Rebellion CEO puts the studio’s recent avoidance of layoffs down to control of scope and cost: ‘Sometimes we say, guys, this game’s too big’

PC Gamer’s Joshua Wolens recently spoke to Rebellion CEO Jason Kingsley about the studio’s extremely British survival FPS Atomfall, which is a kind of Fallout: It’s Grim Up North Edition. (Or possibly Stalker: Shadow of Cumbria.) During that conversation, Josh asked how the studio had managed to avoid the layoffageddon that’s hit the rest of…

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Parents are suing Epic over Fortnite item shop ‘FOMO’ timers they say are inaccurate and manipulative

First reported by Polygon, two parents in the US are suing Epic Games over limited-time sales of Fortnite skins and cosmetics that they argue aren’t really limited time at all, creating a false sense of “FOMO”—a term actually used in the lawsuit—for Fortnite’s younger players. Like many in-game cosmetic storefronts, Fortnite will have daily or…

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Doom: The Dark Ages already sneakily revealed its ‘new Marauder,’ and the devs hope he’ll be just as challenging, but a little less frustrating

Speaking to Doom: The Dark Ages project director Hugo Martin and producer Marty Stratton for our upcoming print issue 408 (396 in the US), I had to ask about the Marauder. This infamous miniboss in Doom Eternal split the player base, with some loving its next-level challenge, while others decried it as an unwelcome difficulty…

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