After months of rumours, GTA 6 won't be $100 after all… except Rockstar is locking plenty of exclusive items behind that price tag

Path of Exile used to think ‘live service was entirely upside, in all cases’, but 10 years of experience and games like Baldur’s Gate 3 have shown him another way

It’s easy for us, sitting in our chairs of critique and our long, weary experience with the live service wringer, to decry the model as something inherently toxic for the industry. And yet we participate in a society—I mean, er—still play them. And while monetisation’s gone far off the reservation in recent years, leaving us…

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“Embarrassing” – These $100 Sonic Re-Releases Aren’t Going Down Well With Fans

“Like the easiest game to get ahold of for a Genesis”. iam8bit is celebrating Sonic’s 35th birthday with two new physical re-releases of the original game and its 16-bit sequel. Manufactured by Retrotainment Games, the ‘Sonic Legacy Collection’ comes complete with a printed manual and a special-edition transparent cartridge, with each one costing a whopping…

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