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Last week, creator of the popular paid-access Cyberpunk 2077 R.E.A.L. VR mod Luke Ross found himself at the center of a growing controversy after receiving a DMCA notice from Cyberpunk developer CD Projekt, which claimed the modder was profiting from its IP. The studio had earlier requested that Ross make the mod free to download,…

At first glance, you might think Arknights: Endfield is another anime gacha game in the style of Genshin Impact. And you’d be mostly correct. It certainly starts out that way. But then you’re asked to build a base to mine and process materials, and suddenly you’re knee-deep in a factory building game that has nothing…

After weeks of determined, frankly kinda weird silence, the Highguard machine has suddenly sputtered to life to promise that all will be revealed on January 26—which, for the record, remains Highguard’s release date. “Tune in on Monday, January 26, at 10am PT for the Highguard Launch Showcase,” Wildlight wrote today on X. “Here, we’ll share…

Ever since it was announced, s&box has been carefully described by Facepunch studios as a “spiritual successor” to Garry’s mod (Gmod), but not an actual sequel to Gmod. “S&box isn’t Garry’s Mod 2,” says the studio. “It’s built to eclipse what was possible before—not just modernise it.” The link can be a bit confusing. Gmod…

The future of Prince of Persia has never seemed more fraught, as Ubisoft’s money men announce a major reshuffling at the company. Jobs have been lost and multiple games have been cancelled, including the long-delayed and much-wanted remake of Prince of Persia: Sands of Time. While the fate of Ubisoft’s many studios is the more…

Three months after US senators Richard Blumenthal and Elizabeth Warren expressed “profound concern about the foreign influence and national security risks” that could result from the Saudi-led takeover of Electronic Arts, 46 House Democrats have joined the chorus with a letter calling on FTC chair Andrew Ferguson to “carefully scrutinize” the proposed takeover. The letter’s…

Earlier today, Microsoft’s Windows 365 suite of productivity apps went down, with the Microsoft 365 Status X account blaming it on a service infrastructure in North America “not processing traffic as expected.” The first tweet went live at 7:37 PM GMT, with the confirmation of the service being restored going live at 6:29 AM the…

I enjoy a good traced ray, AI-upscaled texture, or ‘hallucinated’ frame as much as the next person, but I think pixel art remains an important part of any art team’s tool kit. Pixel art offers far more than a nostalgic throwback appeal, capable of a level of expression that would give even the most photorealistic…