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Dishonored co-creator says it was ‘a shock’ when Microsoft closed Arkane Austin after Redfall’s release: ‘We were working on something really cool’

Arkane Austin is far from the only studio that Microsoft—in its push to post 30% profit margins year upon year—has closed down. But for me personally, it was the most upsetting. While its vampire looter-shooter Redfall was not the studio’s finest work, its previous projects include 2012’s brilliant immersive-sim Dishonored, and 2017’s System Shock successor…

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Quake’s third Brutalist Jam now has a whopping 75 maps, and its organiser is working on a hub to stitch them all together: ‘this is going to be an insane challenge’

For the last four years, the hottest mapping event in the retro FPS scene has been the Quake Brutalist Jam. Here, mapmakers enthralled by id Software’s 1996 shooter have gathered to honour architecture’s moodiest style, constructing levels designed to evoke its austere, concrete minimalism. The first Brutalist Jam occurred in 2022, spawning 35 maps that…

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Poll: Box Art Brawl – Ice Climber

‘Tis the season. Ho, ho, ho, everyone! Welcome to a particularly festive edition of Box Art Brawl! Last week saw two covers for Mega Man 6 going head-to-head, and it was a little closer than we expected. The yellow Japanese variant (this writer’s favourite) just clinched it, however, taking 54% of the vote and leaving…

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