Devolver's New 'Dungeon Scroller', Dark Scrolls, Is Packed With Retro Fantasy Goodness

Devolver’s New ‘Dungeon Scroller’, Dark Scrolls, Is Packed With Retro Fantasy Goodness

Scrolling onto Switch this year. If last year’s Absolum put you in the mood for more fantasy roguelike action, then Dark Scrolls is here to fit the bill with a retro twist. From Gato Roboto and Gunbrella dev Doinksoft, with Devolver Digital on publishing duties, Dark Scrolls is a ‘dungeon scroller’, that’s part procedurally-generated roguelike,…

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Planetary Annihilation successor has a bumpy landing on Steam, and the backers aren’t happy: ‘So bare bones that it’s basically an asset show without a game’

Any game with the noble ambition of reviving 90s-style real-time strategy is going to have our attention here at PCG, especially when it comes from the great minds behind Command and Conquer. Industrial Annihilation, a follow-up to Planetary Annihilation and spiritual successor to Total Annihilation, landed on Steam Early Access the other day after accomplishing…

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The GameStop stapler that smashed a Switch 2 screen on launch day is being auctioned off for charity, and bidding has already broken $100,000

You will recall that there was a bit of a fuss a month or so ago when an undoubtedly-harried GameStop employee stapled some customer receipts directly to Nintendo Switch 2 boxes—and through the boxes, and into the Switch 2 units themselves. It was all quickly resolved, without lawsuits or fistfights, and with the ugliness now…

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Rumour: Mortal Kombat 1 Future DLC Supposedly Cancelled

Fatality. According to a new rumour doing the rounds within the Mortal Kombat 1 community, future DLC plans for the brutal and bloody fighting game have supposedly been scrapped. A Mortal Kombat “verified insider” known as Fate Unknown – who reportedly has a proven track record – is claiming NetherRealm Studios has axed its plans…

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Apparently the most popular clip on OpenAI’s new AI video app Sora depicts Sam Altman stealing graphics cards

Turns out there are downsides to feeding your likeness into an AI-powered text-to-video generator. One totally predictable drawback is the userbase wrestling away control of your likeness to create deepfakes of your digital double doing crimes. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s likeness is all over the announcement video for Sora 2’s launch. The trailer in question…

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Fallout: New Vegas dev says Bethesda made the studio sit through ‘a whole powerpoint about all the things Obsidian did wrong’

Fallout: New Vegas is one of those games that only seemed to rise in peoples’ esteem as time’s gone on—especially since it seems like a milestone marker for the last remnants of the series’ more oldschool CRPG spirit before Fallout 4 saddled gamers with a voiced protagonist. But it’s a matter of public record that…

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