When Assassin’s Creed’s infamously dull main character was finally killed off, voice actor Nolan North didn’t find out until a fan told him about it on Twitter

Desmond Miles? Now that’s a name I haven’t heard in a long time. Assassin’s Creed‘s original protagonist stood at the centre of the series’ story from the 2007 original to Assassin’s Creed 3. I remember him being pretty roundly mocked at the time, and wasn’t much of a fan myself. This was partly because players…

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Russia just added Stalker dev GSC to its no-no list of ‘undesirable organisations’, sobs that Stalker 2 promoted ‘Ukrainian narratives’ and ‘aggressive Russophobic content’

Stalker developer GSC Game World has been added to the Russian government’s list of “undesirable organisations,” per a press release from the country’s Prosecutor General’s Office. In other words, it’s been deemed a threat to the “foundations of Russia’s constitutional order, defensive capacity and security,” and anyone in Russia maintaining ties to the studio could…

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Staring down the barrel of a rough 2026, Ubisoft’s UK arm says we’re less interested in ‘one time purchase’ games and all about that live service dripfeed

Ubisoft has decreed that fully-priced games you pay for once are no longer sure bets—and by “decreed”, I mean stated as much in a sales warning offered by its division here in the UK. It’s important to note that the arm in question, Ubisoft Limited, is mainly concerned with “wholesale publishing and distribution of games”,…

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Cloudflare goes down, with major sites like X, ChatGPT, and Letterboxd going down with it

If you’ve tried logging into social media or want to write a quick review of the movie you’ve just watched, there’s a good chance you’ve run into an error message. That’s because internet cybersecurity and network company Cloudflare has gone down. Cloudflare clarifies on the Cloudflare system status website that “The issue has been identified…

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Super-fast gaming mice that weigh less than a feather are all well and good, but what the market really needs are more options for fit and feel, just like the Orbital Pathfinder

Depending on the situation or what mood I’m in at the time, I typically use one of two mice on a day-to-day basis. It’s roughly a 60/40 split between the Razer Viper V3 Pro and the Razer Pro Click V2 Vertical Edition, whether it’s for gaming or work. I’d prefer just to use one mouse…

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