Don't call it a layoff: Ubisoft issues a full return-to-office order for all employees as it confirms more studio closures are coming

Don’t call it a layoff: Ubisoft issues a full return-to-office order for all employees as it confirms more studio closures are coming

Stuffed away in a corner of Ubisoft’s latest high-speed skid off a cliff is a note for employees: “To support the effective implementation and operation of this new model, the Group also intends to return to five days per week on site for all teams.” Employees who have been working remotely in any capacity, in…

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The Turnip Boy devs just announced a sudden left turn into horny territory: A dungeon crawler where you ‘rizz up’ monster girls

Romance is a perennial hot topic of RPGs. It was back when Mass Effect’s steamy fade-to-black romances made the headlines on conservative news outlets, and it still is now that we’ve seen hair and hide of straight-up animal sex in Baldur’s Gate 3, for better or worse. If you’re looking for more virtual action in…

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Total Chaos is a relentlessly bleak and occasionally terrifying remake of one of Doom’s greatest mods, though its brilliant legacy is also its biggest weakness

Weird Weekend Weird Weekend is our regular Saturday column where we celebrate PC gaming oddities: peculiar games, strange bits of trivia, forgotten history. Pop back every weekend to find out what Jeremy, Josh and Rick have become obsessed with this time, whether it’s the canon height of Thief’s Garrett or that time someone in the…

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It’s Official: Android M is Marshmallow

Ready for s’more Android? Google has chosen “Marshmallow” as the name for its next Android release, which by the way will be Android 6.0, not Android 5.2. After teasing several possibilities in a Twitter post and accompanying YouTube video, Google on Monday confirmed its decision while noting in a blog post, “who doesn’t like marshmallows?”…

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One little bug has broken Hollow Knight: Silksong speedrunning wide open with the ability to fly through the game as an unkillable god

Hollow Knight: Silksong continues to get picked apart as players try to find every little secret Team Cherry hid inside of it over the course of its long development. That also includes the things it probably didn’t intend to be in there, like glitches. Recently, a user on the Silksong speedrunning Discord found a glitch…

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