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Take-Two CEO says the original Borderlands’ art style overhaul cost a year of dev time and $50 million: ‘Had we not done that, Borderlands wouldn’t have been a hit’

It’s hard to imagine Borderlands without all the stylized ink lines and butt stallions, but when the game was first teased nearly two decades ago, it looked much greyer and more brooding—the sort of thing you’d expect from a shooter released in the late aughts. CEO of publisher Take-Two, Strauss Zelnick, said in a recent…

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Celebrate the Season with EA Play’s Holiday Picks

Category: Xbox Game Pass December 15, 2025 Celebrate the Season with EA Play’s Holiday Picks Juliet Niczewicz, Senior Director, Corporate Communications, EA From Dec 15-24, we’re shining the spotlight on titles in The Play List and trials — with unique benefits and challenges. Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass members receive EA Play with…

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Though not a gaming mouse, the new Asus squeaker enjoys gaming-grade features and a ‘ceraluminium’ top coat that makes it look like a crunchy little snack

Have you ever looked at a piece of tech and had to fight the urge to crunch it like rock candy? Well, take a look at the recently announced wireless ZenMouse MD202 from Asus and get back to me. Personally, I blame the mouse’s ‘Ceraluminum’ top cover for making it look like a tasty snack…

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Leaked email reveals Phil Spencer’s damning verdict on AAA games: ‘Most publishers are riding the success of franchises created 10+ years ago’

A whole lot of interesting (and occasionally awkward) secrets were revealed by the big Microsoft document leak that occurred last week. One of the most notable bits was a brutally frank analysis by Xbox boss Phil Spencer on the current state of major videogame publishers like Activision and Electronic Arts, who Spencer said are struggling…

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Europa Universalis 2’s launch was a desperate gambit for Paradox’s survival: ‘It needs to be done so it’s sold in the US market before Christmas, because we need the money else we cannot pay people’

Europa Universalis wasn’t always a household name in strategy gaming. Like the company behind it, EU has had a fraught journey over the years—and as EU lead Johan Andersson explained in an interview with PC Gamer news writer Joshua Wolens, the early days were spent trying to keep the lights on. Europa Universalis 2, for…

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