OG Persona fans beg Atlus for a remake, Atlus says best I can do is a surprise rebrand and a phone case

By the year 2072, Atlus will have released Persona 4 and 5 upwards of 58 times in genres as far-ranging as musou, rhythm, fighting, dating sim, shop-management, grand strategy, and fishing. Approximately 86% of videogame characters will be Chie. If current trends continue, we’ll all be killed by Exponential Persona long before biodiversity collapse gets…

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Valve could well be giving Steam its most useful update ever: Frame rate estimates for games, based on how well they’ve been running on users’ gaming PCs

Two months ago, Valve released a beta version of Steam that had an option to send anonymised frame rate data, with the general idea being that the information would help improve compatibility and performance on devices using SteamOS. However, one sharp-eyed Steam user has noticed some additions to the latest beta, and these suggest that…

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Framework says stabilising memory prices are a ‘temporary reprieve’ and there are more cost increases to come this year

Modular laptop specialist Framework has published its latest update on the memory crisis. Seemingly in response to the recent narrative around falling prices, Framework CEO Nirav Patel has a more sobering take. This is a temporary blip. More price rises are in the pipeline. Specifically, Patel says, “we have seen costs stabilize in some areas,…

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Overwatch’s Anran redesign fixes her controversial ‘baby face’ in Season 2: ‘This process has really helped dial in the next set of heroes’

Following the reveal of Anran’s in-game model in Overwatch Reign of Talon Season 1, there were calls from both fans and her voice actress for her model to be redesigned. Simply put, she looked too young and inexperienced compared to her brother Wuyang and her early appearance in his comic. The Overwatch team responded by…

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11 years after launch, Pillars of Eternity’s new turn-based mode feels like the way it’s meant to be played

Pillars of Eternity turned 11 years old last month, but Obsidian just put out a transformative update for the venerable CRPG: A full turn-based mode alongside the game’s original real-time with pause (RTWP) mechanics. The mode had previously been available via a Steam beta branch since last November. There’s a whole list of patch notes…

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OpenAI reportedly kicked around an ‘insane’ plan to pit world leaders against each other like a Call of Duty villain

The New Yorker has published an enormous feature about OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and his disputed trustworthiness, citing more than one person who has accused the generative AI mogul of habitual dishonesty. The 16,000 word article (available online or in The New Yorker’s latest print edition) adds new context to a number of widely-reported episodes…

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