Nearly one-third of non-US game developers have cancelled plans to travel to the country because of immigration and gender identity policies

The situation in the US right now is not great, particularly for non-citizens. A promised crackdown on so-called “illegal immigrants” by US president Donald Trump has become a violent free-for-all resulting in multiple killings that the government and security forces have insisted were justified, despite sometimes ample evidence to the contrary. Some countries over the…

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After a server glitch, Final Fantasy 11 is dispatching Game Masters to manually assassinate bugged monsters just so the game knows they’re really dead: ‘God personally stepping in to correct the world itself’

As it nears its 24th birthday, Final Fantasy 11 is still quietly chugging along. And while FF14’s older, weirder MMO sibling has settled into a comfortable rhythm of incremental maintenance updates, its more than two decades of layered expansions and legacy systems still manage to produce some fascinating weirdness. Sometimes that means needing to navigate…

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Little Woody is an adorable 2D puzzle game with a great short demo that you can check out now, but be warned: It’ll leave you wanting more

Little Woody may be the shortest demo I’ve ever played, but it certainly left me wanting more. My favourite way to cut through the chaos of multiplayer shooters or terrifying horror games is to sprinkle in some light-hearted games, whether they be sims or puzzles, I don’t care, as long as it resets my adrenaline….

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