Fallout 76: Unleash the Ghoul Within

Rejoice, Tank players: Marvel Rivals has nerfed Wolverine, a mere five days after buffing him because it brought ‘a bit too much heat to Vanguards’

NetEase has retracted some changes it made to Wolverine for Marvel Rivals season 3, changes that made him stronger both on his own and as part of a team-up with the new hero Phoenix. All of which, predictably, made life hell for Vanguard players. “Time to temper Logan’s rage and slightly reduce his survivability,” a…

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One of Baldur’s Gate 3’s sound designers studied blacksmithing and made a pair of metal shoes just to record armor clanking noises for the game

“In Baldur’s Gate 3, when you wear shoes with metal on them, we wanted them to have a unique sound layer of metal clanks,” explains one of Baldur’s Gate 3’s sound designers, Glenn Goa, in a video demonstrating where he sourced the sound effect. “I made some sabatons in the forge (I learned blacksmithing) and…

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Guide: Best Mario Kart Games Of All Time

Does World make the podium? Updated with Mario Kart World. Remember, this dynamic ranking is governed by every entry’s User Rating on our database and is subject to real-time change, even now. Don’t agree with the order? Feel free to get rating your game collection and potentially influence the ranking below. Enjoy! <related ids=”182523″> Read…

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Netflix is reportedly turning the best cooking game, Overcooked, into a reality competition, and if it doesn’t get Nicole Byer from Nailed It! to host, I will riot

What a strange time to be alive: Netflix and production company A24 are reportedly turning messy co-op cooking romp Overcooked into a reality competition, and I’m not going to immediately assume it will be terrible. Videogame adaptations don’t suck now, you may have noticed, and while I’m sure there are still plenty of TV execs…

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Ad Analytics Security Breach

On Halloween night, one of our analytics providers (PageFair) suffered a security breach, allowing an attacker to take advantage of the hole and consequently serve an ad that claimed your Flash plugin was out of date and that you should update. This then lead to adware/malware installers that, well, then would attempt to attack you….

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Dwarf Fortress creator says we can learn something from simply walling up dwarf nobles to maintain an equal society—but notes you have to abolish the dwarf cops, too: ‘Another lesson to be had there’

While the legendarily absurd complexity of fantasy simulation in Dwarf Fortress provides countless perils for dwarven health and happiness, the most insidious threat to any mountain hall emerges from within: Nobility. As a fortress flourishes, it inevitably draws the attention of dwarven nobles who’ll needlessly burrow themselves into industries they’re not qualified to direct, issuing…

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