I felt goodwill and hope for the future seeing Cyberlich and the Death Cult of Labor, an FPS that’s 60% HUD and looks like an Adult Swim cartoon where you smoke ‘deepweed’ to restore your health and blow clouds that spell out ‘doink’ and ‘loud’

Indie developer Polyhedra Games just has a single 30-second YouTube video and a Steam page showing off its upcoming FPS, Cyberlich and the Death Cult of Labor, but man, does it make an impression. The shooter boasts a knockout cartoony art style and anarchic sense of humor straight out of the classic Adult Swim days⁠—an…

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Bethesda intended Starfield to be more violent, including ‘meat caps’ for beheaded astronauts, but the gore was toned down for technical reasons and because it ‘didn’t fit thematically’

For all this, it’s worth remembering that Starfield is a decent game overall, one that, according to PCG’s mag editor Robert, is significantly more fun now that it supports mods. Indeed, there’s at least one gore mod available for Starfield already, so if the lack of gibs in Bethesda’s sci-fi RPG was ever a problem,…

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The worst Tomb Raider game is getting cut weapons, areas and voice-lines restored as part of its upcoming remaster

Aspyr’s remasters of Tomb Raiders 1-3 were well received when they released last year, giving Core Design’s foundational 3D action-adventures a graphical spit ‘n’ polish and a modernised suite of controls. But for the upcoming remaster of Tomb Raiders 4-6, Aspyr is going further, bringing back several features that were cut from the final game…

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TikTok is already back online in the US after less than a day, with ByteDance thanking President-elect Trump for ‘providing the necessary clarity and assurance’ it can keep running

And just like that, TikTok is back online. The popular short video app went dark in the US on the night of January 18 following a ban on the app being upheld by the US Supreme Court. TikTok’s owner, ByteDance, says it has been in communication with the incoming Trump administration, and feels confident enough…

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Dead or Alive publisher requests between 2,000 and 3,000 takedowns on works of inappropriate fan art annually because it thinks of the game’s characters ‘like daughters’

It’s easy to forget that, before the release of its first beach volleyball spin-off, the Dead or Alive series were taken fairly seriously as fighting games. We may have joked about the ridiculous jiggle physics, but the original was still considered a decent successor to Virtua Fighter 2. Nowadays, of course, the Dead or Alive…

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