I spent all weekend playing Hollow Knight Silksong and I'm totally enthralled, but nothing could completely live up to the hype after so many years

I spent all weekend playing Hollow Knight Silksong and I’m totally enthralled, but nothing could completely live up to the hype after so many years

Up front: Silksong is obviously a good videogame. I’ve played it for around 15 hours in the last four days, and all the while I’ve watched online communities grapple with it, most of whom seem to have progressed further than me. I’ve spent at least half as many hours reading about Silksong these past few…

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I wasn’t expecting a FromSoftware game, of all things, to be so gut-bustingly funny—but just like Helldivers 2, Elden Ring Nightreign turns death into a punchline

It’s down to the wire in Elden Ring Nightreign. After a carefully-paced, downright strategic brawl featuring myself, and two of PC Gamer’s finest Nightfarers, we’ve got the Equilibrious Beast on the ropes. Two measly percent stand between us and victory. Our Duchess goes down. Me and my raider-in-arms exchange a look: It’s all or nothing….

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The Borderlands 4 update that’s going to take away your infinite-bleed god-knife is delayed until next week

The Borderlands 4 update that will usher in a range of balance fixes and performance improvements is taking a little longer than expected, and so will not roll out this week as planned but will instead arrive “early next week.” “Quick update that our Day 30 Update, which includes balance adjustments, performance and stability improvements,…

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Activision Blizzard settles historic sexual harassment suit for $54 million, sets aside another $47 million for impacted employees

First reported by the New York Times, a major chapter in Activision Blizzard’s reckoning over an alleged internal culture of misogyny and harassment has ended. The California Civil Rights Department (formerly the Department of Fair Employment and Housing) has settled with Activision Blizzard for $54 million, dropping its sexual harassment suit. In addition to the…

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