‘We’re trying to use early access in the way it was meant to be’: PUBG creator Brendan Greene wants his new survival game to be built ‘with the community, rather than for them’

Towards the end of last month, Brendan Greene’s studio PlayerUnknown Productions finally launched its new survival simulator into early access. And it’s changed quite a bit in just the few weeks it’s been out. Prologue: Go Wayback! started with a single mode: survival. In this, you’d get dropped into a new procedurally generated map and…

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PlayerUnknown’s new survival game already has three DLCs planned, but won’t include one fan-favourite idea: ‘I think the weather is sufficiently worrying at this stage’

When I first played Prologue: Go Wayback! at the beginning of 2025, my first thought was ‘Boy, this would be great if there were a bear or two in these woods’. Don’t get me wrong, I liked the survival loop of roaming around, damp and hungry, but I always thought animals would add a little…

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Controversial horror game Horses gets kicked off the Humble Store one day after launch, but it’s also become the best-selling new release on GOG

The saga of Horses has taken another unexpected twist as the Humble Store, which just a couple days ago affirmed that it would carry the game as a DRM-free download despite its ban on Steam and Epic, has now apparently stopped selling it. Steam was the first major storefront to refuse to carry Horses, a…

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‘Just last week alone, we were notified that costs had risen by 50–100%’: SSD maker Transcend further tightens its belt amid delayed Samsung and Sandisk shipments

Between shortages and surging prices, the memory apocalypse is likely to get worse before it gets better. Case in point, Taiwanese memory manufacturer and distributor Transcend has apparently not received a new NAND Flash shipment since at least October, when prices first really started to spike. According to company communication shared by @jukan05 on X,…

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Glorious GMBK 75% review

And now for something..membranical? Mem-chanical? What on earth do we call these things? It’s been aeons since I last looked at a membrane keyboard positing itself as a value-oriented gaming option – the Glorious GMBK is the latest one to enter through the revolving door of potential disappointment. Okay, I’m starting things on a sombre…

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As NetEase pledges to ‘replace’ a No Man’s Sky model in its survival MMO, Sean Murray says they played themselves because the asset’s busted anyway

Next time a commenter points out a typo in one of my articles, I’ll just say it’s to make potential plagiarists look stupid. After No Man’s Sky players on Reddit (via GamesRadar) questioned the provenance of an asset in survival MMO Once Human—suggesting it bore a marked resemblance to a similar object in No Man’s…

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This Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses detector helpfully lights up the word ‘glasshole’ when the specs are nearby, just so we’re all aware of exactly what we’re dealing with

I’d say there are few more divisive tech products than smart glasses. Sure, I think we can all see the utility of augmented reality tech mounted on a discreet, sunglasses-framed heads-up-display. However, I’m not sure many of us are comfortable with the idea of internet-connected, outward-facing cameras being pointed at us in public by the…

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MSI Forge GK600 TKL Wireless review

The MSI Forge GK600 is a tenkeyless (TKL) gaming keyboard, meaning it’s missing the numberpad. But Katie, I hear you say, if a normal keyboard has all the keys you could ever want, what’s the point getting rid of them in favour of a TKL board? Well, friend, it’s all about real estate and maneuverability….

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Logitech G515 Rapid TKL review

As the old saying goes, you can’t have your cake and eat it, too. And that’s a shame, because I was quite looking forward to this Logitech-flavoured one. Not too long ago, Logitech revised its longstanding low-profile keyboard lineup with a new G915 X Lightspeed model and the cheaper G515 Lightspeed TKL option, both of…

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