Gulp! Dune: Awakening beta testers are dying of thirst nearly as often as they're dying of sandworms, and some are even drinking mouse blood to stay alive

Gulp! Dune: Awakening beta testers are dying of thirst nearly as often as they’re dying of sandworms, and some are even drinking mouse blood to stay alive

It’s not a huge surprise to learn that dehydration is a major cause of death among beta testers of survival MMO Dune: Awakening. The fictional planet of Arrakis is so dang dry the inhabitants walk around in special suits that recycle their sweat, pee, and even poo into drinking water. When people die (or get…

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Blue Lock Rivals codes and how to redeem them

While there are plenty of excellent sports games on the Roblox platform, none of them can hold a candle to Blue Lock Rivals. It’s ripe for the Roblox treatment as one of the most popular sports anime ever. Using Blue Lock Rivals codes in Roblox can help you unlock more items, power ups, and even…

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Escape from Tarkov director says the launch week’s wobbles were ‘actual stress testing not only of our servers but also our mind and nerves’

Escape From Tarkov released on Steam on November 15, taking the excellent extraction shooter out of beta after a mere eight years, and almost immediately had a bit of a wobble. Players found themselves unable to log in, with demand being such that developer Battlestate Games acknowledged severe server woes, and then came the inevitable…

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Killing Floor studio Tripwire Interactive lays off 23 people because of ‘business realities’ and all the other usual stuff

Tripwire Interactive, developer of the Killing Floor and Rising Storm games, has laid off 23 employees, cuts it says were made necessary by the “business realities” of an evolving videogame industry. “We regrettably confirm that our studio has recently undergone a workforce reduction which has affected 23 people from across different areas,” the studio wrote…

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Creative Pebble Pro review

Anyone old enough to remember when PCs would try to use their buzzer speaker—the one meant to give audio feedback on motherboard errors—for in-game audio will know the value of a basic pair of desktop computer speakers. Even though we no longer need to plug soundcards into our gaming machines, the ability to output music…

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