Next Week on Xbox: New Games for August 25 to 29

A review of Chantey for the Chromatic

  I’ve never been a fan of open world game design. The reason is simple- I get lost very easily. This is probably why I tend to prefer retro games over modern ones in the first place, open world design being better facilitated by more advanced hardware. That I’m opening with this does not bode…

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Turns out, that horny Borderlands 4 shield wasn’t actually supposed to be so horny—or at least, not so horny so often: ‘Voice lines now trigger at the intended frequency’

Among the many other wins and stumbles of the recent Borderlands 4 patch is a revelation that actually has me shocked. You know that one shield, the one that was super horny? Well, turns out it wasn’t meant to be that way. Alright, context: In Borderlands 4, The Cindershelly is one of those gag items…

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Digital Eclipse Just Teased Something Wizardry-Related

“Soon”. Emulation and preservation specialist Digital Eclipse has just teased a new project related to the classic RPG series Wizadry. Digital Eclipse has been working on making classic games available to a modern audience for years, with The Making of Karateka, the first interactive documentary in its ‘Gold Master Series’, being the most recent example….

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‘The modern workplace runs on fear … today we are fighting fear’: Fired Grand Theft Auto 6 dev calls out Rockstar in impassioned pre-trial speech

The Independent Workers of Great Britain union held a rally today in Glasgow, Scotland to mark the beginning of the final workplace tribunal hearing that will resolve the case of 31 former Rockstar employees who were fired by the company in October 2025. The dispute turns on the cause of the terminations, or lack thereof:…

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