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Kojima’s OD just got 3 minutes worth of in-engine footage, and it’s definitely following in the footsteps of P.T.

A new trailer for OD, embedded above, was shown today during a livestream celebrating the 10th anniversary of Kojima Productions. Xbox head Phil Spencer joined Hideo Kojima on stage to present the video, which shows in-engine footage from Unreal Engine 5. The footage shows what could be the protagonist, played by Sophia Lillis, entering a…

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Diablo 4 game director believes it’s ‘normal’ for most action RPGs to undergo major reworks: ‘Friction points that we could never imagine suddenly rear their heads over the course of 10,000 hours’

The story of Diablo 4 for the last three years is one of constant reworks and reinventions of its basic systems. Loot was “reborn” in its second season, then changed yet again last year. Even the max level you could reach was knocked down from 100 to 60 when the first expansion came out. For…

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US Dept of Justice used existing router malware to quietly purge a Russia-backed ‘vast spearphishing’ botnet from devices in peoples’ homes

There aren’t many stories in the world of technology that could easily make it as a plot for a tense spy-thriller movie, but this one sure has all the right hallmarks for one. Last month, the US Justice Department carried out an authorised operation in which it neutralised a botnet, comprising hundreds of routers in…

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