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‘Progression is awful, this is not a mobile game’: The Marvel Rivals challenge-based battle pass has players begging for but an ounce of post-match XP

Marvel Rivals—the NetEase free-to-play hero shooter featuring a wide roster of Avengers and various other Marvel figures who probably wish they were—released yesterday, and it hasn’t had any trouble finding interested players. At time of writing, there are currently more than 300,000 people playing Marvel Rivals on Steam alone. Some of those players, however, have…

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There’s still no sign of Star Citizen 1.0, but it did just get a revamped referral program so the die-hards can tempt in even more saps

2025 began with Cloud Imperium Games (CIG) CEO Chris Roberts declaring that “we are closer than ever to realizing a dream many have said is impossible” with Star Citizen. As in releasing the thing. Roberts didn’t bother with a timetable though: after all, 13 years since the game’s first crowdfunding goals were set, CIG is…

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MiSTer Rival MARS FPGA Is Dead

Promising system goes up in smoke. The promising MARS FPGA console is dead, according to one of the project’s developers. Todd Gill – a longstanding and influential figure within the FPGA community – broke the news on Discord recently. Read the full article on timeextension.com Promising system goes up in smoke. The promising MARS FPGA…

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Legendary composer Frank Klepacki says the RTS genre isn’t dead, but he would like to see devs get a little more creative with it

Frank Klepacki has composed a lot of great game music over the years—in fact, he’s responsible for the soundtrack in Eye of the Beholder 2, one of the best dungeon crawlers of all time. At heart, though, Klepacki is a real-time strategy guy—and he takes real issue with claims that the genre is dead. There’s…

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Microsoft AI CEO curiously omits ‘Microsoft AI CEO’ from list of white collar jobs that will be replaceable by AI in next 18 months

It’s been at least 17 minutes since I’ve read a breathless prediction about AI superintelligence making my brain obsolete, but thankfully Microsoft AI CEO spoke with the Financial Times this week to deliver a doozy: we’re a mere 12-18 months away from AI being able to do the job of practically anybody sitting at a…

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