Russian politician calls for Call of Duty ban and home-grown alternative because 'you're almost always shooting at Russian soldiers' in the Modern Warfare games

Russian politician calls for Call of Duty ban and home-grown alternative because ‘you’re almost always shooting at Russian soldiers’ in the Modern Warfare games

The Russian government is prepared to support the development of a homegrown military shooter akin to Call of Duty through measures including reduced corporate tax rates and insurance premiums for developers who make it. Confirmation of those potential incentives comes a month after a Russian lawmaker called for a ban on the Call of Duty…

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Deep Rock Galactic’s roguelite spinoff digs up a new trailer for the Triple-I Initiative, closed alpha testing is ‘starting soon’

The roguelite shooter Deep Rock Galactic: Rogue Core made an appearance at today’s Triple-I showcase with a new gameplay trailer and word that a closed alpha test on Steam is “starting soon.” Announced in 2023, Deep Rock Galactic: Rogue Core is a co-op shooter for 1-4 players that takes place in highly destructible caves filled…

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Head 2 Head: WordPress vs. Squarespace

Evaluating website builders So, you’ve decided to build a website but don’t know where to start, is that it? You’re not alone. This is the Internet era, after all, and there are countless reasons why you might want a website of your own. It could be something as simple as an online photo album to…

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Yep, Steam is down

It’s not just you: Steam is down right now. If this were a Tuesday around this time that’d be no big deal (Valve does maintenance every week), but on a Thursday, it’s a cause for greater concern. The store will sometimes load, but it’s running very slowly if at all right now. According to SteamDB,…

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EA thinks it got Battlefield right this time, projecting confidence to investors in advance of a summer reveal: ‘When we get it right, Battlefield is a giant franchise and often the biggest shooter in the year’

After the unhappy reception for Battlefield 2042, EA went all in on player feedback, methodically addressing complaints and promising that the next Battlefield game will center the opinions of fans from the start, with what EA CEO Andrew Wilson calls “the biggest playtesting initiative in franchise history.” Wilson has been talking up Battlefield 6 (or…

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Palworld already has a Pokémon mod that lets you send beloved mascot Pikachu to the mines

The phrase ‘Nothing’s certain but death and taxes’ needs an addendum—because the inevitability of Palworld having Pokémon modded into it is, statistically, more likely than both of those things.  Medical science could outpace death given a couple hundred years. A post-scarcity society could move beyond the need for taxation—but the moment someone could send Pikachu…

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