Ex-Bioshock lead Ken Levine says the problem with AAA games is how risk-averse they've become: 'If you don't innovate, especially in games, you start losing people'

Ex-Bioshock lead Ken Levine says the problem with AAA games is how risk-averse they’ve become: ‘If you don’t innovate, especially in games, you start losing people’

Ken Levine, creator of the Bioshock series, has had a bit of a long road to walk in order to release his studio’s upcoming game, Judas. It’s been in development for at least eight years, after Take-Two shut down Irrational Games in 2017 and booted up Ghost Story Games thereafter. We didn’t hear much about…

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Asus just solved the biggest issue with its BTF graphics cards on most motherboards and in the process found a way to supercharge its GPUs over 600 W

BTF, or Back-To-the-Future, graphics cards are special in that they contain an additional connector to the side of the PCIe slot, through which the graphics card is powered. Thus removing the need for any pesky cables. It’s a neat solution for clean-cut PC builds, though as I haven’t yet built with it, I hadn’t realised…

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5-star alert at Rockstar North’s Edinburgh HQ as emergency services respond to ‘structural damage’ caused by an exploding boiler

Seven Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) vehicles attended Rockstar North HQ in Edinburgh this morning, after an explosion rocked the building at around 5am local time. The fire crews spent around three hours securing the scene, with a cordon put in place around the building. No-one was injured during the incident. “We were alerted…

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Fortnite Chapter 6 Season 4 Shock ‘n Awesome live launch coverage: all new weapons, locations and mechanics in battle royale

Fortnite‘s new bug-infested season, Shock ‘n Awesome, is landing today. Creepy crawlies are spreading their purple goop all over the battle royale map, and you’ll be fighting both them and other players if you want your victory crown. We’re getting new weapons (and some returning favorites), a new faction, fresh points of interest, and new…

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Pokémon Legends: Z-A Lands Another New Mega Evolution

With a particularly spooky reveal. The Pokémon Company has revealed yet another new Mega Evolution that will make its debut in Pokémon Legends: Z-A, and it’s Victreebel being put in the limelight this time. This classic Grass / Poison Type has been a series mainstay throughout the generations, and its new Mega design looks particularly……

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Palworld already has a Pokémon mod that lets you send beloved mascot Pikachu to the mines

The phrase ‘Nothing’s certain but death and taxes’ needs an addendum—because the inevitability of Palworld having Pokémon modded into it is, statistically, more likely than both of those things.  Medical science could outpace death given a couple hundred years. A post-scarcity society could move beyond the need for taxation—but the moment someone could send Pikachu…

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