A multiplayer wuxia RPG releasing this week has a whopping 10 million pre-registrations, and it might just fill that hole in your heart where a new MMO ought to be

It’s been too long since I’ve felt the rush of excitement that comes with a new MMO launch. Millions piling into woefully unprepared servers, trying and failing to get my bearings in a sea of usernames, and the rare joy of playing an online RPG before the community has figured out the tier list placement…

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Far-right Polish politician tries to score points by addressing GTA 6’s delay in parliament: ‘This is a huge scandal’

Despite the fact it won’t launch for at least another year, Grand Theft Auto 6 is already having a huge impact on the games industry. Its shifting release date has already caused developers to adjust their own launch schedule to avoid being crushed by its spacetime-curving cultural mass. But with GTA 6’s latest delay to…

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Arc Raiders has been testing duo matchmaking, cosmetics are getting their prices slashed, refunds are being doled out and more free raider decks are on their way

It ain’t cheap being a raider in a robot-infested apocalyptic playground. Along with the price of entry, Arc Raiders copies the traditional live service playbook by double-dipping through premium cosmetics, which includes a $10 hat for a chicken that you only see in a menu screen. The prices, and the fact that you need to…

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AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D review

When it comes to budget versions of the best gaming CPUs, we’ve been particularly big fans of the old AMD Ryzen 5 7600X. Those looking to save some money on a gaming processor are usually well-served by a fast-clocked six-core chip, and AMD’s reasonably-priced contender has, until now at least, fit the bill perfectly. What…

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You can slot a Switch 2 into this CRT-equipped retro console like a games cartridge, which sounds like the most satisfying use of a Nintendo product ever

Why do we love game cartridges so? It’s something about the tactility, I’d wager, combined with the nostalgia of holding your individual games in your hand. Holiday gift vibes, that sort of thing. Anyway, Joel of YouTube channel Joel Creates has taken that nostalgia trip to its absolute extreme, creating a CRT-equipped Nintendo Switch 2…

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Former Bungie director thinks the term extraction shooter is ‘so dumb’ that he wanted to work with Marathon’s marketing team to ‘create a different genre name’

Bungie’s next game, the troubled reboot of Marathon, is most easily described as an extraction shooter—currently the hottest genre on the planet due to the enormous success of Arc Raiders. But if one former Bungie developer had got his way, Marathon wouldn’t be an extraction shooter. Not because he would have made the game differently,…

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