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Palworld says public server problems are ‘due to cheating and the influence of fraudulent activities’, outlines plans to add anti-cheat software to nip it in the bud

Palworld’s had a bit of a cheater problem recently, and  if you’re wondering why that matters in a PvE title, it’s because of the public servers. Item duping, one-shotting, and (according to a recent announcement) problems accessing the servers themselves have all become headaches for the game’s players and developers alike. “Currently, some users are…

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Lara Croft modding maestro reveals he’s been missing because Saber nabbed him for the Tomb Raider ‘dream team’, assembling a crack squad ‘of crazy people’ to put together the remasters

If you’ve been wondering where OpenLara—an open-source engine reimplementation for the first five Tomb Raider games—has wandered off to, we now have an answer. Its creator Timur Gagiev got lassoed by Saber and Aspyr to lead their remasters of Tomb Raiders 1-3, lending them his expertise in gussying up Lara’s oldest adventures for the past…

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An AI-generated image of a rat with unfeasibly large genitals made it into a peer-reviewed article, along with the caption ‘dck’

Ordinarily, a scientific article entitled “cellular functions of spermatogonial stem cells in relation to JAK/STAT signaling pathway” would, at best, not gather a huge readership. However, when the article in question is furnished with clearly AI-generated imagery, one of which features a rat with a quite frankly astonishingly large set of genitals, well, that’ll do…

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Top Call of Duty esports players sue Activision for $680M in damages, alleging the publisher has an unlawful monopoly on the game’s esports scene

Members of the Call of Duty league have filed a federal lawsuit against the league’s owner Activision Blizzard seeking $680m in damages, alleging the company has an unlawful monopoly over professional esports leagues. Originally reported by Bloomberg Law, the lawsuit was filed by Hector “H3CZ” Rodriguez, leader of Call of Duty esports team Optic, and…

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Helldivers 2 roadmap is ‘very out of date in comparison to what we now want to do’ according to Arrowhead’s CEO, as the game’s stratospheric launch brings new ideas and ambition to the studio

Helldivers 2 dropped its first live-service twist last night, as its robotic automaton faction abruptly invaded several human planets, forcing players to heel-turn away from the Terminid frontline to undertake defensive missions halfway across the galaxy. It’s likely this event has been planned by developers Arrowhead  Game Studios for a while, but according to the…

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‘We don’t have shareholders, but we also don’t think about them,’ Larian Studios uses its stage time at the DICE Awards to speak out against a brutal industry climate

Baldur’s Gate 3 walked away from the DICE Awards with another handful of trophies: Outstanding Achievement in Story, RPG of the Year, Outstanding Achievement in Game Design, Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction, and Game of the Year—adding to an already massive list of well-deserved accolades. Its developers, however, devoted much of their speech time to…

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Alan Wake 2 battles through the Dark Place to become Remedy’s fastest-selling game with over 1 million copies sold, although a happy ending remains unwritten as it is yet to turn a profit

Alan Wake 2 was beloved by critics when it launched in October last year, with our own Robin Valentine awarding it a score of 89 in his Alan Wake 2 review calling it “a glorious sprawl of surreal horror” that “will stay with you long after you’ve seen every terrifying encounter, cheesy manuscript page, and…

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