You’re Invited: A Look at the Future of Gaming on PlayStation 5

‘It’s got a fearlessness’: Tales of Kenzera: ZAU lead animator reveals how the cut ‘melee powerhouse’ African boxing style inspired its martial movelist

Tales of Kenzera: ZAU boasts two kinds of stunning fighting styles that are each tied to a mythical mask, and according to the animation lead, they are both inspired by just one martial art originating from Nigeria.  “Early on in development, we actually had three different masks,” the animation lead, Griffin Warner, explains in a…

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Gearbox boss Randy Pitchford wades back into the Borderlands 4 pricing controversy: ‘Game budgets are increasing … it’s getting gnarly out there’

Gearbox boss Randy Pitchford took some heat yesterday when he dismissed concerns about Borderlands 4 potentially launching with an $80 price tag, saying on X that “if you’re a real fan, you’ll find a way to make it happen.” Today, in an effort to calm the roiling waters left in the wake of that ill-advised…

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Escape From Tarkov adds Ground Zero, a dense urban area

Extraction shooter Escape from Tarkov dropped a big new update this week, bringing a new urban area, new weapons, a new boss, and a rework of the shoreline area. The big new region is Ground Zero, a major downtown filled with skyscrapers that also includes urban infrastructure like “banks, cafes, restaurants, stores, pharmacies, and so…

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3 months before launch, Marathon art director Joseph Cross departs from Bungie: ‘I’m incredibly proud of the visual world we built’

This week, Bungie revealed a sweep of major changes for Marathon, the striking expansion shooter reboot of its pre-Halo sci-fi series, in reponse to the mixed reception to its closed alpha earlier this year. But while Bungie’s been hard at work overhauling Marathon’s gameplay, it’s also undergone a change in leadership: Just three months before…

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I’ve found a nifty gaming mouse comparison tool that’s the next best thing for communicating hand-feel, beyond sticking my mitts straight through the monitor

They say comparison is the thief of joy—but I bet you anything ‘they’ just haven’t seen a really nicely laid out comparison website. Case in point is EloShapes.com, a website for comparing mice and mousepads in terms of pricing, features, and—you guessed it—shapes. It’s not always easy to get the best sense of hand-feel before…

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