Cities: Skylines 2 studio promises performance issues can and will be fixed: 'We want to assure you that the issues are not deeply rooted in the game’s foundation'

Cities: Skylines 2 studio promises performance issues can and will be fixed: ‘We want to assure you that the issues are not deeply rooted in the game’s foundation’

A few days before the launch of Cities: Skylines 2, Paradox Interactive issued a warning about the game’s performance—specifically, that it might be a little less than ideal, especially on lower-end hardware. Sure enough, this was our experience: “random fps dips, slowdowns and hitches, and sometimes complete freezes that lasted a few seconds,” along with…

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Looks like AI could be the new Metaverse as CEO Mark Zuckerberg will reportedly ‘downsize’ Meta Superintelligence Labs and buy in third-party AI models

After blowing tens of billions of dollars to apparently no avail on the Metaverse, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been funnelling yet more billions into AI. But according to a new report in the New York Times, Meta is going to tighten the screw on the money tap. Meta’s AI division will be “downsized.” First…

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Starbreeze says sorry, reverses price increase on Payday 2 DLC bundle: ‘We definitely didn’t handle this right’

Starbreeze rolled out a new subscription service for Payday 2 DLC yesterday, which struck me as a pretty good deal: $5 per month for every piece of DLC currently available, and you can subscribe and cancel as you see fit. But the launch turned a less-than-flattering spotlight on another recent Payday 2 development: A significant…

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GamesRadar has decamped to Kyoto to bring you some killer world premieres and trailers straight out of BitSummit Punch 2026

Readers, games media’s quest to bring you word of the latest, greatest, dearest and weirdest videogames has once again taken it to distant shores. Also taking it to distant shores: an unslakeable lust for fried squid. That’s why our pals at GamesRadar+ are bringing you a new showcase from Japan’s BitSummit Punch 2026: the BitSummit…

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