Here's what to expect from the first patch for Stalker 2

I’ve decided black and red gaming rigs are mega boring so let me brighten up your setups with some of the best deals on monochromatic pinks and purple peripherals instead

Almost three years ago now, I wrote about my love for pink peripherals. I still stand by that: The Razer Quartz Huntsman V2 TKL, Blackshark V2 X headset are still my go-to accessories on my desk, while the Barracuda wireless headset comes with me every time I leave the house. They feel great to use…

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Fallout designer Tim Cain reckons his subsequent 3 projects were buggy games ‘or, as people called them, flawed masterpieces’ because ‘we had a lot of feature ideas, we did not edit ourselves at all, and we were a small team’

After heading up development on Fallout 1, project lead Tim Cain split from Interplay to found a new studio, Troika, alongside fellow Fallout devs Jason Anderson and Leonard Boyarsky. In a recent vlog on his YouTube channel, Cain dug into why Troika’s output lacked a certain spit shine polish compared to their previous games and…

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Godot natively supports coding in Sumero-Akkadian Cuneiform, if you needed another reason to switch game engines

In a time when the dominant game engines are contorting themselves to accommodate generative AI toolsets and the resurrected specter of NFTs, game developers who might be investigating alternatives should be asking themselves one very important, yet all too often overlooked question: Does this engine’s built-in scripting language allow me to write code using the…

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Atari Strengthens Its Emulation Of Classic PS1, PS2, PS3 Games With Another Strategic Acquisition

Implicit Conversions joins Atari’s list of studios. Atari has made some exciting acquisitions over the last few years, including the likes of Digital Eclipse and Nightdive Studios, but it looks like it isn’t through yet. Yesterday, for instance, the company announced it was bringing another company into the Atari family: the emulation-based studio, Implicit Conversions…

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