That annoying day one DLC in Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced was less than 3% of its initial Steam sales, but hey, $1 million is $1 million

That annoying day one DLC in Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced was less than 3% of its initial Steam sales, but hey, $1 million is $1 million

Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced is, naturally, a modern Ubisoft game—and as modern Ubisoft games are wont to do, it had some really annoying DLC wrapped up into it alongside an in-game cash shop. One point of contention was a day-one map pack DLC for five bucks, which reveals the location of every collectible in…

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Cara Ellison, senior narrative designer on Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 before Paradox switched developers, discusses her love of Troika’s original RPG: ‘Everyone on the team helped really make that maximum goth’

Disk Cleanup Welcome to Disk Cleanup, our regular weekend column delving into the PCs of PC gaming luminaries. Come back every weekend to read a new interview, digging into the important questions, like “how tidy is your desktop?” and “what game will you never uninstall?” Narrative designer Cara Ellison got into gaming via the BBC…

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Emre’s kit in Overwatch is the best of the new bunch, not just because it reminds me of Halo’s battle rifle, but because it’s just so simple

Overwatch’s latest season, the Reign of Talon, has brought an absolutely huge update with it. With a great UI overhaul, a competitive reset, and five new heroes for players to get to grips with. I’ve managed to try each one out, and while I love the wackiness of Jetpack Cat, Emre is currently in the…

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Here’s how the Oblivion Remastered attributes list is different from the original

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered is a faithful recreation of the classic RPG, even down to its leveling and progression systems. Your main attributes govern your weapon damage and skill values, and your character’s build matters much more than you’d think for a Bethesda RPG. Oblivion Remastered attributes list (Image credit: Bethesda) Deciding which…

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