Former NetEase exec’s new investment group is funding Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic because ‘everyone wins’ if you ‘give the best creator the opportunity to work on a dream project’

One of the bigger showings at The Game Awards 2025 was the surprise reveal of Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic, a successor to the beloved Knights of the Old Republic series being developed under the leadership of original KotOR director Casey Hudson at a new studio staffed with other BioWare veterans. A year…

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Singleplayer simulated MMO Erenshor is getting raids this summer

Last year, solo developer Brian—operating as developer Burgee Media—released Erenshor in early access on Steam to offer the MMO experience he was denied in his EverQuest years by a shoddy internet connection that made group play impossible. It’s a fully simulated, singleplayer MMORPG, with dozens of quests, zones, and computer-controlled “simplayers” who’ll group up, join…

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‘We’re doing something a bit more interesting’: All Will Rise dev says its progressive deck-builder shouldn’t be dumped in the ‘woke, liberal bucket’

All Will Rise is the only deck-builder I know of that can run on vibes alone. It has complex rules—so many that it can feel overwhelming—but during its three-hour demo I simply played whichever card felt right. I pointed out an Oil Spill then Spoke For The River, asserted my Right To Sue, argued that…

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Popular PlayStation emulator clamps down on AI submissions: ‘Leave behind something useful to humanity when you’re gone, instead of peddling slop’

Open-source dev teams have been fighting a rising tide of AI slop contributions ever since LLM tech was loosed upon the Earth, as we documented earlier this year with news that free and open-source game engine Godot was buckling under the weight of AI-generated pull requests (or PRs—that is, code contributions asking to be ‘pulled’…

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We’re starting to get convincing counterfeit DDR5 modules, just in case the memory crisis isn’t bad enough already

With AI sucking up much of the supply, memory hasn’t been in the best state as of late, in regard to both price and availability. This, unfortunately, makes it fertile ground for scammers, and we’re starting to see convincing DDR5 counterfeits. As noted by @taki_pc_1115 on X, “At first glance, they look like regular memory…

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