Tempest Rising's playable third faction has invaded its beta branch, as its developer commences testing for the next two weeks

Tempest Rising’s playable third faction has invaded its beta branch, as its developer commences testing for the next two weeks

Tempest Rising developer Slipgate Ironworks has officially introduced superweapons into its action-packed RTS, adding massively powerful instruments of destruction for each of its factions. But when Slipgate revealed its digital WMD’s last week, it also hinted there was more big news on the horizon for its Command & Conquer tribute. At the time, I speculated…

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Hit markers are an FPS crutch

Activision Id Software Crytek You’ve been shot, and I have the hit marker to prove it. FOV 90 (Image credit: Future) Welcome to FOV 90, an FPS column from staff writer Morgan Park. Every other week, I cover topics relevant to first-person shooter enjoyers, spanning everything from multiplayer and singleplayer to the old and the…

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Arcane co-creator feels Viktor and Jayce’s storyline was unresolved ‘to a certain degree’, but they weren’t quite ‘given the time’ to explore it

Arcane’s second season is all done, which means an end to the series, too—though there’s been a whole heap of winks and nudges that Riot’ll be cooking up more seasons of stunning animation with Fortiche in the future. For now, the current debate is whirring around whether the season happened to be ‘rushed’, or if…

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Prince of Persia: The Sand of Time Remake is cancelled as Ubisoft announces major internal restructuring and more layoffs and studio closures on the way

After years of trying and failing to get it out the door, Ubisoft has finally pulled the plug on Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Remake. The game is one of six projects, four of them unannounced, that were cancelled as part of a “major reset” of Ubisoft’s internal structure that CEO Yves Guillemot…

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