed on an even keel until the collapse of a mystery $2 billion deal in May last year left its CEO gobsmacked (while the company’s…

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Payday 3 is finally getting an offline mode as Starbreeze CEO admits sales and player numbers are ‘significantly lower’ than he would like

In case there was any doubt, Starbreeze is not happy with how things are working out for Payday 3, the much-troubled heist-shooter that launched in September 2023. In its year-end financial report for 2023, CEO Tobias Sjögren said sales and player numbers are “at significantly lower levels than we would like,” but it’s not giving…

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Gaming’s legendary comeback is now free until Monday: No Man’s Sky’s next big update lets you join its Omega community expedition without spending a cent

No Man’s Sky nearly burned up on its atmospheric entry back in 2016—it promised the universe, and only delivered a sort-of-okay space game. PC Gamer gave it a middling 64 at launch in our No Man’s Sky review, with Christopher Livingston remarking: “I’ve touched an infinite universe and walked away with some nice vacation photos.”…

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