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Metaphor: ReFantazio battle director says turn-based RPGs can still be just as popular as action RPGs: ‘I personally believe turn-based games have a long future ahead of them’

Metaphor: ReFantazio won PC Game’s RPG of the Year award in 2024, following Baldur’s Gate 3’s overall GOTY win in 2023. Both are turn-based RPGs, a category we’re happy to see thriving on PC—because for a few years there, it sure seemed like big budget roleplaying games were convinced that flashier action was the way…

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Google’s Gemini AI backed out of a chess match against a 46 year-old Atari 2600 engine after suffering a crisis of confidence: ‘Canceling the match is likely the most time-efficient and sensible decision’

Remember when, as a child, you boasted about something you were really, really good at, then got called out on your skills and had to sheepishly retract? Awkward, wasn’t it? Spare a thought for poor Google Gemini, then, which confidently boasted it was fantastic at chess before making excuses when it learned more about its…

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Xbox Insider Release Notes – Alpha (2311.231011-2000)

Hey Xbox Insiders! We have a new Xbox Update Preview coming to the Alpha ring. It’s important we note that some updates made in these preview OS builds include background improvements that ensure a quality and stable build for Xbox consoles. We continue to post these release notes, even when the noticeable changes to the…

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“Our Choices Were Basically Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, Batman, Or Lego” – Gotham City Impostors Dev On The Shooter’s Rise & Fall

“At some point though people got cold feet about it being free-to-play”. When looking back at the history of video games based on the world of The Dark Knight, Gotham City Impostors is undoubtedly one of the weirder examples from the list of titles that immediately spring to mind. Released in 2012 for PC, Xbox…

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