This Week on Xbox: Tokyo Game Show Reveals, Octopath Traveler II, Lies of P, and More
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Cyberpunk 2077 tips: 12 things to know for Cyberpunk 2.0 and Phantom Liberty
With the arrival of Cyberpunk 2077 update 2.0 and the separate Phantom Liberty expansion, CD Projekt’s beefy RPG has effectively relaunched, introducing significant additions to the base game for all players to enjoy, as well as an entirely new area with its own storyline, gear and side jobs. It’s a lot to take in, so…
Unity makes big changes to the install fee that pissed off just about every game developer last week
Last week, just about everyone in the games business was mad at Unity over a new, retroactive per-install fee for games made with the engine. Unity developers raised troubling question after troubling question about the proposal: How would installs be counted? What if someone reinstalls a game over and over? What about cases where a…
Unity Reveals New Pricing Model For Runtime Fee Policy
“Thank you for giving us hard feedback”. It only took just over a week for Unity to make changes to its brand new Runtime Fee policy, but that’s exactly what it has done. Announcing the changes in an open letter published today on the Unity Blog (shared on social media), the revamped model includes some…
Watch out, Dark and Darker: Suddenly there’s another dungeon extraction game hitting PC, Project Crawl
It was bound to happen—there’s another dungeon crawling PvP extraction game in the works for those of us who prefer to get our competitive kicks with swords and spells rather than guns. Recently revealed Project Crawl is calling itself “an immersive first-person PvPvE dungeon crawler” and is planning an alpha playtest on Steam next week….
Cyberpunk 2077’s new crafting system is so blessedly simple I’m still giddy about it
Like an angry cyborg ninja with something to prove, CD Projekt Red has taken a pair of bloat-cutting mantis blades to Cyberpunk 2077’s formerly overwrought crafting and upgrade system. It now couldn’t be easier to keep a favorite iconic weapon up-to-date as your V makes the long march from level one to 60. Cyberpunk’s loot…
Health items and grenades are so much better in Cyberpunk 2077’s 2.0 update
Cyberpunk 2077’s 2.0 patch has brought with it sweeping changes to game balance and progression, but the change I’ve appreciated the most since returning to the streets of Night City is how grenades and health consumables now regenerate. No longer must you toil, disassembling mountains of trash plucked from the still-warm hands of freshly killed…
Xbox Insider Release Notes – Alpha (2310.230920-2200)
Hey Xbox Insiders! We have a new Xbox Update Preview coming to the Alpha ring. It’s important we note that some updates made in these preview OS builds include background improvements that ensure a quality and stable build for Xbox consoles. We continue to post these release notes, even when the noticeable changes to the…
Xbox Insider Release Notes – Alpha Skip-Ahead (2408.230920-2000)
Hey Xbox Insiders! We have a new Xbox Update Preview coming to the Alpha Skip-Ahead ring. It’s important we note that some updates made in these preview OS builds include background improvements that ensure a quality and stable build for Xbox consoles. We continue to post these release notes, even when the noticeable changes to…
Soapbox: FOMO Nearly Ruined Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom For Me
Too much background noise? Soapbox features enable our individual writers and contributors to voice their opinions on hot topics and random stuff they’ve been chewing over. Today, Ollie looks back on how Tears of the Kingdom’s launch hype on social media may have affected his own enjoyment of the game… On May 12th, 2023, I,…