Zach Cregger doesn’t want to get bogged down in ‘the wild aspects’ of Resident Evil’s lore: ‘I’m not going to have a gigantic jacked dude in a trench coat’

What’s the weirdest bit of Resident Evil lore you know of? Is it the fact that Claire Redfield’s favourite food is a cheeseburger? Maybe it’s that Hunk spent a week lost in Raccoon City’s sewers eating rats after getting his ass beaten by Birkin? Or perhaps it’s that the Tyrant’s trench coat is more than…

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Stalker 2 studio is raffling keychains made from a shot-down Russian helicopter to raise funds for mine removal in the real-world Chornobyl Exclusion Zone

Stalker 2 studio GSC Game World has joined with Ukrainian charity United24 on a new fundraising initiative that aims to raise $100,000 to help fund efforts to remove mines and other explosive devices from the real-world Chornobyl Exclusion Zone. The Zone—the real one—was established in 1986 following the disaster at the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant….

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Both Microsoft and Sony say they’re under no obligation to pass tariff refunds on to customers

Tech tariffs imposed by the Trump administration were ruled unconstitutional back in February, though the saga is far from over. Many companies have since sought refunds, and consumers battling rising hardware prices are wondering whether they’ll see those recouped costs trickle down. Well, as far as major players Microsoft and Sony are concerned, the answer…

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Final Fantasy 7 Revelation gets a release date and a proper look at its airship overworld, which is cool, if in danger of inducing open world fatigue

If there’s one thing that’s become daunting about the modern RPG, it’s the ballooning time investment. There’s no better example than the Final Fantasy 7 Remake trilogy, a reimagining of a classic that has stretched itself out between three entire fully-fledged games. Final Fantasy 7 Revelation just had its release date dropped alongside a 10-minute…

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PUBG’s new spin-off game is ‘faster, meaner, and more aggressive’ with sword hands and ‘a little bit of light cannibalism’

PUBG remains one of Steam’s most-played games, which makes it all the more surprising that PUBG Studios and publisher Krafton haven’t made more attempts to milk it over the years. PUBG: DED NET might be the biggest yank of the udder to date though, revealing an entirely new spin-off roguelite FPS set in the ’90s….

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Guild Wars 3’s approach to combat and movement is like nothing I’ve ever seen in an MMO before: ‘One of our big goals when we make a new game in the Guild Wars franchise is to set out and try new things’

There are few things as exciting as the prospect of a new MMO. And when that new MMO is from ArenaNet, the studio that’s been focused on Guild Wars for more than two decades, the excitement is even greater. Having seen Guild Wars 3 in action at Gamescom, and spoken to game director Colin Johanson…

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Alien: Isolation 2’s Gamescom demo kept its cards close to its chest, but I’m definitely ready to be terrified again

It’s like seeing an old friend: the clanking in the vents over your head, the way the ribbed tail passes over objects with a thunk-ka-thunk-ka-thunk-ka-thunk, the head-within-a-head, the screaming. You are here, you are back, you have been impaled through the abdomen and killed. I have played perhaps 20 minutes of Alien: Isolation 2 at…

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