‘Rethinking the survival genre’: In this post-apocalyptic adventure, ‘your body tells you what’s going on’ instead of stamina and hunger meters

Chalk this up as something I didn’t expect to see today: a gun in a Wholesome Snack showcase. A proper rifle, even! And there was even a gunshot—though it was offscreen. This little surprise in the notoriously cozy game showcase arrived in the trailer for Verdant, a post-apocalyptic adventure with some heavy The Last of…

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Senior Bethesda dev says the Fallout show works because Todd Howard wouldn’t let the usual ‘videogame directors’ touch it: ‘We want the best director, the best showrunner possible’

The Fallout TV show returns for Season 2 next week, with the series opting for a weekly cadence that goes right into February (fine by me: I’ve still got Stranger Things to finish). Executive producer Jonathan Nolan has already confirmed season three will begin shooting next summer, which just shows you the kind of faith…

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Senior Bethesda dev says the Fallout show works because Todd Howard wouldn’t let the usual ‘videogame directors’ touch it: ‘We want the best director, the best showrunner possible’

The Fallout TV show returns for Season 2 next week, with the series opting for a weekly cadence that goes right into February (fine by me: I’ve still got Stranger Things to finish). Executive producer Jonathan Nolan has already confirmed season three will begin shooting next summer, which just shows you the kind of faith…

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Battlefield 6 Winter Offensive update introduces annoying stuttering issue that’s apparently fixed by turning off your Steam friends list

Battlefield 6‘s Winter Offensive update rolled out today, adding a snowy map variant, winter-themed cosmetics, a balancing pass, and unfortunately a handful of day one bugs. According to the Battlefield Comms X account, players are reporting buggy menus, incorrect ticket counts in Conquest (this has since been corrected), and nonfunctional tier skipping in the Winter…

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The US gov shut down a $160 million smuggling operation trying to get Nvidia H200 chips into China and also, err, says the GPUs won’t be restricted anymore

The realm of international corporate smuggling and espionage is one that I tend to forget exists, sitting here in relatively small-town England, doing normal things like a normal person. But that realm is there, and there really are people out there organising corporate smuggling operations for tens of millions worth of product. I am, of…

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